I don't invade planets anymore, I just sweep them. Yeah. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. ago. Theres also the aspect that you dont have to kill everything in an ecosystem to make a few species go extinct. That means a stellaris empire will probably have much more energy available per system to them than the Star Wars galaxy, while at the same time having (likely) a much more organised and streamlined bureaucracy and military. "If you slap enough neutron star core on ship as armor and line it with living metal you can. It seems to be that age weakens it enough for someone to get through, outside the normal session of a Stellaris game, which makes sense. Its a simple thing to implement as its simply swapping tags on a planet based on an actionable event. I fit Reactor boosters and shield capacitors to maximize the shields on my ships, and fit 1/2 and 1/2 kinetic and lasers on smaller ships, with a mix of kinetic + neutron on BB and titans. r/Stellaris • /r/Stellaris Developer AMA - Ask your questions here! r/Stellaris • Stellaris Dev Diary #310 - Matters of Life and Death. That really is it, but by Role Playing as you olay you can tell your own story and make it more fun. 1 Upgrading ships 2. However, I don’t want to risk using it and alienating myself from every empire I have pacts with. They shall be the first to ascend to the higher plane when we use the neutron sweep to spirit them away. The spiritualist and materialist fallen empires had gone all war in heaven, so while the rest of the galaxy was joining the Non-Aligned Nations Federation, I just steamrolled through both AEs and got myself a nice double cluster of AE core worlds, plus all the local territory they had seized. research_technology <tech_name>. Plantoid colossus is odd, but also kinda cool. Mobile view. It just said “Researched technology tech_pk_neutron” (it’ll usually say the actual name of the tech, i. R5: I went to war with a keepers of knowledge and went with neutron sweep to keep their special buildings for personal use but their capital couldnt be neutron swept because the game didnt consider it a habitable planet. 9K views 5 years ago. Ship#Neutron Sweep. DescriptionSo you finally got your Colossus and want to take it for a ride. Honestly with the amount of micromanagement conquering new planets brings mid-late game, along with severe short-term negative impact on economy, simply killing everyone and then re-colonizing what's really interesting/useful for some reason is the way I always go with. I'm playing as a fanatic xenophile and egalitarian empire. However the usage of planet cracker could put some empire-wide modifier on the owner of the destroyed planet (if the planet belonged to enemy), something like the pops in the empire are. With the perk it becomes able to destroy robots pops. ago. Ship. This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 07:39. 3. Nanite World Distant Stars. Basically the planet became colonizable and, after completing your colony, you've every building already built, but in a ruined state. Jan 27, 2018. paradoxwikis. Basically park something in orbit of an enemy’s habitable planet and terraform that planet. It's time to use our new colossus class ship to help us. by [deleted] Neutron sweeps don't make sense. 0 F622 - Drenching Prethoryn infested planets with the Aquatic Colossus renders the planets unkillable and unable to be invaded. 9. I'd love an edict that allows for faster purging, even if it costed energy per pop or something. It's a fight to the death, because the enemy will sooner fight to the death than let you purge them all. Get Neutron Sweep Colossus, release unimportant planets as vassals, after ten years annihilate them, recolonise, repeat. Crack all the worthless worlds, neutron sweep the ones you want. In Stellaris terms, that would mean adding up all attacking armies and all defending armies in a star system and having them fight together, all at the same time. No Fantasy verses must be Sci-Fi in origin. After that I declared a total war and moved my colossus (Which is really slow) over to their colony only to find out that I could not shoot the planet for some reason, the. Neutron Sweep - Expansion type. Yes, it it kills the last pop. Neutron sweep kills the entire colony, but leaves the planet intact and habitable. Jan 14, 2020 @ 8:28am turining the pops into money via Chemical Processing #6. (There's one more but I don't remember what it is. Not as far as I know. I wasn't going to use the Habitat, and looked around the galaxy to notice empty Habitats everywhere -- almost every AI empire was spamming them out. Afterwards, the other weapons can show up as research cards, but some are blocked by your ethics. Well, Machine Worlds technically aren't really habitable planets anymore. The colossus project ran in under a month, so I'm assuming it didn't get the chance to trigger the mid tech selection? I'm left with world cracker and. But fortunately, "Status Quo" in Stellaris is not the "Status Quo *Ante Bellum*" that you see in other games. a Neutron Sweep. When I just need some clean space for my pops . In general many of the late game ships, weapons and infrastructures only provide a marginal advantage compared to combinations of other stuff already available to. Originally posted by Mistfox:I'm not sure what happens if you crack the planet they're over, but a Neutron Sweep leaves the planet in a ready-to-colonize state. Top United Hephestian Hegemony member: "Man, fuck them [species]" "Mass Grave" of [species] discovered beneath derelict [empire] scientific nexus on [colony] Member of [species. Stellaris. Stellaris is more a management game with a grand scope rather than a combat strategy game. An empire with access to the Colossus can use the Neutron Sweep to remove the inhabitants and then recolonize the planet. But the global pacifier is cutting off a world previously reliant on other worlds, able to enjoy the freedom of exploring the stars, and removing it from any sort if civilisation. Suppose all you want is to remove the planet’s geopolitical significance. Then, you would type in kill_pop (insert whatever ID number the pop has here without. This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 07:39. 1 Naval Coverage 2. If there is no colony in the system, it would only get a starbase. Global pacifier is about as deadly as a real life pacifier. Soooo, I get to the ship designer and no weapon is available. 6K subscribers. Neutron sweep will never appear as a research option for spiritualist empires, and only spiritualist empires can research the divine enforcer. Use a neutron sweep colossus - saves you the "conquer planet" step. Reply reply Various-Ad-174 • I tried the syncronized landing too, in all their planets at once, but It crashed my game since they spawned a little more fleets than my CPU can handle. ago. 2. Obviously you can use planet cracker on uninhabited worlds too, but neutron sweep's only purpose is immediate genocide, like it's the same thing as the old "purify" wargoal. Another option is. If you want to reclaim the colony yourself, you can Neutron Sweep it. I finished the colossus special project, selecting the neutron sweep as my weapon. I'm planning on using it on a fallen empire home world. Neutron sweep kills everyone on the planet and allows you to swoop in and colonize it. Essentially the title, I found out. The planet gets +999% Spiritualist ethic attraction for 10 years. Basically a reverse Neutron Sweep but less than a World Cracker. and i actually did, and was still at -180. I usually only play the early game of Stellaris, so I'd never seen Greater Than Ourselves firsthand until yesterday, but it really is pretty impressive (now that it's been buffed since its first incarnation). Destroying a perfectly good planet with something like the Planet Cracker is a waste of resources. 000 hours in stellaris and after I read a bunch of threads in. 2. It seems to me really strange that regular empires that are threatened by aggressive expanding ravenous hive hate me and start recalling embassies and breaking treaties once I begin neutron sweeping hive worlds. Realised I get a penalty for. When I completed it the game didnt give me anything to put in the weapon slot. Armies are usually created by jobs, if you bomb enough and kill the pops working them, they disappear. . Neutron Sweep: - Can now target planets owned by you - Can target primitives - Can target hive and infested worlds Divine Enforcer:. The Spiritualist Fallen Empire uses Neutron Sweep. I hate Prethoryn Scourge. Oligarchy government type for Citizen Service. Also consider enslaving them instead of purging. It may also require the Archeotech Ascension perk. 3. I'm sure a massive dose of EMP would work as well on mechs as a massive does of radiation would on organics. i don't know if its allowed you to blow them up with a planet cracker, because i would primarily use the neutron sweep armament instead. 3. 3 more replies. All of the information about colossus and global pacifiers is stated above. Stellaris. 5. The objectively best choice for a normal empire is Neutron Sweep, as it kills the population but leaves the planet itself available for you to use, but honestly by the time you go around. In all honesty I prefer to use the armageddon bombing stance instead of cracking. or build colossus and use neutron sweep and later colonize this neutron sweep world ;^) #2. Psycho-something Jun 22, 2020 @ 5:23pm. but I went with neutron sweep over core cracker since I'd rather have planets to inhabit) except that they take forever to charge their weapon, then another forever to actually fire the weapon. Stellaris. Neutron sweep is ideal for boosting performance, it reduces pops, and it leaves a nice habitable planet behind :). Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. Regular empires hate me for neutron sweeping ravenous hive’s worlds. 78. However, while pops did become pre-sapient the Priki-ti-ki empire still. The neutron sweep is better in my opinion. World Cracker. It inflicts -20% Happiness and 999% Spiritualist Attraction in addition to listed effects (forcing Spiritualist ethics, kills all robot/gestalt pops). My Colossus has no Neutron Sweep weapon, despite me choosing that as the research option Bug When I had the choice to pick which weapon it came with, I picked Neutron Sweep. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy…416K subscribers in the Stellaris community. Destroys the planet it's used on. I made a skit to demonstrate! TAKE 1_ Me, the emporer: At last the time has come! Fire the death beam, and blow those scum-sucking slugs out of existence! Colossus AI: INVALID. dennis. If theres one thing i learned playing. There's a timer to stop the conversion to infested (bombing halts it) but afterwards you can only deal. #2. 1. Fallen Empire Buildings: Thoughts. tech_mine_dark_matter. R5: I'm playing a spiritualist fanatic purifier and the game gave me the option to develop neutron sweep alongside the project. 14. Vaporeon (pokemon) copypasta meets xeno-compability (alien sex) with an aquatic species that reminds of aforementioned vaporeon. Colossus without apocalypse DLC. I defeated all the their fleets and stuff and, right now, there're only two plantes left. At least, these are the things I enjoy about the game. 7. catwhowalksbyhimself • 1 yr. They are the primary way of interacting with objects and entities in the galaxy via specific ship orders. Neutron sweep: turn planet into lifeless world with universal, but 50% base habitability. Aerion93 • 2 yr. They're fine to wipe. bjamminloe Mar 28 @ 5:19am. e. . On the other hand, there's also nothing wrong with having more options just for minor. This vassal is also a member of my federation. However, if I'm feeling evil. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. ago. With the perk it becomes able to destroy robots pops. Bonus point: an awakened empire (especially the Guardian) will also use their colossus against the. Every colossus weapon has a unique effect and set of characteristics. The planet broke before the guard did. Realistically, though, you have no control over when this occurs, and save scumming won't help since it's seeded into your game. 000 alloys. You cleanse the planet of all life. Now I do have a small dislike about how things played out. Stellaris. Hey, I was playing stellaris with a friend and I got to try the apocalypse content, and while doing so I got to a point where I had a colossus with a neutron sweep equiped. I spent some time coming up with name ideas for UNE/CoM-owned World-Crackers, Global Pacifiers, Neutron Sweeps, and Juggernauts. kbmodigity Oct 7, 2018 @ 1:23am. Fallen empire pops usually are very good anyway. When it comes to the ship stats weapons make no difference. 444. I'm sure a massive dose of EMP would work as well on mechs as a massive does of radiation would on organics. guymanthefourth • 9 mo. (There are other Colossus weapons, but they have different outcomes). but I went with neutron sweep over core cracker since I'd rather have planets to inhabit) except that they take forever to charge their weapon, then another forever to actually fire the weapon. It might be more accurate to think of them as a giant machine as well. If you prefer something more combat Strategy. 67 comments. Most recently, I used a fleet that was half giga-cannon/4x neutron launcher battleships and half giga-cannon/2x hangar/neutron launcher battleships. I get the sense the tech is a bit less finicky in Stellaris. Buckle up build a huge ass army, recruit troops on all of your colonies, and fight like a warrior, your battle will be glorious. When done, send robots to inhabit the new world until the radiation dissipates. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A HeOfLittleMind • Additional comment actions. Funnily enough, this kills armies faster than the bombing damage. Throw them all onto a border world and release it as a vassal. Crystalline Asteroid Leviathans. Neutron Sweep. I have just a few things to ask. neutron sweep. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. Discussions Rules and Guidelines. Game Version. R5: I'm playing a spiritualist fanatic purifier and the game gave me the option to develop neutron sweep alongside the project. Steam Workshop. World cracking vs Neutron sweep? Is there any tactical point to cracking a world, rendering it uninhabitable instead of just clearing all the pops off of it with a neutron sweep besides the minor mineral deposit left behind and potential roleplaying? Showing 1 - 7 of 7 comments. While the colossus did do its job after finishing the firing process, it did nothing DURING the process. The Global Pacifier is a Colossus weapon that, when activated, transforms a planet into some kind of Shielded World. Generation 3 - Since reestablishing control of Matrix colony one. Ship full of [species] rights activists vanish without a trace, investigation “ongoing”. Neutron Sweep- Bathes the planet in neutrons, killing all sentient life, leaving behind an empty habitable planet Global Pacifier- Puts an energy shield around the planet so nobody can get in or out. I used neutron sweep on a substantial amount of enemy nations planets. You're still gonna have serious losses, but you only have to do this for a couple planets. 0 unless otherwise noted. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy…150 votes, 30 comments. we got tired of his shit and decided to go to war and split him up and lock his empire into a single system. It's a lot of RNG, unfortunately, but if you get lucky, an event will trigger (MTTH is likely about 50 in-game years) that automatically clears it. . It is the answer to all military problems. I begin researching Colossus and a few month in I get a pop up asking which weapon I’m going to want. Once I was able to build one, there was. It just said “Researched technology tech_pk_neutron” (it’ll usually say the actual name of the tech, i. Put them into sectors on auto manage. Droids work harder for lower wages and don't rebel. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. Reply Muchi1228. But drowning? They will struggle to get to the surface, minutes upon minutes swim, only to suffocate and die a slow, terrifying death. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. Baligdur • 2 yr. The planet killer checks have been a pain either way because the code is just so awkward, will probably take a while to fix, I might have to redo all of them. I mean, everyone has their own headcanon for how the Foundation works, "there is no canon", etc, but my personal preference for a "coherent" SCP universe is one where the Foundation is smaller and has limited resources, not the "we have extrasolar colonies. . ChornoyeSontse Determined Exterminator • 1 yr. If you set a ship to orbital bombard it flips the planet to hostile so a collosus should be able to destroy it. Why Would You Use a World Cracker Collosus? Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. Playing with a bunch of mods, decided to Neutron Sweep my unfriendly neighbour's planets because their garrison strength is just unreasonably high. And i do not mean that in the "you can t conquer all their empire", because re-started a game after knowing that. Atleast with the neutron sweep its painless. The Neutron Sweep and World Cracker fire and finish their work so fast the planet and its population are blipped from existence in moments. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. I soon begin to get planet killer techs to research. I prefer using divine enforcer or neutron sweep… though I’m not sure if DE is effective on organic hive-minds let alone. [deleted] •. Stellaris. With the console edition of Stellaris finally getting the Apocalypse expansion and having been scrolling through the wiki, I am confused what the Global Pacifier does to planets. How much war exhaustion I get will decide if I win the coming war or not. I am currently researching the world pacifier, it showed up in my physics research. This makes it the perfect symbol of fear for an authoritarian-spiritualist empire. Cracker gives -1000 to the target and -100 to the rest Neutron sweep -800 to the target and -80 to the rest Shield -200 to the target and -20 to the rest Divine Enforcer -400 to the target and -40 to the restIf you want to kill all pops on the planet you'll need to use the neutron sweep option for the colossus, if you want destroy it use the planet cracker option, the nanobot dispersal should assimilate the whole planet at once. Global Pacifier puts a permanent shield around a planet, functionally the same as cracking it but people hate you less. 1. Planetary Pacifier - Diplomatic type. SCP completely breaks down at Stellaris' scale and power level, IMO. They have an attack moon at 2300, which, if you don’t use gigastructures, is closely comparable to having an aircraft carrier battle group in 1400. Neutron Sweeping: 48000: 5 Neutron Sweep colossus weapon Colossi; Completed the Colossus Project; Pacifist; Either: Spiritualist; If Utopia DLC: Mind over Matter Teachers of the Shroud origin; Otherwise: Telepathy; Base: 10 See full list on stellaris. This will allow you to find the pop ID number. Blowing up planets to smithereens is too counter-productive, shielding is the same but also really annoying in a passive-aggressive way (figures. To scourge the galaxy of all other life with minimal fuss. For speed speed we'll go with 99% sublight for thrusters per Stellaris novel (This cuts down significantly in the presence of high gravitational waves such as Black Holes and Neutron stars as stated in the tooltip) and 160ish light year per day for tier III drives. Once you use the global pacifier, the planet is functionally destroyed as if you used a world cracker. of. Technically as far as the Nazis are aware they're the only species (and they are well on the way to becoming the only race) in the world, and their spaceflight knowledge may not have even reached the V2, since they wouldn't have needed to develop such weapons as they won, so Hitler wouldn't have such a hard-on for developing utterly useless weapons to. Owned planets can be targeted but will also gain −20% pop Happiness for 10 years. [deleted] • 9 mo. I just tried out both the world cracker and the neutron sweep on some non-synthetically ascended xeno scum, and I noticed something odd. Changes all sentient life on the planet to Spiritualist. Unfortunately I don't have a savegame, but it should be easliy. Slaves are a pain in the ass. Per this page, the DV is supposed to "make all pops and armies pre-sapient" while destroying robots. Recruit armies to deal with dissension. he used neutron sweep to kill all pops then resettled and terraformed it Reply bikkebakke • Additional comment actions. Don't crack planets. Use god ray for force mass shifting your own pops to one faction or to clear out robot fortress worlds. I cant find it anywhere. I ran into this myself last playthrough. Neutron sweeps should turn uninhabited/inhabited worlds into tomb worlds. Since both the Neutron Sweeper and World Cracker weapons eliminate all life forms on a planet, and the law is "Reverence for Life", does the Neutron Sweeper count as banned? The author of this topic has marked. We will get a new materialist locked method with one of the new civic but still, it wouldn't be too far fetched to make neutron sweeps transform a planet into a tomb world as you are literally bathing it in radiations ReplyThe Neutron Sweep is the perfect Colossus. Global pacifiers and world crackers will basically remove the planet from the game. Stellaris · January 26, 2018 · One cold Neutron Sweep, coming right up! All reactions: 313. ago. Angeline Gauthier commands her forces, almost three times as expansive as the enemy’s defences, with a firm and steady hand, moving to deny casualties. make it expensive in terms of influence and material to balance it, but give us the option to pull a colony drop or sever an orbital rings tethers so it collides with the planet like a hula hoop of death. Fallen Empire homeworlds usually have something like 4k defense army strength so that's your target. God Ray - Religious type. never used it myself but that's how i read the description. I just got an in game notification that a planet was affected by a neutron sweep which is a weapon from the apocalypse DLC which i don't have. The state of genocide in Stellaris by means of purging (extermination, processing, chemical xenocide) seems to be much too heavily punished in this game. I mean, the colossus is overall just pretty lights make planet go boom. - If you want to use the planet afterwards, use the Neutron Sweep. I was asking it to myself. Kile147 • 5 yr. The only thing that fixed it was refitting my colossus to neutron sweep/world cracker/pacifier and hitting the planets. The Neutron Sweep and World Cracker fire and finish their work so fast the planet and its population are blipped from existence in moments. It kills machines. Virgin world cracker vs. I've got a problem with the prethoryn scourge crisis. About Stellaris Wiki. I ran into this myself last playthrough. Both have FTL, but it's not super clear what the range/speed is for XCOM. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by…Stellaris contains a number of references to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel series. My current game it never became an option. Neutron sweep worked though. ago. global pacifier? neither of which. The next time I loaded the save though the violation was gone. In that case, a fantastic and straightforward alternative is the Neutron Sweep, which eliminates all pops on the planet in one fell swoop. Then, I devolved all their planets. i don't know if its allowed you to blow them up with a planet cracker, because i would primarily use the neutron sweep armament instead. Tomb worlds are just carcinogenically radiactivr. : r/Stellaris. Bombardment damage to defense armies needs to be higher for it to be a practical alternative. I haven't noticed the grace period, hence me posting the question. Here's the kicker. It's too simplistic and really misses out on much of what Stellaris is good at. Why Would You Use a World Cracker Collosus? Global Pacifier has reduced diplo penalties, Neutron Sweep opens the planet up for habitation, Nanobot Diffuser instantly assimilates the inhabitants, Divine Enforcer converts pops to spiritualist. ago. Neutron sweep simply gives you a habitable world and world cracker just removes a world and pops, same with pacifier. Neutron sweep kills everyone on the planet and allows you to swoop in and colonize it. When you do the colossus project, you get one weapon based on the choices you make in the pop ups. Things like ground based planetary defense guns. Or at least they used to. It doesn't require the perk. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. You do not know the true extent of your sin. Deluge machine is a bit of a downgrade from neutron sweep, unless you don't want to bother with terraforming a new colony. Yes. Two planets. Then comes the: World Cracker. However you can't use on planets that are not habitable to you. . Neutron Sweep: Destroys most higher forms of life on the planet but leaves the infrastructure intact for colonization. Playing as a machine empire. You also have a 30% chance of gaining 1 intel per year as long as you control the Birch World. How great it is as a weapon depends on what and how you play. Last and least: Divine Enforcer. The others are all pretty much equal, since if you do want to take the planet for yourself you aren't going to be using a colossus anyways. I have only seen it once, and it came up without have the Colossus Ascension Perk. Rogue Servitor actually has the ability to be incredibly powerful both militarily and economically. Lovely. Neutron Sweep Fallen Empire worlds rather than risk losing their buildings, max. 3 shares. This happened in 2. ), I could either just take and keep their worlds, or I could use it in a war of subjugation and leave them only one planet left, meaning I get to leave them as independent. Functionally the same as the world cracker, but makes the AI empires less mad, and has different flavor for RP. 0 game however i cannot attack the my enemy empire's habitats with my neutron sweep. you will be better off getting the neutron sweep for a colossusThat is a bug, and yes, colonizing a planet that was neutron swept is one way to trigger it. In fact I conquered a primitive world and exterminated 8 pops and after that I was finding the same species on different empires' planets everywhere. You can invade after to retake the planet but I think it's converted and you'll need to terraform it back. bjamminloe Mar 28 @ 5:19am. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Mpg clans: dinosaur reptile barbaric despoilers. id imagine if it was 100% of all life there would be no ecosystem to recover. I don’t know but I think it would be cool if you could use terraforming (other than Neutron Sweep or Deluge I mean) as a weapon of war. Neutron Sweep Colossus rather than fighting ground battles. Dresnek • 2 yr. As I'm sure everyone knows, unless you wanna cripple an FE you always neutron sweep their core planets for the sweet sweet FE buildings. The law says use of world crackers is a violation. The only limiting factor is that the. ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. Keep the planet and buildings intact while removing the vermin. Originally posted by Terijian: nuetron sweep. “Researched. Share. emptiness Oct 23, 2018 @ 2:02pm Did you build the default colossus design? It doesn't have a weapon (if you have auto-best turned off, which is. 41. Im sure everyone is familiar with purging in stellaris. Stellaris. Wipes out all sentient life, but leaves their structures intact. -1000 means there is no surrender, at all. Whenever I use the world cracker or shield generator it’s only for RP reasons, other than that I prefer to use the neutron sweep, that way i have a brand new world to recolonise, I used the world cracker on the only enemy who managed to bypass my defences and actually fly his fleet into. UNS. r/Stellaris • Hot take: using Neutron Sweep on Determined Exterminators should NOT piss off the whole galaxy. Basically the planet became colonizable and, after completing your colony, you've every building already built, but in a ruined state. Ships are classified into civilian and military vessels, the former being controlled individually while the latter form fleets. Declare. ago by xMisterVx "Colonisation" after Neutron Sweep a total mess So you're supposed to get. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. Name. From a gameplay standpoint, I like Neutron Sweep over the rest because it allow you to take a planet without having to fight on the ground for it, in particular on those Fallen Empire planets that have 3000+ armies that take forever to take down. Neutron sweep is definitely just genocide, yeah. Your goal is to bring peace to the galaxy through a misguided lense of superior galactic benevolence. What bothered me however is that while its possible to learn their ship tech (deflectors, power core, armor in some cases), its not possible to replicate their buildings. Stellaris Dev Diary #294 - 3. I think mostly because the process of flooding a planet in water is simple enough that most players can call out the problems with it, while with something like a neutron sweep it's so far into the realm of scifi that their suspension of disbelief kicks in. They spread out like wildfire, eating through the weaker nation. The Aquatics get access to that? Oh that is lovely. Neutron Sweep: Remove the people, keep the land. There's 5 vanilla options. I just had a game with neutron sweeps and found myself a system with 7 colonies, but nope i had to manually select each colony. Afterwards I terraformed them into machine worlds and attempted to colonize. Phew, one less planet to deal with the scourge festering. At one point the entire bottom left corner was eaten by an exterminator empire, and then the xenophobe FE woke up and conquered almost half the galaxy. I'm pretty sure neutron sweep leaves everything intact, but the population. Divine Enforcer doesn't do that (except for Machine and Hive Minds, but you get the idea), you. Stellaris. The difference is just a matter of frequency lol. Make no mention of Neutron Sweeper. If you can find the tech name, the actual command you would want to use is.