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Hello, and welcome to Stellaris: Reach for the Stars. This will be an After Action Report (AAR) on a playthrough of Stellaris that I will be doing, specifically for the purpose of writing an AAR here. The only rule I have set for myself so far is that I will be using the humans, in order to create at least a sense of familiarity with our primary race. Naturally, I will start us off in the 'Sol' system, which would be where Earth, Mars, Neptune, etcetera are located. In order to give you a short overview of what the 'race' will entail, as well as the parameters for the game and the creation of our galaxy, I will provide you a short list here.

[list]Chapters
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4095520]Chapter One:[/url] 	Humble Beginnings
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4096097]Chapter Two:[/url] 	First Contact
[*][Url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4097250]Chapter Three:[/url] 	Hegemonic imperialist seaslugs
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4099283]Chapter Four:[/url]	Expanding the mind and the material[/list]

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[hider=Species][indent][b]Species name[/b]:
[indent][i]Name:[/i] human
[i]Plural:[/i] humans
[i]Adjective:[/i] human[/indent]
[b]Species appearance[/b]:
[indent]Humanoid, human[/indent]
[b]Species traits[/b]:
Starting points: 2
Total trait points: 0
Trait picks left: 0

[indent][i]Quick learners:[/i] +25% leader experience gain, -1 point
[i]Natural physicists:[/i] +15% physics output -1 point
[i]Non-adaptive:[/i] -10% habitability +2 points
[i]Rapid breeders:[/i] -10% growth time -1 point
[i]Communal:[/i] +5% happiness -1 point[/indent]
[b]Ethics[/b]:
[indent][i]Fanatic materialist:[/i] -15% building cost, +15% physics, engineering and sociology output
[i]Xenophile:[/i] +25% trust growth, -5% xenophobia[/indent]
[b]Government:[/b]
[indent][i]Despotic Hegemony:[/i] +5% research speed, -25% research station build cost[/indent]
[b]FTL method:[/b]
[indent][i]Hyperspace travel[/i][/indent]
[b]Starting weapons:[/b]
[indent][i]Projectile weapons[/i][/indent][/indent][/hider]

[hider=Galaxy generation][indent][b]Galaxy size[/b]:
[indent][i]Medium[/i], 600 stars[/indent]
[b]Galaxy shape[/b]:
[indent]Elliptical[/indent]
[b]AI empires[/b]:
[indent][i]9[/i][/indent]
[b]Advanced AI starts[/b]:
[indent][i]4[/i][/indent]
[b]Max fallen empires[/b]:
[indent][i]4[/i][/indent]
[b]Habitable worlds:[/b]
[indent][i]100%[/i][/indent]
[b]AI aggressiveness:[/b]
[indent][i]Normal[/i][/indent]
[b]Difficulty:[/b]
[indent][i]Normal[/i][/indent]
[b]Allowed FTL methods[/b]:
[indent][i]All[/i][/indent]
[b]Empire placement[/b]:
[indent][i]Random[/i][/indent]
[b]Endgame crises[/b]:
[indent][i]Enabled[/i][/indent]
[b]Ironman mode[/b]:
[indent][i]Off[/i][/indent][/indent][/hider]

As for Stellaris itself, it is a beautiful game that has sucked me in both with the stunning graphics, the interesting attention to detail in space, the stunning writing and the mixture of realism with sci-fi. Standard concepts are present - and more. The game ranges from fighting space pirates, to fighting giant space-monstrosities in the form of Leviathans, ancient, gigantic creatures that take varying shapes. 

[center][b]Please enjoy, whenever I write in here, and please feel free to post in this thread to critique, comment or suggest actions to take in the future (such as 'you should enslave those damn aliens' or 'purge them!' or 'make a zoo with all foreign aliens' or something!)[/b][/center]