Stellaris No FTL Challenge 

Good. Now do no ships, no buildings, no systems, no planets, no starting new game, no starting Stellaris at all, no starting the computer, walk outside and relax and frolick the sun. You deserve it.

Would have been funny if you could travel without FTL, but it would take ages just to go anywhere.

Peak Stellaris: using the scant few moments you're going to control a capitol planet - given to you by your overlords who are at war with you, because you also happen to be at war with the former owners of the planet - to *smuggle every living being off the planet and sell them into slavery*. "Hello new citizens! I'm your new ruler! Now get in the van, hurry hurry, we don't have much time."

Soon he will do the no everything challenge, which is just Montu sat in a room for half an hour.

'ate expandin' 'ate colonizin' 'ate the diplomacy 'luv me mining stations 'luv me orbital rings 'luv me habitats. Simple as.

Not seeing hyperlanes brings back nostalgia

As a result of this challenge failure, it is time for a Montu Meta Farmer/Food Challenge for 3.7, in honor of your favorite workers.

I count this as a win. That you even survived is impressive, that you managed to lead the galaxy in so many ways is even more impressive.

Pretty soon we’re gonna have the No Stellaris challenge

The RP in this just makes it so much better.

The RP in this was so good. I especially like the part where people questioning the existence of the colonies were encouraged to pay a large fee to be shot into space.

I love how you include those movie clips. Montu I really like it. Keep up the good work chief!

This is just tole playing as Montu’s offspring. “Stay in your starting system!” Hope the larva is doing well! I can understand the schedule might be tight for a while. Best of luck uplifting him into sapience!

Finest defenses he says, setting fleets to passive

Loyalty circuit engaged. Like button pressed.

To all the people, not interested, in any references that were quite obviously not made during the video, Rama is the name of the title ship in the book, "Rendezvous with Rama" which you obviously should not look up.

Full Self Flying is just around the corner. Annnnnny day now our glorious ships will fly through the galaxy, exploring it on our behalf.

Montu speedruns a twitter ban.

This was great, as with all your role-playing videos. I'd like to have companion videos explaining what and how you do to, for example, get the highest diplo weight, as a single planet empire

Now I understand your complaining in the Discord about the war mechanics. 😂

There really should be a STL (Slower Than Light) option

This theme worked so well, you're funny! Good work man.

I was just wondering when will your next video be an hour ago, and then voila

of course, it was Waldpole

I love the story roleplaying videoes like this. Although you gave it a good shot i fear that you are joining ep3o in losing challenges😂 If you didnt try to go for custodianship, you might have been able to even survive the crisis like you did the 1 system challenge

That was a blast. I loved this!

It's amazing! It would be cool if this timeline was explored in the next Stellaris Timelines

Ah yes, this, this is the good shit. I'd like to see you try a single system + single planet + no vassals challenge. It IS possible, though I've only managed to get good results by strongly relying on diplomacy.

"Melon Tusk" and "SpaceZ" made me lose it, excellent job

That was hilarious. Loving your videos!

You made me choke on my food when you presented Melon Tusk. Can't wait to choke again! 10/10 :D Edit: I wrote this comment at the start of the video and thouh i did not choke on my food again i did choke on my water, resulting in a cascading fountain of slimehydro all over the screen when you presented Beff Jezos. This is pure gold.

Codenamed: Rama. Liked! For many other reasons too, but that was a good book. Also, that RP!

Always love how you make these more fun with the RP. Though the best part was researching the scientific method... after discovering "ftl travel" and shooting a science ship into space.

A fun video. The great Melon Tusk will go into the annals of the galaxies greatest! I think you won. You had the highest diplomatic power.

Im currently trying the same as you! Quity funny run! Im gonna do an update if someone is interested!!

Man been a while since I laughed at anything tusk related. Good stuff!

This has to be the most cracked playthrough I have ever seen.

the joke about the loyalty circuits and hitting the like button got me somehow, peak video

The 4X Name stands for "Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate" by the way.

I do hope you retry this challenge when/if the problems are easier to solve/work around. I want to see you tackle a galactic crisis without actually doing anything to tackle a galactic crisis.

This was hilarious thank you so much!!

Nice video I was wondering with the new updates could you do a video on starbse setups as with the hole counter to cloaking I am interested to see how you set up your starbases

Finally the challenge we all wanted!

Now time for surviving the Become the Crisis bomb and recolonize a dead galaxy.

Montu: It's absolutely terrifying. Me: Have you considered acting Montu?

I forgot how insane the war system could be

I imagine a Tuxkan Public Relations Specialist would squeal rather than tweet

Information quarantine by Melon Tusk 😂

If you don't research FTL you might also find a no thruster mod to really slow down your ships. Also, for a one planet challenge, you might build a Dyson Sphere to really have massive pops and resources. But, this challenge should be taken after the bugs are worked out.

Pretty good how you can lore improv when stuff happens

i love to think that hyperlane is just a lane that there no small rock or dust in it way so you can use FTL throught it

"Me long tusk" has to be the best name ever

Paradox: you can't play as pre-FTL civilization Montu Plays: hold my bear

Alien goes commando, tells whole galaxy about it.

LOVE the name Melon Tusk, love the joke on the meme

RP videos are my favorite from you mr space lizard man

Investor. Reformer. Expansionist. Cyborg.

Was I entertained? Yes, yes I was.

You're a different breed of stellaris player

Excellent roleplay!

You know... I just realized that the space nation of 'SpaceZ' is more or less an interstellar version of Principality of Monaco: A tiny sovereign state (Only a single star system, which is only slightly above that of a primitive pre-FTL civilisation), with a population full of nothing but either ultra-rich people (megacorp) or police (the authoritarian ethic). Protected by and only existing thanks to the benevolence of a larger power. Yet, in the tiny bit of land that they do hold, the place will be super well developed (Habitats filling the entire star system), famous for its beautiful views (Homeworld being a Gaia planet), and have its financial tendrils spread way beyond their boarders (All the branch office buildings).

I’m a fan of this new comrade Montu

The greatest enemy of all, the spaghetti

I lowkey hoped you could pull a galactic imperium despite everything, and win by default

I did something like this completely by accident, I spawned inside dead center a xenophobic fallen empires territory, couldn't expand at all, and the FE was always flying doom fleets through my territory and sending me harsh letters, something about getting off their lawn, fortunately I had a mod that lets one research a means of editing the hyperlanes (adding/removing them), once I had that I removed all lanes to my home system, cheered up the FE massively, of course I wasn't going anywhere but to my surprise it was fun from a RP perspective, not going to lie it was one of the best games of stellaris I've had in ages.

Him: *Deletes science ship.* Me: Assist research? 😂

I'm thinking of doing a No intervention in research or "The Consumer God Challenge". No demanding what tech is searched, no controlling what a planet is colonized or built.

This is what happens when your Venician One city challenge civilization in Civ5 goes for the stars first :)

Might be useful to be a criminal syndicate so you don't have to worry about branch offices preventing war declarations.

Has anyone run into a Bulwark Hull Degenerator? It’s a mountable item. The note says it decreases daily hull regen by 30% but it actually does massive damage to the ship hull bypassing shields and armor. A little 700 power station made my 12k power fleet retreat.

You have to make sure the system has just tomb planets and there are no resources to collect through space stations.

This would be a fairly easy challenge now, since you can take Fruitful Partnership and spread seeds on space whales.

I wonder when Montu will do "no homeworld challenge"

Take away an x from the 4x? So Stellaris is now an xxx game

i need a high budget scifi tv series of this one

We made that one up.

"secret call out" more like "SECRET TUNNELLLL"

As someone who spent the last week getting SOTS Complete Collection working, I would like to play Hivers in Stellaris some day.

Close to the bone, right to the marrow!!

One way of doing it (but very unlikely to do successfully without using low ai empires and a very large map, would be rush researching engine and sensor techs and then mathematically calculating how many years it would take to get between stars the conventional way. Iirc, it takes about 43 years with impulse drive to go 2 lightyears, so that's why you want high-powered sensors. You'd need to assemble basically a small fleet and send them on basically a 1-way trip...And by that I mean letting them sit at the edge of your system for 43 years until they finally arrive (in reality you finally let them use their hyperdrive) at their destination. If you have to make a 2nd jump because of how the hyperlanes were generated (I hope they bring back warp in 4.0) then maybe just factor an extra year in the calculation before sending the move command in game.

Do it again! But as a devouring swarm.

When I tried this, my overlord became a Crisis Aspirant. :(

Only farmers !! And more Worpole! And more RP❤

So Megacorps can't declare independence wars while they have branch offices open. That sucks. I hope they fix that.

Fun to watch - but I can't really call it a "successfully completed challenge" unless you set the goal up front. If the goal isn't set up front, I gotta assume it's the victory screen. I bet you could do it, too. Embrace the buggy war mechanics. Extort your overlo... vassal into claiming more worlds for you. Set up mercenary enclaves so that your power is available to your allies

Is it normal too get frigates after cruisers? Or is something weird going on in my game?

tried it myself and hated it instantly when I discovered there is no ability to queue multiple jumps, and no indicator on the interface when a ship is ready to jump. EDIT: nvm, misread the title as a no hyper drive challenge

I was made Custodian when i was still a scion of a fallen empire, you can't nominate yourself but if someone else does it's fine. Then you can nominate yourself to becoming an emperor and become the imperial core WHILE STILL BEING A VASSAL. Probably not intended, but it was fun.

I did not know that the gateway requires the presence of a hyperdrive on the ship)) What about Quantum Catapult Megastructure? Do you need a hyperdrive to use it too? And if not, another challenge?

Secret call-out get!

I wanted to see how you handled the Crisis :P

C.M. Kornbluth smiles at you from the great beyond. =^[.]^=

Little Question here, and actually question in general: HOW do Megacorps Branch Offices work? Do you phone in to the local governeur/crimeboss and ask him if some people are willing to use your name, Labels and whatnot to establish your branch office? If so, how the hell to Xenophobes do that while basically entrusting part of their assets to well, Xenos? Or do you send a few of your people like an embassy to set up shop, and they are just not enough to actually qualify as a pop and use local citizens as workforce? And if it is the latter, wouldnt your people still leave the planet, system and make use of FTL?

To be honest, I was expecting you to heavily abuse mercenaries.

Ah the Yuht challenge

I haven't played stellaris (yet) but is there a way where you can force a ruler to give up a star system like theybdonin civilization? I kind of was hopping you get at least one if you managed to A's every thing but not FTL

Ever consider reaching out to the Spiffing Brit? Your opener strongly reminded me of his meme patter.

„Sir, that crazy mammals declared war of independence on us. Should we send our mighty fleet to restore order? 'Nah, it's not worth the energy, they never leave they Rock anyway.'

This is just Old Man’s war minus the CDF but still having the CDU

Why did you delete the science ship instead of just sending it to assist research?