>be me >open galimulator >start 2000 star galaxy (spiral) >watching empires crumble and rise >pretty chill >"huh the one empire is falling pretty fast, but they've got one enclave in the southern core that's only holding due to a gun stati-" >idea.jpg >struggled with emperor mode before >realize the key to success and glorious conquest= >TOTAL. GUN. PLATFORM. SPAM. >by disabling auto ship construction you can place a gun platform (or multiple) in any of your stars at any time (as long as you have the cap). >they will attack nearby ships and defend their area of attack >when paired with fortifying stance they can defend against empires many techs ahead >totallynotbroken.png >decide to use my new found knowledge to great advantage >find rioting empire in eastern middle ring >target detected >take control of small warlord state with only one entrance to capital >decide to LARP as socialists cause automated gay space communism or something, amirite? >rename empire to United Communes of Tertasmu (or something like that). >nice light red color to match >immediately pop out 2 gun platforms plus flagship. >fellow local warlords begin to fall one by one as region consolidates >annex medium sized region in middle of the formal empire >4 glorious weapons platform valiantly defend motherland >Internationale.mov >notice something strange >apparently my government isn't entirely unreactionary >succession allows for relatives of leader >begin picking some sons and siblings of leaders as they die, but not everytime >anyways, decide to join local alliance to ensure borders >I think one of my artifacts or something produces mind control pods (dropships but better) >gain a few small colonies in other rings. >build weapons platforms there >expansion.webm >suddenly, it happens >latest leader is dead >ok... oh no >only possible successor is eldest son and sibling >I know what must be done >select eldest son as new ruler >open empire customization menu >deep red color >great terror befalls the capitol >the weapons platform set to high alert >local alliance stops receiving all communications >*radio silence* >declare the UNITARY GALACTIC REPUBLIC OF JUCHE >the hermit king would be proud >but we can make him prouder >realize that our small position in the middle rim of the galaxy simply will not do >our former 'allies' who devilishly betrayed us through their capitalist schemes must be shown the errors of their ways... >and perhaps... >even the whole galaxy. >the production begins to grow >every border a weapons platform >every man a soldier >the organs of war begin to pulse >the symphony of conquest begins to play > ALL. WILL. FALL. TO. SUPREME. LEADER. >simultaneous declarations of war against every neighbor >they will be shown the glory of our ways >or they will be crushed beneath our gallant heel >the platforms begin to conquer >slowly, at first, the tech difference is negligible >the first empires begin to surrender >they could not stand >and neither will the others >immediate deceleration of war against all new neighbors >mrboneswildride.mod >then it happens >a new tech is advanced >now 1 above all enemies >Faster >all eastern spirals begin to fall >reorient resources to the true prize... the galactic core. >then the greatest event of all comes through all broadcasts of the state >a second tech research >now 2 above even the most advanced empires >FASTER >breakthrough into core is achieved >empires thousands of years old fall to endless waves of comrades in arms >worldrevolution.img >realize I almost forgot about the corruption >it's getting kinda yellow >I should reduce it >wait >im 2 techs ahead and expanding >the conquests must continue >everythingfortherevolution.html >ignore it >in other news the galactic core has almost fallen >only a few reactionary states remain >north and south spirals begin to fall >soon all will belong to the supreme lea- >shit he's dead >luckily he has a sibling but no son >whatever.attpx >the galactic core has fully fallen >now only a few empires in the north, south, and mainly eastern >final vestiges of reactionism will soon fall >begin to prepare final assault >move mothership into position >corruption bar is almost full >NO >WE'RE ALMOST THERE >ALLWILLBEJUCHE.BAF >minor rebellions begin to appear in conquered territories >turns out new ruler is kinda ass >can't put down any factions >KILL THEM ALL >the final empires have almost fallen >our goal will be complete >humanity will be united >and utopia shall be achiev- >no >shit >wait >the bar is back to zero >were... degenerating >this... can't be... >we are Icarus, and we have flown too close to the sun. >BUT NOT ALL IS YET LOST COMRADES >begin to spam weapons platforms around the rebels and final empires >weshallweatherthestorm.dds >ah >leader is dead >bad timing, but we'll just pick ano- >no family > wait what >there's no family >only 2 subordinates available for succession >fuck.raw >whatever, it's FINE, it's... it's FINE! a new dynasty shall come to rule this great empire! >ignore the rebel advances >ignore the western losses >all shall endure >small rebellion begins north of capital >still degenerating >they're nearing capital >ohgodohfuck.zip >spam like 7 platforms in and around capital >fechtung Juche >front begins to stabilize >but not for the rest of the empire >new empires slowly emerging in core >local fleets and armies being overwhelmed >but even that's ok, our degeneration period is almost over >meanwhile... >a small ship returns from it's journey into deep space >they dock into the overcrowded station, refugees teaming amongst rebels and merchants, anti-Juche pamphlets scatter the winding dockyards >they've arrived in a small rebel empire in the far south of the core, their independence having only recently been established >broken pieces of a statue of the supreme leader are still being swept into dust bins >but these men have come with a great boon, one they hope will end the tyrannical Hermit empire for good >a weapon, found simply floating in an asteroid best of a neighboring galaxy >they claim they saw visions of great liberation when they recovered it onto their ship >the commander of the former Juche weapons platform nods in approval >"she can kill entire fleets, sir!" >the commander orders the weapon to be mounted to his flagship >aims it a Juche frigate still operating in the system >he gives the order >back in Kim's paradise... >notice a red star of lines beginning to appear over the galaxy >"oh god not one of those superweapon things" >it forms 5 points over the galaxy, and at every one all system within like 4 systems are destroyed >whatever, itll just kill a few random parts that we'll reconquer >look closer >wait >oh god >oh dear god >no >this can't be happening >myluck.mod >one of the points... >is directly over the fucking capital >itsfuckingjoever.inc >giant blast consumes the capital sector >its gone >it's all gone >the capital and all her surrounding systems are returned to neutral >the mothership is gone >the platforms are gone >it's actually over >realize that everything we worked to build is gone >the leaders, the banners, the bureaucracy, it's all gone >realize what must be done again >resign game >newhighscore.vod >go to empire editor >set empire to rioting >you are to dust and to dust you shall return >Babylon declares war on Babylon >Babylon defeats Babylon >as above, so below >northern rebels enter annihilated capital, declare victory over the tyrants >then it goes... like petals from a cherry blossom... one by one >they RISE >billions upon billions, system after system >the empire fractures into at least a hundred new statelets >all now jockeying for control of what one was >all new warlords rise to control new lands, just as we once had >watch in glee as the entire galaxy falls into a hundred millennia dark age >theydontknowhowgoodtheyhadit.img >billions are killed in the subsequent wars >10/10 would Juchemax Again.
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