"Liberation Day", a new piece of artwork featuring the Antares Confederacy's legendary armored offensive on Torix is now available as both a poster on the Templin Commissary and as digital wallpaper! Grab it here! www.templin.institute/news/2020/12/12/liberation-day
Parlament: We don't need to enter a defensive pact with the Cloister of the Spirits *Vrul Salvation League shows up* Parlament: CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACK
I remember that point in the livestream where the 'parliament' rejected the idea of a defense treaty with the superstitious space rocks and then IMMEDIATELY about faced and ran to the rocks for an alliance the second they realized the Religious Rock people were by far the most preferable neighbors to the meme tier genocidal Vrul.
@@23tovarm5 Earth got conquered by an alien empire so now they're a vassal state. The joke is that Earth didn't know the Earheart expedition survived, let alone created an empire. Additionally the Antares Confederation had no idea that earth was conquered, so there's sure to be a lot of confusion on ALL sides!
The war with the Vrull was good timing for the Confederacy, as it allowed them to _iron out the bugs in their military_ before they burst out onto the wider scene and maybe have to literally _iron out_ some *Bugs.*
Imagine being an UTP diplomat, possibly born and raised on the original Antares system, and one day in the galactic community an new alien nation is introduced: The Antares Confederacy
I believe the Antares flotilla got sucked not only through space, but also through universes. Obviously the UTP is the one Scion one that was in the vote, and it has no colonies outside of what was "allowed" by their overlord. I also think this was setup from the beginning and was always going to be a thing, I remember in the AC pilot it mentioned that there were suddenly 100s of messages being received from Earth, if they swapped universes this could have been Earth shouting out to the galaxy that the planet was about to die and that they (we) need help. The same thing happens in the UTP ending, where they talk about UTP officials talking about some sort of chance to break away and finally become free as they finally have an "opportunity."
@@azazaz4627 yeah its possible that antares might have ended up in a mirror dimension , basically similar to theirs but entire different . That was earth ., but "not" their own earth .
Interesting lore about Black stone in Kaaba, Antares Imam, and The Rock Empire. It's kinda make sense with islamic mythology if the Black Stone is actually a living spiritual Rock.
“Ammo count!” I yelled. I turned my attention to the rear-facing round counter of my XR-12 rifle, a fine old thing, the perfect blend of stopping power, control and reliability. Unfortunately, its rate of fire combined with the large size of the standard round meant it chewed through our small number of spare magazines like some kind of moreish snack. The boys around me call back. We’re all running low, myself down to my last magazine of 20 rounds. My own fault, really. I was never so good at short, controlled bursts. Especially when some alien freak that could turn me into meat paste with ease was coming at me. Damn, I miss those movies where the aliens were little green men… I’d take the death rays over having my legs pulled off. “Movement to the south-south-east, commander!” one of my snipers called out. Lucky us, for whatever reason the killing field surrounding a torn up, platoon sized drop ship wasn’t deterring them. Despite the physical differences, we weren’t out gunned, we still had the point defences active. You can be as big and strong as you like, but when you get hit by a 250mm tungsten shell meant for cracking stellar debris, it’ll turn you inside-out just as easy. We could barely call ourselves a platoon anymore, we were at 65% casualties and our vehicles were tapped in the hold. I had some of my sappers on the door with cutting torches, they were close to finished. I don’t know my arse from my elbow when it comes to an engineer’s job, but even I could tell they were nearly done. Freed from the belly of our ship, their big guns and armour would be the difference. We just had to hold out a little longer. We loaded up and got the wounded and dead back inside. Either we get the tanks out, the aliens piss off, some miracle happens and we get orbital supremacy again… or we all die here. “Every shot counts!” I yell through the loudspeaker connected to my helmet’s internal communicator, “Put the fire down, lads! Those freaks want to show us a good time and I’m feeling generous! If anything outside our little hill so much as twitches, fill it with holes, coordinate with your battle-buddies and cover each others’ backs!” I continued as the heavies’ autocannons opened up, each shell wounding or blowing away the aliens. An alien round pinged off of my shoulder, throwing me backward momentarily. I stand back up and yell our platoon motto, “ANTARES INFINITUM!!” I nearly peaked the loudspeaker with that one, but the lads of my platoon are a rowdy bunch and will take any excuse to drink, tussle, or make a load of noise, and by any gods listening, they shouted. I swear the aliens recoiled. -- Excerpt from the Memoirs of then Acting Platoon-Commander Ugabe Trentch
@@jlassijlali290 it's fun because we can contribute with lore commentaries to the events. Marc had a spreadsheet for this purpose. Some of the comments there are hilarious.
A lot of major events have happened very early on in this season. First contact with another sapient species, first interstellar war, establishment of a galactic community, and the reestablishment of contact with Terra. I very much look forward to see where the ConFed will continue to go on from here. Surprised of no mention of Holotheaters yet though. Fascinating narrative development and of course; Upwards, Onwards, Forwards Antares!
Wow, that twist at the end! I expected that one of the other proposals would be Earth in this story. But I didn't expect that one. I thought it would be Sol.
I expected they would bring back one of the other options for the "event on Earth", but didn't expect the UTP to be picked. Was thinking they would choose the Solar Empire.
Imagine fighting a Army of Absurdly strong Turtles on a Ocean world. Imagine having to fight multiple fleets of Submarines while crossing to a Different island. Imagine City's Self destructing to Prevent their capture by our forces. It's no surprise that at the end of the war their were as many Xenophobes as Xenophiles.
The templin institute has the greatest potential for crossovers. Imagine Star Trek but they bump into a templin observation station, it would fit in so much. “We tend to just watch but sometimes invicta happens, Templin Invicta!” -potential quote
I think that Antares Confederation could face The Terran Protectorates, The Holy Solar Empire or The Eternal Kreventum... both three would be great stories. Antares would not face the United Nations. They would just praise each other, shake hands and got federated.
Anyone want to see a sub series of the UTP now in the same universe. How they react to Antares and how they became a protectorate. Alongside the Antares Confederacy
It appears that their government was evil, but *not the species.* The average North Korean is not a evil person, just their regime. And if North Korea was successfully invaded _(the nukes all fizzled for this scenerio)_ the population could be integrated afterwards. But it would require adjustments and also the elimination of all the regimes people. So with the Vrull, once the Salvation League itself is wiped out the civilian population would be salvageable - remember it was the treatment of the lower classes by the leadership that inspired the Confederacy to go to war. Although it was the smart long term move from a defensive perspective - if left alone and allowed to build up the Vrull could be a serious threat, and they were at their weakest right after their Homeworld had been destroyed. Incorporating the Vrull afterward would also be the smart move, it would allow the Confederacy to monitor and influence their development so that another Salvation League doesn't arise, either from hidden survivors of the regime or just because the Vrull themselves are crap at self Government and always allow the most viscous of them to lead. As well, having the Vrull inside gives the Confederacy more strengths, as the Vrull are physically very capable. They would be a huge asset once their culture is adjusted. It also gives the Confederacy more diplomatic Prestige … "Here's this race we liberated from their slave masters", it's kind of Star Trek Federation in that respect - a advertisement for how the Confederacy are _good guys_ you can trust. "Oh and those, they are out neighbours, great friends, very spiritual, never had the slightest conflict with them". When there's a lot of more powerful players around, playing nice is a smart strategy.
I have always like the particular style of map used in both in Season 1 and now season 2 of Stellaris Invicta. Does anyone know where to find a complete example of them?
If only we can use political action such as embargo, blockade, support dissidents etc against a faction in Stellaris rather than just the binary peace/war options available since launch.
@@darth_shadow7924 Nope. 5 years after launch, stellaris's diplomacy option is still a graveyard and the base game diplomacy and actionable options with the AI are so limited, no mod exists to even try to rectify that. It's a double slap in the face considering Paradox made Crusader. Ugh!
Actually who ever has control of Earth would not want a lost Colony now a power of humans running around without some control. It would be in the best interest of the UEP to reign in the lost Colony before it tries to liberate its former homeworld.
This was beautifully narrated and illustrated, so much so that I actually felt genuine sadness when the Vrul’s suffering was mentioned. And what a way to properly explain the federation’s creation (the government might be secular but many people are still somewhat religious in the republics, hence being friendly with the Cloister of the spirit.). A great video you created here, well done!
i dont want to imagine a totalrian facist regime would be facing off a democractic parlimentary regime., Its like UNE versus commonwealth of man in stellaris cannon
Someone should turn this in a tv series! This will definitely become the new hit space series it has a more fresh take on the space genre in my opinion.
Yeah, it still happened, but with a slightly different set up. There must have been some semblance of peace across most of earth, by the 2150’s, for the space gate to (original) Antares, and the Earhart Flotilla, to have been built and fully prepared with millions of colonists. But still, some point after that, this fallen empire must have turned up and flipped the script for all of humankind.
Is this going to be about the Twitch Stream? And about the confedarcy's Best friends Spiritual *Rock people* ?! and the -spoilers- shocking discovery about the humanity?!
While the timing would be way off by at least a thousand years, having the reunion be with The Holy Solar Empire would have been very awkward. But that's nothing compared to the reaction to The Eternal Kreventum. Would it be contagious, that would scare the Confederacy. The United Federation of Nations is what the Confederacy would have expected to happen in their absence. And what if it had been the Greater Terran Union? "Oh…, we treat Aliens with respect, we even liberate the nasty ones and unite with the nice ones". Still it'll be interesting to see what the Collaborators secret plan is. And are they the massive interstellar community that the Confederacy has just wandered into, or just a faction of it?
14:15 Also training up the remainder of their forces. Using the hit-run attacks as practice and for improving the staff. Promoting captains that succeed and firing captains that fail. Adapting doctrines that work and abandoning those that don't. I would think there would be a lot of tension with over half of the high ranking officers demoted or outright fired for incompetence and insubordination.
A few idea for the about Stellaris Invicta Season 2 Templin Institute because i don't know how to classified this (sorry for the bad english): 1. an overview of all empire or important empire in the series, maybe even some of their cities, systems, fleets, person of interest,... 2. an honorable mention of all empire that were good but didn't make the cut or some of the team personal favourite ( not necessarly have to be in the actual series ) 3. an extra round of writing submission to the people whose empire were picked (either in the actual series or the picked 100), they can write idea about their empire cities, systems, fleets, person of interest,... or even add additional lore to the Antares confederacy or the chosen empire in general though i don't know how to exactly organize that Of course, the team have all right to chose which on to make a video about, but i think this will even increase viewer participation even more, I just hope that you don't make this patreon exclusive because that just bad, and at best their will be only 100 submission at best ( though probally not all will join) so it not that bad.
Aliens: You are surrounded. You are trapped. Humans: You mean that You are trapped here, on this planet, with us. Aliens: What? *4.000+ years of constant warfare on Earth*: Bonjour
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"Liberation Day", a new piece of artwork featuring the Antares Confederacy's legendary armored offensive on Torix is now available as both a poster on the Templin Commissary and as digital wallpaper! Grab it here! www.templin.institute/news/2020/12/12/liberation-day
TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ON NAKISKA
Are you using all the species and dlc packs for example necroids and federations
awesome
hey what planets have nonsapient life on them? im planning to draw some
@@bijtmntongaf I think in Stellaris theyre called tomb worlds
Parlament: We don't need to enter a defensive pact with the Cloister of the Spirits
*Vrul Salvation League shows up*
Parlament: CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALL THE ROCKS BACK CALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACKCALLTHEROCKSBACK
LOLOLOLOL
LMAOOOOOO!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, thats kinda how it happened.
I laughed way too hard at this😂😂😂
God damn it, i love the Senate
I remember that point in the livestream where the 'parliament' rejected the idea of a defense treaty with the superstitious space rocks and then IMMEDIATELY about faced and ran to the rocks for an alliance the second they realized the Religious Rock people were by far the most preferable neighbors to the meme tier genocidal Vrul.
First reject defense treaty like a big boy who can defend themselves and back because we are still crying little baby
@@alkun9814 i watched the twitch stream. That is EXACTLY what happened.
@@CortexNewsService i watch it also and it was hilarious
"Nah. We got this."
*moments later*
"THERE'S MONSTERS! HELP!"
I remember that. I voted nay because I thought we’d need the influence for expansion.
Terran Protectorates: How the *hell* are you still alive?!?!
Antares Confederation: I don't know!?!?!
So wait what happpend!?
@@23tovarm5 Earth got conquered by an alien empire so now they're a vassal state. The joke is that Earth didn't know the Earheart expedition survived, let alone created an empire. Additionally the Antares Confederation had no idea that earth was conquered, so there's sure to be a lot of confusion on ALL sides!
@@korben600 well not exactly Conquered more like the Aliens gave the side they liked advanced technology and weapons.
@@vincegalila7211 UTP are humans with alien sugar daddys
@@Jesus-jz6ll please don't say it like that
Protectorates: hey Antares! It’s been so long!
Antares: Yeah . . . We’re kinda seeing Spirits now . . .
"wait you guys went scion start!"
The Cloister: You're seeing _what?_
The Cloister rocks !!
Rock and roll !!
GTU>Confederacy, Fite me
when is Part 2 of this coming out? truly excited 🔥✨
"Antares soldiers! You are surrounded. Surrender and spare your lives"
Reply: "Hell! We're orbital droptroopers...We're supposed to be surrounded!
101 Spacebourne Division ?
To the Vrul Commander,
NUTS!
-The Antares Commander
@@pauldickinson3961 what a reference, the good old times
@@agbottan You mean the 82nd?
@@weaselwolf8425, I dont know. Whose was that?
Ahn... I'm looking. I only know the 101 because of "Band of Brothers".
This 82 looks good too.
The amount of goosebumps I had from hearing that ending holy crap
Welcome into the hall, the representative of the United Terran Protectorates!
Antares dude: |:>
Just wait till they bring the news home.
Same, I got chills.
i admit i haven't been watching the streams, but I was kinda expecting/ hoping to see eternal kraventum. still, did't see it coming.
I want to see how it goes, are we going path of co-existence or another bloodshed
Antares delegation upon seeing the UTP delegation: 😲
UTP delegation upon seeing the Antares delegation: 🤨
Underrated comment, LOL 😂
UTP: well...this is awkward
What does this do to the Collaborators plans.
Without knowing more about the Collaborators it's hard to say.
@@stephenkenney8290 they call themselves Archivist's
Alternate episode title: "Between some rocks and a hard shell"
Well howdy there Faris.
@@TheParadoxGamer1 m'chancellor
AND SO ANTARES SHALL REUNITE WITH OUR BRETHREN!
^This.
Turtle power or How I Realized that maybe the rock people are friendly.
Antares Condeferacy: Nah, we don't need a defense treaty with magic rock people. Vrul: Genocide. Antares Confederacy: GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK
The war with the Vrull was good timing for the Confederacy, as it allowed them to _iron out the bugs in their military_ before they burst out onto the wider scene and maybe have to literally _iron out_ some *Bugs.*
I see what you did there champ! +1, 10/10 would recommend.
Antares confederacy uncovers alien's true objective
*Meanwhile, back on earth* XCOM2 is happening
That's my headcannon from now
Meanwhile on earth, yandere simulator has still not been released
@@twoscarabsintheswarm9055 _and BER Airport is not even finished_
@@erika002 *we've still never found out what the deal with airline food is*
@@twoscarabsintheswarm9055, the mysteries of the universe
I still want to know how that conversation between the Confederacy and the Protectorates went.
I wonder if the Confederates speak in a dialect or creole, having separated from Earth for hundreds of years
The Antares representative looking at the Terran one like: Oh god this is gonna be R E A L L Y weird.
Yes! All the yes in the universe!
Protectorates: "Heard you were all dead... you look great."
Confederacy: "we got better."
You look like you've done well for your self, so do you
Imagine being an UTP diplomat, possibly born and raised on the original Antares system, and one day in the galactic community an new alien nation is introduced: The Antares Confederacy
MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
I believe the Antares flotilla got sucked not only through space, but also through universes. Obviously the UTP is the one Scion one that was in the vote, and it has no colonies outside of what was "allowed" by their overlord. I also think this was setup from the beginning and was always going to be a thing, I remember in the AC pilot it mentioned that there were suddenly 100s of messages being received from Earth, if they swapped universes this could have been Earth shouting out to the galaxy that the planet was about to die and that they (we) need help. The same thing happens in the UTP ending, where they talk about UTP officials talking about some sort of chance to break away and finally become free as they finally have an "opportunity."
@@azazaz4627 yeah its possible that antares might have ended up in a mirror dimension , basically similar to theirs but entire different . That was earth ., but "not" their own earth .
Onwards! Upwards! Forwards Antares!
Hear, hear!
To the Confederacy!
@@dwaugh2215 DISCLAIMER: Not the one in Dixie
HUMANITY LIVES! *STOMP STOMP*
Forwards
Antares
Together
Glad to see that you now have a map. This will make episodes much less confusing.
Ditto. Just another mark of professionalism in an already great series!
That map was more or less taken from the game itself though. But yeah showing an actual map in these episodes is great at establishing what it where.
Their map style is better than the original game visuals, wich is already good..
Trueeee
@@shadowtheme96 that what we want, a map that shows the full game
Interesting lore about Black stone in Kaaba, Antares Imam, and The Rock Empire. It's kinda make sense with islamic mythology if the Black Stone is actually a living spiritual Rock.
Really gave an immersive touch to story building
“Fiery speeches from proponents on both sides nearly turned violent”
- Honorable Representatives! You can’t fight in here! This is a war debate!
"Use the chair! Use the chaaaaiiirrr!"
“Ammo count!” I yelled. I turned my attention to the rear-facing round counter of my XR-12 rifle, a fine old thing, the perfect blend of stopping power, control and reliability. Unfortunately, its rate of fire combined with the large size of the standard round meant it chewed through our small number of spare magazines like some kind of moreish snack.
The boys around me call back. We’re all running low, myself down to my last magazine of 20 rounds. My own fault, really. I was never so good at short, controlled bursts. Especially when some alien freak that could turn me into meat paste with ease was coming at me. Damn, I miss those movies where the aliens were little green men… I’d take the death rays over having my legs pulled off.
“Movement to the south-south-east, commander!” one of my snipers called out. Lucky us, for whatever reason the killing field surrounding a torn up, platoon sized drop ship wasn’t deterring them. Despite the physical differences, we weren’t out gunned, we still had the point defences active. You can be as big and strong as you like, but when you get hit by a 250mm tungsten shell meant for cracking stellar debris, it’ll turn you inside-out just as easy.
We could barely call ourselves a platoon anymore, we were at 65% casualties and our vehicles were tapped in the hold. I had some of my sappers on the door with cutting torches, they were close to finished. I don’t know my arse from my elbow when it comes to an engineer’s job, but even I could tell they were nearly done. Freed from the belly of our ship, their big guns and armour would be the difference. We just had to hold out a little longer.
We loaded up and got the wounded and dead back inside. Either we get the tanks out, the aliens piss off, some miracle happens and we get orbital supremacy again… or we all die here. “Every shot counts!” I yell through the loudspeaker connected to my helmet’s internal communicator, “Put the fire down, lads! Those freaks want to show us a good time and I’m feeling generous! If anything outside our little hill so much as twitches, fill it with holes, coordinate with your battle-buddies and cover each others’ backs!” I continued as the heavies’ autocannons opened up, each shell wounding or blowing away the aliens. An alien round pinged off of my shoulder, throwing me backward momentarily. I stand back up and yell our platoon motto, “ANTARES INFINITUM!!” I nearly peaked the loudspeaker with that one, but the lads of my platoon are a rowdy bunch and will take any excuse to drink, tussle, or make a load of noise, and by any gods listening, they shouted. I swear the aliens recoiled.
-- Excerpt from the Memoirs of then Acting Platoon-Commander Ugabe Trentch
Nice
Fuck yeah , cool story
Awesome short story! The only problem I have is that you used the XR-12 rather than bae KN-44
I absolutely Adore this series, the perfect mixture of science fiction & intrguing lore
The best they add more detail
@@jlassijlali290 it's fun because we can contribute with lore commentaries to the events. Marc had a spreadsheet for this purpose. Some of the comments there are hilarious.
Judging by that ending, I think the finale of Season 2 will be when the Confederacy liberates the people of Earth from their so-called "protectors".
We hope it will get there. Whether it truly will? That’s anybody’s guess! 🤷🏼♂️
lmao itll take so long if marc refuses to invest heavily into the fleet, fallen empires are no joke
Season 1 didn't end when the GTU blew up Byrum, so maybe not.
that will definitely be a thing that happens, but it wont be the ending. Just like the destruction of the tyrum in season 1
Loving the new galactic maps, please leave them in for all episodes! FORWARD ANTARES!
A lot of major events have happened very early on in this season. First contact with another sapient species, first interstellar war, establishment of a galactic community, and the reestablishment of contact with Terra. I very much look forward to see where the ConFed will continue to go on from here. Surprised of no mention of Holotheaters yet though.
Fascinating narrative development and of course; Upwards, Onwards, Forwards Antares!
Wow, that twist at the end! I expected that one of the other proposals would be Earth in this story. But I didn't expect that one. I thought it would be Sol.
It actually makes so much sense! Earth collapsed, and a fallen empire came in and liberated it while Antares was gone!
@@diepssuarez2676 "Liberated" with a totalitarian police state subservient to a fallen empire sure.
I expected they would bring back one of the other options for the "event on Earth", but didn't expect the UTP to be picked. Was thinking they would choose the Solar Empire.
@@nobleknight7472 hey for all we know the Police state was entirety the Humans Choice. Well the Humans who ended up Running the Government anyway.
@@diepssuarez2676 Well a little spoiler (they posted it before that):UTP's backstory is about On the Shoulders of Giants.
They delved too greedily and too deep.
Love the Lord of the Rings reference.
It's also in the game.
I... thought that was a Dwarf Fortress thing lmao
@@lucidreamer6522Where do you think they got it from?
It's also a bit of a Vic 2 reference, as that's a event in Vic 2
@@lucidreamer6522 It is, but it's a LotR reference.
The whole invasion was such a shitshow that it makes World War 1 on Earth in the old days of Humanity looks like a small skirmish. Onwards Soldiers!
The invasion of Torix was sort of like Op. Market Garden
But it actually succeeded
Imagine fighting a Army of Absurdly strong Turtles on a Ocean world. Imagine having to fight multiple fleets of Submarines while crossing to a Different island. Imagine City's Self destructing to Prevent their capture by our forces. It's no surprise that at the end of the war their were as many Xenophobes as Xenophiles.
@@vincegalila7211 "Let's be Xenophobic"
@@randomka-52alligatorthatis34 bit to late.
"They're in the Coral!" Antares corporal before beging skewered
The templin institute has the greatest potential for crossovers.
Imagine Star Trek but they bump into a templin observation station, it would fit in so much.
“We tend to just watch but sometimes invicta happens, Templin Invicta!” -potential quote
Something similar already happend in Star Trek Voyager with "the 37's".
They're actually in Terra Invicta as an organization you can have. Fittingly, they boost investigation and espionage.
_So_ _that's_ _where_ _all_ _the_ _other_ _votes_ _for_ _a_ _Scion_ _start_ _in_ _Invicta_ _went_ _to..._
I wish I could do something like this for my own games, I love the ability of Stellaris to build head canon and stories for playthroughs.
The question is: Would the Antares Confederation have existed if we chose the United Terran Protectorates?
Thats..... A good question
Would love to see their side of the story
@@chiefcaptaincole9889 UTP got a backstory tho.
im sure the backstory has changed to fit into AC history
I think that Antares Confederation could face The Terran Protectorates, The Holy Solar Empire or The Eternal Kreventum... both three would be great stories.
Antares would not face the United Nations. They would just praise each other, shake hands and got federated.
Anyone want to see a sub series of the UTP now in the same universe. How they react to Antares and how they became a protectorate. Alongside the Antares Confederacy
HOO BOY THATS ONE HELL OF A CLIFFHANGER
Ooooooh that assembly will be awkward...
Also as an Australian the chocolate soldiers reference wasn’t lost on me
Yeah lol I did a bit of a double take there
There should be a special episode about the Vrul. They seem pretty evil.
VLM
Nah, just the totalitarian space station-living reanimated dead army alien nation
reminds me of snowpiercer the netflix series
It appears that their government was evil, but *not the species.*
The average North Korean is not a evil person, just their regime. And if North Korea was successfully invaded _(the nukes all fizzled for this scenerio)_ the population could be integrated afterwards.
But it would require adjustments and also the elimination of all the regimes people.
So with the Vrull, once the Salvation League itself is wiped out the civilian population would be salvageable - remember it was the treatment of the lower classes by the leadership that inspired the Confederacy to go to war. Although it was the smart long term move from a defensive perspective - if left alone and allowed to build up the Vrull could be a serious threat, and they were at their weakest right after their Homeworld had been destroyed.
Incorporating the Vrull afterward would also be the smart move, it would allow the Confederacy to monitor and influence their development so that another Salvation League doesn't arise, either from hidden survivors of the regime or just because the Vrull themselves are crap at self Government and always allow the most viscous of them to lead.
As well, having the Vrull inside gives the Confederacy more strengths, as the Vrull are physically very capable.
They would be a huge asset once their culture is adjusted.
It also gives the Confederacy more diplomatic Prestige …
"Here's this race we liberated from their slave masters", it's kind of Star Trek Federation in that respect - a advertisement for how the Confederacy are _good guys_ you can trust.
"Oh and those, they are out neighbours, great friends, very spiritual, never had the slightest conflict with them".
When there's a lot of more powerful players around, playing nice is a smart strategy.
@@casbot71, I completely agree.
Antares: We can do better than space rocks.
Vrul: Allow us to introduce ourselves...
Antares: CALLTHEROCKSBACK!
Vrul Salvation: *Exist*
Antares Confederacy: intervention time!
VSL: I don’t want(need) your help.
AC: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT!?!*
Vrul Salvation League: Exist.
United Terran Protectorates: Exist.
Antares Confederacy: Press The Big Red Button to enable Greater Terran Union mode.
US: hey thats my move
@@TheDarkstormy Well the wikia said AConf's main goal is to reestablish with Earth....
I have always like the particular style of map used in both in Season 1 and now season 2 of Stellaris Invicta. Does anyone know where to find a complete example of them?
I'm pretty sure for this that they just used a few map mods and took a picture of the game
@@twoscarabsintheswarm9055 If I recall correctly, Marc once said that he makes these maps with photoshop. So no, it’s not just modded game footage.
Gods of all faiths bless Rhumdara! Scattered but whole!
Victor Santiago approves
@@TheParadoxGamer1 THE LIGHT OF DEMOCRACY, SIRRAH
If only we can use political action such as embargo, blockade, support dissidents etc against a faction in Stellaris rather than just the binary peace/war options available since launch.
is there any mod for that??
@@darth_shadow7924 Nope. 5 years after launch, stellaris's diplomacy option is still a graveyard and the base game diplomacy and actionable options with the AI are so limited, no mod exists to even try to rectify that. It's a double slap in the face considering Paradox made Crusader. Ugh!
This is how all paradox games work. Lackluster at first, but by the end the game is amazing.
@@SQW0 it doesn't help that many rather stellaris be WH40k mass genocide simulator rather than anything else
hmm im hearing a "covert ops" DLC , expasion pack of sorts hhaha hopefully paradox might cook something up
Whelp... looks like the Antares confederacy have reunited with Earth (AKA the United Terran Protectorates) just not in the way they had thought XD
Actually who ever has control of Earth would not want a lost Colony now a power of humans running around without some control. It would be in the best interest of the UEP to reign in the lost Colony before it tries to liberate its former homeworld.
This was beautifully narrated and illustrated, so much so that I actually felt genuine sadness when the Vrul’s suffering was mentioned. And what a way to properly explain the federation’s creation (the government might be secular but many people are still somewhat religious in the republics, hence being friendly with the Cloister of the spirit.).
A great video you created here, well done!
The writing of both seasons of Invicta is SO good. So many times I find myself tearing up out of pride, fury, indignation, joy, and shock.
The standard of the United Terran Protectorate.
I haven't let out an audible Oh shit, in years 🤣
Good for closing 2020... Wait till the protector come next year
The ending was so good, but I was silently hoping the other human nation would be the Greater Terran Union.
If it’s the GTU, game over. The rest of the galaxy better bend the knee or grab the ankles.
i dont want to imagine a totalrian facist regime would be facing off a democractic parlimentary regime., Its like UNE versus commonwealth of man in stellaris cannon
@@Operator214MerchantMarine the UTP is like the GTU but significantly more technocratic and Cautious.
The GTU is basically the Turian Hierarchy but human.
It's happening! Forward Antares!
"Hello cousins. Long have we wondered at your fate. Now that we are met, BEND THE KNEE."
Forward Antares!
Someone should turn this in a tv series! This will definitely become the new hit space series it has a more fresh take on the space genre in my opinion.
Soooo all this time the united terran Protectorates video...was what happened to earth........MINDBLOWING
Yeah, it still happened, but with a slightly different set up. There must have been some semblance of peace across most of earth, by the 2150’s, for the space gate to (original) Antares, and the Earhart Flotilla, to have been built and fully prepared with millions of colonists. But still, some point after that, this fallen empire must have turned up and flipped the script for all of humankind.
I cannot wait another month to hear about this!
Give them hell for earth
Is this going to be about the Twitch Stream?
And about the confedarcy's Best friends Spiritual *Rock people* ?! and the -spoilers- shocking discovery about the humanity?!
Holy shit, I was SO hyped for this, and you guys did not disappoint!
While the timing would be way off by at least a thousand years, having the reunion be with The Holy Solar Empire would have been very awkward.
But that's nothing compared to the reaction to The Eternal Kreventum.
Would it be contagious, that would scare the Confederacy.
The United Federation of Nations is what the Confederacy would have expected to happen in their absence.
And what if it had been the Greater Terran Union? "Oh…, we treat Aliens with respect, we even liberate the nasty ones and unite with the nice ones".
Still it'll be interesting to see what the Collaborators secret plan is.
And are they the massive interstellar community that the Confederacy has just wandered into, or just a faction of it?
Antares Confederacy: *Intervenes with Vrul Society*
US: That's my boy!
United Terran Protectorates: *enters the hall*
Antares diplomate: *faints*
The Terran protectorate- looks ať the fainted diplomat: Also faints
Everyone else: *super confused why one species gets two votes*
I think the UTP diplomats would be more confused. Antares knew Earth was out there, but the UTP had long since considered the colonists dead.
@@valloarukaevu2846 That's going to be hard to explain...
Its so cool how you fill in the gaps, that Stellaris leaves open
Antares stands together, we will not fear the Salvation League!
I keep coming back to this series from time to time... It is such an awesome story!
"SALVATION! ONE MILLION LIVES FOR TEN MILLION!"
guess nobody's would ruin someone's crisp white sheets this time!
Stellaris Invicta is easily the best game-related series I have ever seen. I love how well you all craft the lore. Keep up the amazing work!
19:05 Daaaaaaammmnnnn now its getting real interesting!
I swear every time I watch a Templin video it gives me chills.
16:22 Saladin went to space!! YAAY!!!!
Purge the infidels
This is already turning out to be an EXCELLENT series!! 10/10!
Stellaris Invicta is like beef jerky once you get a taste you want more. now i have to re-watch season 1 to satisfy my Stellaris Invicta craving.
Now that’s an ending. Solid set up for a season 1-style showdown for the future of humanity.
Forward Antares!
*STRIKE THE IRON*
Strike the earth!
SHANNA ANTARES
@@unofficial_ai yeah with iron bolt
@@elvimartinez5629 With an Iron belt👀
Here we will remain most excellent
His manebimus optime!
I am so very proud to support amazing work like this from the Templin Institute. Thank you for an amazing story and fun play-throughs!
The world building in this series. Honestly some of the best I've ever heard from most big franchises. These videos are fantastic
The Confederacy needs a single confederate military with a structured command, unified organization, and doctrine.
It's a miracle that they won against the Vrul.
@@ZephLodwick exactly. Changes need to be made for the countinued survival and stability of the Confederacy.
Direct rule from Sagallo!
@@gwest3644 Maybe not direct rule from the Capital but a more unified military.
A centralized military would certainly be a boon for Antares.
YES! WE HAVE THE MAP BACK!
Oh man, the second the galactic Community was mentioned I knew how this episode would end but holy shit it still gave me chills!
This is incredible! The storytelling and artwork are perfect. I'm looking forward to seeing how the series progresses. Keep up the amazing work!
This is incredible! It really adds so much more to the entire story and game itself.
I legit had goosebumps when he said United Terran Protectorates
Seeing the comments, the news, and everything around this project I should watch those livestreams. They seem like utter chaos.
HERE WE WILL PROSPER. Forward, Antares!
i like how the antares views the galaxy with wonder, vastly different from how the GTU viewed the galaxy. keep em coming!
I love the sort of revolutionary spirit we can see in the Confederacy. I’m really excited to learn more about this world!
This is by far the best series and it just keeps getting better!!! Can’t wait for the next episode of invicta and skylines!!!
freaking loved this series, The Liberation of Torix got me on the edge of my seat and that ending too. can't wait for the next episode
14:15
Also training up the remainder of their forces. Using the hit-run attacks as practice and for improving the staff. Promoting captains that succeed and firing captains that fail. Adapting doctrines that work and abandoning those that don't. I would think there would be a lot of tension with over half of the high ranking officers demoted or outright fired for incompetence and insubordination.
Good to see you've embraced your true self
-Unknown interdimensional GPU citizen
It's so cool how you condensed all those livestreams in such an epic narration! Keep up the great work!
The beginning preparations for
The Great Struggle!
Has begun.
Antares ambassador: We found earth!, what the hell is this heresy to freedom?
That was a brilliant video, very happy season 2 is finally here. Keep up the great work!
You guys are magical. Been sharing your channel with all my friends.
R.I.P
Stellaris Invicta. Gone, but not forgotten O7
A few idea for the about Stellaris Invicta Season 2 Templin Institute because i don't know how to classified this (sorry for the bad english):
1. an overview of all empire or important empire in the series, maybe even some of their cities, systems, fleets, person of interest,...
2. an honorable mention of all empire that were good but didn't make the cut or some of the team personal favourite ( not necessarly have to be in the actual series )
3. an extra round of writing submission to the people whose empire were picked (either in the actual series or the picked 100), they can write idea about their empire cities, systems, fleets, person of interest,... or even add additional lore to the Antares confederacy or the chosen empire in general though i don't know how to exactly organize that Of course, the team have all right to chose which on to make a video about, but i think this will even increase viewer participation even more, I just hope that you don't make this patreon exclusive because that just bad, and at best their will be only 100 submission at best ( though probally not all will join) so it not that bad.
Aliens: You are surrounded. You are trapped.
Humans: You mean that You are trapped here, on this planet, with us.
Aliens: What?
*4.000+ years of constant warfare on Earth*: Bonjour
I've been waiting for season two for so long thanks for the upload can't wait for more!
I love the amount of detail that has gone into describing a planetary invasion which nearly failed.
Series like this is why I stay with Socal Media. Your channel is so creative! :)
Amazing storytelling as always. Absolutely brilliant!!
'single handedly raises participation numbers up'
So our first contact in the galaxy are basically the trolls from Trollslayer...complete with poking via ladle in a 'how do you FUNCTION!?' way.
the fact that there is original art for this series, my god that is SO COOL.
For some reason I can’t stop rewatching this video