Alien-esque Xenomorphs as my next Empire

[Leigh]

I am enjoying my first ever successful empire currently, playing as Borg-like Assimilators, but with the trade lag and me very much in endgame now the performance is beyond abysmal, so thinking of putting that game on hold while Paradox gets a'fixin'.

So I would like to play as a Alien-esque Xenomorph race, but beyond taking HiveMind I'm really not sure what to do. Another thing of course is that it will probably be some form of hybrid between Xenomorphs and Halos The Flood, as our little H.R. Giger cuties don't fly ships themselves and stuff, so some creative license will be needed!

I like doing parodies or emulations of well known sci-fi aliens and what not, seeing a Battlestar Galactica human race in the not so very distant future, all kinetic weapons and nukes. Should be fun.

So, what would you pick alongside HiveMind for a Xenomorph like empire?

[Red Dox]

I am no fan of use "The" Aliens as a race, since they are not a space faring races. They are simply highly evolved bugs, infesting things ;) Other "living monsters" like Tyranids or Species 8472 are imo a better use.

However, if you really want to pressure the Xenomorphs in, I would go with Hivemind + Fanatical Xenophobe (they just eat everybody else or use them to breed) and maybe Authoritarian (Hive structured society) or Military (they basically are living weapons).


Maybe you might wann check this mod out
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1357427764
and look what they have done for them. If not to your likeing, it still might a push in the right direction for creating your own variant. If not already known, for the cosmetic part I would use
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=814332008
for portraits and
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=902204956
for the fitting background.

[Leigh]

Not too worried about aesthetic mods, more worried about how to build the empire mechanically.

And you cannot choose Xenophone with HiveMind, right? That and Machines have their own trees.

I like Aliens, I just want my empire to burst out of other peoples chests :)

[Darren]

Originally posted by lei07:

Not too worried about aesthetic mods, more worried about how to build the empire mechanically.

And you cannot choose Xenophone with HiveMind, right? That and Machines have their own trees.

I like Aliens, I just want my empire to burst out of other peoples chests :)

I would probably go with a Hive Mind -> Devouring Swarm. The tagline for Devouring Swarm is pretty apt: "Our Hive Mind exist only to consume and grow stronger. We will collect all available bio-matter and evolve to consume the galaxy!"

[Leigh]

I just want to bump this and ask wether if taking Hive Mind is actually worth it, and rather roleplay a HM and use various growth/tech traits such as Xenophobe, Technoracy etc.

A Xenomorph has to expand fast, so growth speed is a must. Having better tech means more brains to munch on. Can an actual HM do this, or is it best to cobble one together?