Does Astral Planes add a new endgame crisis?

[sbszine]

I've read a review suggesting that it does (a crisis faction called 'The Formless'), but none of the DLC info mentions it.

[CrUsHeR]

The Defenders of the Galaxy AP mentions a few more factions where it works against, but the actual endgame crisis selector has no new entries. So these are probably a midgame crisis like the Khan, L-Gate and such.

[sbszine]

Thanks

[DarkShade]

They are no crisis.
Major spoiler ahead

The Formless are no crisis and not even hostile by default, they are located in a special system which you can only reach after completing a certain astral rift.

They "bring" you there because they are besieged by the Abberant. If you destroy the fleets in the system a situation spawns, during which you have to defeat additional spawning Abberant fleets in certain intervals.
Afterwards depending on the choices you choose in the dialogue you either:

- get a paragon,
- the formless as vassal (or depending on rng them turning hostile)
- they turn hostile towards you.
If you get them as Vassal they will colonize the planet in they system but not expand beyond that, they are a fixed type of vassal that cannot be change.

Even if they turn hostile though they only get 2 fleets.

[Billy Lee]

Originally posted by DarkShade:

wow another useless things in game

[mss73055]

If you help them, then claim their throne and defeat them in mortal combat:
- All your leaders are treated as immortal
- Size 40 gaia planet
- The core system with base 20 crystal mines