Yea i did see that "redeemed purifiers" civic while doing my new playthrough. (Also a bunch of other civics with i assume are rewards.) Kinda a interesting thing, how did you come up with such a thing
(You can usually see majority of the civics(i think all) a player can get via the reform thingy)

@Chirumiru I just finished researching the 3rd seal -- and nothing happens, it did not trigger anything. Is there some fix for this?

What's the console command to get their Flowing Light tech?

Here I thought 2 behemoth planetcraft and 2 10mil+ fleets would be enough to deal with them, I was incorrect, they melted the planetcraft and fleets within a week of me un-surrendering. RIP that save lol, serves me right for opening gates that shouldn't be opened

where do we find the "active worldspheres"? I have defeated every active fleet / station of the OE in the galaxy but somehow can't end the crisis.... Am I missing something?

They are in the special system that the Outer gates lead to

Uh I killed the ark ship but cant do anything to the heart of valor did something break?

You are supposed to win as soon as you destroy the Arkship. Unless you cheat the game by killing it through non-combat means.

ok, I won and became living gods just though the heart of valor was the capital that lets you get your own ark ship.

The Heart of valor(Fortress world) is techinally a fallback objective(was first the original objective). Arkship is obtained a bit later after becoming a Champion

lastly uhh after becoming star men I can no longer get the acot capital buildings and now use the vanilla ones.

how do i open the gates? i had a popup telling me to either make the key myself(no idea how) or steal from a fe but i didnt get a war goal so i dont know how to do that either, or get it from the smuggler but i got no idea on that too. i got both alpha tech and phanon tech if that matters

Make yourself is a option in the quest log of it. steal is a wargoal. Smuggler is Phanon(you should access them through the contact list). (i also think you can ask curators i think. also bordering a ''Friendly''(in relationship terms) FE can also give you it.

phanon tellsme only service not available, i got no wargoal on either one of the 2 remaining fe/ae in my game and in my quest log i only got "outer gate basic analysis completed" and nothing else

Originally posted by Meme Darg:

Here I thought 2 behemoth planetcraft and 2 10mil+ fleets would be enough to deal with them, I was incorrect, they melted the planetcraft and fleets within a week of me un-surrendering. RIP that save lol, serves me right for opening gates that shouldn't be opened

Even 2 SYSTEMCRAFTS are not enough to win before the last tech tier (although they are strong enough to retreat before getting destroyed). In fact, you will never be prepared before opening the gates, because you need some tech you'll only get by fighting the stellarborn in the first place.

So yes, expect a gruesome end game crisis. At least the Stellarborn don't really conquer much.

Originally posted by alsderda:

how do i open the gates? i had a popup telling me to either make the key myself(no idea how) or steal from a fe but i didnt get a war goal so i dont know how to do that either, or get it from the smuggler but i got no idea on that too. i got both alpha tech and phanon tech if that matters

1) Wait the mid-game (you'll get an event).
2) Take control of a gate system, and scan the gate the first time. It'll ask for a key.
3) Create or buy it. If you are already alpha tech, you can trivially create it, it's a special project in your log that require a bit of science.
4) Destroy the 3 protective layers. To do so, scan the gate with a high level scientist. After each scan, you'll get a quiz. If you pick the wrong choice, you won't destroy the layer, but you'll get a small bonus for your trouble (usually a tech), and you can try again a few days later.
5) Wait a few years.
6) Enjoy your massively overpowered end game crisis.