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+title = "Stellaris virtual rush build"
+date = 2024-05-22
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+
+# Introduction
+This is a written version of [a video](https://youtu.be/jEf0JmFRkK4?si=xeTsbCpk_8HCt_SJ)
+by [Montu Plays](https://www.youtube.com/@MontuPlays). All credit goes to them.
+
+It is a tall empire which leverages the new features from The Machine Age DLC.
+
+As far as I know, the only other necessary DLC for this build is Humanoids and
+Astral Planes.
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Build
+- **Species:**
+  - Machine
+- **Origin:**
+  - Voidforged
+- **Government:**
+  - Democratic
+- **Ethics:**
+  - Egalitarian
+  - Militarist
+  - Spiritualist
+- **Civics:**
+  - Parliamentary System
+  - Sovereign Guardianship
+- **Traits:**
+  - Machine (you get this by chosing the any machine portrait)
+  - Zero G Optimized (you get this by chosing the Voidforged origin)
+  - Adaptive Frames
+  - Mass-Produced
+  - Bulky
+  - High bandwidth
+  - Art Generator
+- **Leader Trait:**
+  - Charismatic
+- **Starting Solar System:**
+  - Void Dwellers (Sol)
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Opening
+- **Unemploy researchers** in your starting habitat
+- **Unemploy enforcers** in your starting habitat
+- Change **Diplomatic Stance** to **Isolationist**
+- Change **Subjugation War Terms** to **Benevolent Vassalage**
+- Change **First Contact Protocol** to **Proactive**
+- Start an automatic trade to **buy of 20 minerals/month**
+- Build **2 Industrial districts** in your starting habitat
+- Build **1 Reactor district** in your starting habitat
+- Send Science Ship to **survey Alpha Centauri**
+- Turn on the **Veneration of Saints** Edict
+- Turn on the **Encourage Political Thought** Edict
+- **Promote** your **Egalitarian Faction**
+- If you don't have an Egalitarian leader in your council, hire one and place
+them there
+- Send your **Military Fleet** to try and make **first contact** ASAP with as
+many empires as possible
+- Build a **second Science Ship** to scout around and try and make first contact
+ASAP with as many empires as possible
+- Build a **second Construction ship** to build as many **Minor Orbitals** on
+your capital system
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Traditions & Ascension Perks
+1. Prosperity
+   1. Standard Construction Templates
+   2. Everything else
+   3. **One Vision Ascension Perk**
+2. Enmity
+   1. Complete the whole tradition tree
+   2. **Consecrated Worlds Ascension Perk**
+3. Mercantile
+   1. Adaptive Economic Policies
+   2. Everything else
+   3. **Synthetic Age Ascension Perk**
+4. Virtuality
+   1. Complete the whole tradition tree
+   2. Whatever Ascension Perk you want
+5. Supremacy
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Council Agendas
+1. Whatever you start with
+1. Expand The Council
+2. Evolving Society
+3. Give and Take
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Post-opening
+- **Build** as many **Temples** as possible on your **starting habitat**
+- Build a **second habitat** on **Alpha Centauri**
+- Search for another **system with the most planets** possible in your vicinity
+in order to place your **third habitat** there
+- **After starting your third habitat**, turn on the **Inner Focus** Edict
+- Get **Planetary Unification Technology** ASAP
+- If you find an **Archeological Site**, complete it and get **Celebration of**
+**Diversity** or **Proclaim Religious Revelation**
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Mid-game
+- After year 10, an election will come up. Make sure your **current leader does
+not get re-elected**
+- After completing the Emnity Tradition, change **Diplomatic Stance** to
+**Antagonistic**
+- Build an **Autocothon Monument** on your **second habitat**
+- Build **1 Habitation District** on your **second habitat**
+- Upon making first contact with other empires, **trade alloys** for their
+**communications**
+- After trading communications with an empire, **declare them your rival**
+  - **UNLESS** they are your neighbor. In that case, improve relations and try
+  to form a non-aggression pact in order to prevent them from attacking you
+- After getting the Consecrated Worlds Ascension Perk, **consecrate any
+habitable planets you find**
+  - If you don't have habitable planets, consecrate non-habitable ones
+- After meeting another empire, **reform your government** into an **Oligarchy**
+  - **BEFORE SWITCHING** **un-employ** all **politicians** on all your habitats
+  - Get the **Exalted Priesthood Ethic**
+  - **Re-employ** all **politicians** after switching
+- Use your **extra council slot** you got from the Evolving Society Agenda to
+place an **Archpriest** in your Council
+  - Your council should have as many Governors as possible
+- Change **Resettlement** policy to **Allowed**
+  - Make sure your Egalitarian Faction stays over 80% approval after this
+- **Resettle worker class pops** towards your **new habitats**
+- If necessary, start an automatic trade to **sell of 10 alloys/month**
+  - Slight loss in consumer goods is ok
+- After getting Adaptive Economic Policies Tradition, Change **Trade Policy** to
+**Consumer Benefits**
+- Build **Zero-G Districts** on **Alpha Centauri**
+  - **Un-employ** all **researchers** on Alpha Centauri
+- **Build** as many **Temples** as possible on your **second habitat**
+  - Switch it's **specialization** to **Ecclesiastical Station**
+- **Build** as many **Temples** as possible on your **third habitat**
+  - Switch it's **specialization** to **Ecclesiastical Station**
+- If necessary, start an automatic trade to **buy more minerals/month** in order
+to build more districts
+- Employ a **Governor with the Unifier Trait** on your **capital**
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# Post mid-game
+- Your **second habitat** should focus on **research**, build as many Zero-G
+districts as possible, but don't employ any pops on research
+- Your **third habitat** should focus on **alloys**, build as many industrial
+districts as possible, but don't employ any pops on them
+- After getting the Synthetic Age Ascension Perk, your **transformation** will
+begin
+  - Select the **Real Time Approach**
+  - The idea is to **save up unity** until you adopt Virtuality and then
+  **unlock the whole tree at once**
+  - **Embrace the virtual world** when prompted to chose **A New Form**
+- After adopting the whole Virtuality Tradition, change **Virtual Economy**
+**Focus** to **Research**
+- After ascending, **Restore Jobs** on all your **habitats**
+  - You may need to click it a couple of times
+- After the month ends, you should be getting a large amount of all resources
+- Switch your **alloy habitat** to be a **Foundry World**
+- Switch your **research habitat** to be a **Research Station**
+- **Switch** all your **Reactor Districts** in your **capital** into
+**Astro-Mining Districts**
+- **Replace** all your **Temples** in your **capital** for **Research labs**
+- Build **Major and Minor Orbitals** **everywhere** you can
+- As soon as you can, build an **Arc-Furnace** on your capital system
+  - Mercury is a great place to do this
+
+
+</br>
+</br>
+
+# End-game
+- Build a massive fleet
+- Vassalize everyone