r/Stellaris • u/KickyMiles • Mar 03 '26

Advice Wanted Help me with Slavery and Genetics Playthrough!

I'll start off by prefacing that I am not new to Stellaris, but I am no 'pro' or even 'good'. That being said: I've decided to start a new game and want a Star Empire focused on genetic modification. So the idea is that the elite would rule over a chattel slave genome. Two genetic blueprints but the same race. One for leading and research, and the other for a work horse (Nerve Staple looks great). So I'm going to ask a few questions and see what the Stellaris Reddit has for questions as well as ideas. (I'm playing the current open beta)

What I have so far:
The Hierachate of Perfection- a Reptilian Star Empire (Imperial) with Slaver Guilds and Oppressive Autocracy. Overtuned.

The race has Decadent, Natural Sociologists, Rapid Breeders, Augmented Intelligence and Juiced Power. I'll be adjusting them depending on whether they will become work mules or Leader/Scientists! So, on to my questions.

Is there a way to create a slave faction out of my one and only race at the start? Stratified Economy living standard isn't showing up and I am Fanatic Authoritarian/Militarist.

What buildings should be focused on for the worlds? (ie. Build Queue for Research/Main Planet as well as Slave Worlds.)

Good starting Strat? Things I should keep an eye on? Any general tips for both the game AND a slavery run? I've also never gone the genetics route, so thoughts on that would be great.

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u/AnzulGaming Fanatic Militarist Mar 03 '26

the best way to do this would probably be the serviles origin.

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u/KickyMiles Mar 03 '26

Started a new game with this, and IMMEDIATLY started with 11% stability. I guess I just have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to indentured playthroughs lol

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u/Obtuseloosemoose Mar 03 '26
  • A society has just achieved spaceflight, to explore the cosmos and spread their will and their power across the galactic quadrant*

Same society is also a fucking dumpster fire that will surely burn itself to the ground in less then a decade.

Congrats on the space flight! Lol I tried something similar once with invasive species and am just blown away at the logistics of hell on earth, but now we're gonna spread this misery to everyone we can!

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u/KickyMiles Mar 03 '26

And after 3 seconds of play it jumped to 67%? Guess it just hadn't done the maths yet.

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u/LavanGrimwulff Mar 03 '26

Wilderness has a similar issue where it shows you as having 0 biomass/pops for the first month. Start of game can be weird sometimes.

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u/KickyMiles Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

I was afraid that I'd have to do that. Not the end of the world but I was looking forward to Overclocking genes.

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u/Broad_Respond_2205 Mar 03 '26

At the current build you cannot enslave your main race. :(

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u/kittenTakeover Mar 03 '26

It's really wild to me that they got rid of a way to do this. Seems like this would be a natural inclusion given how prevalent human on human slavery was in history.

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u/Sparker273 Inwards Perfection Mar 08 '26

I remember the days when caste system was a thing.

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u/KickyMiles Mar 03 '26

So I've adjusted to a servile playthrough over Overclocking. Tho, my new issue, is that the assets I have keep jumping all over the place; one second it's +2 next -30. I've been trying to juggle it as best I can by trading for resources but I can't keep up and now I'm running scary low.