Monster Waves Stellaris

Monster Waves Stellaris

Stellaris version supported: v1.5

Monster Waves
This mod spawns space monsters continuously. I found the idea of having space monsters as opponents fun but after the early phase of the game you soon forget them as they are extinct. Not anymore!

Each month there’s a chance that a fleet of each type of monster will spawn somewhere in the galaxy, at a planet or star, depending on their attraction. You can set the chance using the Monster Waves policy settings. Some monsters will not spawn in the first decennia of the game.

You can disable the Monster Waves with a country edict called “Disable Monster Waves” which will stop them from spawning while active.

Note: I wrote this mod as a companion mod for Novio Magnum. I have not tested this mod with the Vanilla game. There’s no reason why it should not work, but it might be very hard to defend your empire against the endless monster waves without improved military stations and outposts.

Monsters
Tiyankis
The Tiyankis are the most common of space monsters. Half of the time they are accompanied by a Matriarch which is a slightly more powerful variant. They are attracted to gas giants.

Default monthly spawn chance: 25%
Max fleets: 30

Space Amoebas
Space Amoebas hunt Tiyankis and are only slightly less common then Tiyankis. They are pretty powerful and will occasionally destroy an orbital facility. They come in 4 different colors. If they’re not hunting Tiyankis they will visit molten and toxic planets. They will start to appear 25 years after the start of a game.

Default monthly spawn chance: 20%
Max fleets: 25

Void Clouds
Void Clouds are now active and will team up occasionally to destroy anything they can find. Void Clouds are attracted to stars. They will start to appear 50 years after the start of a game.

Default monthly spawn chance: 15%
Max fleets: 20

Ancient Mining Drones
When the Ore Grinder is destroyed the Ancient Mining Drones want revenge. They will send fleets of drones out into the universe to create havoc. They are attracted to barren worlds. They will start to appear 75 years after the start of a game.

Default monthly spawn chance: 10%
Max fleets: 15

Crystals
When the Crystal Nidus is destroyed the Crystals loose their mind and team up. They will now venture out into space and destroy anything they can find. All fleets consist of blue, green, yellow and red Crystals. They are attracted to frozen worlds. They will start to appear 100 years after the start of a game.

Default monthly spawn chance: 5%
Max fleets: 10

Compatibility
Should be compatible with almost all other mods, except those that overwrite the crystal, drone or space monsters global ship designs which would probably result in those monsters not having FTL drives, thus being stuck in the system they spawned in.

When used with existing saves it seems that the global ship designs might not be updated which has the same result.

Disabling
If you decide to disable this mod new monsters will no longer spawn and existing monsters spawned with this mod will no longer move from system to system. You can also disable the mod temporarily with the country edict “Disable Monster Waves” from within the game.