. It’s also possible to end a war by declaring a Status Quo. 4. The issue is when I declared an expel branch war against them it didn't work. 2. I see a lot of frustration on here, understandably so, about how everyone hates being made a tributary. Subjects with negative loyalty have the Disloyal attitude, which prevents any diplomatic agreements; subjects with positive loyalty have the Loyalattitude, which increases acceptance of diplomatic agreements. This doesn't make sense, to pay to person you are fighting, when you are fighting because of said payments. Subjugation. Vassal Contracts are a massive new feature of the Stellaris 3. However, were I to declare war, apparently I would have to fight my own federation members over it? How does this work? Am I only virtually able to win if I leave. A tributary turns into a vassal if it has something like 50% of your technologies researched. Originally tributaries weren't protected by their Overlord wich made it a pretty useless thing, since you waged. The Stellaris_Tributary emoji should now be available for use in your Guilded server! Stellaris_Tributary emoji for Discord & Slack. Set the economy to militarized and avoid running artisans as much as you can. None Nemesis. Death Diamond Oct 2, 2022 @ 5:44am. Oct 7, 2017 @ 5:37pm FYI: the tributary war demand bug is fixed in 1. Stellaris 50474 Bug Reports 30891 Suggestions 19152 Tech Support 2898 Multiplayer 377 User Mods 4631 Stellaris AAR (After Action Reports) Console edition 1216 Kryndude Lt. So my problem is that when i take control of enemy starbase/invade their planet i automatically gain control over it. Noun. There is something to be said for 4X-style victory conditions, which usually allow for diplomatic, scientific, and cultural ways to win. Now your tributary gives you energy and minerals, add part of their naval cap to the federation fleet, and they're pulled into any wars you're involved in, because they count as federation members. Just experience from playing seems like AIs are just not setting up offices for me. Uploaded in 1080p, best viewed in full screen. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. I have a big fleet advantage and it is gives me only +14. unlock the domination tree. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Legacy Wikis. we are at 2250 very early on. Ive heard somewhere that if your vassals hate you, then they wont help you in anything. Can i change that after ive already gained them as a vassal? Edit: guess i should read the link u sent lol . Vassals can be everything, from tributary-like contracts, to specialist contracts, protectorates, offensive, defensive or no military allies at all. Old Mister Syrup 23 févr. 35. All systems captured, one but one planet is occupied. However, it pays a substantial amount of tribute to its overlord in exchange for protection. Then you got that 5%. As long as there is at least one empire present that is not Fanatic Pacifist, war is an almost inevitable aspect in any game and can be anything from a small border skirmish to a massive interstellar war of conquest. 8boy09. Jump to latest Follow Reply. Food is minimal, and getting tributary after tributary can cover your economy for the most part. A 3 planet tributary can give you more than 10 of each. Also every other type of subject it be tributary or the other 2 new subject types are impossible to get. fanatic xenophobe instead of hive mind should also do the trick but gets ecunomoplis tech. Heck if they like you enough they may even be amicable to becoming a tributary. The standard 2 planets any empire gets are 70%, so Lithoid do better quite a bit. Cheaper in war score and give monies to you. This is if the AI is a determined exterminator or devouring swarm or fanatic purifiers. Set in the vastness of space, you are tasked with raising an Empire to rule the galaxy. Since you can do. Large amounts of minerals are needed for each activity related to the development of infrastructure and army so you will want to have a sizable surplus at any time. You can easily rename your capital system, and so, you can easily rename your subjects. So if you're planning on taking Indonesia don't make the nations there tributaries. 0 was never released to the public instead making patch 3. Stellaris Dev Diary #281 - A Message from Minamar Specialized Industries. Joelok"Stellaris: Where the Geneva Convention Goes to Die !" 1; Reactions: Reply. Of course you can see everything from the standpoint of max. Stellaris. Fluffy-Tanuki • 21 days ago. If you got a particularly worthless planet, you can purge your own machines and fill it with the organics for a vassal. If I can make tributaries -> vassals and then diploannex them at a later date, I'm peachy. Subsidiary, Tributary, Protectorate, Bulwark, and so on. which likely won't happen unless you declare war on. #3. 777 8. Some franchises and games of note: Stellaris, Europa Universalis,. No no it was the other way round. Press the up or down arrow keys to traverse through previously executed commands. Upload Attachment File(s) attached . Wupps had that backwards. (Ie: effects of similar and differing ethics etc, effects each element in the agreement. Reply. I defeated every fleet they had, took over every system, claimed all their stations. Now, if a system with pirates stays unnattended for too long (10 years or more), the pirates will try to seize a nearby colony. It's probably obvious no-brainer, but maybe someone is new to the game, Tributaries pay 25% energy and minerals which boosts your economy especially when you establish tributary out of megacorp, but as a tributary they enjoy your protection while they don't have to join your wars! Outrage! The "Vassalize" War Goal and You: A Lesson learned the strange way. tributaries might actually, now that i think about it. Things you dont: Hive minds still suffer from red habbility. This will open the vassal contract menu. the game seems to make the war to expel branches of there overlord, which is A) pointless as they aren't a megacorp and B) very. For some reason you can't expropriate criminal heritage buildings from your planets and vassalize/tributary unless you want to wait 10 years between them (because truces), this is because stellaris apparently decided that when you dominate a criminal syndicate you apparently are fine with them building illegal mining operations and meth labs on your. I've been watching the Overlord multiplayer stream (mostly Montu) and I was wondering what exactly the difference is between a tributary vs a standard vassal in the upcoming patch. I really don't know why there's not a button for "hey. Conquest is better, but vassals are fun for role playing. If one state is willing to accept you in, just keep pestering them with invites. You always only get systems you claimed, unless it's total war, where everything you took is instantly transferred to you. AI will surrender quickly, especially early game. A tributary is good for replacing your basic resource economy, but they aren't good at replacing a science (or alloy) economy, and you still want pops producing that instead of relying on other empires which fall further and further behind as you rob them of the resources to improve their own efficiency as a provider. Don't build them up and they'll only be 5K strong so they can't help you. You will probably still require Starnet AI to make Vassals any useful. The best way to play is to have as close to zero empire size whilst having the biggest science income. 1. Adeiu • 7 yr. r/Stellaris. Once you actually vassalize/protectorate/tributary them, low opinion will affect their chance of taking the wargoal to free. After that, it’s up to you to make the choice! How Do Tributaries Work? Tributary. then demand vassalisation or tributary status from your target. They may pick a CB from the list or choose to declare war without a casus belli and accept. 22 Badges. For protectorates, you actually gain influence, iirc. When I have a tributary, does he pay 25% of what he produces brutto or is it 25% of his net worth, thus already exluding all the ♥♥♥♥ he used his stuff for? Because if it is net worth, ♥♥♥♥♥ useless af. and my friend is just randomly becoming a tributary of an ai empire and they say they didn't click on anything or do anything that would cause that. #3. Tributary is the most independent type of subject. New posts All threads Latest threads New posts Trending threads. Lets find out. when a tributary or vassal attempts to break free from their overlords they get warscore over time. 0. FogeltheVogel • Hive Mind • 8 mo. The Prospectorium pays 30% of its basic resources that could go into CG, and 30% of CG that. The fastest way to take all their territory is to baseline them the integrate them. ago. A 3 planet tributary can give you more than 10 of each. 3. Or possibly the interaction of several of your mods together. The overlord can't curtail their expansion, doesn't interfere in any of their wars (and vice versa), the tributary simply feeds them resources. All Discussions. usually protectorates never become vassals, since they need 50% of your tech and you can usually out-tech them. You can do this by either vassalizing or stacking minus empire size modifiers. I'm playing as Pacifist and Fanatic Materialist. wg_absorption_vs_fe:. 7: 0 to 225 Vassal limited to 45% maximum tax Subsidiary or Tributary cannot receive subsidy; Research Research 0 to −90 +3. In my opinion, I'm willing to get at least one large prospectorium subject, the science loss isn't that enormous (around 30-50 per type) due to it's percentage of propectoria science production in which they get huge debuff (can be as large. Vassal. . Dont ignore the rest of the galaxie. Todo Discusiones Capturas Artwork Retransmisiones Vídeos Workshop Noticias Guías Reseñas. Damn makes a lot of sense, thanks for the help :) ShadyPollster • 5 yr. Ever since the Stellaris Overlord expansion, and even before, I hoped for a more modular subject system in EUIV. I also beat back their defense pact ally. While a Tributary can expand as normal, but does not join your wars. They've had 2 single-system nations splinter from them as rebels over time. You get 1 influence point for each protectorate you have established. A Liberation war should remove its target from their Federation, as well as changing their ethics, if successful. Overlord aims to offer more control over your empires, both to let you shape them in more specific ways and also to generate more anecdotes when it all goes wrong. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. I unemployed all drones that consumed any resources and moved the economy as heavily to food and energy as possible. Is it possible to use Stellaris as a tributary? Only vassals and protectorates are possible to integrate tributaries. Check your relation with that empire and see if you can declare war with "Contaminate threat". Paradox Interactive Stellaris - Federations. In a perfect run you would just grow large nough to start the vassalisation chain and then even shrink yourself a bit if over 100. Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. In my current game I won a war on my neighbor with make tributary causus beli and they immediately turned into a protectorate, is there a way to stop that from happening in the future? Because all I want from them is their resources and not. 25 influence a month, and you can integrate them if you want. - You can fully absorb large empires later instead of taking small bites out of them to take their territory over multiple wars. As a Megacorp you can only have Subsidiary vassals, who can expand and join your wars,. Can’t remember if the system which has the L-Gate needs to be. If you're next to a Devouring Swarm, you can go to war to try to Contain the threat they pose to the galaxy. in stellaris, tributaries are just a different type of vassal that pays you resources but doesn't follow you into your wars. If you have a reason to go to war with someone, you can go to war with them for that reason. The second problem is the leader limit. Old Mister Syrup Feb 23, 2018. vassals can be integrated into your empire so you can eat them without claims or war. The ai is horrible. Now your tributary gives you energy and minerals, add part of their naval cap to the federation fleet, and they're pulled into any wars you're involved in, because they count as federation members. The standing fleet and the ability to stack all of them should no longer be the main deciding factor in warfare. Also make your own defensive pacts to even the odds. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. They can be integrated. Then, after 10 years, vassalize them and integrate them. And there Make the Tributary or Make the. #5. Then I turn on population controls, displace or purge them to make room for my species. You should be able to see the vassalage type and penalties in-game. Legacy Wikis. ago. r/Stellaris. ago. 0 has ♥♥♥♥♥♥ us over with the casus belli system it's really hard to get the req for a vassalisation/tributary war reason. A tributary can't be customized in the same way, and simply pays you a tax of resources to. Maybe like the real-life Vikings, raiding and raiding and awaiting that end game crisis (literal Ragnarok). If you capture a set amount of space but no inhabited planets when the Status Quo peace is enforced the. cabrig. Inward Perfection -> Crisis empires, for example, need the Imposed Inclusion CB to vassalize as under normal circumstances they can only demand tribute, and if refused they can't go to war to force tribute. I prefer tributaries until late game. There are a few different ways to create vassals in the game. The first method involves going to war with a target empire. ago. You can't integrate a protectorate. 0. Fixed bugs that pertain with the game trying to pick a pop from a colonising planet that obviously does not have pops. Well it depends. (Playing pacifist for the first time. The game is quite a while back so not 100% sure of course. There is absolutely no perfect answer. Vassals can be lawful or the opposite in which case they will rebel if given the opportunity. How to make vassals/tributary. if they refuse you get a casus belli. Well, that does say it's been updated as of 1. 66. I just technologically enlightened two races, immediately making them vassals. TL;DR pdx please please allow a way to access the tributary/subject casus belli without the stupid fleet superiority requirement. Stellaris lacks the broad spectrum of victory conditions which could recognise the validity of the many different ways to play the game. Vassalize and Tributary - both seem to become active through diplomacy. No no it was the other way round. They don't give extra fleet capacity nor will they help in a war. If you aren't vastly superior to them on the grand scale of your empires by any regard, you cannot subjugate them through war. Just take the diplomatic tradition tree and you can break off very easily, send envoys to increase relations, you will gain favors just by doing this with the tradition. Make Tributary. They cannot claim systems or engage in diplomacy. So less like Trump and more like the dictator of Belarus. Forums. Stellaris diplomacy is light years behind even games like Civilization 5 with simple but. Search our database of 60 Stellaris war goal IDs. ShadyPollster • 5 yr. This is assuming that you’ve researched the L-Gate tech to activate it (separate tech from L-Gate Insights), and have scanned an actual L-Gate. By Obsidian Shadow. Tributary is just someone paying, with no benefits for them. Stellaris v3 version available here! This mod aims to improve the Domination tradition so that it is an appealing option at any stage of the game and also adds several. Overlord Expansion Features. I'd release them as a tributary or vassal, trapped in the system with no emigration rights, unable to grow food to support themselves. It leads to boring and annoying game play. When declaring war, the player is presented with a list of available CBs. Legacy Wikis. Stellaris. Stellaris 50500 Bug Reports 30972 Suggestions 19167 Tech Support 2905 Multiplayer 377 User Mods 4633 Stellaris AAR (After Action Reports) Console edition 1219 Northernwwater General The % of tributary economy applies to taxes as well, and are why taxing basic resources from scholarium is a waste. Currently bigger empires (ie conquest) is just stronger due to the fact that you can just increase your empire sprawl endlessly (ie no science loss from bigger empires) and the ai has weird ship designs and uses buildings suboptimally. There certainly are some gains from having direct (or sector) control over planets instead of letting other empires technically own them, but also some drawbacks. Like eminence said, you don't need to spend influence for a subjugation war. This mod aims to improve the Domination tradition so that it is an appealing option at any stage of the game and also adds several new vassal and tributary types that are more evocative and useful to an overlord. Stellaris. Tributaries themselves are kinda meh and supposedly pretty bugged in 1. -25% minerals and energy to your vassal's fleet. See screenshots for new tradition effects. #4. #4. Feudal is also the only way I know thus far that makes a 1 system play through possible. Members. Updated selection criteria of pops. . Recently my (disloyal) Tributary, who tried to attack me before, has been gaining some ground planetwise, and I would like to reign them in by taking one or two of their planets. This is my current megacorp setup with shattered ring. If that's the case, you should try making a tributary and see if you ever manage to "upgrade" them! If it ever actually comes to that then yeah, tributaries might be worth using. You basically become…Tributaries are much better imo. Actually there IS a perfect answer. Vassals are very bad. ago. They get a one sided defense pact with. Protectorates get no benefits except for reduced research cost on technologies you've researched, and provide you with no benefits except a small amount of influence iirc. GazOCee. If it’s a liberation war they won’t because they literally have. bordering other tributaries does count for tributary demands. Only by declaring war can you change it. Subsidiaries only pay energy, while tributaries pay both energy and minerals. Aug 11, 2018; Add bookmark. Kinda weird bug that doesn’t impact gameplay much but is a bit funny. But you won’t be able to do it alone — t o accomplish your ultimate goal you’re going need some allies, whether they like it or not. Navigate to the Propose Subjugation option. Notes: Sectors of this type will be by far the most common in your empire. Release them, then declare a war to make them a tributary. The only way to instruct a science vessel to explore an unstabilised wormhole is via the right click menu. 25 influence. 4, but the quick trust growth means you can turn them into a protectorate/vassal pretty quickly. please help. The most powerful vanilla build I've played in stellaris to date. . Took me a few minutes to understand I'd also taken on their vassals also. My war goal was to annex Empire B and make Empire A a tributary. war goal IDs. What do Stellaris federations have to offer? Players can extend their diplomatic dominion over the galaxy as never before with the Stellaris: Federations expansion. With the "Taxation of Subjects" policies, you can turn your Vassals and Protectorates into Tributary Vassals and Tributary Protectorates, respectively. A brief summary of casus belli and war goals, some of th. Clone Army is a very strong early aggression build because of the strong ( but capped ) pop growth. Desiring to safeguard my race for the long haul, I became a tributary instead of a protectorate (I did not want to convert to a vassal and risk incorporation). Yes you can´t integrate them but considering how scarce influence can be sometimes, having someone giving energy and minerals isn´t a bad choice. I am fairly new to this game, so I first apologise for my lack of knowledge. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming. Presets have a list of default terms and can have additional unique effects tied to them, like. Stellaris Console Edition Guide to Vassals and Tributaries. 75 Badges. but I have over a dozen planets in that. Warhawg01. 0 unless otherwise noted. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming. 4 we had those two vastly different types of subjugation: Vassals are diplomatically tied to their overlord, they pay a small tribute and get some benefits. ; About Stellaris Wiki; Mobile view See full list on stellaris. Tributaries: you cannot attack them for a hefty 25% of their economy income going to you (37% with one domination perk). Stellaris. The subject tax made the game completely unplayable from that point. So now i can only tax them 45% of theyre basic ressources until they get strong enove to become a tributary. You will probably still require Starnet AI to make Vassals any useful. The issue I'm running into is the casus belli notifying me that the war goal is no longer available during the war. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. Any minerals or energy you can get without building a district and assigning a worker, or building an outpost, is sprawl-free. 8] Subscribe. Hide filters. 268 votes, 17 comments. So far the consensus from good players and the creator from Starnet AI seems to be that the Plan from AI isn't much better and in some instances makes the AI worse. Status Quo peace should be a much softer limit, then, especially for more authoritarian governments. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, vassal state or tributary state, the dominant party is called a suzerain. If the tributary pays the tribute, trust increases slightly; if it refuses, trust falls significantly. One thing you can do is annex the rebels, essentially fix the planet through infrastructure and what. Secret Fealty is a new action your subject empires may take if they decide they don’t like you very much after all. Otherwise, a lot of the meta stuff right now is Functional Architecture / Merchant Guilds, using the mercantile tradition tree to get as many merchants as you can early on to support your empire though trade value. unlock the domination tree. Had that in my last game, was in 2 wars, won one for a tributary and never got it. This is what the Stellaris Wiki has to say about tributaries. Stellaris. I don't believe that a vassal/tributary can have subjugates themselves so I would assume they become your vassal. While there are few different types of allies available in. This is why it pays to have loyal tributaries, as they'll give you resources, expand your dominion and go to war with you; vassals only do the later. Vassaling can make harder to conquer but not really if said vassals are in alliance with war controls. When I have a tributary, does he pay 25% of what he produces brutto or is it 25% of his net worth, thus already exluding all the ♥♥♥♥ he used his stuff for? Because if it is net worth, ♥♥♥♥♥ useless af. Last edited by Malaficus Shaikan ; May 13, 2022 @ 3:13am. I became a tributary in the early game. Launcher. So Materialist feudal playthroughs can be crazy good. Having a protectorate gives . All its economic support is (involuntarily) outsourced to. I faced inaccessibility of war for submission (as the vassal or the tributary), I send the offer "To offer the status of protectorate" or "To demand a tribute", any empire refuses (well, on a kraytsny measure while there are no concordants peacefully), then I come into options of declaration of war. It makes changes to what they provide to their overlord. On another. ImperatorRoman Major. New posts. 1. However, as the war ended the empire became a protectorate because it is to weak to be a tributary. Never mind i'm a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot that didnt read. As seen here Screenshot I cant even declare a war on them. 25 influence a month, and you can integrate them if you want. Can’t remember if the system which has the L-Gate needs to be. I thought about getting claims but I wanted to use my influence for something else, so I thought I could make them my vassal and later integrate them. Just make them a tributary from the start because vassals are terrible, where as tributaries constantly give resources. 2. Tributaries pay another nation for. Apr 14, 2023; Add bookmark #6 CrazyJ said: Vassals have been incredibly OP since overlord dropped, and the ai has been all to eager to become them. Can't declare war on overlord. This page lists the codes which may be input into the Console Window, a special debugging window which may be accessed on non-ironman games by pressing ⇧Shift + 2, Alt + 2 + 1, ⇧Shift + 3, §, ~, ^, °, ², or ` (key varies based on keyboard layout). Don't know if you got your answer, but when achieving the final level, the crisis empire leaves the galactic community, any federations and all allies outside of vassals. pulli23 • 3 yr. So a criminal syndicate is doing its job and has a couple of branches open on my planets. In game terms, I prefer vassals of nations. 48. Sort of, but not really. A tributary gives you a portion of income. Any time a ground unit is lost. You can check the overall relative power by hovering over the 3 bars icon left of the relative fleet power or in the diplomatic contacts list. 3) Declare a war of conquest on your former subject once that is an option (probably 10 years after releasing them). bane_howlingmoon Mar 18, 2018 @ 5:42am. Please read through the new rules for the forum that are an integral part of Paradox Interactive’s User Agreement. I don't care if the game thinks I'm weak, there's no need for the AI to accept the request, but it walls off the Casus Belli, forcing me to select conquest and actually take their shitty managed planets. 25% minerals and energy to grow your fleet. Step 1: Remove perfection civic Step 2: Play with factions. Project Danny May 13, 2022 @ 4:15am. In order to take a tributary, you have to demand tribute from the empire first. Stellaris is a game where usefullness heavily depends on the playstyle. You need at least one non-subject member to start the federation. Tributaries give 25% of their energy/minerals, which is okay, but the AI just might not be able to produce enough to make it worth it. ago. 1. Nope, the Space Mafia doesn't care about any Rights not founded on Might. #2. How to get potential vassals to agree to subjugation. I probably should have asked this first - What can I do with a Tributary? The option is there to turn the tributary into a vassal, but I have a negative score (-41) to actually do this. Patch 3. Since you can stack anchorage star bases for increased naval cap, and because upkeep costs so much more now, the extra fleet cap from vassals is negligible compared to the extra resources from a tributary. Loyalty ca…Tributary. imo since overlord, every war that. The game says a status quo peace for subjugation would create a new empire that is subjugated. I can't enforce my war goal because some systems/planets are occupied by my tributary who joined the war soon after it started. clockwerkwork • 5 yr. 2K+ Alloys/month, 17k+ research/month & 4k+ unity per month. Users can download the Stellaris_Tributary emoji and upload it to their communities easily by using our Discord. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. OwnGoal99 Oct 3, 2016 @ 1:04pm. So one think is not quite clear to me. 3. ago. Yes, especially if they are a vassal / tributary they can just ask me for stuff. GeneralOr is tributary now just a default pattern for Vassals? I've tried looking this up, but either the situation's changed, or there's a lot of bad information out there, because the information out there suggests that Vassals can't expand and don't pay tribute; neither of which appears to be true, given the Vassal options I'm looking at. Not for the empire being vassalized)Tribute is better for more powerful empires. I have noticed on some empires I cannot visualise them, I can only make them a tributary. Stellaris 50474 Bug Reports 30891 Suggestions 19152 Tech Support 2898 Multiplayer 377 User Mods 4631 Stellaris AAR (After Action Reports) Console edition 1216 Kryndude Lt. Paradox Forum. and there is no option to do anything about it. ago. Subjects have their own budget, construction sector, interest groups, laws, and institutions but are limited when conducting external diplomacy. This means at the start of the game your habitability effectively is fixed 88% on just any planet. I’m going to need more habitats. 5, and I haven't had a tributary since 1. 70. 1 Answer. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. You can easily rename your capital system, and so, you can easily rename your subjects. Presets have a list of default terms, and can have. With the rework that means you can. Suzerainty (/ ˈ s uː z ər ə n t i,-r ɛ n t i /) includes the rights and obligations of a person, state or other polity which controls the foreign policy and relations of a tributary state, but allows the tributary state internal autonomy. Strong diplomacy builds should have you covered. r/Stellaris • 13 days ago. The Spaceport is simply to tough to engange with less. "They may also swear Secret Fealty to one of your rivals in hopes that they’ll be able to follow them in an Allegiance War. This is my build for just 'relaxing day of Stellaris. Hey, at the official Stellaris Wiki I found 3 types of subject empires, one is Tributary: 'A Tributary is forced to pay a set amount of their income to their Overlord each month and is most often established as the result of a lost war. Thread starter unmerged(350868) Start date Jul 10, 2021; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu We have updated our. Stellaris. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. ago. Vassals can be everything, from tributary-like contracts, to specialist contracts, protectorates, offensive, defensive or no military allies at all. If you're next to a Devouring Swarm, you can go to war to try to Contain the threat they pose to the galaxy.