Correction on the timeline there. Jump to latest Follow Reply. So as long as you (and the rest of the galaxy) can kill them faster than that, you can survive. I've made sure at the start of the game that I don't have the dragons, dessanu, and gray tempest flag using debugtooltip so that I'll 100% get the empty cluster. My fleets' desperate last-ditch battle to destroy the Tempest station was pure pyrrhic. Im a fine for now though. I've been in all the systems, can't find any factory O_o Gray Tempest iirc has the same fleet strength regardless of difficulty (which means you can't also make them more difficult), and in the OP's case, the AI is opening L-Gates before the midgame. 1. Every other system in the L-Cluster contains one defensive fleet for each nanite world it has, and there are a further seven roaming fleets which patrol randomly between the nanite worlds in the L-Cluster. I was hit with swarms of 4-5. L-drakes, which are weaker versions of the ether drake and Shard. Im a fine for now though. the battle starts and everything is. Language. Copy it to the Stellaris save folder (Users*Username*DocumentsParadox InteractiveStellaris. The Grey Tempest's seeming lack of threat comes from three things, two of them mostly inherent in the L-Cluster design: There's only one exit from the L-Cluster. Wait for the tempest to send out their latest spawn, THEN take the terminal egress system and build up a station. The only other real use for nanites is the nanite auto repair system for starships. The actual version is still backward compatible to pre 3. And after that they'll still manage to deny declaring the Grey Tempest as the galactic focus in the senate. You can fight them off with around 30k of total fleetpower. Both of these rules. All other scenarios are pretty much entirely peaceful. Following lines should be present in the save file for each outcome: "dragon_season" for L-drakes. Stellaris. Having a corvette stack for clean-up in wars is handy. Jump to latest Follow Reply. There are plenty of mechanics that let you catch up, like crises, empire sprawl, agreements, espionage. I have all of the DLC, and I wanted to try my hand at a Determined Exterminator. Several entire fleets were lost because they were surprised by Grey Tempest fleets. Sometimes they can be very successful at that, other times they barely spawn before. It is very cool! I've opened the L-gates numerous times and found it eerily silent, but never before was Gray around. Also the game won't let me send my ships into L-Cluster systems until a science ship explores it. Starting As The GRAY TEMPEST. I did this knowing that if it was the Grey Tempest, I'd lose the system, but they'd stop attacking me. How to Beat the Grey Tempest: A Thrilling Narrative. Or L cluster will be empty but neutral drakes will spawn from L gates. They're neutral, and one comes out of each gate, then travels to a nearby system and parks there. it can be empty, have some resources which would be good to open early, but it can have the tempest and kill everyone. New Arrivals in [FromFrom. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. I use a Crisis Mod to get her. They weren't there when I opened L-cluster, there were l dragons and Grey Tempest. Please either reduce the frequency of the grey tempest or make AI wait longer. If you want an early mid game and the tempest is released early, great. Galatron is the extremely rare relic, with 0. I only had the Tempest once, despite 2000+ hours on Stellaris. I lost moons to that mf. To access the L-Cluster you can either click on one of the L-Cluster systems (should be just outside the main galaxy) or click on the L-Gate itself. But yeah, swarming corvettes with ships behind eats up gray tempest and crisis alike. 0. Main article: Gray Tempest Endgame crises [edit | edit source] Endgame crises are triggered in various ways. Rhapsody May 16, 2022 @ 5:43am. Its year 73 and everyone is weak AF- my own fleet is 1400 (i use Bastion for defence against my single enemy). So I can't seem to find much on the Gray Tempest event besides the obvious. The only 3 empires left standing were myself and the 2 Fallen Empires, one of which had lost chunks of territory to them. When I opened it nothing really happened. Use the "Table View" and "Card View" buttons to change the way the codes are displayed. File should be placed in the root Stellaris folder in your My Documents. Gray Tempest This is a playable Gray Tempest empire that is based on. The Grey Tempest is a mid game crisis and the defender of the galaxy does increase damage done to them. Frustrating at times perhaps, but they do give warnings (if you read. Gray Tempest (SPOILERS) I unleashed gray tempest upon the galaxy accidently. Gray Tempest (SPOILERS) I unleashed gray tempest upon the galaxy accidently. Although this is sub-mod of End-Game Edition, this mod works without that mod when you are concerned about. It was officially announced at Gamescom in August 2015 and was released on May 9th 2016; in an unusual twist for grand strategy games, it later came to the PS4 and Xbox One on February 26th 2019. Gray Tempest, what to do? Hi, I've opened the L-Gates and whoops, out comes a terrible ancient threat, etc etc. [deleted] • 4 yr. It aint here. I saw the scourge once before I just turned the Unbidden off. The year is 2286 and a few months later my Leader died, presumably suicide to escape annihilation. The Gray Tempest fleets spawn in their home system deeper in. Info is available on wiki and reddit for their ship weapons and defenses. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments. The AI decides it wanted to open up the L Cluster. Nov 29, 2021. Exactly. By the time I opened the L gate I had a fleet of 150 torpedo corvettes. Stellaris. Stellaris. If they appear in 2400, oh sheesh. STELLARIS GRAY TEMPEST 👾 Mecanicas de la Tempestad Gris en Stellaris Distant Stars Puertas L. Then someone released the Grey Tempest early (one of the advanced start empires iirc). Wondering when to take care of that. Jan 2, 2022. paradoxwikis. There wasnt any nanite fleets or any factories - I know I acitvated the Gray Tempest event because I could set it as a crisis as the CustodianThat's much harder because there's probably around 150-200k of fleets there, but if you destroy the station all Grey Tempest fleets will dissolve on the spot. Also, I've noticed that the AI simply ignores "focus" Council resolutions, so maybe that needs a pass, too. Everything is related to chances at the beginning of the game. Help! Ships not attacking. It's twice as efficient as regenerative Hull. 12. I couldn't find a way to get the dragon outcome if you rolled the Gray Tempest / empty outcomes. Defeat the grey tempest and all nanite worlds, including the 7-8 in the L-Cluster systems become “terraforming candidates” which can be terraformed if you’ve got the climate restoration tech. This shipset includes custom nanite-themed models for most megastructures. the tempest was a tool used to build the gates. r/Stellaris. ) While I don't mind the Gray. I understand that L-Gate should represent an element of risk, but it needs balancing. The Grey Tempest are mostly a problem of alloy production, because casualties are guaranteed and you just have to attrition your way through the entire event. I've never encountered the grey tempest before when opening the L gates so I was not as prepared as I thought I was, I've lost the single L gate system I control but I'm currently in the process of setting up a. unique. If you're not a good player, there's always time to learn. 3. New matching event picture. Grey Tempest doesnt have varying fleet strength, and its nowhere near 100k. Began battling the grey goo and pushed them back to their main system when both FE’s decide to awaken. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. When looking at the description of each the Galactic Contender perk says it increases damage to "the gate builders" (along with fallen and awoken empires) which I always figured were the grey. ago. You're L-gate is locked if the Grey Tempest spawns it stops the first fleets and probably for a few years BUT, they will come through it Source: yea got pretty fucked all of the sudden in one of my earlier games this patch, still managed to salvage it and destroy the tempest thoTreat the Gray Tempest like a Mini-Contingency. I was a vassal of a fallen empire (because of my origin) and I was hoping they would interfere. Oct 28, 2019 @ 9:43am disabling L-gates Is there a way to prevent L-gates from spawning or disabling the whole concept completely from the game without:. The second-funnest Stellaris game I ever had was one where I rushed the L-gates and then got wiped out by an early Grey Tempest. Markus Reese. I just finished taking a couple month long hiatus while I waited for 2. . All reinforcement spawns after that spawn in the L-Cluster and travel through Terminal Egress to get to the L-Gates and out into. Dont use larger ships if at all possible; tempest titans can one shot battleship and below, and titans will be forced to retreat after the first salvo exchange if they survive. As someone who came back to Stellaris since before the Apocalypse update, I need advice on the whole L gate thing. com] Buildable L-Drakes are green: WIP The Gray Someone (including AI) opening the L-Gates triggers the gray tempest, but not every time. The Gray Tempest goes rogue and starts fighting the Dessanu. The funnest Stellaris game I ever had was one where I rushed Jump Drives from the Dimensional Horror and then I almost got wiped out the Unbidden, had I not managed to escape by hiding round the back of the. There are also command codes to trigger the. Originally posted by Addex78: The grey tempest are easy to deal with, they have powerful fleets but actually few ships which means you can fight them easily with Corvette and destroyer fleets of lesser power. 12. ). As two (L-Dragons and Gray) from four possible scenario outcomes are now removed, the event. It seems the mod is trying to spawn everything that can appear from the. Gray Tempest, what to do? Hi, I've opened the L-Gates and whoops, out comes a terrible ancient threat, etc etc. 6. I don't know, you can test it by using the "survey" console command after triggering the Tempest event and see if any of the L-Cluster planets have an anomaly. Stellaris Wiki. Sure enough, I opened the L-Gate and the cluster is empty. You want to boost Hull points, shield, armor, in that order. response:0 "§YDecoding fragment II:§! "In an act that will inevitably doom our civilization, we have deliberately isolated our home cluster to prevent the spread of the Naar-Di-Shav - §Hthe Gray. Now im hiding out in 2 systems, hoping they won't come looking!I was under the impression the home systems is always in the L-Cluster. Stellaris games are really RNG-dependent. Active Grey Tempest is first, then Desanu Consonance, followed by Grey, and then the L-Drakes. 505. Stellaris Dev Diary #319 -. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. CuddlyTurtlePerson • 5 yr. I sent in most of my fleets to take out their home base and stop the spawning but they had a trick up their nano-sleeve. #1. Anyway, I got a bunch of big fleets together to go through and take them out and I miss clicked on of the fleet directions or something and it sent them prematurely into the L-terminus. If you do beat it back, however, the nanite worlds inside of the L-Cluster become terraforming candidates, with 2-3 planets per system being. Is the Grey Tempest supposed to always spawn when opening the L-Gates or is it just a chance to spawn? In my first non-ironman game (post Niven) I encountered my. Watched an aspec video that said not to open till 40k fleet. All right. the endgame crisis can appear any time after 2400. Another setback, now in the form of angry L-Gate denizens! Fan Run Lathrixian Discord - Runs Playlist - is chance to get grey tempest so big? Foreign empires are opening L-gates early on when they and I am ready. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. Im a fine for now though. The wiki says it requires the L-cluster to work, I am not certain if this means, a closed L-cluster or if it needs to be discovered first to work. Redirect page. This mod also adds a city appearance with matching style. The Grey Tempest is basically self-replicating machines going out of control (like the replicators from Stargate), so the relic should have something to do with this. It's also possible that their neighbor had the only L-Gate in the galaxy, in which case it'll take a while for the Grey Tempest to show up. it had taken on human form and agreed to help me for the lolz. I got the Gray Tempest event when I opened the L-Gate with fragments etc, but nothing came out. spudwalt • Voidborne • 2 yr. This is a minor crisis situation, named such because it is a mini version of the end-game crisis. Ruffio Feb 1, 2022 @ 11:37pm. But if you want to fight it i suggest using small ships (torpedo Corvettes) and destroyers with flak defence. So i just bought distant stars and had my first game with it. I've got maxed spy networks on the other five strongest empires and can account for the other L-gates, they took the gates. Imagine my surprise however, when instead of getting a. - The Khan/Grey Tempest activates and harvest the galaxy. Gray Tempest This is a playable Gray Tempest empire that is based on nanites. #8. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Stellaris. 9. Thread starter SpaceViking; Start date Mar 22, 2022; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu We have updated our. Stellaris is a Science Fiction Space Opera real-time 4X Grand Strategy game by Paradox Interactive. Point-Defence is meant to counter missiles, Flak is meant to counter strike craft. Cryten Jun 21, 2022 @ 2:28am. I don't know, you can test it by using the "survey" console command after triggering the Tempest event and see if any of the L-Cluster planets have an anomaly. #3. Additional comment actions. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy…Stellaris > 일반 토론 > 제목 정보. There are also command codes to trigger the L. Are a little stronger and friendly to the Tempest as they have in vanilla only about 1/30 strength of an adult Ether Drake. 2. ago. Its also possible that the other L gates are all being blocked by fallen empires or marauders. System H at the bottom is Terminal Egress. Dont use larger ships if at all possible; tempest titans can one shot battleship and below, and titans will be forced to retreat after the first salvo exchange if they survive. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. A few days later, the grey tempest from the system I opened the L-Gate in and from the system my corvette was traveling to moved to my systems and started. The L cluster is practically worthless. "The answer is a gun. It really helps when you have Grey's mothership as the head of your fleet. Each Gray Tempest fleet will be about 10k-100k fleet power, dependent on the difficulty. Definitely sounds like a bug - the Grey Tempest factory is usually hiding in the trinary system at the top from my experience. Originally posted by Addex78: The grey tempest are easy to deal with, they have powerful fleets but actually few ships which means you can fight them easily with Corvette and destroyer fleets of lesser power. When I explored the l-cluster I didn't find the Dessanu Consonance so I got excited and fought I had finally gotten Gray. The other empires around me have about 10-20k TOTAL fleet power, and I have about 40k total, with 3/5ths of that coming from my primary fleet. As far as I understand the type of L-cluster is determined at the game start. I'm PROBABLY going to need a lot more flak destroyers than I currently have, possibly among other things too. Thread starter heliostellar; Start date Dec 28, 2018; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu We have updated our Community. each grey tempest fleet features a large ship with a cannon that can instant kill captial ships. Granted there is a lot of RNG in this game, but if you are saying its happening repeatedly in 30 playthroughs I would look at mods for the answer. The Grey Tempest is worthy of being called a crisis, but it isn't mid-game or end-game because it can happen at any time - but only when the gate is first opened. Each grey tempest fleet is one titan and. They will invade the galaxy en masse, and bombard planets into Nanite Worlds. Lol UNE was between the successor khanate, three Fallen Empires and a couple dozen star systems away from an LGate. The L-Cluster (Gray Tempest)You can’t terraform any nanite worlds into habitable worlds while the grey tempest crisis is still ongoing. So i'm comparing two ascension perks and a question came up regarding the Galactic Contender perk and the Defender of the Galaxy perk. I spent a few years building up forces and rallying pretty much the entire galaxy around my empire using diplomacy, creating ships specialised for fighting the Gray Tempest and putting our fleets together outside my local L-Gate. The Grey Tempest is like a Marauder Hoard or Awakened Empire, they are a mid-game crisis and quite dangerous but not an end-game crisis, that title goes to the Prethoryn, Contingency, and the Unbidden with its following rivals. Not that I know of but you can easily smash the grey tempest if you build your fleet for it. I use a Crisis Mod to get her. However, I found no Nanite Factory and after a couple of years, three new Gray Shoal fleets spawned within a system that I controlled within the L-Cluster. However I assume in most cases where people are struggling they either A) are dealing with tempest earlier than usual and caught off guard - so corvettes eating shots is an easier fix even at lower tech levels, or B) are inexperienced with the game so again, corvette swarm front fleet is a relatively easy strategy to pull off if your economy. The Tempest’s biggest advantage is that they specialize in hyper effective fighter based fleets. The grey tempest fleets have energy weapons, fighters and the mothership has a big deathbeam too. Its year 73 and everyone is weak AF- my own fleet is 1400 (i use Bastion for defence against my single enemy). Last night, because another race was getting closed to opening the L-Gates, I decided I should just open my gate first in case it was the Grey Tempest. Also, the Tempest fleets seemed to ignore the Sol System entirely, it’s that little circle in between all the other UNE blue. I, and the highest tier thrusters with an X sized weapon is a good ideaYesterday, for the first time in countless games, I found Gray. e. Stellaris. It kept going for decades as I was completly unaware of it's mechanics, kept getting my fleets wiped but kept playing. The Titan will destroy any large ships you have, so corvette swarm and Picket Destroyers are your best option. A (more or less small) stand-alone mod which increases the chance of an invasion by the Gray Tempest through the L-Gates to 66% (and for the Dessanu the rest). Watch. Less if it counters them, or if you use a starbase. Gray tempest has lots of strike craft which demolish stronger ships & defend against incoming missiles. And a fun challenge too. @fireprince, i do like this mod and makes the grey tempest more challenging with proper rewards of nanite tech, however this is where i found some issues. Battleships can counter basically anything, and is usually best for anything against AI. I imagine there is an event for the other l cluster results but that’s the only one I’ve used. The most likely thing that will happen is the Grey Tempest. Can you deal with the Gray Tempest early game? A materialist AI decided to open a L Cluster and now I'm being invaded by the Gray Tempest. In the Contacts Menu you can choose which form Gray shoul use. I took some notes for your pleasure. Enjoy the game!. . All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. This in turn makes the Gray rather underwhelming as a threat, since no sensible player would open the L-Gates prior to being prepared to handle them. One interesting aspect of stellaris is you can end up in almost no win scenarios. I know this game - I have played it for almost 1000 hours - I know how to defend against it. sidecar_joe Mar 22, 2022 @ 6:17pm. L-Cluster 'Gray' (Spoilers) So I've finished the L-Cluster and found the gray tempest but this time all compressed into one body called Gray. Each world how ever starts to develop it's own conciousness and eventually each of them turn into an L-drake. Game Over. I've played this game for 450 hours, and have NEVER had anything in the L-cluster, other that the grey tempest. The race who made the nanites. doogie1111 • 5 mo. If the GT appears early you just roll over and die, those things can be worst than the crisis. com] Thank you. 1. com] Buildable L-Drakes are green: WIP The GraySomeone (including AI) opening the L-Gates triggers the gray tempest, but not every time. The strike craft were never updated for point defense. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. Thread starter Northernwwater; Start date Oct 20, 2021; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu. Save. So of course I send my torpvette swarm that beat the Tiyanki Matriarch into the L-Cluster. Some celestial bodies in the L-Cluster contain a unique Strategic Resource: Nanites. If I have Lgates I hyper focus a single fleet of anti fighter tech and keep upgrading it whenever I have a chance. text but it's still encrypted. I recently got Distant Stars, so my current game is the first in which I reached the L-cluster. Beginners, however, may rush too. Look at paradox wiki what weapons they use and. Looking at the gray tempest AI, they occasionally send one fleet through the l-gate. Hopefully you have crystal plates developped, cause armor is useless vs grey tempest. Its year 73 and everyone is weak AF- my own fleet is 1400 (i use Bastion for. Because the Grey Tempest has the highest spawn chance. Sticking to a secluded spot of the galaxy I was able to fend them off and finally clear the L-Sector after ~60 years. . If you are going to use numbers, use correct ones. Grey Tempest. Strike craft are good in combination but IMO a fleet of destroyers and a couple fleets of. Since Nemesis dropped I have since nearly matched the old record and managed to open the L-Cluster (just Drakes this time) by 2236 - but I was not explicitly angling for it to happen. It’s around 2400, I decided to open the L-cluster. when I send my science ship it was empty without Dessanu Consonance and none of the nanite worlds have terraform modifier either. The point is I think it's most fun to abandon stellaris having perfect builds where you hit x at 2300 and embrace the chaos. So how do you do it again? I tried switching the . If you have anti-fighter tech, you would slaughter them. com] to receive progress reports or give feedback. So, I play this game for about 100 hours now. Grey Tempest. OP is probably fucked. I did this knowing that if it was the Grey Tempest, I'd lose the system, but they'd stop attacking me. unique. The time it takes to get 7 L-Gate insights, research L-Gate Activation, and complete the special project is the one and only limit on it. This fleet should come in just behind the corvette swarm, while the tempest fleet focuses on the corvettes, your artillery fleet will hammer them with pain and take them down. L-Gate Crisis (Grey Tempest) is WAY Over-Powered. Than drakes, than Grey Tempest, than empty with a chance of Mr Gray. . Dec 31, 2020. I could send my Science Ship into the Terminal Egress and nothing happened. #2. #2. If the galaxy is not ready, the Grey Tempest stands a good chance of bringing the galaxy to its knees. You want the Starbase to do as much damage to make your fleet last. ago. Once the gates are open, the nanite factory dishes out nanite fleets periodically. I opened the L-Gate in 2275, when everyone had 3-5K power fleets. Instead, they attacked me, and only me for the most part. That said, the mod usually gives me the Naar-Di-Shav/Gray Tempest or the Dessanu Consonance first, then I get Gray after doing an anomaly in the L-Cluster. . Hive Worlds have uncapped basic resource districts, while Machine Worlds have uncapped energy and mining districts. Awesomefluffyns • 2 yr. If they win and survive late game, they return to their initial state after one or two century. For the Grey Tempest, I tend to push for starbase upgrade tech. I received the Gray Tempest event after opening the L-Gates, and after some time moved into them, eliminated all Gray Shoal fleets within the cluster, and claimed all of its systems. Members Online. Where is the Grey Temptest home world? TalyonUngol. Events in the neighboring Empires territory tells me that they are probably being attacked by the Grey Tempest but I can't go there. Senkoau Jul 2, 2021 @ 8:43pm. Quick Correction; There's a 4th Strat Resources called Dust Actuators that give a 10% to research. Grey never mentions turning into space dragons, so I think it's fair to say they came up with that as their next experiment after uniting into a single being. The AI sometimes feel like tech rush the L gate. Now they keep sending fleets via nearby. I picked Stellaris back up in the wake of Nemesis like many and just finished my first new game. Stellaris > General Discussions > Topic Details. I've played 7 full games of Stellaris now and have only encountered the Gray Tempest once. First time I played with new DLC and encountred Gray Tempest it spawned sometime in mid-2300's. gate builder) empire, one of the other L-Gate outcomes. Grey Tempest was never op. Playing a game where one of the ai empires foolishly opened the L-Gates and unleashed the Grey Tempest upon the galaxy. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. I’m currently researching the L-Gates, but I’m sure it’s too. This limits reinforcements as once Terminal Egress is fully secured the fleets out there can be worn down by attrition, including death by flying into an FE / Marauder home system. Now it wouldnt be a big deal but I was very rusty with this specific game due to playing as a Moral Democracy (The Galactic Republic). Salvage Sunday is Back!Submit your salvageable empire on Discord. Take that out and ALL other grey tempest fleets disolve. No L-Gates. Picket and Interceptor Corvettes are only useful early-game and are. The Grey Tempest simply appeared from the reactivated L-gates, and scoured nearly a third of the Galaxy of all life. 2. Get around 55k or more pure vette fleet. (So first I'd like to preface this by saying, I may have underestimated quite how strong the Grey Tempest was when I opened the L-Gate as I've never gotten them before. Archived post. Open 'gamestate' file with notepad or notepad++ if you have it; Search for flags: gray_goo_crisis_set for Gray Tempest; dragon_season for L-Drakes; gray_goo_empire_set for Dessanu; It's empty if you can't find any of those; You also can replace the flag to get desired outcome, but read save-editing guide first if you want to. L-Gate outcome is determined at galaxy creation. forbiddenlake Driven Assimilator • 5 mo. They were actually from a planetary forest that was destroyed by developers to build a resort world "Funworld". If someone other than the Gray Tempest is in the L-Cluster, then they get 3 new fleets at the nanite factory. This shipset includes custom nanite-themed models for most megastructures. Once you have a few decent battleship fleets, should be able to rush the nanite factory. And when I got the Gray Tempest, I was already powerful enough to just wipe them out immediately. I…Gray Tempest. Therfore use many small ships ad counter the strikecraft. Abandon all hope, I doomed us all. To be honest, I postponed mid-game date to 2400 (tech costs are normal), so perhaps this allows for having a healthier. Share. Also make sure your biggest fleet is sitting there waiting for them near the starbase. ago. Report. The exact command is (do not include " " marks) "event graygoo. (I usually get one of the other results instead. Katsurandom • 5 yr. The Gray Tempest primarily uses bypass weapons, so hardening components will be very effective. I could send my Science Ship into the Terminal Egress and nothing happened. #7. Deppending on what version you play. Midgame crisises are mainly the AI rebellion, the great Khan (Marauder Horde). Sadly I only have a 5k army which is pathetic next to the 30k. I'm playing a machine empire BTW if it's relevant. If you want specific outcome erase all flags and set up desired:A ~30k corvette stack can defeat a Tempest fleet with minimal losses. There's a higher chance the gray tempest is there than a chance there is not. My fleets weren't even close to strong enough to fight them myself as I watched the whole galaxy go black. I fought the nightmare that is the Gray Tempest for the first time. But the quick kill power of battleships can still work. This page was last edited on 5 February 2022, at 00:26. Having a corvette stack for clean-up in wars is handy. (Spawning chance is now 100%, from vanilla around 21%) Some mechanical space guardians are neutral too. To be quite fair, even with no mods you're going to be stomped as the Grey Tempest has 35k-ish fleet power but they can take on fleets of higher fleet power. A Deadly Tempest – an extended experience for the best DLC - Distant Stars The Great Khan Expanded – an extended experience for the best mid-game crisis Crisis Manager – Mid-Game Edition – an in-game tool for customizing mid-game crisis events Realistic Pirates – more life and dead in the galaxy Decentralized Empires 3. They slowly mowed their way through the galaxy and destroyed whole empires unimpeded. The year is 2306 and I am by far the strongest empire. The Grey Tempest’s fleets have bloated fleet power because of their Titans - you could probably beat two of them with any one of your fleets. It could be said that is the case, but in my most recent singleplayer game, I had Grey Tempest and then the Marauders rise up, grey tempest happened in year 2300 and the Marauders united in around 2400-2410 (which was when I had midgame crisis set to) before any one had even come close to dealing with the tempests. Alternatively you can spawn the L-Cluster without activating an L-Gate via the distar. Its no gamble as long as you're first. Feb 2, 2018 3. The others are consolation prizes at best and aren't really worth the effort of opening up the L-Gates. 7% compared to the others’ 21. . Also, the Tempest fleets seemed to ignore the Sol System entirely, it’s that little circle in between all the other UNE blue. One could argue that it's a strategic point because you can access all L-gates in the galaxy through it for quick travel and wars, but it could even more easily be used against you by AI or the crisis. Nobody was prepared, I had a fleet with a force of a grand total of 3k. I have it with the Dessanu, boring as fuck. Grey never mentions turning into space dragons, so I think it's fair to say they came up with that as their next experiment after uniting into a single being. 48 Badges. about 50 years later, its 2313, and an AI started the grey tempest. It is only 2272 and I am about to get raped by a 30k army. Grey Tempest fleets are equipped with powerful energy weapons and strike craft.