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Later, the UTP itself is embroiled in a conflict with a rogue AI system that created a race of Driven Assimilators.

In season 2, by midgame a rogue servitor faction, the Prime Core, has risen in the Galactic South, leading to increased paranoia and militarisation in the Confederacy.The GTU's mid-game crisis is an AI uprising by a networked intelligence called NEX.

In-universe, it was settled that different districts would use their own pronunciations. So if you are a classical purist, you could argue Templin is using the correct pronunciation. In point of fact either is acceptable, since the "Ares" in "Antares" is the ancient Greek war god, whose name is pronounced "AIR-eez" in modern English but "AR-ez" in ancient Greek. In season 2, a debate emerged out of universe about the proper pronunciation of "Antares", with Templin's pronunciation of "Ant-AR-es" clashing with the "official" pronunciation of "Ant-AIR-eez".In season 1, both in and out of character, the players consistently mispronounce the name of Barnard's Star, the closest solitary star to Earth, as "Bernard's Star.".The Ken Burns Effect: Throughout the series, footage of gameplay is supplemented with panning and zooming on many pieces of science fiction art (used with permission, of course) to tell the story of what's happening "on the ground" at any given time.Final Boss: This being a Stellaris Let's Play/ After-Action Report, both the Greater Terran Union and the Antares Confederacy have locked horns with the endgame crisis towards the end.In the real world, Antares B is a B-type main sequence star, which have lifespans of less than a billion years - hardly enough time for life to evolve in the system. In season 2, the Earhart flotilla disappears whilst en route to a habitable planet around the star Antares B.Barnard's Star lies six light years from Earth, and yet is so dim that it is impossible to see with the naked eye. The Florian Matriarchy lies hundreds of light years from GTU territory. In season 1, the Florian Matriarchy declares war on the GTU for building a Dyson Sphere around Barnard's Star and thus removing it from their skies.In Season 2, it turns out that Earth has invaded by the Screk, a Higher-Tech Species who initally act as benefactors but ultimately enslave and subdue humanity.Eventually, the invaders were pushed off of Earth, though not without great cost. However, humanity managed to cripple the invaders’ orbital command ships with an ICBM barrage, and then spent years fighting the invaders tooth and nail for control of Earth. Centuries prior to the start of the first season, Earth was invaded by the Tyrum.The sessions themselves allow viewers to vote on Twitch on major in-universe decisions, and audiences are encouraged to develop their own lore and backstory along the way.Ahead of each season, the Templin Institute's Patreon supporters can vote on which nation Marc will play as, and can even submit alien nations as well.In addition to a Stellaris Let's Play, season two also features a Cities: Skylines Lets Play titled Skylines Invicta: Founders of Antares, focused on the Antares Confederacy's capital of Sagallo as it grows from a small colonial outpost to the seat of a galactic empire. What's more, the leaders have figured out that something terrible happened to Earth after they left, and that if they ever do return to their homeworld, the Confederacy may have to liberate it. The second season, narrated by Stephen Trafford, revolves around the Antares Confederacy, an alliance of Lost Colonies descended from a colonization fleet that left Earth in 2159 only for a wormhole accident to dump them in the wrong system, where they were forced to survive on several harsh Death Worlds instead of the thriving, developed colony they were originally heading to. The first season, narrated by Larissa Thompson, focuses on the Greater Terran Union, the military regime that led humanity after thwarting an Alien Invasion by a race called the Tyrum from 2089 to 2096, later emerging onto the galactic stage as a rising imperial power dedicated to making sure that humanity is never threatened by invasion again. It employs the game to craft stories revolving around future human civilizations. Stellaris Invicta is a Stellaris Let's Play on Twitch created by the YouTube channel The Templin Institute.