Stellaris

Cheat Codes:
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The console can be accessed by tapping the "tilde ~" (between the Tab and ESC keys) while in-game. A complete list of console commands can be listed by typing "help" in the console. Below are some that you might be most interested in. Note: This won't work in Ironman games.

Result Code
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Cash. Add [amount]. Defaults to 5000.
example: Cash 10000 - cash [amount]
Adds Engineering points - engineering [amount]
Adds Minerals - minerals [amount]
Adds Influence - influence [amount]
Adds Physics - physics 50000
Adds Society - society [amount]
Add trait to species [species index]
[trait key] Example: add_trait_species
human intelligent - add_trait_species
Enables instant build - instant_build
Unlocks all technologies - research_technologies
Adds specified amount of specified resource - resource [resource] [amount]
Adds specified number of skills to leaders - skills [value]
Invincible / God Mode - invincible
Selected ship takes x damage - damage [amount]
Crash The Game - crash
Enable/Disable unlimited ftl - ftl
Enable/Disable contact with all - contact
Fills all free slots on selected planet
with pop. (Doesn't remove tile blockers.)
[Select Planet] populate Survey all planets - survey
Re-generates the tech tree of the player - techuptade
Sets to game up for an overnight session.
Example: overnight 2 - overnight
Attempt to change computer lights with Alien FX - alienfx
Makes all fleets target all other fleets - attackallfleets
Toggles allowing player to change governments
without the time limit - free_government
Finishes all active researches - finish_research
Toggles allowing player to change policies
without restriction, including policies
previously disabled. - free_policies
Colony ships will no longer take time to
settle. - instant_colony
Used with tweakergui. Ships will teleport
instantly to right click cursor. FTL has no
spool up or travel time. Example: tweakergui
instant_move - instant_move
Toggles enemy AI on or off - ai
Jumps forward in-game days by specified value - fast_forward [value]
Instantly kills entire country - kill_country [country ID]
All AI-controlled nations never agree with
your deals and proposals. - debug_nomen
All AI-controlled nations always agree with
your deals and proposals. - debug_yesmen
Starts a ruler election. - election

Planet Resource Console Commands:
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The 'planet_resource' command fills random tiles on a selected planet with a
definable resource.

Here is the full list you can enter into the command 'planet_resource [resource name]':

sr_lythuric - Lythuric gas
sr_alien_pets - Alien pets
sr_betharian - Betharian stone
sr_dark_matter - Dark matter
energy - Energy
engineering_research - Engineering Research
sr_engos - Engos vapor
food - Food
minerals - Minerals
sr_neutronium - Neutronium ore
sr_orillium - Orillium ore
physics_research - Physics research
sr_pitharan - Pitharan dust
sr_satramene - Satramene gas
society_research - Society research
sr_teldar - Teldar crystals
sr_terraform_gases - Terraforming gases
sr_terraform_liquids - Terraforming liquids
sr_zro - Terraforming liquids

Random Tips and Info:
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Red color empires look cool on the map but make it difficult to spot enemy
fleets who are also red.... You have been warned.

Split your starting corvettes and send them to explore the nearest systems to identify potential colonizable planets so you can tell your science ships which systems to survey first.

Wait for pops to fill a planet before clearing tile blockers and prioritize energy and minerals in early game.

Some factions are really annoying because of the unhappiness they generate. I was successful in eradicating one once by spending 1 influence a month for many months. Soon afterwards 3 annoying ones appeared. My personal opinion is: influence is too valuable to waste on those whackos and since you are the leader and their agendas are often incompatible with sensible management... ignore them. One player on the forums compared faction suppression to a child's game called whack-a-mole.

Brief review of traps waiing to spring on new players:
* Outposts
* Holy worlds belonging to Spiritualist fallen empires and colonizing / outposting in the exclusion zone around xenophobe fallen empires.
* Activating terraforming machinery found by a science ship on a perfectly habitable world. There is a much higher probability of terraforming a hellish inferno than a gaia planet. Pops get really unhappy when habitability drops below 60%.
* Defense pacts can draw you into unwanted wars you are not ready for.
* Allow us to guide you "The treaty calls out to you" that is a nice way for a fallen empire to ask you to be their vassal Generals. Only good for ground assault troops. Waste of influence and leader slot. Instead build 15 assault troops and give them hunter killer drone attachments (to each one manually).

Stay on Target Achievement Guide:
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A comprehensive guide on how to obtain the "Stay on Target" achievement.

-=Galaxy Settings
* Galaxy size: Huge (1000 stars)
* AI empires: 0
* Fallen empires: 5 (or 4 if you don't have Synthetic Dawn)
* Marauder empires: 0
* Tech/Tradition cost: 0.25
* Crisis strenghth: off
* End-game start year: 3000

The other options don't really matter that much, so adjust as you want.
For civics I recommend Fanatical Purifiers with Militarist ethos.
The idea is to have maximum fire rate, so you can quickly shred the FE fleets.

Important: After you generate a new game, exit to main menu and open the save game file in a text editor. If the save game file contains the text

design="SHIP_COLOSSUS_SECTION"

this means that one of the FEs has spawned with a colossus. If that text is not there, then you will most likely not fight against a colossus this game, so you need to abandon it. Keep making new games until you create one where a colossus is spawned at the beginning.

-=Buildup=-
Since all of your enemies are sleeping Fallen Empires, you are free to build and expand your empire with no danger. You need to find the FE which has the colossus. Either build a sentry array to locate it or find that FE with your science ship (which should have good sensors). It's important to have intel on the colossus before you proceed. It's also important to have good intel around the FE where the colossus is.

Once you have identified the FE with the colossus, then this is obviously the FE which you will fight. The next step is determine which is the most likely planet that the AI will attack after you declare war on the FE (or you bait the FE to declare on you). This can be difficult to determine, but as a general rule, colonize a planet which is very close to the FE. This is most likely the planet which the FE will attack. However be mindful of wormholes / gateways, you need to take those into account!

Once you have colonized a planet close to the FE, you have to fortify it like
crazy. Do not upgrade the starbase in the system, because it will be used against you. Only fortify the planet! Build a military academy, a planetary shield generator and fortresses on all other tiles. The idea is that this planet will be so well-defeneded that the FE will not be able to conquer it and would therefore use the colossus to wipe it.

You should also construct a gateway in that system as close to the planet as
possible. The idea is that you will be able to use the gateway with all your
fleets to ambush the enemy FE. Of course, your own fleets should be sitting on top of another gateway somewhere else in your empire.

-=The Engagement=-
Important: Savescum!

It's very important to savescum here. You should have a backup of your savegame
before you declare war on the FE or you bait the FE in declaring on you. This
can easily go wrong and the colossus has a big chance of doing an emergency FTL.

In that case you might not get the achievement.

After you have fortified the planet and you have build several massive fleets
(It's a good idea to have at least twice the fleet power of the FE) you can
now prepare for the engagement.

You should have at least one Titan which has the FTL offensive aura on.
This would double the time it takes for the enemy to do an emergency FTL jump.
Even with this, I only got the achievement on my second try (which is why it is
important to savescum).

Ideally you should declare a rivalry or insult the enemy FE so that it declares
war on you. This would provide you with a +33% increase fire rate because of
the defensive war bonus perk. But even if you can't bait the FE, you can still
do it, by just declaring war on them.

Make sure that you have a massive fleet and before you engage:

* Use the unity ambition that buffs the fire rate
* Use the No Retreat war doctrine that buffs the fire rate
* Have a good admiral with buffs to fire rate
* Basically do everything you can to buff fire rate / damage of your fleet.

After war is declared by either party, the FE should attack the bait planet which you have fortified like crazy. In my case, the FE had 2 fleets. The first (bigger one) was sent to the planet along with armies to capture it and the second fleet was holding back protecting the colossus in a nearby system.
As soon as the bigger fleet started bombarding the planet, I jumped on them from the gateway and shred the fleet along with the transports.
Then I moved out of the gateway back into the other end of the gateway
(which the FE cannot access). Then the FE sent the remaining (smaller) fleet along with the colossus in order
to wipe the planet.

Important: You should jump on the colossus after it is in the firing state, not
when it is charging. If you click on the colossus you will see the difference
between charging and firing. It first charges and then fires. When it fires
it's, of course, obvious, because there is a beam coming out of the colossus.
This is when you have to jump in through the gateway and shred the fleet and
the colossus.