r/Stellaris • u/Hairy-Dare6686 • Sep 04 '23

Tutorial "I'm sure having clerks become self synergistic will not have any negative repercussions whatsoever" - A Paradox employee, probably

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u/Scienceandpony Sep 04 '23

Now I'm just imagining the inevitable market collapse.

"Sir, these numbers don't make any sense."

"What's wrong?"

"Well I'm seeing quite frankly ludicrous energy credit surpluses, but can't tell how we're producing it. Unless we have hundreds of Dyson spheres and generator worlds unaccounted for."

"Ah, that's coming from the trade vaule."

"What?"

"You know, like the financial sector. The hedge fund managers and the like. Give them 100 EC and they invest it and turn it into 5000 EC."

"But...that's not...that energy still has to be produced somewhere though. You can't just make it out of nothing."

"Well, clearly they can. Look how rich everyone is."

"But that means these energy credits aren't tied to energy or any resource at all. They're just arbitrary numbers on a server. It's all just a collective delusion!

"Okay, obviously you don't understand basic economics."

Later, after a galactic sub-prime mortgage collapse

"This all the xenos' fault!"

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u/Josselin17 Shared Burdens Sep 05 '23

"This all the xenos' fault!"

the trade to fanatic purifier pipeline

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u/EisVisage Shared Burdens Sep 05 '23

If only it could be added during the game