usually protectorates never become vassals, since they need 50% of your tech and you can usually out-tech them. Having more planets (& pops) raises the cost of techs and now unities - as far as I know tributary/vassals do not. That vassal may use your strategic resources for the resource-boosting buildings, improving their efficiency, and giving you more resources that means you. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Subscribe to downloadVassals and Tributaries - Exalted Domination [2. The issue is when I declared an expel branch war against them it didn't work. fanatic xenophobe instead of hive mind should also do the trick but gets ecunomoplis tech. So I fought a war against a pair of allies and won. While a Tributary can expand as normal, but does not join your wars. Then they’ll most likely just say yes. 3. Todo Discusiones Capturas Artwork Retransmisiones Vídeos Workshop Noticias Guías Reseñas. 11. 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. I am fairly new to this game, so I first apologise for my lack of knowledge. Recent updates have helped Tall out a ton. There are a few different ways to create vassals in the game. [deleted] • 4 yr. The new empire that's created as a result of Liberation has a large bonus to their opinion towards you because of the Liberation, so you should be able to vassalize immediately. Ever since the Stellaris Overlord expansion, and even before, I hoped for a more modular subject system in EUIV. I just did the failure to go hive mind, with only hive worlds you need a shit load of habitats or a ringworld to not run out of space for pops. Currently have a few vassals and their fleets always seem next to useless and besides a buff to naval capacity tributaries seems like a better choice. It isnt cost effective so dont colonize something that is too costly to maintain. Joelok"Stellaris: Where the Geneva Convention Goes to Die !" 1; Reactions: Reply. Having a protectorate gives . 2 the first in the 3. Tất cả các thương hiệu là tài sản của chủ sở hữu tương ứng tại Hoa Kỳ và các quốc gia. 48. 10 years passed and then the former enemy empire declared war…If I occupy every system of a target empire, as well as every planet, after destroying every fleet, and proceeding to decimate defense pact empires. Vassals can be everything, from tributary-like contracts, to specialist contracts, protectorates, offensive, defensive or no military allies at all. I prefer tributaries until late game. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments. Stellaris. If you drop a 600 influence cost vassalage negotiation on current vassal that has only 400 influence in their stockpile, they won't be able to refuse. Plus they'll get to your technological level so that you get the scientist relay bonus if make them. By Obsidian Shadow. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. What you did also works if you can get the warscore. If you do Status Quo, you create a vassal/tributary of all BUT the homeworld of the target empire, if at leat one planet is occupied which is not the homeworld. quick reinforcements in war and to prevent them from expanding on the systems you want, and make a tributary of farther ones for easy income. Han_Tykje. Conquest is better, but vassals are fun for role playing. #2. Report. Beginner's guide to Stellaris. From Dev Diary #247. 7 to −3. r/Stellaris. and omg is it crazy, combined with clone vats you can get 10+ pop assembly with lithoid. bane_howlingmoon Mar 18, 2018 @ 5:42am. I gave the crystallization trait a chance. 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. 3) Declare a war of conquest on your former subject once that is an option (probably 10 years after releasing them). Liberated systems from one and turned the other into a Tributary. Thread starter Thaduck; Start date May 9, 2022; Jump to latest Follow. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. #9. Tributaries do have a benefit to them. I accepted a status quo peace after occupying their only system. If you aren't vastly superior to them on the grand scale of your empires by any regard, you cannot subjugate them through war. How do we conquer other empires in Stellaris? Welcome to war goals and casus belli. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about Paradox Interactive games and of the company proper. Federation members automatically defend each other in war as they would in a Defense Pact, but. Added the possibility of machine empires and hive minds to spawn from a regular empire. And by year 40-50, because higher level leaders cost more unity, flat resource generation traits are actively costing you resources. Previously in Stellaris, subjugation was rarely a more compelling option than simple conquest, and being subjugated often essentially meant a permanent decline of your empire and a “Game Over” screen in your near future. 1. Edit the contract as you see fit, and it. You can't integrate a protectorate. Wupps had that backwards. So one think is not quite clear to me. 5. Stellaris: Bug Reports. . 35. AI will surrender quickly, especially early game. What you can do is colonize a useless planet in the middle of nowhere, cut it off from your territory so it becomes its own sector, make it a vassal, re-build your starbases around it so it can't expand, wait a bit until it likes you, make the vassal independent, and then propose. Only by declaring war can you change it. This means at the start of the game your habitability effectively is fixed 88% on just any planet. 0 has ♥♥♥♥♥♥ us over with the casus belli system it's really hard to get the req for a vassalisation/tributary war reason. "In an Allegiance War, you seek to wrest control of the vassals that have pledged Secret Fealty to you, and they will join in on the attack on their former Overlord. But mostly RP. This will open the vassal contract menu. 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. This page was last edited on 7 June 2023, at 11:13. R5: I'm trying to declare war against my tributary, the last remnant of an empire I've been cutting into pieces for 150 years. which seems to be given by either demanding they become my vassal or tributary. All subject types now grant a small. After invading every planet and capturing all their systems the war ends with status quo. It takes a LONG time to normally convert protectorates into vassals. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. Legacy Wikis. The benefit is that, by vassalizing early, you gain a better reward in the long run as your vassals continue expanding and your time investment in the beginning pays off nicely. If it’s a liberation war they won’t because they literally have. . Then, after 10 years, vassalize them and integrate them. Advantages of Imposed Inclusion over standard subjugation: On a side note, IIRC the devs had originally planned to make three different. ago. Little bit annoying to be told I must be independent when inpendence is exactly what I'm trying to achieve lol. Launcher. A tributary can't be customized in the same way, and simply pays you a tax of resources to. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. This mod-collection is created to make playing with Vassals, Tributaries, Protectorates and Subsidiaries. Rord64 Mar 18, 2018 @ 6:06am. Unfortunately, one of the advanced AI starts was next to me (as in impacted my starting sphere of control). The most significant aids to trade builds are the catalytic combos. Stellaris. 8boy09. Single-planet vassals are useful if you want to maximize your unity boost from that one Domination tradition (while maybe generally preferring to directly annex and assimilate your enemies, or are playing as Inward Perfectionists), or early/mid game, I suppose (when your own sectors are single planet large yet). You may try insulting him but that doesn't always work. Once it's explored, the two systems with an endpoint for the wormhole become adjacent from your fleet's perspective, so just. They have internal autonomy with limited interference from their overlord. Also make your own defensive pacts to even the odds. pulli23 • 3 yr. 0 is overall best example of how not to break a perfectly working product. 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). Tributaries do have a benefit to them. The subject pays 25% (35% if the overlord has the. Then (to test) I let them both go. You can't integrate Tributaries until you vassalize them, which likely won't happen unless you declare war on them with the Demand of vassalization. Lets find out. 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. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, vassal state or tributary state, the dominant party is called a suzerain. Azunai Nov 27, 2017 @ 6:40am. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. Alright, just checking, thanks. As a form of roleplay I'm trying to create tributary states but am failing at it. apf5 • 6 yr. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Peter34cph • 3 yr. i beleive the difference is that tributary pay you 25% of their energy and minerals and still or mostly independent meaning they can still colonize and i beleve they dont help out durring wars where as vassals go to war with you are not indepent they can be intergrated in to your empire where as tributarys can. Great job ruining a great game, im ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ done. There are two ways to end a war. You have to "request" vassaldom or tribute. 0. Can’t remember if the system which has the L-Gate needs to be. ago. The second problem is the leader limit. Upon gaining a vassal or tributary an overlord will be immediately prompted to choose a subject type with options based on their ethics. . 3 is based off the fleet value of the ship and your ship capacity. You have to demand subjugation and if they refuse you get it. Forums. If you want to limet yourself to unmodded stellaris my only suggestion is: Dont bother. A subject is a country which is subordinate to another country (overlord). I had 2 victories in approximately 360h of playtime. Oct 7, 2017 @ 5:37pm FYI: the tributary war demand bug is fixed in 1. 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. This also gives you the chance to release more subjects as you've mentioned, and thus build more info. I am wondering what the cause of that is and if there is anything I can do to. Vassals are mostly useless and provide the same benefits a vassal does, which is a buffer between your empire and an enemy’s. Jun 14, 2021 2. 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. AND you can integrate protectorates into your empire. Stellaris? Dumb as rocks. Reply. Protectorate can eventually become a vassal, vassal status must have been in place for a period of time after which integrate becomes available. In my current game, if I declare war on any of my tributaries, my vassals (whether loyal or disloyal) will automatically join on the same side as the tributary. thread is archived. and there is no option to do anything about it. OwnGoal99 Oct 3, 2016 @ 1:04pm. I'm playing as Pacifist and Fanatic Materialist. When subjugating an empire I only have 'tributary' as an option. Well it depends. 2. Stuka Oct 3, 2016 @ 2:24am. I've just hit 1 MILLION fleet power & both the FE's are all but destroyed. 4. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. I just take however many pops that I need and then just release the newly annexed sector as a tributary. As a result, my economy was total garbage until 35+ years in. Claiming territory and invading colonies. For the first 50 years, that is decent. Without the need of any tech. Yes the ability to have an empire as tributary and inside your own Hegemony is a good way to play. If refused you get a one year cassus belli for subjugation. So, it's normal, what you could invite all another no-subject empires to wars, but could not do this with tributary?War claims are not needed for subjugation. Never mind i'm a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot that didnt read. Stellaris. Account Wide Unlocks. I'm not even sure if I. All subject types now grant a small degree of. 70. Use every trick in the book to gain a competitive advantage. Legacy Wikis. And there Make the Tributary or Make the. If you vassalize them you can turn them into a boost for your science or navy? Depends what you need more of I guess. 22 Badges. Vassal. You can't control them directly-outside of the tribute they owe, they're largely autonomous. Reply. 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. Follow me on Twitter @TheFlowofSpace Onward, Toward Perfection (A Stellaris Story)-- My Guide to Traits, Ethics, Origins, Civics, Traditions and APs for Stellaris-- Religious System OutlineActually, they can! Turning someone into a tributary makes them your subject, and hegemonies auto-include subjects as members. I became a tributary in the early game. " 1. Add a Comment. Vassals can be everything, from tributary-like contracts, to specialist contracts, protectorates, offensive, defensive or no military allies at all. My war goal was to annex Empire B and make Empire A a tributary. ago. clockwerkwork • 5 yr. Casus Belli is the reason to go to war. tributaries give you a significant portion of their economic output. Stellaris is a sci-fi grand strategy game from genre veterans, Paradox. 1. ago. Legacy Wikis. • 1 yr. Damn makes a lot of sense, thanks for the help :) ShadyPollster • 5 yr. Presets have a list of default terms, and can have. 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. Vassaling can make harder to conquer but not really if said vassals are in alliance with war controls. Don't build them up and they'll only be 5K strong so they can't help you. 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. Upload Attachment File(s) attached . Between a tributary and vassal, an empire will almost always want the. Showing 1 - 5 of 5 comments. For instance, if you Rival someone, you can go to war to try to humiliate them. Secret Fealty is a new action your subject empires may take if they decide they don’t like you very much after all. As long as the vassal is on good enough terms with you that they keep their borders open, then you should be able to access it. 2) Claim the system. 4, but the quick trust growth means you can turn them into a protectorate/vassal pretty quickly. I'm still getting my head around vassalisation. Inward Perfection empires cannot take vassals, but they can take tributaries. So to be made a protectorate they need greater than a 50% tech difference. I declared war on someone (Empire A) who had a DP with a very small neighbor (Empire B). You can easily rename your capital system, and so, you can easily rename your subjects. The ai is horrible. If you declare was while being a tributary, you keep paying taxes untill you have won the war. Cheaper in war score and give monies to you. Federation and vassals are for multiplayer. Then I turn on population controls, displace or purge them to make room for my species. Even before 3. Đăng nhập Cửa hàng Cộng đồng. 60 results. Members Online • Aoreyus7. 'War score' at the beginning of war says it's -200. (Playing pacifist for the first time. You have to "request" vassaldom or tribute. ago. 7: 0 to 225 Vassal limited to 45% maximum tax Subsidiary or Tributary cannot receive subsidy; Research Research 0 to −90 +3. we are at 2250 very early on. 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. You can vassalize by liberating a group of systems, then vassalizing the resulting empire formed of those systems. Presets have a list of default terms, and can have. 6. Integration takes decades and (more importantly) costs a lot of precious influence. Stellaris 50437 Bug Reports 30750 Suggestions 19128 Tech Support 2885 Multiplayer 377 User Mods 4631 Stellaris AAR (After Action Reports) Console edition 1216 R ringwormProtectorates are tricky because usually the technology gap doesn't exist to create them but I've had luck doing it with newly self-enlightened races. • 1 yr. however, it seems like I cant declare war to gain my independence. In this video I am going to break down the basic ways that we can go to w. -Tributaries donate income to you, they will not follow you into a war, they can engage in diplomacy and claim systems. I play tall and use tributaries. If one state is willing to accept you in, just keep pestering them with invites. Shared Burdens is one of the lower tier bonuses. com Two of the most popular subject empire types are tributary and vassal. There are a few ways to do it. So Materialist feudal playthroughs can be crazy good. New posts All threads Latest threads New posts Trending threads. Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. I declared war on Empire A but. Alternately, you can continue to run those mods and accept the risk that it may continue. Not for the empire being vassalized)Tribute is better for more powerful empires. See screenshots for new tradition effects. For the first 50 years, that is decent. 1. 6. A brief summary of casus belli and war goals, some of th. Also every other type of subject it be tributary or the other 2 new subject types are impossible to get. wg_fe_stop_ai: Overthrow the Imperium. You can make the terms very reasonable so they'll maintain steady loyalty. CryptoA place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. After invading every planet and capturing all their systems the war ends with status quo. However, vassals do drain your influence and cost even more to integrate. For protectorates, you actually gain influence, iirc. For protectorates, you actually gain influence, iirc. Yes, especially if they are a vassal / tributary they can just ask me for stuff. Those 2 nations are still there and unchanged. It's easy to completely ignore them, specially in the late game, when they are no more than a nuisance. Took me a few minutes to understand I'd also taken on their vassals also. There was no notice that they had been defeated or anything. 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. jpg. 7: 0 to 225 Vassal limited to 45% maximum tax Subsidiary or Tributary cannot receive subsidy;. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. Edit the contract as you see fit, and it will have either a red cross or a green tick. I immediately got the "Ask them to be a protectorate" option. Plus, if you've gotten said protectorate by doing something like. 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. There’s no natural way to swap without releasing them at one point. you can declare war on them, subjegating them, they will either be absorbed back into their parent empire (claim) or become a new vassal. 3. ago. 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. I see a lot of frustration on here, understandably so, about how everyone hates being made a tributary. Subjects have their own budget, construction sector, interest groups, laws, and institutions but are limited when conducting external diplomacy. Shared Burdens is one of the lower tier bonuses. You can declare victory once a Wargoal has been met. Why did this happen? Bug? I'm about year 2350 and I've had a Tributary for probably 100 years. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. 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. War Doctrines allow you to customize the way you want your fleet to fight by giving it various bonuses. 66. . • 1 yr. 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. usually protectorates never become vassals, since they need 50% of your tech and you can usually out-tech them. r/Stellaris. Status Quo peace should be a much softer limit, then, especially for more authoritarian governments. 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. Prospectorium for non-servitor Machines. vassals are better than having tributaries or trying to conquer one planet at a time because they can be integrated into you country for some cost in influence and will cost far less to demand than the sum of all of their planets added together. Fluffy-Tanuki • 21 days ago. Question about vassal criminal syndicate. The tributary has to break first and "offer vassalization" is very tough to do for anything greater than a OPM and I think you get a relations hit when you break as well. ago. How do Inward Perfectionists take Tributaries? Quinzal. You grow when your vassals grow. Ive heard somewhere that if your vassals hate you, then they wont help you in anything. If you have 250K strong total, let them possess a 50K fleet and then they'll help you in wars. They may pick a CB from the list or choose to declare war without a casus belli and accept. Maybe in multiplayer you can make it work, but in singleplayer you're wasting your time. I have however run into a problem and I'm hoping for some help. #4. How to make vassals/tributary. r/aurora • AuroraDeck! Instructions in comments. My other tributaries don't care, just my vassals. Other Features: - All of the subject interaction features of the mod are handled through a new edict: Manage Subject States. In my experiance 2 ai's in a stalemate will remain in a. 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. Quite similar to other paradox games but a bit different too! This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Related Topics. Stellaris: Bug Reports. To get the vassalize CB the overall relative power of your target has to be inferior / pathetic, not just fleet power. The way to make sure it doesn't happen again is to disable the particular mods you had running at the time. You'd definitely have to be a scholarium if you were going to specialize or a standard tributary, the one time I've willingly become a vassal of an AI I ended up generating so much research as a. It takes a LONG time to normally convert protectorates into vassals. It'll stop a legitimate megacorp from doing business though, because they can't make commercial pacts even with their sovereign. Aug 11, 2018; Add bookmark. 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. If you have a reason to go to war with someone, you can go to war with them for that reason. Other Features: - All of the subject interaction features of the mod are handled through a new edict: Manage Subject States. wg_tribute: Outlaw AI. - You can fully absorb large empires later instead of taking small bites out of them to take their territory over multiple wars. Steps to reproduce the issue. 6 comments. It can be forced when your opponent gained 100% exhaustion and was lake this for a couple of years. ago. stellaris vassals are more of a colonization-era type of subjects. Can i change that after ive already gained them as a vassal? Edit: guess i should read the link u sent lol . Name ID; Absorption. To request an empire to become your vassal, first, you will need to contact them via the diplomacy screen. This guide was made for basic Stellaris Version Adams 1. Subsidiary, Tributary, Protectorate, Bulwark, and so on. All that said, Protectorates are by far the best subject type to stock up on, for that sweet +0. If you have a Defensive Pact or higher (Alliance. This mod adds some flavor to pirates. This is Professor Stellaris and this is your crash course for Stellaris Console Edition Guide to. 5, and I haven't had a tributary since 1. Nope, the Space Mafia doesn't care about any Rights not founded on Might. 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. Does the other empire have inward perfection? Minor correction, megacorps don't get tributaries, they get subsidiaries, which are like tributaries, but better (for the megacorp. 2If you enjoyed this video please leave a like & SUBSCRIBE!Humble Bundle: thing I've ever done in Stellaris is what I'm doing right now - playing what is essentially the Zerg in a Forgotten Queens mod playthrough. Move all organics to their own planet, you can create a vassal when you're at peace. Only existing. If refused you get a one year cassus belli for subjugation. It is far easier and faster than trying to conquer individual planets. Sort of, but not really. Having more planets (& pops) raises the cost of techs and now unities - as far as I know tributary/vassals do not. No impetus, no drive to do anything. Catalytic builds have natural trade build synergies due to how they. and we haven't been at war with anyone. If you can put the AI into a suitably bad position, they will surrender and thereby cede systems you have not actually conquered. Maybe like the real-life Vikings, raiding and raiding and awaiting that end game crisis (literal Ragnarok). Waging war to make tributary/vassal is impossible. War Doctrines are gated behind the Supremacy Tree. Lord Lambertius of Prickenberg Feb 23, 2018 @ 2:30pm. Adeiu • 7 yr. -25% minerals and energy to your vassal's fleet. Never mind i'm a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot that didnt read. 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. If you cannot afford to employ more specialists on your current tributary income, it is still advantageous to have more pops and employ some internally to employ more specialists. Like eminence said, you don't need to spend influence for a subjugation war. Stellaris has always had an interest dynamic between the Tall vs Wide approach. r/Stellaris • 13 days ago. They are Pathetic on everything but Tech in which they are. I have always wanted an empire with a bit internal politics, and since those systems doesn't exist in Stellaris, well, vassals plotting behind your back with individual specializations, incompetence, plots, cultures. The subject pays 25% (35% if the overlord has the Protection Racket tradition) of its mineral and energy income to the overlord, but in turn the overlord is unable to attack it. Protectorate can eventually become a vassal, vassal status must have been in place for a period of time after which integrate becomes available. What I always do is to release 1 planet vassal, wait until trust build up a bit, then free the vassal, because they share ideology as me and are 1 planet and has trust bonus, they are usually weak enough to accept my re. they're very flexible, but require some time to set up. As far as I can tell, the only benefit you get from having vassals are: - You keep your Empire Sprawl down, keeping your research cheap so you can get up the tech tree faster. You can right-click and explore any wormhole your science ship can reach, regardless of its territory. 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. If the planned tributary is strong enough to capitalize on it, it might be even worse, should they really conquer territory they might get second thoughts about becoming a tributary peacefully. 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. When/if they refuse you should get a "subjugation" causus belli for at least a short while.