Chaos Zero Nightmare

Chaos Zero Nightmare 卡厄斯梦境 v4.5.1 - Preview Build

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A Stellaris conversion of the setting from Chaos Zero Nightmare.

A mod about exiles who turn out to be prisoners of their own creation.

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WHAT'S AVAILABLE NOW

Origin - Dream Voyager Nomadic exiles whose home is an ark ship, no homeworld, just a fleet. Ark speed, survey speed, voidcraft tech and ship repair all boosted. Needs a nomadic species (Nomads DLC).

Situation - Black Mist Dream A bidirectional bar tracking how far the ark has drifted from the dream, across 12 stages (Void Bloom -> Deep Engulfment -> Surging -> Whispers Clear -> Clear, with finer steps between). Lower progress = denser mist: more research, weapon damage and naval capacity, worse stability and pop growth. The dense end grants Chaos, the clear end grants Order. Approaches set the direction: Sink -7/mo, Anchor +8/mo, Weave neutral. Deliberately slow - about 55-60 years to either end.

Traits - Order / Chaos A mutually exclusive pair, granted only when the Black Mist Dream reaches either end, and only if you have a free tradition slot. Both trees are visible from the start but cannot be bought with unity. 5 nodes each; completing a tree also grants 1 ascension perk.

• Order (dream anchored) - pure upside, no drawbacks: +20 stability, +15 amenities, +35% unity, +20% research, +15% happiness, +200 edict fund, +2 influence/month, +2 leader cap, +25% hull/armour/shield, +50y leader lifespan.

• Chaos (mist swallows the dream) - costs, but beats Order overall: +85% research, +60% unity, +4 influence/month, +300 edict fund, +70% weapon damage, +40% fire rate, +70% naval capacity; -15 stability, -20% happiness, -35% government ethic attraction, +15 crime, -25y leader lifespan.

Species - Chaos One species, 37 portraits (320x368). Rulers can switch faces in the Appearance panel; leader portraits come from the same pool.

"Dream Ark" - Roster Office Regular recruitment costs are now absurd, so recruiting goes through the ark's own roster office: Diplomacy -> Contacts -> Dream Ark.

• Consult the Roster / Recruit Leaders Four tiers, clearly priced; options grey out if unaffordable: Common 150 / Elite 400 / Ace 800 / Legendary 1600 (Unity). Higher tiers start at higher skill (2 / 4 / 6 / 8). 36 recruitable characters, each with a matching portrait, name and unique trait. Back out before picking a role for a full refund.

• Contact Leona A private channel to the Swordbearer, repeatable, with topics that change as the story advances. She is outwardly cold and terse, calmly efficient, but inwardly romantic and fond of poetry, and she carries her past alone. With you - her captain - she is cold on the surface and warm underneath: she never says she is worried, it shows in what she does, and she sometimes recites a poem of her own.

Leaders Three starting leaders: Leona (Ruler / Swordbearer, Commander), Leiyi (Dream Scholar, Commander), Mika (Dream Artisan, Scientist).

10 Chaos-exclusive leader traits: Dream Voyager Swordbearer / Black Rose Council / Dream Scholar / Dream Artisan / Dream Captain / Dream Surveyor / Ark Steward / Mist Whisperer / Void Scholar / Dream Warden

Two are Leona's alone, tuned above the strongest vanilla traits:

• Dream Voyager / Swordbearer (24 effects) She commands from the ark's bridge, so her bonus applies to every fleet in the empire (a ruler cannot take the field in person): +25% weapon damage in all five slots, +15% fire rate, +10% accuracy, +15% range, +20% hull/armour/shield with regen, +15% speed, +10% evasion. Also +25% naval capacity and +30 flat, -15% ship upkeep, -25% influence costs.

• Black Rose / Council (councilor trait, 40 effects) A broad empire-wide package: +50% unity, +20% alloys/minerals/ energy/food, +15% research, +2 influence/month, +100 edict fund, +50% naval capacity and +40 flat, -15% ship and orbit upkeep, -25% claim and starbase influence cost, +10 stability, +20% government ethic attraction, +40y lifespan, +20% leader experience, +30% agenda progress - plus +20% weapon damage in all five slots, +15% fire rate, +10% accuracy, +15% range, +15% hull/armour/shield with regen, +15% speed and +10% evasion for every ship you own.

Origin choice - "The First Choice" About three months in, the council forces a decision on whether the ark keeps listening to Chaos. Keep listening grants "Ear of the Dream" and switches the situation to Sink into the Dream; stopping grants "Anchor of Reality" and switches it to Anchor to Reality. It genuinely changes where the mist goes.

Recruited leaders never die of old age and never retire. Leona is unique and can never be recruited twice.

Species Traits Dream Navigation / Dream Scholar / Black Mist Erosion / Dream Resonance

Naming Sets Full name lists for ships, classes, fleets, armies, planets and characters.

Preset Empire - Chaos Survivors Selectable from the empire list. Ark "Dream Ark", ruler Leona.

Starting System - Eye of the Dream A black hole wrapped in a purple nebula. Records claim it's natural. Anyone who has seen the homeworld's energy curves knows better: this is what a hollowed-out world looks like. They don't "live" anywhere - the ark kills its lights, resupplies, and moves on.

Eye of the Dream (black hole), Ash Coast (molten), Wreck I / II (shattered), Silence, Echo, Debris Belt.

Legendary Advisor Voice - Leona 37 voiced lines, available once you pick Dream Voyager.

Story Campaign - Dream of the Black Rose Origin-exclusive chain: 12 events, seven stages, about 140 years. Year 8/20/32/44 Whisper I-IV; Year 58 Broken Compass; Year 72 Mika cuts open the black mist; Year 86 Leiyi starts avoiding people; Year 100 Memory of Home; Year 112 Gate of Chaos; Year 126 The Truth. Then choose to coexist with the dream or sever it; each leaves a permanent modifier.

The truth, layer by layer: the homeworld was not drowned by the mist. The exiles' own dream engineering ran out of control. They are not survivors - they are prisoners inside a dream of their own making.

Endgame Crisis - Black Mist Bloom Triggered after the story chain. Chaos stops staying inside the dream and starts making itself real: taking up volume, condensing a core, then blooming. Crisis ships reuse vanilla Void Cloud models and weapons.

Situation Log Tracking Both story lines appear in the Situation Log; stage names update as the story advances and clear at the ending.

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COMING LATER

None of this is implemented yet. It's the plan; the order may change.

Expanded dialogue Leona is already a repeatable conversation; still to come:

• More topics, changing as the story advances
• Channels for Mika, Leiyi and others

Leader stress and trauma Long exposure to the mist, losing a whole fleet, or reaching the truth will accumulate stress and can leave trauma traits. Recruited leaders currently never age or retire; this becomes "they don't die of old age, but they can be worn down."

More to the crisis Black Mist Bloom currently ends when you finish it. Still to come:

• More stages and branches
• Planet-level consequences (engulfed worlds leave lasting effects)
• A changed galaxy state after the crisis resolves

Exclusive technologies and buildings A Chaos-style tech branch and unique buildings.

More uses for the Roster Office It won't only be for recruiting; more services offered by the Dream Ark will be attached to it.

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Game version: Stellaris 4.5.1 (Cygnus) Requires: Nomads DLC (origin only; everything else works without it) Status: Preview build - subscribe to follow updates.

Early testing: feedback very welcome. Bugs or suggestions? Leave a comment.

Developer Bilibili: 邪恶夜游神