u/Cog-Sucking_Clanker

So, a while back I came across a post asking the people here how the OP could recreate the Primal Zerg from Starcraft, and while the Primal Zerg are definitely an interesting concept, I’m more drawn to the OG Zerg, the alien hive mind, created by Amon, seeking evolutionary perfection. that’s why, I decided to come to y’all for suggestions. Some things I’d like suggestions on include:

1. “what civics and origin should the empire get?“ obviously, they're going to be a hivemind, so gestalt ethics all the way, but what civics would fit the swarm, and what origin would fit the flavor of the Zerg? (Progenitor seems to be the popular choice, but I have contemplated using overtuned for the gene modding side of things.
2. “What Traits and portrait would fit the swarm?” the Zerg have many bioforms within their hive, from the serpentine Hydralisk to the Voidborne leviathans, but the thing about that is the Hydralisks, Ultralisks and so on were only assimilated AFTER the hive left Zerus. Which traits would this “Founder Zerg Species“ have, and what portrait would they use?
3. “how would the swarm play? What ascension perks and traditions would they use?“ supremacy is a given, And biomorphosis would give the player access to assimilating pops into the hivemind and let them roleplay the creation of new zerg strains. but what other traditions and ascension perks would the swarm take in the quest for galactic domination?

With the anouncement of Nomads, I figured I'd throw my hat in and suggest that, incase the devs are listening, Arkships would get an organic alternative for people who use spinovore or shellcraft. Just think it'd be neat.

So one thing I always like to do for my stellaris games is have some of the presets come along for the ride, like the Djunn, Basidrix, and Yorphian Extractorate. I also would bring in the UNE and Commonwealth as the government mandated human faction, but when I tried to have them be added into the galaxy (Yes, I did set them to always spawn) They never show up and I don't even get that exclaimation point when generating a galaxy letting me know one of the presets won't be able to spawn. Anyone know why this changed?