“The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And if he was really evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home. If he would not rather have stayed there in peace. War will make corpses of us all.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Even the power of a Neutron Star is bent before the might of the Empire!
*this monolithic structure is termed "the ring world". It's made up from materials and has the total size of several planets combined. The two luminous areas are mega devices called the "Star Arresters". They work to keep the star in a fixed destabilized state where the Ring World can harvest the pure energy directly from the star to power the forges and shipyards that work to supply the endless fleets of the Eternal Empire!
Eternal pic also.
Stellaris is absolutely fantastic for the visuals and effects. I have a crappy monitor and already get great graphics. I can only wonder how such a game would look on a full HD screen...