"Over a century ago, we paid for our future in blood. Every bullet fired, every bomb dropped, every tank, aircraft and warship which had unleashed its weapons and anger was a declaration to the universe. There is no power that can not be shattered by a collective will, no enemy that will deny us our destiny, no cause too great that human flesh and human steel will not rise to meet it.
A century ago our forefathers fought the right to exist. Citizens, I ask you – who among us was not humbled by their magnificent sacrifice?
For many years we have worked to earn that sacrifice, we have sought reward in service alone. The path we chose was not an easy one, but never once we have faltered. For in our struggle, we have come to understand that the galaxy does not permit the survival of the weak and the timid.
And so today, as ships and armies march forward under the banner of our great nation, they carry with them a sacred fire that a century ago was lit in the heart of all mankind. Soon that fire will blaze across the stars, and should any stand against us, THAT FIRE WILL BURN THEIR FIELDS AND BOIL THEIR OCEANS, UNTIL THEIR MOUNTAINS CRACK AND EVERY HOPE IS BURNED TO ASH! THE ENTIRE GALAXY WILL KNOW: IF WE CANNOT MOVE HEAVEN, WE SHALL RAISE HELL!
WELCOME TO STELLARIS INVICTA!"
— Marc, opening speech
“Humanity has awoken, and now the galaxy will see its might.”
— Part Two | Greater Terran Union | Stellaris Invicta
"On Earth and its colonies, a few people laughed, or cheered. A few people cried. Most... were silent."
— Part Five | Greater Terran Union | Stellaris Invicta
"On May 25th, 2615, 40 minutes before the deadline imposed on humanity expired the Marshalls of the Greater Terran Union appeared before the National Assembly, and for the first time they were joined by representatives of the Wessari Commissariat and the Union's allies, the Rixian Galactic Directorate, the Union of Nimerium, and the Faraxian Confederation. Their announcement was broadcast across the whole of the Union, to every citizen, ship, and station. In response to the demand from both the Jaz'Gavaz and Xani that the Greater Terran Union capitulate; in response to the demand that humanity swear loyalty to alien masters; in response to the demand that the Union's armies be used to fight the wars of their new overlords; in response to the demand that Earth be governed by alien overseers, the High Marshall announced that the reply from the Greater Terran Union was a single word. 'Never.'"
— Part Nine | Greater Terran Union | Stellaris Invicta
"The GTU has no patience for this bullshit."
EuroCorps Unit Commander Erich Konig regarding a human supremacist's attempted assault on a refugee alien child, illustrating the GTU's shift away from its xenophobic foundation.
— European Commissariat | Stellaris Invicta
"Hic manebimus optime. Here we will stay most excellently."
— Prologue | Antares Confederacy | Stellaris Invicta
"There had once been a statue located in the harbor of one of Earth's great cities. At the time of its construction, it was described as 'The New Colossus', and a sonnet of the same name was inscribed at its base. Its message had been deemed so offensive and laughable to the Screk that the statue had been reduced to molten slag, reforged into alien jewelry to be worn by their mocking nobility. No human alive today has ever seen the figure that once stood upon seawashed sunset gates: a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame was imprisoned lightning, and her name, 'Mother of Exiles'. From her beacon hand once glowed a worldwide welcome, whose silent lips once cried 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free!'
Yet a galaxy away from where that statue once stood, flames of imprisoned lightning burned not in a single torch, but across an entire star system, an entire nation. A nation that for centuries has provided refuge for the poor, the tired, the huddled masses. To all those yearning to breathe free, Antares is seen as a Mother of Exiles. The Screk see something different. They see, and fear, a New Colossus."
— Part Four | Antares Confederacy | Stellaris Invicta
