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The Ancient Guardians spawned in a rather annoying location and I'm considering eventually conquering them, probably far before any Shakturi show up (if they ever do).

My question is, will that screw with the storyline? I don't mind having to face the Shakturi alone, but if they never show up as a result that's a bit of a bummer, not to mention if some mysterious victory condition gets triggered before even facing them.

On that note, if you "win" from resolving the Shakturi/Ancient Guardians issue can you continue the game?

I was rather hoping that selecting the victory conditions 100% economy/100% territory/100% population would mean the game doesn't end before I feel I'm done. Anyone got any experiences with it?

You can always continue after you "win". What happens to the storyline, I do not know.

Does that apply to all victory conditions, if you win or lose you can just click continue and play for as long as you want still?

Yes, you can play on. If you do like the victory view, but don't like the "victory moment", set the requirements to 100% of everything. You can compare empires in the victory score screen, and it will take a galaxy takeover to win.

A small disclaimer for the ancient galaxy, or any other mod having similar story structures.