Humans design the first ship capable of hyperwarp drive … you start the game piloting this craft. Flying to the nearest available star system where you meet an elder alien race who give you a mission with a reward of a mysterious artifact belonging to an ancient alien race.
Upon completing the mission and returning to the earth, you witness planet earth being destroyed by a mysterious alien race. Using the hyperdrive you escape to a nearby solar system...
Pirates Explorers Traders Mercenary
Federation (defenders of peace) Triumvirate (3 races warlike and evil) Pirate Merc The Thrax (reavers) Crull (master race) Planets
Ocean planet Ice planet Lava planet Desert planet Silicate planet Iron planet Gas planet (Uninhabitable contains helium, hydrogen, xenon)
Dwarf - small Giant - large Super - super large Rogue planet (planet not inside the solar system boundary can be discovered on deep scan)
Space station Mining station
Planets Suns Asteroid belts Anomalies
Solar system Info panel Jump button
Crew morale Ships
Stats Skills Inventory
Ships info Crew info Rename ships
Walk around city nintendo style Go inside buildings 3 levels of spaceport
Restock food/fuel (can be set to auto) Leave port Market Buy goods Sell goods Get loan Pay loan Faction buildings Buy items Sell items Get missions Sell information
Recruit crew Gambling Meet officers Rest to Restore hp and morale Rumours Revel to increase morale Shipyard Upgrade ship Upgrade Components Hyperdrive Engine Cannons Shields Navigational system Armor Rejig layout cabins/cargo/cannons Buy new ship Trade in ship Buy used ship Palace Talk to alien leaders Get missions Request pay
Alien species or alien tribes will help/fight/ignore Treasures Space wonders Alien artifacts Weapons Items Blueprints
Hex/Square tiles Turn based Circle to shoot cannons Kills crew Damages ship Component damage Rush to board enemy flag ship Go to player battle Run to escape Lose morale Take random damage
Active time battle 3 or 4 each side