Space Wars news

The Academy - A short Film

2026-10-09T17:08:09.000Z

A new youtube video, Imperial Academy, now streaming on Youtube. The story follows several Imperial Academy graduates as they leave Olympus Mons and get ready to captain their very first ship at the Jupiter shipyard near Ganymede. Even as Admiral Kurosawa warns them of the dangers of the Genari threat, they are somewhat naïve but optimistic to experience their first command.

Play video - loads from YouTube

Loosely based on a side character on the Sol origin storyline of the Interstellar Empires novel.

The Battleship Yamato in low orbit near Olympus Mons, with two Halifax Frigates as escorts.

Admiral Kurosawa of Internal Operations giving a speech at the Sally Ride Auditorium in front of Academy graduates (and instructors in the foreground)

Leiutenant Sorensen waiting for the captain to arrive onboad the S.I.N. Schofield (Orchis Class Corvette)

A Genari Agile Flyer lying hidden in an asteroid field near the Helix, sector HN21

New Server: Neptune II

2026-08-13T20:45:59.000Z

The Perseus Hive wins eliminating all opposition... New five faction server now online!

A new five faction server is now online, after a Hive domination victory on the Mercury II server. Initially, Sol and Ma'Alaketh looked to be winning, taking on all sides and destroying the Pirates' homeworld, but eventually the Hive race grew more dominant over time. The Perseus Hive, though weak at start, can become hard to defeat in a long run server, as they continue to grow stronger if left to their endless consumption.

The final top scores for Mercury II below:

Pohckrop with a new all time high first place record score this time, achieving the 'Ascendant' rank 11 with the Hive Queen. Him along with the other top players get anywhere between 500-2000 bonus credits to use for the next server.

New Ma'Alaketh Avatars

The Ma'Alaketh now have updated avatars, more representing their character design and unique bridge interiors. Work is being done to update the Ma'Alaketh storyline as well.

Hive 'Knockout' Bug Fix

The annoying Hive 'Knockout' bug, which basically triggered a hive ship to stall its turn (run down the countdown timer wasting time) has been fixed. So when a hive ship is low on mind, or knocked out, it will no longer run down the timer. This also carries over to the rare moments where a Genari ship engine is low, and the AI controlled variant would stall the turn the same way.

New Space Wars Stories Movie: Kurosawa's Gambit

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This is the Endgame victory storyline for the Sol Imperial Worlds, and the best one yet. See how the Sol Imperium ends up breaking the Genari Empire, and causing them to capitulate. See ships like the Halifax Frigate, the Sol Titan, Baltimore, and the Yamato class Battleship in action.

Kurosawa's Gambit

New Ma'Alaketh Avatars

2026-07-24T07:00:00.000Z

The highly advanced races of beings behind the Perimeter, have always had cartoonish-like avatars, so they have been updated with a new set of varied characters for players to pick from.

Some would equate them to 'Area 51 Greys', and in many ways the game lore has some relation to the 'observers' that have visited the Earth through its early technological advancements.

Hive 'Knockout Bug' Fixed

Also, the Hive knockout bug, which would happen when the hive ship's mind would go to zero, and the ship would be 'knocked out', would occasionally cause a stall in an AI hive ship's turn, causing it to spend 20-30 seconds frozen without ending its turn. That bug is now fixed.

New Five-Faction PvP Server: Mercury II

2026-03-05T15:18:09.430Z

The Sol Yamato Battleship encounters a Genari Starfire Heavy Cruiser

New Server with all for races accessible under normal win conditions: Sol Imperial Worlds, Genari United Empire, Ma'Alaketh Confederation, and the Perseus Hive. Some of you veteran players who stick to the same race every time, should try other races and enjoy the flavor and variety of each... you never know you might find a new favorite!

Sol Imperial Worlds: The 'jack of all trades' good at all, best at none, always the most popular to new players. Easiest to learn and play.

Genari United Empire: Brutishly strong, tough ships, but behind on technology. Usually the strongest out of the gate, and can dominate early.

Ma'Alaketh Confederation: The most advanced in technology, with some of the most powerful ships in the game. But more difficult to master.

Perseus Hive: The most difficult race to start with, but best played with good allies. Arguably the strongest race if allowed to break the confines of its region in the long run.

Free Peoples' of Sol: Adapting technology from both Sol and Genari, as well as stolen Ma'Alaketh material, they are pirates that take no sides and are capable of infiltrating deep into enemy territory undetected.

New Server: Saneth

2026-01-15T18:21:22.000Z

New Server: Saneth (Genari PvE)

Tired of playing Sol, and winning? Well play as Genari with your friends, though they are the easiest race to play in the beginning, they do have weaknesses near endgame. Will any player be able to achieve the Starkiller Dreadnought? It is the only way to successfully take out the Ma'Alaketh homeworld with that fearsome Dyson Sphere.

New Genari Intro Story Movie

Empress Anghoir introduces the five Matriarchs, and their roles in the Genari United Empire. Once a year, there are celebrations in arenas all over the home planet of Saneth; both Officers and Marines are initiated to the forces fighting the Sol Imperium. Then three young Genari captains form a squadron of Corvettes (Star Warrior, Agile Flyer, Honor Bound) and are ordered to attack a small sector near Vega. Little do they know that the Humans are not so fragile as they were led to believe.

So once you select your Genari character, enjoy the intro movie before entering the game.

Matriarchs of the Empire Movie

New Genari Avatars

The older hand-drawn Genari Captains have been completely replaced with new, more lifelike versions, including premium variants.

Genari Marines

Advanced Attack AI

Sol Gorshkov IV Frigate

The SpaceWars AI has been mostly a companion AI for fleet commander's secondary ships and to defend sectors that players attack; but now it has enough 'intelligence' to select sectors and continues to attack on its own. Periodically refined and updated.

Every race has its own AI players/ships, which strike border sectors with class III and IV ships. However, beware of the more advanced Hero AI that will come with class V and VI destroyers and light cruisers and significant crew upgrades. These special AI will play similar to a veteran-skilled player and are extremely challenging. You will notice their uniqueness with their 'premium' captain avatars.

Previous PvE Server Omega completed by Sol in a Domination Victory

Watch the Sol Endgame Victory Movie

With the war of attrition on both sides for over 50 years, Admiral Kurosawa devises an unprecedented and risky plan to cause the Genari United Empire to capitulate.

Congratulations to Bravus (With 640k Experience), Spamalot, Erectus, Wister, Hook, Beo, Teckonte, MepMep, CptObvious, Adam350, Wojo, Capt Cowboy, Jek Tono, Mr. Best, Forgotten One, Gnarly, Zorg, K80, Booltyz, Merc, Flynn and others who all helped in conquering 75% of the galaxy map as Sol.

New Genari PvE server with the ability to fight all four other factions!

2026-01-15T03:44:34.189Z

New Server where players team up as allies as part of the Genari United Empire -- to Fight races accessible under normal win conditions: Sol Imperial Worlds, Free Peoples of Sol, Ma'Alaketh Confederation, and the Perseus Hive. Some of you veteran players who stick to the same race every time, but now you have to play as Genari... you never know you might find a new favorite!

Sol is the most popular race to play, but they are Genari's archenemies, so this time you're fighting against them!

You will be fighting against AI controlled races; The SpaceWars AI has been mostly a companion AI for fleet commander's secondary ships and to defend sectors that players attack; but now it has enough 'intelligence' to select sectors and attack on its own.

Updates & Patches:

-New Ma'Alaketh Engineer Skill: Quantum Field. The engineer specializes in force field technology, and has adapted a secondary unit to further protect the ship from damage.

-XP cost for Sol/Genari/Ma'Alaketh battleships & dreadnoughts have been reduced significantly.

-The Ma'Alaketh Tetrarch light cruiser now has its hull reduced from 82 to 72.

-The Hive carapace protective layer skill now increases hull by 10%, not 30%.

-The ship skill bug has been fixed.

It's time to interrupt Commodore Wainwright's coffee break!

Sol Victory Movie: Kurosawa's Gambit

2025-12-19T07:00:00.000Z

Watch the Sol Endgame Victory Movie

With the war of attrition on both sides for over 50 years, Admiral Kurosawa devises an unprecedented and risky plan to cause the Genari United Empire to capitulate.

Play video - loads from YouTube

New PvE Server: Omega

2025-11-07T03:20:51.265Z

Sol Imperials and Free Peoples join together in a Human Alliance Co-op! Choose either Sol Imperial Worlds (recommended) or Free Peoples of Sol and work in an uneasy alliance to take out Genari, Hive and Ma'Aal.

Also, congrats to 101 for holding out against the dominance of Sol (with over 1.8 mil XP), and keeping the Dyson sphere from attack. Spamalot, Teckonte, Winterforce, Equaa, Wister all helped in conquering over 85% of the galaxy map as Sol. Beo and Amish both worked as Pirates and also survived the assault. Honorable mentions Gremlin and Anon who also made it to the top ten as Hive and Genari.

Combined PvE teamwork by the Sol Team

Advanced Attack AI

2025-10-08T07:00:00.000Z

So every race now has its own AI players/ships, which strike border sectors with class III and IV ships. However, beware of the more advanced Hero AI that will come with class V and VI destroyers and light cruisers and significant crew upgrades. These special AI will play similar to a veteran-skilled player and are extremely challenging. You will notice their uniqueness with their 'premium' captain avatars.

The Montana Heavy Cruiser

New Sol Intro Story Movie

2025-09-25T03:10:12.783Z

Thanks to the modern advancements of AI animation, we are happy to introduce new lifelike movies/stories to SpaceWars. It brings in more immersion to the game, and gives you an introduction to the companion novels' characters. So once you select your Sol character, enjoy the intro movie before entering the game.

New Sol Human Avatars

The older hand-drawn Captains have been completely replaced with new, more lifelike versions, including premium variants. Free peoples and Genari have been updated as well.

Captain Madani (a Sol Imperial Worlds character in the novel)

New PvE Server: Omega with updated Story and Avatars

2025-08-15T15:55:28.000Z

New Sol Intro Story Movie

New Sol Human Avatars

The older hand-drawn Captains have been completely replaced with new, more lifelike versions, including premium variants. Free peoples and Genari have been updated as well.

Captain Madani (a Sol Imperial Worlds character in the novel)

Rear Admiral Jamshidi (a Sol Imperial Worlds character in the novel)

Obayda Zueiter (a Free Peoples' of Sol character in the novel)

Advanced Attack AI

Previous PvP Server Chiron II won by Sol in a domination victory

Congrats to 101 for holding out against the dominance of Sol (with over 1.8 mil XP), and keeping the Dyson sphere from attack. Spamalot, Teckonte, Winterforce, Equaa, Wister all helped in conquering over 85% of the galaxy map as Sol. Beo and Amish both worked as Pirates and also survived the assault. Honorable mentions Gremlin and Anon who also made it to the top ten as Hive and Genari.

New Server: Jupiter

2025-07-16T07:00:00.000Z

The Genari Starkiller arrives in orbit around Earth, with the Sol Imperial defense platform nearby

A fierce battle between Sol Imperial Worlds and Genari United Empire ended with the Sol Homeworld of Earth being defeated led by RevenyasReven and his Starkiller flagship. The hive was defeated first, and Ma'Alaketh thereafter, with Sol being the last one standing against the Genari.

Also, congrats to Taco, Mentor, Amishjoe, BurgerBing, Doc Grumpets as the great defenders of Sol, eventually succumbing to Genari.

What class of ship will you achieve this server?

Various classes from Gunships to Dreadnoughts

Hero-Level Attack AI

2025-06-20T07:00:00.000Z

The Sol Imperial Battleship Yamato striking the Genari Starfire Heavy Cruiser.

Try and challenge them, but be careful!

AI Sol Premium Avatar

AI Genari Premium Avatar

New Server: Chiron with Advanced Attack AI

2024-11-16T16:33:21.000Z

New PvP Server: Chiron with advanced AI

Out of beta testing, attack AI is now active. They essentially act as live players, attacking enemy sectors and trying to capture them. There are two kinds:

Basic class III & IV attack AI: Easy to kill, makes for quick XP points for players wanting to defend a sector, or ally with them to enhance your sector performance.

'Hero' class V & VI attack AI: Destroyers & light cruisers with experienced crews and very intelligent strategic play. They are very tough to defeat, playing as good as any SpaceWars veteran. Be careful of fighting these opponents unless you're up to the challenge, but they are an incredible asset when they are on your side!

Previous PvP Server: Trifid II won by Hive

Congrats to Enicrop for absolutely dominating the server (with over 1mil XP), eventually destroying all enemy homeworlds with a Behemoth and an Ancient Hive Entity. Genari put up a good fight with Aries, sss, Zorg, Hook and Gnarly, and Sol participants Hooman & Vesuvius tried to take back hive sectors but were eventually overwhelmed by the horde. Ma'Alaketh Equaa and AyyLmao were dominating early in the server with advanced tech and were the last to be destroyed, as they were insulated from the Hive by Genari and Sol. Also honorable mentions to CserZ, Zeco, Beo, Moonboo, and ghaun.

New Server: Saneth

2023-12-14T22:44:21.000Z

New five-faction server is now up!

The Genari Starkiller arrives in orbit around Earth, with the Sol Imperial defense platform nearby

Also, congrats to Taco, Mentor, Amishjoe, BurgerBing, Doc Grumpets as the great defenders of Sol, eventually succumbing to Genari.

What class of ship will you achieve this server?

New Feature: Attack AI

A Sol Mendi fires on a Genari Agile Flyer

Players will notice a new feature implemented in this server -- Attack AI. Not only will local stations send out defending ships when players attack borders, some stations now send out Class III and IV attackers to hit borders as well. Take advantage of this and join AI to coordinate attacks on sectors, or defend against them for extra experience and officer points.

Eventually you will be seeing 'Hero Attack AI' which will be leveled up AI destroyers and cruisers that work in groups to assault larger sectors, just like you do.

New Server: Rigel II

2023-04-13T23:19:14.000Z

A new five-faction server now online, players may choose between:

Sol Imperial Worlds - The Human military dictatorship, with well rounded ships and initiative

Genari United Empire - The brutish conquerors with heavy armor, marines, alpha strike

Ma'Alaketh Confederation - The most tech-advanced with powerful shields and ranged weapons

Perseus Hive - Living ships that rely on sheer numbers and accelerated growth & regeneration

Free Peoples of Sol - Pirates of the galaxy with the ability to strike anywhere & stolen tech

The Sol Titan and Colossus dreadnoughts approach the Ma'Alaketh Dyson Sphere

Previous Server: Jupiter II

Congratulations to top Sol players Bravus and Heinous who had the dream team of the Titan and Colossus dreadnoughts, combined with the help of Beo and his Nagara Beam Cruiser and DarthVaper's Krakatoa mobile defense platform taking out the Ma'Alaketh Dyson Sphere. John McMilan kept watch on defense.

Commendations also go out to:

Genari's best players: Hook & Amishjoe

Hive's best players: Kunll & Zigzagler

Free Peoples' best players: Xeen & Mandosa

The battleship Yamato near Earth

Updates & Patches:

-New Ma'Alaketh Engineer Skill: Quantum Field. The engineer specializes in force field technology, and has adapted a secondary unit to further protect the ship from damage.

-XP cost for Sol/Genari/Ma'Alaketh battleships & dreadnoughts have been reduced significantly.

-The Ma'Alaketh Tetrarch light cruiser now has its hull reduced from 82 to 72.

-The Hive carapace protective layer skill now increases hull by 10%, not 30%.

-The ship skill bug has been fixed.

Hive Victory, New Server Jupiter II

2022-12-11T15:08:41.000Z

New Server: Jupiter II

A new five faction server is now online, after a Hive domination victory on the Eagle server. Initially, Genari looked to be winning, taking on all sides and destroying the Pirates' homeworld, but eventually the Ma'Alaketh and Hive races grew more dominant over time. The Perseus Hive, though weak at start, can become hard to defeat in a long run server, as they continue to grow stronger if left to their endless consumption.

The final top scores for Eagle below:

New Ma'Alaketh ship designs

The Ma'Alaketh class 7 command cruiser Consul has been reworked into a new design, along with its smaller hybrid destroyer variants the Acolytes.

New Concept ships & designs

Now that all five playable factions/races have been completed, new ship designs will be introduced in forthcoming servers for all the races, in various classes.

Eagle Server: The First Complete Five-Faction Server

2022-08-27T00:02:27.000Z

Eagle Server: The Very First Five Faction PvP

After several years in development, we now have all five races playable, each with their own unique playstyles. Over 50 ships per race, they all have their own attributes and special designs integrated for competition, PvP and PvE play.

Right now you can choose a race and compete, but you are also open to switch your character and try a different race during this server run without being forced to play a specific race for the entire server duration.

SOL IMPERIAL WORLDS

-Sol plasma technology

-Ion drive technology

-Well rounded race with no distinct strengths or weaknesses

-Bordering all four enemy races

-Easiest to play

GENARI STAR EMPIRE

-Efficient, low cost missile technology

-Heavily armored

-Strong low-tier ships

-Marine boarding pods

-Bordering all four enemy races

-Easy to play

MA'ALAKETH CONFEDERATION

-Very advanced ion drives

-Extreme range particle beams

-Dampening field systems

-Very powerful force field technology

-Advanced repair drones

PERSEUS HIVE

-Special regenerative abilities

-Swarm/telepathy command multiple organisms

-Very diverse 'ship' selection

-Powerful plasma wave launchers

-Proboscis

FREE PEOPLES OF SOL

-Can attack any sector

-Large pirate fleets

-Powerful boarding units

-Can ally with specific races to fight others

Pirates! The Free Peoples of Sol

2022-03-28T23:29:32.000Z

New Server: Pirate PvE

The fifth and final faction for Space Wars, the Free Peoples of Sol has finally launched. On this server, players can try these 'Pirates', working together against AI to dominate the server. Originating from New Terra in the Helix Nebula, this faction is a conglomeration of Human and Genari defectors that combine their technology (along with some stolen Ma'Alaketh tech) to produce some rather unique warships.

Their strengths:

-Can support large fleets of AI combat ships

-Strong boarding units and xp gains from capturing ships/bounties

-Can attack any sector, regardless of being adjacent to a captured region

Their weaknesses:

-Very expensive ships

-No high tier battleships or dreadnaughts

-Long cooldowns for lost ships

-Only three dedicated officers

-Weak support ships

So have fun and enjoy this new faction, with all its unique ways to conquer the galaxy :)

New Server: Cruisers Maximus

2022-02-10T20:02:04.000Z

This is a new four faction PvP server, with one limitation however -- all four races are limited to Class VI ships as their strongest warship. That means Heavy Cruisers, Battleships and Dreadnoughts are not available on this server.

It will allow players to hone their skills on workhorses of their race, which are the frigates, destroyers, and light cruisers.

Also the win parameters are not to destroy all the enemy homeworlds this time, but attempt to dominate 90% of the galaxy map.

Previous Server: Ganymede Victory to the Hive

Two of the strongest Hive players worked as a team, fed off the Sol race, which collapsed first: Veterans Nocabonac and Heinous dominated their way through Sol and Genari, eventually taking out the Ma'Alaketh Dyson Sphere to win the server. Also a shoutout to sss, KhanJB, beo, Hook, zorg, genari_neko as Genari, initially dominating the server until the Hive grew too strong for them to hold back.

Pirate Faction development in Progress

It is very likely that the next server will be the first time that players can try the rather unique Free Peoples' of Sol (pirate) faction. Skills, ships, and characters are being finalized behind the scenes on the development server, as well as squashing the inevitable bugs.

New PvP Server: Ganymede

2021-11-29T15:26:41.000Z

Sol Imperial Worlds: The 'jack of all trades' good at all, best at none, always the most popular to new players.

Genari United Empire: Brutishly strong, tough ships, but behind on technology. Usually the strongest out of the gate, and can dominate early.

Ma'Alaketh Confederation: The most advanced in technology, with some of the most powerful ships in the game. But more difficult to master.

Perseus Hive: The most difficult race to start with, but best played with good allies. Arguably the strongest race if allowed to break the confines of its region in the long run.

Work in Progress: Free Peoples of Sol (Pirate)

Behind the scenes, the Pirate faction is being worked on, a rather unique race with special abilities, but limited in its ability to expand and conquer. It is the 5th and last faction for the Beta.

Some examples below:

Orchis Raider

Orchis Interceptor

Agile Flyer Raider

Agile Flyer Interceptor

Mendi Raider

Mendi Interceptor

Server Completion - Battle of the Titans

2021-11-26T00:14:02.000Z

Battle of the Titans - Victory to Sol

Congratulations to Sol Imperial worlds for successfully outplaying the three other races to win the server. This unique server had players being awarded the near-impossible halo ship for each race if they achieved 30k XP.

For Sol, Jerbear, Beo, Hook, and Bayou were awarded the Sol Titan Dreadnought, and eventually dominated the server, taking out individual homeworlds.

Ma'Alaketh actually had a stronger start, with Trygore, EIN, Salo, Stan, War Demon, Ainh, T, Aegrimm all achieving the Sa'Avaal beam platform.

Genari had Vesuvius and AmishJoe acquire the Starkiller Command Dreadnought.

And the Hive players Apophis and Cattlebruiser succeeded in getting the Queen.

The next PvP server begins on Monday, November 29th.

Pirate Faction in Progress

Agile Flyer Raider

Orchis Raider

Work is being done behind the scenes for the Pirate faction, and some testing will be done on the next server. It is possible that it will be playable for all on the succeeding server.

First Honor Raider & Interceptor

New Server: Battle of the Titans

2021-11-03T01:53:27.031Z

This new server is unique in that if you achieve Captain Level 5, (30,000xp) you are automatically given a Class XII ship for your race, without any of the prerequisites. It will be interesting to see these monstrous dreadnoughts en masse fighting each other... If you've always wanted to try one, but their XP requirements were simply near impossible to achieve, here is your chance. But if its destroyed, it is permadeath for your ship!

SOL IMPERIAL WORLDS: TITAN ASSAULT DREADNOUGHT

The Sol Colossus was an incredible achievement for the Imperium: It gave the edge in the war of attrition against the Genari Star Empire. The Genari matriarchy was falling behind on advancements to engines and weapons, putting them in a disadvantage when it came to battleships and dreadnoughts. But it was the awakening of the Perseus Hive and its decimation of Genari bases that had Sol command concerned with a possible greater threat. Although most of the Hive focus was in Genari territory, they were also starting to encroach dangerously close on Capella. Upon studying some of their larger and more dangerous 'Entities', it was realized that swarms of these could easily overcome the Colossus itself. A new, more robust platform was developed, especially after McKellan Engineerings' breakthrough of mating six engines made a three-million ton warship possible. It came to be known as the Titan, a one-of a kind dreadnought mounting an array of twelve of the most powerful beams in three different arcs that could decimate a single Hive entity with one volley. With enough power and detection range as a defense station, it can target enemies from an extended range and land hits before they ever have a chance of getting close. Its sheer size also allowed for two advanced repair bays which can help the dreadnought repair more quickly, or do the same to other ships nearby.

GENARI UNITED EMPIRE: STARKILLER COMMAND DREADNOUGHT

Empress Talagh-Zeranghi found her Matriarchy in trouble: Advancements into Hive regions initially gained her clan a significant amount of riches from the resource-heavy regions in the Perseus cluster. However the Hive had begun to resist and overcome her fleet's attacks. Eventually, the tide had turned and these massive Hive Entities were growing evermore aggressive on taking back these Genari-controlled regions. Being on the forefront of the Hive incursion, her homeworlds of Bacheh and Barghi were seeing early attacks from these organics. The rest of the Matriarchs were too focused on the Sol Imperium and the Ma'Alaketh; so she was on her own to defend against what seemed to be an impossible foe. Her Star Fortress was dangerously close to the Hive border, and she considered the possibility of an evacuation if the Hive did push deeper into her territory. She commissioned a new dreadnought that could become a mobile command base, but also have the firepower and defensive strength to resist even the largest of these destructive Hive Entities. Thus the Starkiller was born; a massive station-sized dreadnought with enough firepower to rival even the Shahavi homeworld command base. Although it is a rather slow ship, it is heavily armored and built to accelerate the array of omnidirectional missile weapons, with a very low energy demand to fully arm its arsenal. It could decimate any Hive ship that would come within 6000km , no matter what its size. The rest of the Empire sees the Starkiller as the best chance of stopping the Hive from gaining any more foothold into Genari territory.

MA'ALAKETH CONFEDERATION: SA'AVAL MOBILE BEAM PLATFORM

The Sovereign battleships proved to be extremely powerful in warding off Sol and Genari attacks; the enemy could not out-power the Ma'Alaketh technology or succeed in taking any of the Ma'Alaketh regions within the Perimeter without incurring heavy casualties. But when it was time for the Ma'Alaketh Confederation to pacify the Genari and Sol homeworlds, it was proven to be quite difficult with the sheer number of station defenses surrounding these planets. The Confederation did not want any demoralizing casualties or losses of their capital ships -- it simply was not an option. So developing a mobile unit that could act as long range artillery, softening or destroying defensive stations without taking any harm was the logical next step. Using technology from the Dyson Sphere itself, a mobile beam platform was built around four smaller variants of the Dyson beam, packing enough of a punch that could destroy even the largest enemy base with reasonable reliability, and completely out of enemy station weapons range. It also has the most advanced dampening field ever built -- a large circular unit that takes up a significant portion of the superstructure, but acts as a partially effective field because of its sheer mass. The massive IHD-9 powerplants were doubled to deliver twice as much power as the Grand Sovereign, making this mobile platform surprisingly agile and maneuverable. However, to fully charge its four particle beams, it will need to remain near-stationary to provide the power needs of these massive weapons.

PERSEUS HIVE: HIVE QUEEN

When the bulk of Matriarch Talagh-Zeranghi's forces assaulted the Hive homeworld 'Dark Core', their armada, consisting of a Nova, several heavy cruisers and other capital ships managed to overcome the defending organisms and destroy the Hive nest that existed there. The Matriarch declared this as the beginning of the end for the Perseus Hive and the Dark Core's defeat as the ultimate conquest for the Empire. She was premature in her announcement however: Things turned sour when this station-sized organism appeared from the dark side of the barren planet about an hour later. Undetected, it was within the planet's dead core itself; how it got out is uncertain. As it approached, it sent waves of energy against the Nova flagship, which was already significantly damaged. Before the flagship could escape during its dark matter transition phase, it got destroyed. It then systematically attacked each other heavy cruiser, forcing them to retreat one by one. All other remaining Hive organisms rallied around this superentity, and forced the rest of the Genari fleet to retreat. It has never been encountered again, but ever since its appearance, it has broken the Genari dream of overtaking Hive space. They've respectfully termed it the Hive 'Queen', definitely befitting its title. Unlike the Hive Nests which birth new Hive organisms, this Queen is mobile and acts like a Hive Entity. If it truly can travel between star systems, there may be nothing Sol or Genari could do to stop it.

New Server: Andromeda

2021-06-20T17:16:39.110Z

The new Andromeda server starts the game fresh with a few updates:

Genari Marine skill Update: Explosive Pods

Now the Marine Commander of a ship can jury-rig the marine pods to explode on contact with an enemy ships' hull. It can be quite useful against the Hive, since marines are ineffective against them.

Four Skill Levels:

Explosive Pods I-IV:

Pods are empty of marines, but have been loaded with explosives. Does 1-4 damage on contact with shield or hull.

Explosion Radius of Ships now Extended to 8 hexes (8000km).

When a ship explodes, it does splash damage to nearby ships, based on its original power levels. The range is now extended from four to eight hexes, but the damage itself is still at the same values.

New Server: Deimos I

2021-03-26T17:16:39.109Z

After several 1v1 competitions on previous servers, we return to a full four-race competition server. Play as Sol Imperial Worlds, Genari United Empire, Ma'Alaketh Confederation or Perseus Hive. The Pirate faction is currently being worked on, and will be available for play in future servers.

All four races have new Captain specific skills implemented:

SOL IMPERIAL WORLDS

Specialization: Helm Control allows for an extra movement point for all of the players' ships

Specialization: Engineering allows for an extra repair point for all of the players' ships

Tactical Advantage III-V: Adds 2 more initiative points for each level

MA'ALAKETH

Internal Repair Drone: allows for an extra repair point for all of the players' ships

Drone Control IV-V: allows for an additional support ship for each level, up to five.

GENARI

Improved Weapons: skill can add extra damage boost to player weapons.

Support Specialization: gives player a full support role by foregoing most combat roles. Player can have up to 5 support ships, and it unlocks the new Genshai II Command Tender.

HIVE

Specialized carapace skill: now available, where they can add protective layers in three levels, with the highest level adding 30% more life points.

Lifeforce Drain: which allows improved healing when using proboscis.

Vitality: skills now add improved healing, increased momentum, and enhanced synapses.

All races also get a captain skill that allows their allies to warp into the same part of the sector they are present in.

New Server: Genari vs. Hive

2021-02-25T17:16:39.108Z

In our final 1v1 PvP server before we return to 4-race combat, we get the warrior race of Genari and their close-combat firepower against organisms that can swarm their opponents and work in large numbers to overcome their weaknesses. Which race will win?

New Captain Rank & Level

With all upcoming servers, all players automatically get a captain skill point to start.

Also, all races now have a new captain level at 800,000 xp, which allows for an additional captain skill point.

Perseus Hive Gets some New Skills

Specialized carapace skill available, where they can add protective layers in three levels, with the highest level adding 30% more life points.

Lifeforce Drain which allows improved healing when using proboscis.

Vitality skills now add improved healing, increased momentum, and enhanced synapses.

Telepath ability allows for allies to enter close to player organism in combat.

Tech Wars: Sol vs. Ma'al

2020-12-15T19:02:56.000Z

TECH WARS New Server: Sol vs. Maal

A new server has begun; with the two most technologically advanced races in the game, Sol Imperial Worlds and the Ma'Alaketh Confederation. The Sol Imperial worlds tends to have very well-rounded ships with a lot of variety in ship selection, as well as high initiative officers. The Ma'Alaketh however, have superior shield and long range weapon technology.

The Hive and Genari sectors are Ai-controlled, and to win the server the Do'Oran Dyson Sphere in the Ma'Alaketh homeworld or the Command Base at Earth must be destroyed.

Orion III Server

Sol vs. Genari server was won by Genari. Congratulations to Spartacus, Blingon, Lawn Dwarf, Cockatrice, and Hook for being the dominant players that took the Genari United Empire to victory. Also Thanos111, Jerbear, T, Bravus, Beo and Gman put up a good fight against the Genari assault, but eventually succumbed to the high-damage battle-hardened warships of the Empire.

New Server: Orion III

2020-11-07T00:04:39.000Z

Back to Orion

As the Ma'Alaketh vs Hive server ended a few days ago, a new server has initiated today, in 'Classic' mode between Sol Imperial Worlds and Genari United Empire. The Hive and Ma'Alaketh races will be unplayable, and are AI controlled. Players can still enter their spaces for further combat/xp opportunities.

New rankings levels are also attributed to Sol & Genari, with players able to achieve a new captain rank at 800,000 xp, giving them an additional captain point.

The map has also been updated, with less vulnerable openings in the deeper regions of Hive and Ma'Alaketh space with additional defensive structures, along with a few 'bugged' sectors fixed.

Keep in mind that this is the first time in this classic 2-way where the Class XI and XII warships are available to players.

Hive Domination Victory

2020-11-04T07:00:00.000Z

Ma'Al vs Hive Server Completed

Being on opposite sides of the galaxy, the two very different races, one being highly technologically advanced, the other being organic spacefaring creatures -- were given the chance to develop and advance through AI-controlled Sol and Genari territories before making first contact somewhere in the middle of the galaxy map.

Initially, the Ma'Alaketh had the advantage, taking out the vulnerable and unshielded Hive organisms from afar with their powerful particle beams. But over time, the Hive hordes kept consuming everything in their path, eventually outnumbering the Ma'Alaketh.

Congratulations to Praxus, P Boi 1, Weecat, raebrej, XXX, T, ghaun, C06AKn KpOBN as the top power players of Hive. They all get the bug squisher legacy award and 1000-3000 credits.

Also special mention to Crossfire, who managed to hold up against the Hive hordes, and even invoked Last Stand, briefly commandeering the Sa'Aval class XII mobile beam platform.

New Server: Maalaketh Vs. Hive

2020-09-20T20:09:40.000Z

New Server: Ma'Alaketh Confederation vs. Perseus Hive

A special two-race only server, which has the two new races competing against each other. Totally different styles of gameplay, the debate continues between which race is stronger?

Ma'Alaketh Confederation

With ships that have incredibly powerful and efficient defensive shields, accurate long-range particle beams, and stealth dampening field, each individual ship is capable of taking on multiple ships of other races. They also have very advanced support technology, and advanced officers to help make their ships even more efficient.

Perseus Hive

An organic race, without and shield/force field technology, they rely on their regenerative abilities to keep them surviving opposing races. Along with their ability to swarm an opponent with many organisms at once, they have unique plasma weapons that are devastating at close range. Add to it, their crew-consuming proboscis, that can disable enemy ships quickly.

Sol and Genari are AI-controlled only on this server; and they are the 'buffer' between the two opposing races. This gives time for Hive and Ma'Alaketh to grow and prepare for first contact.

Neptune Server Ends in 65 days

The previous server, Neptune, was won by the Ma'Alakaeth Confederation. Congratulations to Mr. Grey, K, Lich, V, Alby, GalaxyMarine, XXX, LorddragonK, Trygore, Beernchips, LD50 and others for their successful win of the server over Sol, Genari, and Hive. They win between 500-3000 credits.

On the Sol side, Jerbear, Bravus, Sho'Nuff and Locke dominated early, but eventually succumbed to the Ma'Alaketh onslaught.