Genari Victory: Mercury Server

Mercury Server has now ended, after 80 days of combat.

This was the very first time three races (Sol, Genari, Ma'Alaketh) were in competition at once; along with Hive beta testers joining in the war.

The dynamics of a 3-race war was quite interesting in this server -- initially the Hive had an early advance, then Sol and Ma'Alaketh started dominating Genari territory. It looked like Genari was going to be the first losing race... but then Ma'Alaketh managed to get to the Sol homeworld of Earth, and break the Sol morale. The very powerful Sovereign super-capital ships of Ma'Alaketh are true station-destroyers, but not numerous enough. Through a war of attrition, the Genari made a successful comeback, and eventually broke into the core sphere of the Ma'Alaketh Confederation.

Then something unique happened -- the strongest Sol players and their dreadnoughts joined up with Genari and together managed to take the Ma'Alaketh homeworld down together. It was a total first -- seeing Sol and Genari work together against a common enemy.

Reminder: All players who have had a significant number of kills, sector captures, or captain rank receive legacy awards and credits usable for future servers & ship unlocks.

There will be a server downtime of 36 hours, in preparation of the Rigel Server, which starts on Tuesday, November 19th.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld:

Sol and Genari capital ships attacking a Ma'Al station, with several Ma'Al heavy cruisers in the background.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 2)

For the first time, a Genari Leviathan and Sol Colossus working together.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 3)

A Sol Colossus firing on a Ma'Al station.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 4)

A Sol Yamato Battleship firing on a Ma'Alaketh Archon Heavy Cruiser with a Colossus in the background.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 5)

A Elbe Light Repair Tender near the massive Colossus' engines.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 6)

A badly damaged Cosmos Shadow Cruiser flanked by a Colossus.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 7)

A secondary Genari fleet of Light Cruisers distracting Ma'Alaketh ships from the main battle.

Images from the final battle at Ma'Alaketh's Do'Oran Homeworld: (picture 8)

Player Top 10. (Ma'Alaketh = Green) (Sol = Blue) (Genari = Red) (Hive = Orange)