This is a new SPACE RPG, RTS Games been spending the whole of
weekend playing it. Highly addictive.
In the aftermath of your ship being hijacked by space pirates. You
hook up with another pilot and both decided to become mercenary
bounty hunters. Both of you manage to purchase an old derelect
cargo ship and convert into sort of a military mobile base, like a
mini aircraft carrier. In this game you start out with 2 pilots and
eventually end up with a total of 6 pilots, and as you gain
experience and skills with the completion of each mission more
advance technology available to you.
Technology upgrades includes
fighters:light recon to heavy fighters or missile gunships
weaponry:simple autocannons to heavy lasers to alien blasters to
adv missiles and torpedos.
systems: counter-measures, engine boosters, shield enhancers,
cloaking devices, auto-repair bots.
Technology can be purchased from trade depots, black markets or as
booty after a dogfight which is tractored into the
mothership.
There are many factions in this game:
The USS: Government Patrol Service
InoCo : Powerful Corrupt Corporation
TRIAD: Powerful Corrupt Corporation
Berserkers: AI fighters that attack human fighters
Aliens: Unknown
The game centers around flying 40 main missions and many other
sub-missions for various factions which may include recon, raids,
assasinations, smuggling, ambush/robbery, blockade busting missions
etc ...