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A plague has overcome Earth and you were selected to take to the stars in a tiny spaceship in a plan to save humanity. You hit the first jump station away from Earth with the hopes to sustain the human race by becoming a multiplanet species. You have arrived at your new home where you will engage in an exciting life where you trade, hunt for criminals, mine, steal, and assassinate to make ends meet. Out here criminals run rampant, aliens foil your best mining haul ever, and asteroids smash your hull with one wrong move, but it is the life you must lead to give humanity a chance! In this open world game you can choose what you want to be. Your actions will influence your rank in four areas: Mining, Combat, Exploration, and Trading. Your actions will also influence your rank within the four factions. Trader : Visit space stations and purchase goods. Search the galaxy for the best price and sell. Miner : Find systems with dense asteroid belts and blast away as you collect materials. These materials are the core component in ship upgrading. Explorer : Many systems have been connected by the Jump Station network, now we need explorers to go out and map them. Combat : As you perform one of the above roles you may be attacked by criminals or aliens. You can choose to hunt down known criminals in your system and return to the station and collect their bounties. Aliens do not like our mining operations and if you continue to do so in their presence you may find yourself in combat. If you choose to take the dark path, you can be a criminal destroying mining vessels and collecting the goods they have collected.Earn money in the various ways specified above to purchase new ships, weapons, and reinforcements. By combining the money you’ve earned with the proper resources from mining you can upgrade various systems on your ship. Each manufacture and ship type has it perks and limitations, however. Choose wisely as each ship has max upgrades for shields, weapon po...