Armada 2526 (PC)

Lead one of 18 different alien races to become a mighty pan-galactic empire. Manage your colonies, deploy your fleets and conduct research. Plot your strategy and turn your planets into mighty bastions. Explore new star systems, where you may encounter tachyon storms, psychic plants, primitives or find abandoned alien technology. Diplomacy is of utter importance in being successful. Make pacts and alliances, make threats or ask for favours - and when the time is right, replace diplomacy by space combat and fight it out in real-time 3D.

The trade system lets you trade valuable commodities between both your own and alien worlds. Alien relics, rare minerals, tourists, or even natural anti-matter, your freighters will carry them all. Although the game is complex, and the possible strategies endless, powerful help and advisor features, help you get up to speed quickly. Unlike many games in this genre, Armada 2526 Gold Edition focuses on providing a game that can be finished in a reasonable time, and emphasizes battle and strategy over economic micro-management. All with one purpose: to emerge victorious and conquer the galaxy with your armada.

Guide one of 12 races on their first interstellar journey from a single planet, until itbecomes a mighty pan-galactic empire. From the Star Map you must manage yourempire, deploy your fleets and conduct research, diplomacy and trade. Plot yourstrategy. Explore the universe and found new colonies. Turn your planets into mightybastions. Make pacts and alliances, make threats or ask for favours - and when the timeis right, continue diplomacy by 'other means' and fight it out in a real-time 3D system thatbrings to life the beauty and visceral carnage of space combat. All with one purpose: toemerge victorious and conquer the galaxy. Although complex and deep, with possiblyendless strategies, powerful help and advisor features help you get up to speed quickly.Unlike many games in this genre, Armada 2526 focuses on providing a game that canbe finished in a reasonable time, and emphasizes battle and strategy over economicmicromanagement.