Speed Server: 2nd Round results

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Speed Server: 2nd Round resultsAs scheduled, the second round of our Speed Server, Ares, has now ended. Prizes will now be given to the top 5 players in each category (Level, Economy, Fleet, Technology and Combat Experience).

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Fight at Candara’an

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Fight at Candara’anThe blue holo-screens flickered with representations of star systems, star-routes, information on planets, fleets, projected vectors for friendly forces as well as the ominous crimson patterns that meant only one thing: possible enemy intrusion paths, ship and number estimations as well as tactical approaches. And much of the vital information about the enemy was still incomplete or completely missing in some areas. As Admiral Ka’chun turned his gaze from the screen to address the room, he was quite aware that everybody had noticed the missing portions of data. And how could they not notice it? It was a staple of every briefing since the beginning of the conflict with The Collective, over 17 months ago. Information was sketchy at best, although the data they managed to collect over the months of combat was starting to form into a worrisome image.…

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New Year Promotion

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New Year PromotionWhat better way to start the New Year than playing Astro Empires? Astro Empires is offering a New Year promotion to new accounts across our classic servers. Start a new account on any normal server (except Lyra) and we'll give you a free month upgrade and 1.000 credits to give you a boost! Don't miss out on this oportunity! Hurry though, this is a limited time promotion.…

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Rek'narash Part 2 : The Downfall

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Rek'narash Part 2 : The Downfall (Author’s note: if you haven’t read the earlier parts of this story, you should read that first before enjoying this story. Start with "Rek'narash : Arrival”. --- An alarm went off in the room as the hologram shifted to reveal a fair amount of the blob’s size had disappeared and re-appeared on the border of Grilja’s system. Half a dozen people around the hologram had started running to their stations to see what was going on. “What happened?” questioned the commander.“I… I don’t know, sir. A large number of ships just appeared on the edge of the system. They jus-… They’re jumping again. Four hundred strong. Three targets per defensive platform.” “Dammit. Relay it to the other platforms and the fleet. We’re under attack.” Barked the commander, an order that was relayed almost instantly to the rest of the orbit. “Where are they?”…

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