The Test

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The TestForeword Space is a dangerous place. The fleet is the hammer that strikes into the darkness to enforce order in chaos. There is much glory to be found, but there is also much death, especially among those who bear the brunt of the assault.  On the world of Prime, the fate of both local Primers and L…

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The Fall of Cybele by Schrödinger

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The Fall of Cybele by SchrödingerAdmiral Archibald couldn’t believe this. They seemed to have popped out of nowhere. A thousand Leviathans… Enough to blast away every habited planet of the Empire ten times over, Archibald deliberated over the thought. But a thousand Leviathans? Archibald still couldn’t shake off the idea that this was all just a hoax. Some dream. And this huge fleet hadn’t even registered on the scanners until alpha proximity alert was triggered. By then, the enemy was already in-system. It was far too late. As though to reassure him how real this was, a lance of photonic energy shot right through the death star. The entire moon-sized behemoth cringed under the impact. The shield went into overload within a millisecond. The ship AI reported hull breach in sector 49 through to 75, but overall structural integrity retained, for now. Archibald was thrown across the bridge. He thought he felt something wet behind his head.…

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New Language: Arabic

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New Language: ArabicWe are pleased to announce the full launch of our new game language, Arabic. A special thanks to TrueFact and DareDevil for their work translating. To set this language in the game, you just need to go to the Account > Display menu and change the language.…

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The speed server is here...?

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The speed server is here...?Hi guys! This past week has seen the first outing of the AE Speed Server in it's all but completed state. A crack team of our Volunteers, moderators and translators have been testing the server in a week long round at x3 speed, and I can tell you, it's fast! Second base in 8 hours, 11 bases in 4 days. This time around the winner will be the user wth the highest level. Wizard has offered up a prize to the winning tester and I'll let you know who when we know the winner!…

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A Day in the Life of a Pirate

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A Day in the Life of a PirateI got my ship the same way most pirates get theirs, "inherited" from the previous captain.  Captain Johns was a pickle of a man, craggy face full of warts, with a sour personality to match.  God rest his soul.  Only time I ever missed him was when I needed the control codes to ship.  It was a pain reinstalling the operating system, but well worth having command over the ship.  The HMS Redoubt is the finest of the line...that is, when she was built.  The Reddy, as she's called by the crew, (I once tried to get them to call it "The Ready" to signify she was always ready, but it didn't take.  Pirates, what can you say, have no sense of style.) is an over-thrusted destroyer.  She's undergone several...alterations...over the years, and not the finest work. Originally captured as a "prize" during a successful raid of a shipyard in a back-water planet, she had already seen the measure of her years.  Sold to the lord of the system for what I'm sure was a "very good price", she was well past her prime and ready for retirement.  But starships aren't cheap, even ones that aren't capable of extra galactic travel.  So I'm sure that's why she was in the shipyard for the thirteenth time undergoing a refit and repairs when she was captured, lucky for us, unlucky for them.…

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