The Ticonderoga

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The Ticonderoga"200,000Crs!! Where do you expect me to get that Jim?” said Chief financial officer Bobby Cruse. “You know that goods account for almost half of our expenditures! We have been preparing for s big buy for some time now and this is that time!” replied Fleet Commander Jim Tapper.“Fine fine, I’ll move some things around you can go ahead and order it tomorrow. I know you have been planning this all weekend but now you have gone and made my day, I mean we will be paying off this thing for months.” Retorted Bobby violently.…

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Christmas Contest: Winners

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Christmas Contest: WinnersOur Christmas Contest is over and we received hundreds of phrases from our players! After a careful and difficult selection, the game administration voted for the best phrase of them all: "Astro Empires is the perfect mix of strategy, tactics and politics in a Sci-Fi game lasting forever." Thank you to Giorgio Ballarati, the author of this phrase, who has just won a 25€ voucher to use on our gift store.…

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More than just metal

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More than just metalSixty seconds to launch. The Captain's warning repeats in my head as if it was still echoing around inside my helmet. I mute my mic to curse and try to steady my hands and warm my quickly icing blood, knowing just how futile the effort is. It's the same every time, those last few seconds, watching the hangar doors creep open as the surrounding shields flicker and finally clear the path into empty space. This is when the carrier is most exposed and vulnerable, when a single well-placed shot could take out the entire wing, all of us strapped in and securely clamped to the deck rails. In these last few seconds, there are so many things that could go wrong, with the final result always the same. I die in my seat, with no way to stop it. That's what gives me the shakes.…

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Christmas time is here again

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Christmas time is here againHi guys and gals, It’s the session to be jolly, merry and blast those noobs ;-) Calls are echoing out from the forums this year for a Christmas armistice harking back to the days of WW1. Not unexpectedly these calls are falling on death ears, when best to launch an attack than on the day of days? It’s Christmas time guys, and although it’s not snowing (at least here in the UK or Portugal) we’re well in the festive spirit.…

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