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…

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Defenses downgrade time interval

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Defenses downgrade time intervalOne issue that happens with some frequently is a quitting player downgrades all defenses to give easy pillage to others players, usually to friends.(Note: this action violates the game rules). To discourage this process a time delay between defenses downgrade will be implemented. After a player downgrade a defense in a base, he can only downgrade other defense on the same base after a certain time.…

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Rek'narash Part 1 : Arrival

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Rek'narash Part 1 : ArrivalThe familiar humming sound of a space vessel's reactor core was barely audible inside the large, round, darkened room, at the center of which a large holographic image of a familiar planet was slowly revolving, standing nearly 5 meters tall. On its orange tainted surface, signs of a heavily industrialized planet, several red crosshairs marked the locations of, clear at this scale, large cities and military installations. Some of those markers were aimed at space, most likely at defense installations as well. All of those markers had a small link on them, with incoherent symbols, probably in the language of the people that made the hologram. The sound of slow moving, metal-on-marble sounding footsteps echoed throughout the room, giving the impression that the room was, indeed, incredibly large.…

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Christmas Contest

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Christmas ContestAs usual during this time of the year, we are offering a few prizes to our beloved players. The prizes include a 25€ voucher to use on our gift store and 3 free upgrades of 3 months. To be eligable to win all you need to do is send us an original phrase saying why you like Astro Empires so much. The…

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Never Again (Just Another Day At The Office, part 8)

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Never Again (Just Another Day At The Office, part 8)(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 “Just Another Day At The Office”. --- “They’re still just sitting there!” Joe Waxie called over the comm as he kept his spotting scope trained on the Drekon ship. It remained still, parked on the front lawn of what was left of Parliament House in New Liberty. The capital of Cestus III lay in ruins, and Joe was doing his best to stay out of sight in an abandoned office building only a block away from what would hopefully become “ground zero” in a few minutes. “Roger that, thanks Joe”, replied Nika from the resistance’s makeshift headquarters in the Museum of Antique Warfare in Atlantis, over 6,000 miles away.…

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