Suggest a name for the 'k' server

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Suggest a name for the 'k' serverAs we usually do every 6 months, it's now time for us to launch our 11th server. Once again we need your help to choose a name for the new server. Not only will you be helping us with your suggestions you will also be eligible to win a free 3 months upgrade!

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Republic under Fire

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Republic under Fire
Aboard Dreadnought Kestrel
Zeta Draconis System
Draconis Rift Republic
November 12, 3258 AD 
Space travel, once thought to be science fiction just a mere thousand years ago is now but a common commodity in life. With that in mind, the risks seemed to never outweigh the prize of it all... power, greed, control, war. For thousands and thousands of years, that has been the one constant in the universe that the human race has learned, warfare will never cease and peace will never last. Many nations have risen and fallen in the time before man took to the stars. Many ages have past since the beginning of space flight. None however were ever prepared for the age of war that engulfed Terran space ten years ago, because in man's ignorance he thought he was alone and ignored the signs over the centuries.…

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Awaiting Orders

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Awaiting OrdersTwelve kilometers of bristling photon turrets and jam-packed hangers, but the closest thing to tea in the stocks was a weakly caffeinated powdered shrub-bark taken on from the last friendly jump gate hub. Supposedly "authentically roasted", it went down unsatisfyingly with the acrid smell of burnt plastic. Admiral Laguear counted himself somewhat lucky that he took his tea hot enough that he wouldn't have to find out what it tastes like. He jabbed a well worn chew-stick in his mouth to try to head off any aftertaste, and leaned back in his command seat.…

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Astro Empires, 5 years on

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Astro Empires, 5 years onHi guys, Wow, can you believe it? It's been five full years since a Portuguese programmer with the online handle of 'Wizard' launched a new game and invited a handful of local friends to join his first server 'Alpha'. And boy, what a five years it’s been! Expansion, Goon invasions, stronghold galaxies, server wars, crusades of good vs evil, blob clashes, new graphics, gameplay tweaks, new languages, and much much more.                                                          …

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