Mankind

Adventure Game from Cryo Interactive Entertainment, by Vibes Online Gaming

Exclusively online space combat game. It is essentially still under construction. Patches are frequently being released and there is insufficient support (most notably the lack of any help function in English). The game's basic premise is that there is an ongoing war between two powerful empires. The game takes place in a large universe with many thousands of planets organized on a 2D grid. Time passes at a constant rate and tasks such as traveling from one area to another take a fixed, and often lengthy, amount of time.

The gameplay consists of building up a fleet of ships (equipped for trade and warfare) and a system of bases. If you decide to concentrate on the latter aspect you can do this as a fully-fledged member of the military or as a mercenary. Aspects such as diplomacy, tech development, as well as resource management and combat, are incorporated in the game.
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