ComSat Reports Inbound Hostiles: The Arrival of the Vasari

Sins Beta 4 Now Available!

Ten millennia have passed since you and the few survivors of the once mighty Vasari Empire fled from an unknown threat that all but exterminated your kind. You now find yourself at the fringe of the galaxy in a sector occupied by a pathetically primitive species - one obsessed with trade and lacking any central organization or military technology. Calling themselves the Trader Emergency Coalition, they would have been ideal slaves in the glorious days of the past, but time is of the essence. Use your mastery of phase-space manipulation, gravity and nanotechnology to quickly eliminate any local resistance and acquire the necessary resources to fuel the next segment of your continuing exodus. The following technologies and more will be at your disposal:

Jarrasul Evacuators: These behemoth ships house the majority of your remaining people and are equipped with numerous critical technologies including the ravaging Planet Resource Drain which can quickly suck resources out of a planet directly from orbit with devastating repercussions to anything on the surface.

Phase Missiles: Micro-phase technology is embedded into powerful warheads that allow the missiles to temporarily phase-out, bypass enemy shields and cause damage directly to the hull.

Gravity Warheads: Firing this device will increase the gravitational pull in a radius about the detonation point to such an extent that all phase-space operations will cease and sub-light travel speeds will be drastically reduced.

Phase Gates: Your advanced phase-tunneling knowledge allows you to construct structures that can bend the phase-space landscape at will into convergent and stable phase lanes between key gravitational sources, thus freeing you from the restrictive dependence on naturally occurring lanes.

To make use of these devastating weapons, you must dive headfirst into battle in Sins of a Solar Empire Beta 4, which launched today.
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Gravity Warheads: Firing this device will increase the gravitational pull in a radius about the detonation point to such an extent that all phase-space operations will cease and sub-light travel speeds will be drastically reduced.

Phase Gates: Your advanced phase-tunneling knowledge allows you to construct structures that can bend the phase-space landscape at will into convergent and stable phase lanes between key gravitational sources, thus freeing you from the restrictive dependence on naturally occurring lanes.



Sweet geebus.. so the warheads can easily mess up a TEC fleet trying to jump out to escape.. and Phase gates means you can connect your planets to greatly decrease travel time between your production line and the front lines? Yum yum

This sounds pretty awesome
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WHAT!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

WHAT!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!


WHAT!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!


NO WARNING! JUST LIKE THAT! I LOVE SURPRISES, BUT DAMN, AWESOME!!!
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LOL!!   
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will all these things be in the final.......






PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEE!!!!!
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IM GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i AM SO STIMULATED MY GIRLFRIEND HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE!
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i AM SO STIMULATED MY GIRLFRIEND HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE!


Ick!
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Wait what, its availalbe today, like as in now?!?!

What happened to slacking devs!!!

I've planned stuff for this weekend expecting the release for not untill next week at the earliest!!! Now what am I supposed to do!!?!?!?!?

Glad its the Vasari though, good job on that
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speaking of incoming hostiles, highly tuned sensors ROCK

I'm concerned they may be a teeny bit OP...
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SWEET ....

Looking forward in trying all these new features ...

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What happened to slacking devs!!!



they slacked off they didn't worn us.
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Glad I checked in today! Wish my internet connection was faster though. 528MBps would be nice ...
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lol i havent looked at the sins website in ages now i look and its made my day lol.
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lol, yeah, haven't played sins all week, then look for update today, and i see the beta 4. Cant' wait till its done downloading.
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i AM SO STIMULATED MY GIRLFRIEND HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE!


Ick!


Just call me smilin Mike er Bob
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knew there would be a reward for reseting my internet connection
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When you load up Stardock Central it should inform you that a new version is available for download. Otherwise, check your games section and make sure "Show Pre-Release Versions" is checked.