Establish colonies and setup your own faction. What things are coming in the not too distant future? Survey distance worlds, investigate distress beacons, salvage derelicts, hunt down pirates and other criminals, uncover mysterious, and engage in the trade of legal and illegal goods Hire, level up, and assign skills to officers and then put them to work flying alongside you Build up an impressive fleet from a wide variety of ships each with their own unique special ability and attributes

Strike out on your own or fulfill commissions proposed by other factions What types of things can you currently do in the game (as of 0.8a)? Soon, you will also be able to manage a faction and colonies. You always control and move a fleet of ships (Mount & Blade style) on the starmap. The official line is: 'You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.' (Currently) Only available direct from the publisher Updates occur infrequently (6 months - 2 years) and are large and feature packed Modding community is robust and dedicated - entire new ship sets and even additional 4X conquest features have already been included in mods Balanced deployment system and combat mechanics requires tactical use of various ship sizes and styles rather than just using the heaviest battleships available to you Excellent 2D real-time tactical combat that does not require competitive RTS or arcade game skillsets Has 4X elements (which continue to grow), but is more of a 4X-like / RPG hybrid

'Open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game' Since there's no thread about it, and since the next release (0.9a) is poised to add more 4X-like elements to the game, it seemed like a great time to bring people up to speed. I consider Starsector to be either the best indie space game people don't know about or the best indie space game people here aren't talking about.

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