[quote=Wonder]
Ooh this looks cool!Will there be alien races or maybe even the opportunity for us to create races? As for in terms of what type of crew we are what about Treasure Hunters/Bounty Hunters or generally just 'Hunters' we hunt space pirates, treasure and adventure. Basically just out for the money! Are there only going to be projectile weapons or would bladed and concussive weapons be accepted also?
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Concussive weapons will also work, and I see no reason to not allow blades. And I see no reason to not allow custom races, because I consider the idea that we're completely alone in the galaxy to be total bullshit. The way I see it, with trillions upon trillions of planets in just our galaxy, how can there not be a couple hundred sentient races scattered around, and that figure's being very generous. I actually imagine it to be something like the space stage in Spore, where you can encounter at least a thousand different races just in one playthrough.

[quote=Warrior in the Shadows]
I think I like Piracy as well as something like an escort service, where we escort vessels into dangerous areas of the galaxy.
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So that's one for piracy and one for fortune hunting through (mostly) legal means.

I will say one thing about the physics, though. They draw a lot of inspiration from Orson Scott Card's Ender Quintet.