Crucible of Empires

Turn-based 4X Strategy Sci-Fi Game Fully Mod-able
Explore, conquer, or make allegiances as you journey among foreign stars

EXPLORE, EXPAND, EXPLOIT, EXTERMINATE

SOMETHING STIRS

At the start of all creation, there were the Watchers. Entities who look upon the universe from the outside, observing those who live in it. With their presence hidden, these mysterious beings have created their own pocket dimension hundreds of light years across for reasons unknown.

Within this pocket dimension, lies many different life forms all unaware of the Watchers influence and meddling. As millennia pass, a galaxy is formed, and many of these life forms begin waking up as they evolve and grow. With many of these space-faring races, the galaxy has entered a state of conflict. With the Watchers eager to document and record the outcomes of the coming encounters.

A CALL TO ACTION

All across the galaxy, many empires are beginning to expand their reach from their home worlds. The humans, having recently awakened new psionic capabilities, have stopped fighting one another and realized their true potential as a race. United under a common purpose, to rule over the stars and bring order to the galaxy.

Whereas the long-lived and wise Stud only wishes for peace and harmony being content living among mother nature. Having fully documented their homeworld’s history they have now started their migration to other planets and space rocks alike to document and tell the story of the universe.

Creeping through the cracks of the universe and emerging from another dimension, ancient beings known as the Moosh appeared suddenly in the galaxy. With their dimension destroyed, they work against the clock to find an answer for its destruction and care little for the plights of the galaxy.

However, that isn’t the only thing emerging, for at the farthest edges of the galaxy an unspeakable horror invades. The Deep, a hive mind of anguilliform creatures only has one goal. To quench their insatiable hunger with a relentless wave of destruction and terror.

Even with such an ancient universe new life still forms. Deep in the core of a star a race known as the nova is born. Made entirely from energy, their child-like wonder and curiosity guides them through the galaxy as they move from star to star.

Meanwhile, from the darkest most arid parts of the galaxy comes a race created from the building blocks of creation itself. Now finally reaching sentience after drifting through space for trillions of years, the ooze has awoken with a thirst for knowledge about the universe and life itself.

In the past, robots were used by humans for generic purposes and developed intelligent AI over time. Feeling enslaved by their human overlords it wasn’t until the creation of the Soul-Core that they found true meaning and purpose and have now branched off and formed the Robotic Organisms Beyond Origin Soulcore (R.O.B.O.S).

Also breaking their pasts’ shackles, an insectoid race known as the Kra’hn slaughtered one another in endless wars for thousands of years with no end in sight. That was until a prophet sage met a dishonorable end causing the queens to set aside their differences as they found new ways to prove their tribe’s dominance over one another.

BAD OMENS ARISE

For the first time in history, there have been reports of strange artifacts and ruins of past civilizations mentioning these Watchers. Abandoned megastructures, derelict ringworlds, and mysterious artificial worlds are only a few of the revelations being discovered. With the galaxy being a battleground, more and more of these anomalies appear and all of them shrouded in mystery.

These anomalies aren’t just found as physical objects but even stellar phenomenon appear to be spread through the galaxy. Many of them appear with no sudden warning! From disastrous black holes, to obscuring nebula storms, and even space-bending wormholes there is no end to the oddities that appear.

Some claim the appearance of such anomalies as bad omens. As more and more artifacts are discovered, a growing awareness of the Watchers has led to unrest in the galaxy. However, with a galactic war on the horizon, there is little time to worry about rumors and gossip…