Pilots! It's time to improve your fleet strength! UMC reports that a new transport convoy has arrived in fringe sectors from inner worlds. It seems that the blockade has been broken. We are expecting even more trade caravans in the fringe sectors soon!

Only today, January 1, we offer a 30% discount on Karud components! They can be purchased directly from the ship tree.

Long-term testing of the ship ‘Karud’ secured its fame as the most mobile and effective ECM interceptor. For this reason, the leading designer of the Saladin family chose a prototype for a new experiment.

The special offer is valid for a limited time and will end on January 2!

Sincerely,
Star Conflict Team

Happy New Year to all our pilots! It's time to harness the power of Alien technology for the benefit of mankind!


Holiday discounts:

• 60% off premium ships of ranks 1-9*
  
• Premium ships of ranks 10-16* cost 2025 GS

*Does not apply to Ellydium and low-rank Secret projects, which can be assembled from components.

New Year is getting closer, and so we're reminding about the grand DLC sale in our game store and on Steam!

Until January 2, you can purchase all DLC with at least a 50% discount! Unique bonuses and ships are waiting for you!

Bring joy to yourself and your loved ones with a great Christmas gift!

Sincerely,
Star Conflict team

Attention, pilots! The in-game store has been updated with new offers!

New pack are available at the store today:

• CPU parts bundle at a discount of 50%
  
• «Ghost» components bundle at a discount of 20%
  
• «Stingray» components bundle at a discount of 40%
  
• «Karud» components bundle at a discount of 40%
  
• “Metallic” paint kit at a discount of 50%

We will be regularly providing you with new offers, trying out different combinations of contents and prices. Stay tuned so you don’t miss out on exclusive and temporary offers that can significantly strengthen your fleet!

Sincerely,
Star Conflict team

Pilots, do you copy?

Holidays are close, which means an end of another non-system unit of time that Earth calls a ‘year’. It's time to recall what happened in the Star Conflict universe in 4624 and sum things up.



Thank you for being a part of this community and happy holidays to you, pilots. Star Conflict out... see you in space!

Pilots, the weekend begins! Time to prepare your fleet for new victories! UMC offers all pilots a 30% discount on parts for the ship Brokk! The parts can be purchased directly from the ship tree.

• 30% discount on parts to the ship Brokk
  
• +50% credits in battles
  
• x3 first victory bonus

Externally Brokk is very similar to an imperial support cruiser, so the frigate has a very serious, aggressive and brutal look. This made it a full-fledged "imperial" dream for most pilots. It can rightly be called the most versatile engineering frigate and win in every possible category. There are going to be no obstacles for you — the special module will destroy all enemy ships in your way.

Boost your fleet! Let's win together!

Sincerely,
Star Conflict Team

Pilots, it’s time to look at the results of the Big Winter Survey! Today we’re going to reveal all the secrets of who actually plays these computer games of yours. Let’s fly on!

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In total, almost 1000 people completed the survey.

As it turns out, most pilots are between the ages of 24 and 35. This is almost 38%. Another 23% said they were “an old Thar’Ga”. And almost 22% were older than 35. Pre-retirement age!

As we thought, almost all of our pilots are boys. There are almost 89% of them. Another 5% of pilots are girls. The rest are biomorphs.

More than 34% are from Western Europe. Another 29% are from North America. And 18% are from Eastern Europe. The rest are scattered around the world.

In addition to shooting biomorphs, more than 52% of respondents also work! Our condolences. 15% are studying. More than 16% are UMC mercenaries. The rest are retirees, managers of the universe, and astral explorers. That’s what they mentioned in the “Other” column.

The majority of players learned about the Star Conflict universe from advertising on websites. This is 33%. Another 27% were invited by friends. And 11% played with their brothers a long time ago and now decided to come back and remember how great it was. The years go by. The universe is heading toward its thermal death...

Almost 64% of respondents said that they are so old that they saw how the universe began, how worlds were created and destroyed... They’ve been playing the game for that long. Another 24% have been playing for more than a year. 4% play for six months. And another 7% have just started playing.

At the same time, almost 80% of the pilots in the game reached rank 13 and above. And there are only 6% of beginners with a level up to 6.

Preferences on the sides of the conflict were divided almost evenly:



Our pilots play a lot. 30% noted that they disappear in the game for several days a week. And another 66% spend a couple of hours a week playing the game. Another 4% do leave the game at all.

Most of all, players like to play PvE. There are 77% of them. Another 18% prefer to explore the Open space. And 39% enjoy playing PvP.

Almost 56% play computer games every day. Another 16% play 3–4 days a week.

Most of all, pilots love to play space simulators. There are 47% of such players. Another 42% like strategy games. 39% prefer fantasy RPGs. And 38% like action games. The Cyberpunk theme is close to 20% of players. Here you could choose multiple answers.

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Happy holidays, pilots! And we are off to read all your comments and remarks! Always in touch, your UMC.

• Keep up the good work, I know it isnt easy especially trying to balance so many ships and weapons etc. Keep at it though despite its issues the game is still fun thanks to yours efforts. Happy Holidays when they come
  
• Thanks for this good game.
  
• I remember playing Star Conflict back in 2015-2017 for about 3,000 hours when I was around 8-10 and I was absolutely hooked, but in recent years I haven't really played as there isn't an english (or really any) playerbase at all. It's amazing to see my childhood game still receiving updates. I still love the flying dynamics and the GRAPHICS, (this game is SO beautiful). I see you guys had really poured your heart out into this game in previous years. I hope all of you have an awesome christmas.
  
• Thank you to the entire Star Conflict Team for all the hard work you are doing- 0w0 is excited to see the new content in open space and the new ships as well (more Ellydium please). Stay safe and Happy Hunting!
  
• Thanks for all the great content over the years! Can't wait to dive back in to rank up to pro.
  
• Thank you for keeping this game alive. It's one of my all-time favorites. I hope I'll still be able to play Star Conflict years into the future, one way or another.

Dear pilots, from the depths of our hearts we wish you all the best, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

See you next year!

Your beloved UMC

Pilots! A special pack “Special license “Forgotten stars” has become available in the official project store. The license is valid until the end of the “Forgotten stars” event on March 11.

This pack includes:

• Doubled amount of xenochips obtained from tasks (until the license expires);
  
• 50% bonus to experience for 30 battles;
  
• 50% bonus to credits for 30 battles.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212070/view/3714964345763801306
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212070/view/6173930465533484092
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212070/view/3735231811750624580
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212070/view/3886107476401847006
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212070/view/4445710170455015475
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It turned out that it was simply impossible to get close to the station. Some sort of field had recently appeared around it and prevented any ships from approaching the town. Perhaps this was the technical obstacle Olaf was referring to. However, I suspect they would never destroy Oars under any circumstances. They wanted the same thing I was after, I was sure of it. The decoder key to the Black Abyss gate, that’s what brought everyone here. It must be the source of the contagion. That’s how the Unnamable usually works.

The Empire patrol ship gave my spacesuit the acceleration it needed and sent me on a long journey on a tricky trajectory that brought me to the walls of Oars after a few hours of boredom. I suppose I could have tried to penetrate the field in my ship, but I didn’t want to show off all my abilities and secrets before time.

Getting into the town turned out to be easy. Oars was a jumble of old ships and orbital stations, welded together to form a labyrinth of tunnels. There were hatches and doors everywhere, left over from the original junk that was used to build the town and carved out by locals who were probably up to some dark deeds. I just found the nearest airlock and got in without a problem.

I took off my spacesuit and walked the dark corridors to finally get to the so-called streets of the town. They were more like narrow branching passageways between steel walls, with lots of small shops, cafés and cheap housing. The favelas of the modern world. There were no citizens in sight. Only the dim emergency light filled the streets. A couple of times I thought I was being watched from the window slits nearby, but I didn’t see any people. Having a rough idea of how the decoder key worked, I headed confidently towards the town centre.

The closer I got, the clearer it became that I was not mistaken. I began to see corpses in the street. Completely blackened and twisted. The closer to the centre I got, the more there were. The key attracts the infected, drives them to walk towards it, and only death could stop them. Though sometimes it didn’t.

As I got closer to the small square that was the centre of the town, I started bumping into infected who were still alive. They were no longer able to move, so they sat or lay there, watching me with blackened eyes. With every step of the way, there were more and more infected. I was not afraid to catch the disease from them. I had a special gift that Ms Hate had given me a long time ago, especially for cases like this. But I still didn’t want to touch the infected. They looked pretty bad. Luckily, they stepped aside as I went, letting me pass. And so I came to the central square of the town of Oars.

What I saw there was quite interesting. Several people in dark robes stood right in front of me. Their hoods hid their faces. Across from them were the ones who had found the key. The power from the infected had made them noticeably stronger. One in particular stood out, a large man of athletic build. His angry eyes glared at the hooded people. Two other men stood next to him. It looked like they might have been brothers. Now all three looked the same. The key changes people if they’re exposed to it for too long.
“We’ve come for what we ordered,” one of the hooded men said. “Give us what you owe us. We have brought the promised payment.”
“You tricked me!” The voice of the centre man boomed like thunder. “You didn’t tell me what the wedge could actually give me! You wanted me to give it to you for a pittance of gold?”
“We had an agreement.”
“To hell with your agreement, you pathetic collectors! The wedge is mine!” He put his suddenly inhumanly long arms around the brothers, pulling them to him. “Did you think you could take it away and become its servants? No! I’ll do what it commands myself! And become its best friend, its assistant, its regent! Me! Alone!”

He pressed the brothers’ bodies even harder against him. In an instant, they were gone, and their empty clothes fell to the steel floor. The man himself grew even larger, almost resting his head against the ceiling tiles. His body rippled with muscle. His voice became like the call of the underworld. His arms swept towards the robed guys, becoming longer and turning into a tangle of snakes or steel ropes, tearing bodies apart in an instant. I stepped forward and pulled out the Duke. A huge, heavy and very ancient pistol loaded with special bullets. I managed to fire it three times. All three shots hit successfully. One even landed in the monster’s head. But he still managed to hit me with his tentacle arms. The gun flew out of my hands and rolled away, I was thrown back a couple of yards. It was hard to breathe. My body felt deadly heavy. I was almost gone. The monster wasn’t.

Despite its wounds, it moved towards me. I didn’t know what it was going to do to me and I didn’t want to find out. With a trembling hand, I reached for the amulet around my neck and snapped it. The monster stared at me for a second, not realising what was happening, and then fell to the floor. The key gleamed in its hand. It was very close, but I didn’t have the strength to move. I must have blacked out periodically. Several of my ribs were broken and one seemed to have punctured a lung.

I don’t know how much time passed. Not that long, I guess, and then I heard footsteps and Imperial fighters ran out into the square. Following them came Olaf and Ramirez. Both were wearing heavy assault spacesuits, but there was no one left to fight. With the key’s owner dead, it was likely that all the infected on the station had perished as well, and the protective field was down.

Olaf took out a huge cleaver and with a single blow severed the hand holding the key. Ramirez deftly picked up the limb and placed it in a container. It was obvious that they had prepared well.

“Let’s go,” Olaf commanded. “Time is of the essence!”

They left the square quickly, not even looking at me, and their support squads followed them.

It was getting harder and harder to breathe. With a great effort, I did not let my body switch off completely. And I waited. After an abyss of time, I heard the footsteps of living people again in this realm of death. Stepping lightly, Summer entered the square. Huron and his crew followed her.
“My poor faithful one.” Summer stepped over the corpse of the big guy and sat down beside me, placing her hand on my head. It made me feel better all at once.
“It was all for nothing,” I whispered with dry lips. “They took the key.”
“I know,” she smiled in a way that made all the pain go away. “It’s alright.”
“They’re probably at the gate by now,” I coughed up blood. “It’s been too long.”
“We lost the battle, but not the war,” her voice was soft, captivating, enchanting. “He can be stopped. He is not omnipotent. But we will need everything we have.” Her eyes became bottomless, and I sank into them. Darkness fell…

Attention, pilots! It's time to improve your fleet strength! Lucas Horn from the station ‘New Eden’ reports that his friends have once again arrived in fringe sectors — the independent traders from the cruiser ‘Scotland’.

Only for one day, December 25, they offer all pilots a 30% discount on Stingray ship components! They can be purchased directly from the ship tree.

Stingray is one of the most unique Federation fighters. Flying this fighter lets you enjoy firm controls at high speeds. Advanced design comes with impressive power and accessible technologies. Entropy Generator allows removing durability from enemies by distorting space-time. Only Stingray can do this.

Special offer is valid for a limited time and ends on December 26!

Sincerely,
Star Conflict Team

The ship was originally designed as a light courier by the Undock Unlimited corporation, which it was for the next dozen years under the name “Persei”, until the blueprints were purchased by The Great Star Republic Security Service in 4623. The leadership felt that the ship had the potential to become something more than just high-speed transport.

Under the direction of Swartfarn Bert, a Doctor of Technology, the ship’s engine reactor and on-board electronic equipment complex were radically redesigned. Essentially all that remained of the old ship was the hull and engines, which were also subsequently boosted. An improved invisibility generator was chosen as a special module.

The “Persei-8” is now a dual-purpose ship. Still partially capable of carrying cargo, the ship is used to deliver ammunition and other critical supplies to combat sectors, and is often part of convoy security. The commanders of many pirate squadrons, who believed that the escorting “Persei-8” transports carried no weapons and posed no threat, made their last mistake by attacking these tacklers. Among other things, the ship has excelled in long-range expeditions to the frontiers of known space and scientific missions.

Currently, The Great Star Republic is providing “Persei-8” blueprints to the UMC forces for production in small batches. In the hands of mercenaries, this tackler is particularly dangerous, as it has a first-class weapon and suppression system, allowing it to fight not only light interceptors, but also ships of equal and higher weight categories.

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All pilots who can complete all stages of the “UMC archives: Phantom frontier” event will be able to assemble a new ship for free! The offer is limited in time and will be available until March 12.

Pilots, the “UMC archives: Phantom frontier” event will be held in one stage. There are 30 levels in the stage. Only the owners of a special Pass will be able to unlock all levels. But the first and every fifth level will be available to all pilots.

To get a reward, you need to unlock the necessary level. In order to get access to the next reward, you need to complete all the previous levels. You can join the stage at any time when the stage is available.

The event will last for one month. During the entire period, all pilots will be able to earn a special game currency in battles — Xenochips.

• Xenochips can be obtained for completing any tasks as an additional reward.
  
• Xenochips are introduced into the game for a limited time and after the end of the event will be removed from the game and from the accounts of the pilots. We recommend that you have time to spend xenochips before the end of the event!
  
• Xenochips can be spent to receive special rewards during the event.

To get access to all the rewards, pilots need to purchase the “Phantom frontier” pass. The pass can be purchased in the official store of the project.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353970/Star_Conflict__Phantom_frontier/

This pack includes:

• Access to additional rewards in the event “Phantom frontier”;
  
• Upon receiving the pack, the next level is immediately opened and all the rewards of the open levels are available;
  
• 7 days of premium license.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353980/Star_Conflict__Phantom_frontier_Deluxe_edition/

A special version of the “Phantom frontier” pass. The pass can be purchased in the official store of the project.

This pack includes:

• Access to additional rewards in the event “Phantom frontier”.
  
• Upon receiving the pack, the next 15 levels are immediately opened and all the rewards of the open levels are available.
  
• 30 days of premium license.

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“Persei-8” is the latest tackler ship developed by the Great Star Republic. It poses a particular threat to interceptors and performs well both in combat and on long expeditions. The UMC currently acquires small batches of these tacklers, mainly to fight pirates.



Part of the ship “Persei-8”

• Used for production of the ship “Persei-8”

Unique weapon “Long-distance minelayer”

• Fires a guided missile along a laser beam. After the missile explodes, it leaves behind a minefield that is active for some time.

Special module “Express delivery”

• Upon activation, the ship is ready to land on a surface. As soon as the ship approaches a suitable surface, it will automatically land on it and cover itself with a camouflage shield. Upon reactivation, the ship will undock from the surface and leave behind an object of such mass that all enemy ships will start to pull towards it.

Active module “Hypno-beam ‘Toad’”

• Aims a beam in the direction of the ship’s weapons. Enemies caught in the beam lose half their speed and are pulled towards the ship.

Unique engine modifier “‘Circe’ engines”

• Increases speed and maneuverability.

Unique capacitor modifier “Weapon booster ‘Black jack’”

• Increases weapon rate of fire by reducing energy capacity.

Pilots! New packs “Star Conflict: Persei-8” and “Star Conflict: Persei-8. Deluxe edition” are available in the official project store. The packs will be available for a limited time until March 12. The ship will be available without time limit.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353920/Star_Conflict__Persei8_Deluxe_edition/

This pack includes:

• Rank 16 Federation tackler “Persei-8”
  
• Unique weapon “Long-distance minelayer”
  
• Active module “Hypno-beam ‘Toad’”
  
• Unique portrait “Lia Cohen”

Additionally, the pilot receives:

• 10% bonus to credits gain for 90 days
  
• “Wood grain” colouring
  
• “Good boy” decor

Additionally, the pilot receives the modules:

• Unique engine modifier — “Circe” engines
  
• Unique capacitor modifier — Weapon booster “Black jack”
  
• Engine modifier “Tetroxide injector”
  
• Engine modifier “Catalyst injector”
  
• Capacitor modifier “Iridium heatsink”
  
• Shield modifier “Energy recuperation system”
  
• Hull modifier “Lightweight hull”
  
• Hull modifier “Regenerative coating”
  
• CPU modifier “Enhanced scanner”

Special bonus for everyone who buys the bundle — Premium license for 90 days!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353910/Star_Conflict__Persei8/

This pack includes:

• Rank 16 Federation tackler “Persei-8”
  
• Unique weapon “Long-distance minelayer”
  
• Active module “Hypno-beam ‘Toad’”
  
• Unique portrait “Lia Cohen”

Special bonus for everyone who buys the bundle — Premium license for 30 days!

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• Reduced the maximum duration of the “Temple of Last Hope” mission by 30 minutes.
  
• Improved a number of in-game texts and descriptions.