Genari has won the latest server, the Titan Server. It was the first time they won by domination, where they managed to keep Sol under 20% territory for 10 days.



Next server starts on Saturday January 20th - The Chiron Server

Beta Server History in so far:
- Started December 2017 - Genari Victory in 52 days
- Started February 2018 - Sol Victory in 67 days
- Started May 2018 - Sol Victory in 100 days
- Started August 2018 - Genari Victory in 94 days
- Started October 2018 - Sol Victory in 77 days

The winners were Baalrog, Amishjoe, and Blingon's concepts. To make an AFV that will be on even grounds with other Agile Flyers. Baal and Amish now have AFV's in their inventory, and all three players got rewarded 200 credits each.


The details of the ship:

Agile Flyer TYPE V

Power: 15
Weapons:
1 Forward FW-3 Missile
2 Forward LB-2B Lasers
Sensors: 14 hex range
Hull: 23
Crew: 92
Weight: 90



The Agile Flyer continues to be the choice corvette by most Genari Captains straight out of the academy. Considered extremely versatile with its combination of speed, maneuverability and firepower, all of its variants have been proven to be useful depending on the commander's combat style. Retired Force Commander Maghou Shiro, who currently is the head of the Genari command academy in Ghoda proposed a fifth variant: An Agile Flyer with a fission warhead amongst its laser array. He contemplated that the ship could become far more deadly with a properly trained tactical officer, and this would have the firepower to take out an enemy Sol corvette outright with one volley. The missile weapon system however, does drain a significant amount of power, thus making this ship slightly slower than its other variants.

Once a week, players will be offered a new ship variant which they can compete for a build.
The most original and practical version of the ship will be selected; the player who submits that winning version gets 500 credits, and is mentioned in the lore for that ship.



Visit the SpaceWars forum.
Or direct link to the thread for the shipbuilding contest: Shipyard Section

Player 'Doc' just won the ship building contest, by creating the following ship:


Power: 19
Weapon: 1 Forward FW-8 Missile
Shields: 3 power tier 3 FF3-1
Sensors: 12 hex range
Hull: 14
Crew: 60
Weight: 92

This design was chosen as fitting best into the Orchis mold, with substantial maneuverability, low end but effective shield system, and offensive levels similar to other Orchis -- but with a fission warhead option unique to V, like the Bengbu V.
This new ship will be added to the ship roster for Sol on Christmas day. The ship colors are fitting for the season!

Once a week, players will be offered a new ship variant which they can compete for a build. The most original and practical version of the ship will be selected; the player who submits that winning version gets 500 credits, and is mentioned in the lore for that ship.



Visit the SpaceWars forum.
Or direct link to the thread for the shipbuilding contest: Shipyard Section

NEW SHIPS

Mobile Repair Facilities

Though repair tenders (both Class IV Frigate and Class V Destroyer) are commonly used and quite popular, there has been work done on creating tenders that can support heavy repair bays.


As the Sol-Genari wars escalated with large scale conflicts between Cruisers and other capital ships, the need for a more comprehensive repair tender was needed. Rear Admiral West, the original proponent of the Klondike pushed high command for a tender that could support repair bays found on stations that worked exclusively on capital ships. Such a massive repair station would require a cruiser's superstructure to support, and even then it could not support a larger force field because of the mass requirements. The Rear Admiral found it to be invaluable however, as his fleet of Long Range Beam cruisers could fire at range, with these tenders stationed behind moons or asteroids, ready to take in any Capital ship for repairs in the field without being forced to leave the region.


This oversized repair tender was purpose-built more as a defensive repair station that would occupy captured Sol regions after a successful Genari campaign. Very slow and unwieldy, it tends to move short distances in preparation of a Sol counterattack. Designed to repair capital ships, it also has 120 marines available to resupply ships with marine pods similar to the Destiny Troop Ships' role. Because of the size of the large repair bays and engines needed to propel a ship of this size, there was no space to give this ship proper weapons systems. As Fleet Commanders get used to this mobile repair facility, they've come to find it invaluable in important defensive operations.

NOTE: Capital Ship Commander skill required to operate these ships.

The Genari Battalion Defense frigate is by far the most resilient Class IV warship, but it is still considered less popular than the Firebolt, Predator and First Honor frigates.
Improvements to the hull/armor have been made, bringing it up by 7-10%.


The Sol Leningrad Type 3 Missile Destroyer has been the pariah of the Leningrad series, considered to be underpowered in offensive, even with the low power cost of the missiles. So the SIWPW-3A plasma missiles have been replaced with the significantly more advanced SIWPW-7 plasma missiles. It improves on both range and damage.

To help new players learn how to use officer upgrades, and retain those improvements on their ships, all starter 'freeships' now keep their officer points on destruction.

It will affect the following ships:


Bengbu I
Mendi I
Orchis I


Agile Flyer I
Honor Bound I
Star Warrior I

All Oslo Class IV frigates now have an additional 10 hull.
Halifax frigate has increased hull to 49 hull points.


Leningrad Type III Missile Destroyer now has proper missile weapon damage boost.
Nova Class IX Battleships now cost approx. an extra 40,000 XP to acquire.

A new server has begun after Sol Imperial Worlds defeated Saneth.

History of Server Victories:
Season I: Helix Server -- Sol Victory
Season II: Trifid Server -- Genari Victory
Season III: Jupiter Server -- Sol Victory

Though a player can purchase credits via cash to unlock ship variants or unique avatars, they can also be earned via Legacy Medals. Once a server is done, Legacy medals can award players up to 4000 bonus credits for indefinite use through any future server.




Example of legacy medals that can be found in your legacy medals case.