◤ Historic Round 5 ◢

Historic Round 5 is the currently active casual game round.

Active Players:302

Players Today:11

Colonies Founded:2,712

Battles Fought:16,380

Ships Destroyed:8,618,100

Commonwealth:50%

Discordian:29%

Bloodline:11%

Technocrats:3%

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The Origins

⤷ 20:20 6-19-2722

The OriginsThe remaining leaders of True Humanity, of Bloodline, looked at Vaffel and he back at them. They'd always known that the Scalar Field bomb might destroy more than just their enemies, that it might undo the very fabric of the cosmos. It had done just that, rendering the Universe down to just this scattered collection of galaxies. But it had succeeded in demolishing the Technocrat-Commonwealth-Discordian alliance battering Bloodline. Their remaining opponents were now scattered, disoriented. Vulnerable. Gone, too, some of the Bloodline’s greatest fighters - The Black Hand, VV (whose true name was too honored to even speak), and the zealots of the Church of the Red Fire. Gone but not forgotten. Never forgotten. And soon, very soon, thought Vaffel, to be avenged.

The Commonwealth markets were doing something Yknottry had never seen before. Nothing. No gains, no losses, devaluations, revaluations, nothing. No margin calls from the Universal Banking Guild, no orders from the Soldiers of Agamemnon; no injunctions from Lex Talionas Lawyers. It was as if every feed had dropped at once. Well, someone's getting fired today. Or bribed. Or both. The chatter in his temporal implants peaked. So. The spies were right. The Bloodline, desperate and besieged, had lashed out at the universe itself in an effort to save their pathetic spartan cult. Good for them. He'd never liked three-way alliance against them. 'Us verses Them' limited opportunities for trade, for profit. But with the playing fields level? The possibilities were almost endless. And this was THEIR galaxy, bought and paid for with Galactic Lottery Commission credits. Time to collect the rent.

"Less than Optimal." That was the Galactic Research Initiative's assessment of their new circumstances. Shadow wanted to add "...and history repeating itself. Again." Cataclysmic destruction on a universal scale, and the combined scientific brilliance of the Amydrian Protectorate and the other Technocrat empires had failed to foresee it, much less prevent it. Others would have been demoralized, but not Shadow, and not the leaders even now linking in to the Technocrat GRI cloud. They were a new breed, unbowed by failure, willing to take chances, ready to roll the dice for Unitos, for Science with a capital 'S'. And Shadow couldn't shake the feeling (quickly becoming a certainty) that this time? The dice were coming up sevens.

Brandon had stood, watching the stars overhead wink out one by one, feeling... vindicated. The Goddess had spoken, and the Universe was pruning itself, cutting loose the dead or sickly branches. She had taken the Bloodline's Doomsday Device, and usurped it for her own purpose. Of that (and of other things, many things) he was sure. Gone the Erisian Brotherhood and other Discordian sects. The weak ones. Now only the strong, the hardy remained. His group. Led by him to this remote corner of creation, now to discover that they were the center of the remaining universe. His vision was stronger, clearer than ever: the remaining stars, galaxies seeded one by one by this Discordian Remnant, then pulled together into a single brilliant emerald pyre to light her way home. Let there be light.20:20 6-19-2722Story by Tuson

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Warring Factions is a notoriously addictive free real-time strategy game played in a browser.

What is different about warring factions?

Warring Factions is not based on turns like traditional browser strategy games, but simulates a real time strategy environment. Everything you do in this game is instant. Functions that are bound to a time frame, for example ship building, are controlled by background logic tasks, most of which run every minute to give the game a real time appearance.

The complex economy for each colony is computed every game day or 24 real minutes. Battles are processed on demand, whenever a fleet attacks another. All ships fire once every battle tick, which happens every minute. Just like in other real-time strategy games, combat takes time, but happens in real-time. Other fleets can join an ongoing fight or overwhelmed combatants can try to retreat, giving combat a very real feel.

There are no obvious ticks or rounds for the player, everything happens "on the fly".

Features:

Detailed colony management that includes for every individual colony its own economical model, taxes, laws, infrastructure and buildings.

A completely open technology research system, with millions of combinations and a unique result every time.

Intelligent battle logic that is more than just an addition and subtraction. Every ship is matched up against the other in a complex battle algorithm, ensuring that strategy can defeat brute force.

Several factions to choose from, to fit your play style. Each one attracts a certain kind of player, and each side has its own flavor and strategy.

Player run empires that can cross factions, creating interesting diplomatic challenges and strategies.

Fully player-customizable space ships, from the drive down to the type of armor and how much you use.

Customizable user interface.

An integrated forum for players to interact, with private forums for discussing subjects with your empire or faction.

A truly 3-D universe viewable in VRML, HTML, or plain text, boasting over a million planets and a hundred thousand systems.

Tailor the universe. Using naming credits you can name the planets and stars, with an upload credit you can even change the look of them.

Beauty in complexity.

Warring Factions is a strategy game played in a browser. It is set in space in the far future. Players can found and manage many colonies, research unique ship parts and buildings, design their own ships and build large war fleets. Resource management is also needed at colonies to build ships, requiring realistic natural resources mined from the planet or shipped in from other planets.

Combat is calculated in detail ensuring that strategy can defeat brute force. Every unique ship class is matched against the other, chosing a unique target with a hit chance based on speed, size, and number of guns. Large capital ships also feature gun batteries to defend against smaller fighters and bombers. To mix up the strategies you can get lucky (or unlucky) with your research and end up with a hybrid, allowing for unique gun/armour layouts.

A fully open science system is used to create the 100% player developed blueprints that are used to build anything in the game. Including resource mines, colony institutions, colony defences, ships, guns and armour everything is player generated using formulas that can only be learnt through hard work and testing.

Fluid diplomacy is required to balance the needs of yourself, your empire and your faction. With multiple factions and only one winner you must do what you can to support your faction whilst also keeping your empire at the head of the pack. Personal glory can be attained on the scoreboard, with scores available for colony management, science, military and exploration.

Work to your own pace. Warring Factions is notoriously long, with several rounds in the past lasting over a year. Many power swings, revolutionary designs, intrigue and espionage creating a dynamic universe. Whilst many players try and maximise all available options some players prefer to explore and end up with colonies on the edge of the universe, some prefer working on science formulae and a few just want to see the universe burn.

Warring Factions is the most complex strategy game currently available on the market. It is free to play with an optional paid premium account, which makes some tasks easier and adds some special interfaces for the power gamer. In addition to that a player can buy naming credits, to name planets, systems or even galaxies in this realistic universe with several galaxies consisting of thousands of systems and tens of thousand of planets each.

Game History

Warring Factions has been running for a number of years now, along the way we have had many great stories and events captured by players from the game in the form of news bulletins or stories.