Introduction

This is a simple strategy game where you control a number of star systems and try to conquer the the Bubble. The Bubble is a cluster of star systems connected by hyperspace lanes. You start with one system and must expand your control by sending ships to capture other systems.

Gameplay

• The game is played in real-time, with each turn lasting 1 second.
• You begin the game controlling one system, your homeworld.
• Each turn, your homeworld and any other inhabited systems you control, will produce an additional ship.
• You can send these ships to other systems to capture them.
• Each controlled system receives an additional ship each 25 turns.
• To transfer ships, left click on a system you control and then right click on a target system.
• This will send all available ships, less one, from the source system to the target system.
• Right click on the hyperspace lane between the systems to send half of the available ships.
• If the target system is uninhabited, you will capture it automatically.
• If the target system is controlled by another player, a battle will ensue.
• The player with the most ships on the target system after all ships have arrived will take control of the system.

Objective

The goal is to eliminate all other player's homeworlds and control the entire Bubble.

Nobody knows why The Bubble exists, or who built the lattice of hyperspace lanes threading its hundreds of star systems together like a cosmic web. Its discovery was accidental - a distortion ripple detected on the edge of settled space, leading explorers to the shimmering boundary of a region where physics seemed... wrong.

What is known is this: control of The Bubble means control of immense resources and power. Rival factions flood its systems, each desperate to carve out their claim before somebody else does.

As a commander, you are the spearhead of your faction's ambitions: tasked with expanding your influence, capturing systems, and ultimately dominating The Bubble.

Good luck, Commander.
You'll need it.