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To Meritus: I will be posting skill trees and such like the system spotlights in the shipyard.
But as for your Captain skills, there are three kinds in the realm of acquiring ships:

Warship Commander - Unlock Destroyer, Light Cruiser for purchase (Available at 1 Star Captain Rank) Recommended to be purchased early to get stronger, more durable warships & break past the frigate cap.

Capital Ship Commander - Unlock Cruiser, Heavy Cruiser for purchase (Available at 2 Star Captain Rank) The mainstay of any battle fleet, will most commonly be seen as the foundation of any assault force. Fleet Commander II Skill is disabled.

Battleship Commander - Unlock Battleship, Dreadnought for purchase (Available at 4 Star Captain Rank) For players who want to control the strongest of warships, that can usually take on enemy fleets themselves. Fleet Commander I & II Skills are disabled.

Fleet Commander I* - Player can command one additional ship in battle (Available at 2 Star Captain Rank, Max strength of second ship is the Heavy Cruiser Class) For players who want the tactical advantage of two ships under their command. Battleship Commander Skill is disabled.

Fleet Commander II* - Player can command a third ship in battle (Available at 4 Star Captain Rank, Max strength of third ship is the Cruiser Class) For players who want the tactical advantage of three ships under their command. Capital Ship & Battleship Commander Skills are disabled.

Support Ship I* - Can add 1 Support Ship Class (Can stack with Fleet Commander Skill) Choose this option when you want a repair tender or hospital ship as part of your fleet, to fix your & your allies ships in battle. (Genari -- also add Troop ship)

Support Ship II* - Can add a second Support Ship Class (Can stack with Fleet Commander Skill) Choose this option when you want a repair tender or hospital ship as part of your fleet, to fix your & your allies ships in battle. (Genari -- also add Troop ship)

*Multiple ship command -- total cannot exceed max XP level of current player command rank.

 

To Prom/Highlander: A clan is specifically for one race, but you can have friendslists with opposing races. Clans (Called Wolfpacks in Sol, Hunter-Killer Squadrons in Genari) are race-specific. But you don't have to sign in at the same time, you can go with just one clan member, or up to max of 10. There's Captain Skills that are specific for clans as well.

To Grimreaper: The other two races will be AI controlled (you'll be able to fight them at the borders) but not human controlled for a while. First we have to get off the ground with the beta and the first two races, see if I can actually get some return on the $1 mil I've spent on the game so far (I'd be happy if I just broke even) and if the game is successful, then more resources aka $$ can be put into Ma'Alaketh, then the very complicated Hive. Aaahh, the way the four races are balanced, it would be lovely to see all of them in action at once. I can only dream...

 

If you log off (or rage quit etc...) while in the middle of a battle, your ship is taken over by AI. The idea is to have two options: Fighting AI to take over and continue the battle, but more likely a default AI that sends you out of the region as soon as possible. If you log out anywhere else where its safe, you just respawn at your home shipyard.

 

Hi Tchey, the plan is that when it does release on early access beta on steam, it will be available for all three platforms.
As for the removing that PC/windows option on the news feeds, it would essentially kill the point of the news if I did that lol!

 

I actually had to look up what that was -- from the battletech universe? No, maybe some concepts overlap, but I've never played that game before.

 

I wonder if it simply wasn't financially viable for them to continue running that game. Its a tough business, and niche games are hard to keep afloat.