Three Races

The story

From the humans who colonized the solar system around Sol, three unique races emerged: the Jenquai, descended from the colonists of Saturn and Jupiter; the Terran, the original humans from Earth; and the Progen, descended from the Mars colonists. Sometime during the 23rd Century, the Jenquai discovered the first of the Ancient Gates at the edge of the solar system – one of a vast array of Gates that allow for instantaneous travel across the galaxy. The Jenquai attempted to keep the discovery secret from the Terran and Progen, who later uncovered the deception. The Terrans banded together with the Progen, starting a huge war that nearly destroyed all three.

Entering another stargate

Interfaces are drag and drop intuitive

Now, in the 24th century, an uneasy peace exists amongst the three races, glued together by thin treaties, respect for the borders each has carved out of unexplored space, and fresh memories of the terrible, catastrophic war that almost consumed humanity completely.

Jenquai

The Jenquai are the most technologically oriented of the three races of humanity. They are the best scientists and explorers, and specialize in stealth and energy efficiency with their ships. The Jenquai also are most adept at using beam weapons on their ships, which makes sense given their efficient use of energy from their ships’ reactors. Their unique skills include Cloaking (think Klingon Bird of Prey), Fold Space (creating their own mini warp jump), and Psionic Shield. On the downside, their ships have the weakest shields of all three races.

Terran

The Terrans are the original humans from Earth. As is typical in many games, the Terrans in Earth & Beyond are considered the best negotiators and traders of the game. They get the best deals, and the ships they use tend to have more cargo capacity. Their technological expertise lies in propulsion and computers, and as such, they get the fastest ships, as well as the ability to Hack other ships in combat (a successful hack will randomly disable one of the other ship’s systems). Their area of expertise in gunnery lies with missiles, which have the longest range of the three weapon classes.

Battling in the skies of a planet

Don't you wanna haggle?

Progen

The Progens are a clone race of humans descended from the Mars settlers. Of the three races of humans, they are the strongest and most adept at combat. Their ships have the strongest shields and more weapon hardpoints than any other race’s ships. Progen weapon proficiency is best with projectile guns. However, their ships tend to be slower than the other races’ to help balance their superior combat skill. They do feature some unique tricks though, including Shield Inversion (uses shield as a potent close range weapon while draining shield power constantly), which can be devastating against ships that come close in.