The concept of artificial gravity has
existed in science-fiction movies and shows as an affordable
convenience to movie-studios hoping to avoid expensive zero-g special
effects, and has been used as an explanation for gravity-environments
in sci-fi long before those special effects options even existed
(think of the original Star Trek or Star Wars.) We don't give it much
thought, because we often assume that somehow, in the future,
anti-gravity technology will exist. Even in Solar Echoes, all of our
starships have an antigravity system, which exists in the game not to
avoid realism, but to provide an added layer of challenge—these
systems can be targeted by enemy ships, and a zero-g environment can
be quite a disadvantage to a crew trying to fight off pirates
boarding their starship. Artificial gravity is even a component of
some weapons in Solar Echoes, with the potential to produce an
anti-grav field to stick an opponent to the ceiling or fix him in
place. Right now, the many uses of anti-gravity are fun to imagine,
but we may soon see this sci-fi concept becoming part of our reality!
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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