Thanks to the modern advancements of AI animation, we are happy to introduce new lifelike movies/stories to SpaceWars. It brings in more immersion to the game, and gives you an introduction to the companion novels' characters. So once you select your Sol character, enjoy the intro movie before entering the game.

The older hand-drawn Captains have been completely replaced with new, more lifelike versions, including premium variants. Free peoples and Genari have been updated as well.

Captain Madani (a Sol Imperial Worlds character in the novel)

Rear Admiral Jamshidi (a Sol Imperial Worlds character in the novel)

Obayda Zueiter (a Free Peoples' of Sol character in the novel)

The SpaceWars AI has been mostly a companion AI for fleet commander's secondary ships and to defend sectors that players attack; but now it has enough 'intelligence' to select sectors and attack on its own.

So every race now has its own AI players/ships, which strike border sectors with class III and IV ships. However, beware of the more advanced Hero AI that will come with class V and VI destroyers and light cruisers and significant crew upgrades. These special AI will play similar to a veteran-skilled player and are extremely challenging. You will notice their uniqueness with their 'premium' captain avatars.

Congrats to 101 for holding out against the dominance of Sol (with over 1.8 mil XP), and keeping the Dyson sphere from attack. Spamalot, Teckonte, Winterforce, Equaa, Wister all helped in conquering over 85% of the galaxy map as Sol. Beo and Amish both worked as Pirates and also survived the assault. Honorable mentions Gremlin and Anon who also made it to the top ten as Hive and Genari.