Phoenix: Beyond the Stellar Empire

Phoenix is a role-playing, turn-based, play-by-email and play-by-web game. You don’t need a sound card or a graphics accelerator to play Phoenix; all you need is a computer capable of sending and receiving email or browsing the Web.

There are no graphics. There is no interactive play. It doesn’t consume hours of your time. On the other hand, it does engage the imagination, and foster human interaction both in and out of the game roles. (Tyrant Mrrshan recently became a father in real life: all of us Felini were delighted for him, even though it meant we had to muddle along in the game for a week or two without him.)

From the Subspace Static:

The Kastorian Military Junta have taken a major step towards halting the increasing militarisation of their space. The following announcement has been posted throughout all corners of the Yank system:

“All factions are to remove warfleets and squadrons outfitted for war from Kastorian Space. They may pass freely through Kastorian Space, but do not stay.”

The paranoid and militaristic Junta are notoriously forceful with their desire to not speak to the press, but our reporter stationed near the Kastorian military headquarters has suggested that they are very serious indeed about this new policy.

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Casual observers have reported what appears to be a marked increase in Queen’s Guardian freighter traffic to and from the Twilight Periphery, with supplies and troops apparently being evacuated in great number.

Rumours suggest a number of potential explanations for this, from war with the Flagritz Empire, the outbreak of a virulent plague, or an invasion by a vastly superior alien race from beyond known space.

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