Description

Please note this game requires internet connection - broadband connection to US servers required. First 30 days of play is free.

This game is ideal for people who want to try a massively multiplayer online game but hesitate because of the price tag most mmo games have. Welcome to Earth & Beyond, a galaxy of epic adventure and limitless opportunities. Write your own page in history as a noble merchant, fearless explorer or gung-ho starfighter. Take part in a thriving online community with hundreds of thousands of players. Your odyssey begins the moment you take command of your starship and blast off. How far you go is up to you. Explore, trade fight from your own starship in a persistent galaxy. - Choose your destiny - Become a member of one of three unique human races, each with their own goals, skills and culture. Will you be the intellectual Jenquai, gladiatorial Progen, or the capitalist Terran? Further hone your experience by choosing from one of three professions ? battle-hardened warrior, noble tradesman, or adventurous explorer. - Customize your starship - Gain secret and exotic technologies that will aid in your quest. Install cloaking devices to sneak past hostiles. Install high-powered engines that get you across the galaxy in mere minutes. Equip rare, illegal weapons based on alien technology that can obliterate just about anything. With hundreds of items to gain and skills to learn, you can customize your ship and your tactics in thousands of ways. - Bring a few thousands of your friends - The galaxy is populated with thousands of other adventurers, each with their own identities and agendas. Some you meet will become lifelong friends, and some will become deadly enemies. Team up with others and adventure into areas where no one would dare go alone. Face insurmountable odds and emerge victorious as you work together to reach your goals. Experience the limitless possibilities of the universe - Witness the birth of stars. Watch black holes feed off suns. Unravel the mysteries of a ship graveyard. Be the first to see an alien world. Sell your services to the highest bidder and take part in the trials and tribulations of world governments, mining coalitions and shadow corporations. If battle is more to your liking, load up and engage a host of enemies, factions, and aliens on planets and in space. System Requirements: - Win XP/ME/2000SP2/98 (Windows 95/NT not supported) - Internet connection speed 56k or faster - P3-500Mhz - 128MB RAM - 4x CDROM drive - 2.0GB HDD space - 32MB SVGA Direct3D capable video card