9 hours in - Nearly playable 0 0

Started late. Spent yesterday evening and this morning thinking about the theme and finally, reluctantly at first, settled on an idea. An idea I've had for a while, but never got around to it. Might as well now. See if you can figure it out from the picture.

Unlike in cookie-cutter, streamlined, scifi-strategy competitions and simulations; here light speed in the vacuum, the universal speed limit, plays a big role. You sitting at the iron throne on Tisias will receive information from the other systems after a delay. The same goes for commanding your ships outside of the capitol system. Each order will take years to even get to the fleet!

Now will you excuse me, I have to get the ships actually moving…