Dominium
_Dominium_ , a distant solar system discovered recently, was acclimatized by
settlers from the Earth. After that it grew rapidly, and war conflicts finally
touched up the system. Peace was restored, and Galactic High Council decided
to promulgate the Galactic Charter to prevent the recurrence of such events.
Military forces were taken out except elite security forces, generally members
of galactic orders. The most prestigious of these orders, Galactic New Round
Table, assigned you a rank of Knight, and the Grand Master of the Order gave
your a first mission. It will take place on Dominium. This system threatened
by a belligerent neighbor has required a military observer.
Upon your arrival after long journey in hibernation box, you were met by
Selena of Antioch, Regent of Dominium. She tells you that she refused the
ultimatum of her neighbor, who want to conquer Dominium. So, you have to rely
on yourself and resources to defeat Dominium Baron, because your general
forces are too remote to help you. Selena is grateful to your decision, and
she gives you carte blanche to organize the defense of Dominium, because your
starting human and material resources are very limited.
The game flows as real-time strategy. Starting with factory, you should build
units to examine neighbor lands covered by Fog of War. Finding resources such
as gold mines or energy deposits, you should collect them, and build more
units or fill them with fuel. The map representing fields, mountains and seas,
is covered with a hexagonal grid. To move unit you should point it and
destination cell. After that your units are moving between cells with real-
time delay, exhausting fuel points per turn. There are 8 units: Jeep, Armor,
WB Carrier, Fighter, Frigate, Cruiser, Stell Cargo, and Factory. Each unit is
defined by 8 parameters: Speed, Range, Fire, Shield, Tank, Radar, Capacity,
and Crew. The values of parameters, which may be increased and decreased also,
define the cost of unit. Advisers and Selena will contact you during gameplay
and inform you on different strategical events out of your sight.
Finishing the level, 4 digits stellar code is given to you. Such level may be
accessed by this code from main menu. The overall game progress may be also
saved to file to be loaded later.
The game may be played by single player or by two players via cable. In two
players mode may be 2 Barons or none of them.