Overview

Ascent - The Space Game Steam Key Platform: Steam Release Date: 27/02/2015 Product Description Ascent is a Player Versus Environment space MMO with 270, 000, 000, 000 star systems and an emphasis on strong Sci Fi, exploration, colonization, starbase construction, research and technology, mining and farming, trading, and of course combat.

Key Features

• Outside of a pre-defined "Apollo Sector" area with nine star systems, everything in the game is made by players - Colonies, starbases, stock markets (for trading), the government (colony Mayors, planetary Governors, star system Senators and a Colonial President are all elected by players) and even jump gates between systems.
• Features Exploration - more than 270 billion star systems generated with unique planets, mineral concenrations, agriculturual values and climate Farming and mining on planet surfaces - players can build their own planetary bases for resource harvesting.
• City simulation style play.
• Personal starbase construction - players can construct their own starbase to their own design.

Gameplay

This becomes your home in space, and your centre for heavy zero-g manufacturing and research Trading - dynamic local NPC markets, player to player global market Dynamic NPC mission system - combat, trade (supply/demand), passenger transport, courier and salvage missions Asteroid mining - manual control of ship and axial mining beam. Player and character skill based. Research - blueprint fragments attainable from salvage missions allow the player to research forgotten and new ships and components, as well as enhancements to their buildings Manufacturing - every ship, weapon and utility module in the game can be manufactured by players and sold or used to customise their ships (which can also be given a custom paint scheme) Gas giant harvesting - because sometimes you need things like hydrogen and oxygen!