The Hissho - An empire of avian tribal warriors seeking conquest and glory.The Amoeba - A peaceful species of highly evolved amoeboid lifeforms, valuing all life and seeking trade and diplomacy.Their only goal is to expand, consume and destroy. The Cravers - A species of ravenous cyborgs originally created as a bioweapon by the Endless.The Sophons - A diminutive and highly advanced species of scientists and engineers, seeking to unlock the secrets of the universe.The Horatio - A species of clones derived from the megalomaniacal human trillionaire Horatio, seeing themselves as a master race and desiring to 'beautify' the universe by populating it with more of their kind.The Pilgrims - A faction of human exiles and rebels from the United Empire, united in their desire for freedom and quasi-religious veneration of the Endless.The United Empire - A totalitarian human government operating under a combination of corporate rule and feudal monarchy, bent on galactic supremacy.The major empires of the galaxy seek to control and exploit the technology of the Endless for their own agendas. The game is set in approximately 3000AD, tens of thousands of years after the extinction of an advanced civilization known as the Endless. The game features full modding and multiplayer compatibility as well.

Battles take place in a quasi-real-time environment, similar to rock-paper-scissors.

In addition, hero units can be recruited to act as system administrators or fleet admirals, which provide bonuses depending on their traits that can further be leveled up. Star systems are connected via a series of cosmic strings which allow ships to travel rapidly between neighbouring systems. Players colonize different star systems, which in turn contain up to six planets. The game plays out on a randomly generated galaxy map with room for up to eight players/AI per game. To win, the player must be the first to meet the requirements for certain victory conditions, such as Economic, Diplomatic, Expansionary, and Supremacy victories. In Endless Space the player chooses one of ten unique civilizations, or can choose to create their own, to expand their interstellar empire and conquer the galaxy.

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