Sigma features five distinct races that operate radically different from each other. Not all the races play like those in A2, and diversity is a focus of developing the factions in Sigma. Each race has a distinct culture, personality, goal, and different objectives to worry about when managing them. Here now are the races that players will come to command.
I. The Zevestivan Empire
II. The Vederiction of Resource Alliance (V.R.A.)
III. The Sov Consortium
IV. The Mylock Regime
V. The Ekoset Union
Zevestivan (Zeh-ves-tee-vahn)Racial type: Reptilian
Homeworld: Eurokan
Faction color:
CrimsonPlaystyle: Balanced, Traditional tactics.
Overview: The Zevestivan are a tall reptilian race inhabiting the closer planets to human space. Typical males are characterized by dark grey skin with turquoise snouts. They stand nearly 8 feet tall and are usually much more muscular compared to humans. Females of the species are generally teal with greenish snouts. Females are incredibly more muscularly built compared to male Zevestivan. Zevestivan are notable for being incredibly resistant to radioactivity.
History: The Zevestivan have built up a stable government known as the Eurokan Empire (Referred to as the Zevestivan Empire by humans). They are relatively hostile towards humans, though recent translations between the two languages have led to a massive decrease in fatal skirmishes. The males totally dominate the political aspect of their society, while the females; being much more physically fit then the males, make up the Empire's bulk of military forces. Sexual equality is unheard of in their society, males treat females as property, and there are very few cases of females taking over a political position. The Eurokan Empire is governed by the High Monarch who sees to everyday affairs. Under the High Monarch's command are twelve half-monarchs, who oversee other affairs that the High Monarch cannot attend to.
Technology: The Zevestivan rely on relatively basic tech by the other race's standards. Their ships are powered by nuclear reactors and rely on nuclear energy volleys as their primary weapons.
Playstyle Details: The Zevestivan play as most traditional sides in an RTS and will be familiar to anyone who has played stock A2. They have the basic class types (scout, destroyer, cruiser, battleship etc) and build bases and harvest resources in a normal manner. They are the easiest side to pick up and play and are relatively straightforward.
Strengths: None
Weaknessess: None
For more information about the Zevestivan, visit their faction detail thread: link
V.R.A. (Vederiction of Resource Alliance)Racial Type: Mammalian
Homeworld: Horovine
Faction Color: Silver
Playstyle: Long range harassment, brute force
Overview: The Humans are a militaristic race who display diverse qualities in given individuals. Human males are generally slightly stronger then females though their general builds are similar.
History: The Humans have established themselves as the Vederiction of Resource Alliance, a society run by the military who's goal is to ensure the successful preservation of the human race through expansion and the security of resources. The V.R.A. is controlled by a high ranking General, who has other generals under his command to decentralize management of forces. United under a common purpose, moral issues and conflict among humanity is rare.
Technology: The V.R.A. rely on relatively basic tech by the other race's standards. Their ships are powered by Xenon/Ion cores and are relatively efficient. The V.R.A. are the only race that relies heavily on ballistic and physical weapons rather then a form of energy.
Playstyle Details: The V.R.A. plays similar to the stock races from A2, though they differ in several ways. The V.R.A focuses on well armed ships designed to harass enemy forces from far away, thus their ships have excellent artillery and can fire from a tremendous distance. All their ships can also be refitted and have expansion parts added on to them. The V.R.A. are also very efficient with military production and can add on to their shipyards to increase the number of ships being built at once. V.R.A. ships generally lack in maneuverability compared to the other races, and positioning fleets is crucial. In essence they play like any stock race, but with more focus on micromanagement.
Strengths:
- Well armed, well armored ships and bases.
- Fast and efficient production.
- Long range weaponry.
Weaknesses:
- Poor maneuverability.
- Poor firing arcs.
- lack of close combat weapons.
For more information about the V.R.A, visit their faction detail thread:
link
Sov (Sahv)Racial Type: Insectoid
Homeworld: Altmo Zigmas IV
Faction Color:
YellowPlaystyle: Rapid expansion and overwhelming numbers
Overview: The Sov are an insectoid race consisting of seven distinct sexes. Nothing is known of all of their characteristics, though only three are required for reproduction. "Male" Sov generally look similar to the "Female" Sov, save several internal organ variations. All Sov are characterized by a husky green exoskeleton, two large mandibles, and six assorted legs. Their eyes, even though multifaceted, are very poor. Their sense of smell is beyond anything humans can comprehend.
History: The Sov have established a powerful capital empire within their region of space. They are incredibly absorbed with obtaining wealth and thus exhibit extreme signs of greed. They have established a powerful commercial base known as the Consortium, effectively sealing their fate with a corrupt but flexible government. Because of the nature and lack of knowledge of the Sov's seven different genders, it is often assumed the "males" are the dominant sex of their society, and that the other six sexes only serve as manual labor or reproductive use. The Sov are notorious for their habit of accumulating and distributing their resources wisely and effectively.
Technology: The Sov rely on moderately advanced technology compared to the other races. The Sov have mastered the use of electrical energy and their ships are designed to generate the product naturally. The Sov use electrical discharges as their form of weapons.
Playstyle Details: The Sov focus on spreading out everywhere rapidly and spamming huge numbers of tiny weak ships. Their bases tend to be very small but in numerous amounts. It's safe to say a Sov player has no main base but equally distributes production to his or her many outposts at key resource nodes. Expansion is vital to the Sov, as staying in one location is certain doom. The Sov also harvest resources extremely fast, and their ships are very cheap to build. A fast enough player can construct a huge fleet long before the other races can. Quantity over quality is the name of the game with the Sov.
Strengths:
- Fast resource production.
- overwhelming numbers of ships.
- cheap cost of units.
Weaknesses:
- Ships are generally pathetic and can easily be destroyed.
- Horrible defense.
- suffer in late-game scenarios.
Mylock (Mee-lock)Racial type: Mechanical
Homeworld: Rings of Ganthrivor
Faction color:
TealPlaystyle: Stealth and Mobility
Overview: Being a reclusive race, not much is known of the Mylock's physiology. They are a completely mechanical life form, down to a cellular level; thus they would appear much like a normal biological lifeform. All Mylocks posses five glowing eyes with green tints, and three extra-sensory tubes on the back of their head. Their brains are incomprehensible, being made of completely non-carbon material they can generate plasma impulses throughout their body in the place of a nervous system. All Mylocks are able to control plasma fields.
History: Evolving in the rings of a barren world in space, the Mylocks are unlike any of the other races. Existing in a zero-g, sub-zero environment has made them far more resistant then the other races. Despite their mechanical properties, the Mylocks operate much like any other biological lifeform. The Mylocks have always been plotting to maintain indirect control of the galactic populace, subjugating other races without them even aware of the Mylock's presence. The Mylock, when presenting themselves politically, refer to themselves as the 'Regime.' Other then this nothing is known of their government or political agenda.
Technology: The Mylocks have superior tech compared to the other races. All their ships are armed with a dimensional phase device (or DPD for short, the equivalent to cloaking devices in stock A2), allowing their ships to effectively travel through a separate plane and remain invisible while still interacting with three dimensional space. They require plasma energy to operate themselves and their ships, and as such use plasma as their primary weapons.
Playstyle Details: The Mylocks are a very mobile force, and must focus on using their superior tech to beat off the other races. Mylock ships are very sleek and generally have good firepower, but their agility comes at the price of being relatively easy to be destroyed. Mylock ships can barely take any hits before going down. Thus hit and run tactics and group fly-byes are effective strategies when playing as the Mylocks. In addition Mylocks can 'summon' their structures anywhere through their central base rather then using constructor ships.
Strengths:
- Fast, sleek, and mobile ships with good firepower.
- Ships can become undetectable.
- Stations can be built at any distance.
Weaknesses:
- Weak resistance to enemy fire.
- Slower resource accumulation.
- Prone to being rushed early in the game.
Ekoset (Ee-koh-set)Racial Type: Plant
Homeworld: Aravore III
Faction color:
PurplePlaystyle: Defensive
Overview: While the general appearance of an Ekoset is largely unknown, it is known that they are an asexual plant race that dwells on a mass polluted planet known as Aravore. A precursor race destroyed the planet's ecosystem by polluting it beyond repair, but the Ekoset's ancestors benefitted from the devastation and eventually evolved to their current state. Ekoset posses no brains or nervous system, but have exotic organs that substitute such. They communicate via spores, though through mechanical technology they can decipher and translate vocal language.
History: Taking after their world's extinct precursors, the Ekoset have developed a massive manufacturing society. Every world they touch eventually becomes polluted by their machines beyond environmental repair. They have established a space faring empire known as the Ulant Union, their sole political goal is to secure more worlds to make room for spore nests. The Ekoset are obsessed with finding new and more effective means of manufacturing their infrastructure and weapons of war. Though not naturally hostile, the Ekoset have been known to attack other races that pry too far into their affairs.
Technology: The Ekoset have advanced technology compared to the other races. Being photosynthetic, their machines have also come to depend on solar energy. The Ekoset are masters at harnessing the energy of light, and have used it to employ their unique shield tech and laser weaponry.
Playstyle: The Ekoset are the most unique race, and the hardest to play as. While other races need to expand their bases to secure resources, the Ekoset focus on staying in one location for most of the game. They have no series of stations, but have a single starbase that continually can be added onto and expanded upon. The Ekoset also consume vast quantities of resources, and thus they are very slow to build but their few ships are worth the cost and the wait. Ekoset ships are large, bulky, well armed, and well shielded. The fact that their race has regenerating shields that the others lack gives them a huge defensive boon, and though their ships usually only have one or two laser beams that are very slow to recharge, they are ridiculously powerful and often can one-shot any target. Staying put, building up slowly, and crawling across the map with a handful of godly ships is the name of the game when mastering the Ekoset.
Strengths:
- Superior defense.
- Large, powerful, and well armed ships.
- automatic resource generation.
Weaknesses:
- Lack of mobility.
- Expensive ships.
- Very slow to build.
