StarWraith
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StarWraith is a series of space flight simulators by StarWraith 3D Games.
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[edit] The StarWraith - Universe
During the first two parts and also in "StarWraith III - Shadows of Orion" you fight in a civil war of the human Alliance against the human Federation. In “Shadows of Orion” a new threat emerges: The Vonari. Although "Arvoch Conflict" is already the third game featuring the Vonari there is not much known about this race. Their technology is superior to the technology of the Alliance. The Vonari are an intelligent, martial race. They are two-legged and of a wolf-like appearance.
The player takes over the role of a combat pilot of the Alliance (exceptions are the games "Rift Space" and "Evochron: Alliance ", in which the player has to earn his own money; in "StarWraith II" one can decide between Alliance and mercenary life). Differently than for example in "Wing Commander" the missions must be successfully completed, before you can move on to the next.
Name-giving for the series is the "F-144 StarWraith" , the most powerful starfighter of the Alliance. During about 100 years between "Reviction" and "Arvoch Conflict" the "F-228 Evoch" was developed and is now the top-starfighter of the Alliance. Thus "Arvoch Conflict" does not run any longer under the title "StarWraith".
[edit] The StarWraith - Series
[edit] StarWraith (2000)
[edit] StarWraith II (2002)
[edit] StarWraith III - Shadows of Orion (2003)
After the destruction of the "Richton", the flagship of the Federation, they accuse the Alliance of being responsible, and the civil war rages again. When the Alliance carrier "ABC Becker" is destroyed, the speed and the precision of the attack shows the Alliance that the Federation is not responsible for this incident: The Vonari, an aggressive hostile race, destroyed both ships and that it is only the first step in a plan that includes an attack against earth, which the Alliance manages to prevent.
[edit] StarWraith IV - Reviction (2004)
The Vonari prepare the final attack on the Alliance. An enormous Vonari fleet meets in the Sol-system. Using an energy network, all ships of the fleet transfer their energy to the leading ship, carrying the weapon, that can destroy Earth. The Alliance has only one chance: If the energy network is saturated it will still take some time, until the weapon is ready to fire. If the leading ship is destroyed, while the energy network is saturated, a feedback impulse will destroy all ships in the network. The plan succeeds and the Vonari withdraw.
[edit] Arvoch Conflict (2006)
When more and more Alliance forces defect to the Federation, the Alliance High-Command sends the carrier ship "ABC Phantom" into the Sapphire-system to search for an explanation. The crew learns that the Federation allied itself with the Vonari, in order to destroy the Alliance. A weapon of the Vonari is found, which have obviously the power to destroy an entire planet. The Alliance decides to use the weapon against its designers and to destroy the the Vonari homeworld. (to be continued)
[edit] Other games in the StarWraith - Universe
[edit] RiftSpace (2004)
An ancient artifact with a prophecy is found. It is about the planet RiftSpace, which would provide its discoverer with great wealth. Many mercenaries begin the search for RiftSpace, but many further artifacts are needed to finally get the key to RiftSpace.
[edit] Evochron: Alliance (2005)
During the conflict with the Vonari, which weakens the Alliance increasingly, the High-Command asks mercenaries to join in the fight. In the recently discovered EvoChron system, from which the Vonari seem to come, a wormhole is discovered, which leads to the Vonari homeworld. For the first time the Alliance is able to attack the home-system of the Vonari. A group of ships led by one of the mercenaries is sent through the wormhole to the Vonari system, armed with an extremely powerful weapon. Upon arrival in the system the mercenary makes contact with the Vonari and fires off the weapon. A large number of Vonari starfighters and one of their space stations is destroyed, whereupon the Vonari withdraw from Alliance-space.
[edit] Weblinks
The demo versions of the games can be downloaded here and the licenses for full versions can be acquired.
