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Alien Legacy

You Are Not The First Human To Battle The Ancient Alien Legacy. But If You Lose, You'll Be The Last.


Product Category:Strategy
TopicScience Fiction

The silent planets of a distant sun glimmer and swirl before you. Trillions of miles behind you are the shattered remnants of Earth. You command the seedship U.N.S. Calypso, in search of a lost human colony that preceded you to the Beta Caeli star system. Your mission here, in this unknown quadrant of the galaxy, is to explore and colonize as a means of discovering a faster-than-light propulsion device. But beware! The blackness around you is teeming with ancient mysteries; some that can save your fledgling civilization, others that want to totally annihilate it.

This stunning new science-fiction discovery game from Sierra weaves your favorite game elements -- adventure, strategy, and simulation -- into one bold, captivating storyline. Explore unknown planets and moons to discover vital resources, inscrutable artifacts, and unforeseen perils. Build sophisticated planetary and orbital colonies, complete with interdependent supply pipelines, habitats, power plants, factories, and research labs. Race against time to develop awesome new technologies and decipher the clues to your survival. Decide the fate of humanity as you grapple with the Alien Legacy.

Explore the outer reaches of the Beta Caeli star system in this science-fiction strategy game, Alien Legacy, from Sierra. Search and colonize the solar system that now holds the key to your future. The fate of human civilization rests on your intuition and decision-making. In this highly-detailed strategy adventure game you must discover and harness natural resources, colonize and fight off enemy alien forces while you search for a faster-than-light propulsion technology. You're not the first human to battle the ancient alien legacy. But if you lose, you'll be the last....

Features:
- Created by Joe Ybarra, designer of Starflight and Yserbius.
- Solve five major plot lines to save humanity.
- Interface with key advisors to determine the fate of your ship, the U.N.S. Calypso.
- Explore detailed fractal landscapes as you fly over uncharted planets.
- Explore and colonize the Beta Caeli star system.
- Discover ancient alien artifacts that offer vital clues to your success.
- Battle alien life forms that threaten your survival.
- Face natural disasters of epic proportions.
- Your strategic decisions determine the fate of humanity.
- Explore space, colonize, invent technologies, and battle aliens to save humanity.
- Build orbital and planetside colonies to generate needed resources.
- Detailed fractal graphics with bitmap overlays are used to create realistic planets and ground detail.
- Consult with your officers and advisors, who each have distinct personalities and motives.
- Consult your officers for tactical advise.
- Explore the Beta Caeli star system.
- Construct planetside and orbital colonies.
- Fly over detailed planets in search of essential resources and clues.


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