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'''Galactic Empire''' is a real-time multiplayer game about commanding a ship in a shared galaxy. Other players, automated ships, weapons in flight, and planetary production continue to act while a player reads or types. Typically, a game runs nearly 24 hours a day with a small "clean up" period in the middle of the night. There is no "ending" or winner declared by the game itself; a game will run indefinitely unless a sysop or administrator decides to end the game, declare a winner, and reset it.

== Finding your footing ==
A new standard-game player starts in an Interceptor. The first useful habit is to check [[Report command|REPORT]] for the ship's position, systems, and inventory, then use [[Scan command|SCAN]] to learn what is nearby. [[Impulse travel|Impulse]] moves within and between nearby sectors; [[Warp travel|warp]] covers greater distances. Heading, speed, scanner range, and [[Flux|flux]] all matter, and the ship continues moving while commands are entered. [[Getting started]] walks through the first session; [[Commands]] is the command index.

== Choosing a direction ==
There is no single required path after launch. Players can explore for planets and wormholes, improve their ship, fight automated opponents or other players, build colonies, trade, join a team, or pursue a high [[Scoring and rosters|roster score]]. These activities overlap: a colony can supply a ship, while combat can provide resources and alter relationships with other ships.

* For travel and finding contacts, start with [[Navigation and scanning]], then [[Sector|Sectors]] and [[Wormholes]]. Scans can be incomplete or misleading because of distance, [[Cloaking|cloaking]], [[Jamming|jamming]], and, in ge-next, [[Nebulas|nebulas]].
* For ship survival and fighting, see [[Ships]], [[Hull damage]], [[Maintenance]], and [[Combat]]. [[Cybertrons]] are automated ships which are always hostile and must be destroyed or avoided; they will generally pursue and attack any sufficiently powerful user ship. [[Droids|Other NPCs]] generally leave user players alone unless provoked.
* For building a foothold, see [[Planets]], [[Colonizing planets]], and [[Planetary production]]. A claimed planet needs population, food, sensible production settings, and protection before it becomes a dependable source of supplies.
* For money and equipment, see [[Economy and cargo]], [[Items]], and [[Zygor]]. Cargo, planetary bank funds, tax revenue, and personal cash serve different purposes. Destroying NPCs and recovering and selling gold can help a player afford resources in the short term, but effective planetary production is necessary to build long-term wealth.
* For cooperation and competition, see [[Teams]], [[Send command]], and [[Scoring and rosters]].

== Persistent-world consequences ==
The shared world remembers ownership, inventory, and many actions between sessions. Ship combat and [[Attacking planets|planetary attacks]] can have lasting costs. A ship cannot always leave immediately after hostilities, and disconnecting in combat can destroy it. Make sure to exit the game cleanly with the [[Exit command|EXIT]] command instead of just disconnecting to make sure that the active ship is not lost. Sysops can change ship classes, item values, and galaxy settings, so the running game's [[Help command|HELP]] and configuration remain authoritative.

== Arena variant ==
[[ge-arena]] replaces persistent ships and colonies with a lobby, ship selection, timed modes, respawns, and match scoring. Movement and weapons will feel familiar to a GE player, but the goals and consequences of a match differ from the persistent game.

== Further reading ==
* [[Getting started]] and [[Commands]]
* [[Navigation and scanning]] and [[Combat]]
* [[Planets]] and [[Economy and cargo]]
* [[Scoring and rosters]]
* [[Scripts]] and [[Utilities]]

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