There's no friction in space, and space has three dimensions. If you start heading in one direction, you'll head that way unless acted upon by another force (usually your engines). It takes a minute to get used to, but once you do, you'll find all sorts of clever maneuvers and strafing runs to keep you occupied.

We've gone to great lengths to ensure that such battles are still fun, and perhaps a little less... realistic. You can use engine abilities to change course, and weapons have distinct ranges of effectiveness to keep battles from becoming too frustrating.

We're planning five distinct factions: the humans of EMPOL, the robotic AIAD, the Solonar Empire, the digital Integrated Group and the isolationist Cygnathean Hegemony. Each of these factions has their own extensive backstory, unique ship designs and particular style of play. There's sure to be something for everyone.

You can learn more about the universe we're building, including faction briefs and a detailed starmap, over on the Universe page.

We plan on including a great variety of ships - likely more than ten for each faction. These range from small scout ships with a fwe turrets to large dreadnaughts bristling with weaponry.

If you want to take a look at the different vessels we've revealed - so far - you can head over to the Ships page.

One neat feature we've been working on is space environments which feature terrain-like objects to interact with. And that means more than *just* asteroids. Though hey, let's be honest, there are asteroids too. You can fly through sprawling orbital complexes, through planetary rings, or inside vast engineering megastructures which encompass the entire battlefield.

There's more interaction that just crashing into things too - some exotic phenomena might repair your ship, break missile locks or even trigger an ancient doomsday device!

Space combat in capital ships is quite complex. Luckily, a captain has tools at his or her disposal to interact with the world and help in combat.

Pressing the middle mouse button lets you cycle through several view modes that an experienced player will find very helpful.

	The Tactical View lets you zoom in on distant targets to improve your aim or engage targets that are far away.
	Electronic Warfare View lets you see a schematic view of the battlefield, view projectiles, look at trajectories and rapidly assess threats.
	Fleet View shows you what your allies are doing, and lets you give them orders and destinations.
	Carrier View lets you command your fighter squadrons in great detail. If you're a carrier commander, you may spend a lot of time here!

A true admiral doesn't just command one starship - and a fleet of ships is better than a lone wolf. In skirmish, multiplayer or single player, it pays to have some allies.

We are including many AI commands that will let the player control allied ships. Designate targets, give protection orders, or just let the ships' captains choose what to do, it's your choice.

We're planning a number of different ways for you to play Star Villains and Space Heroes.

Drop into a fully customizable skirmish battle, selection your ship, allies, enemies and battleground. Fight it out with many gametypes, like Fleet Battle, Survival, Convoy Defence and more!

Play with your friends (and enemies) online in multiplayer matches.

Select a faction and take on the Star Villains and Space Heroes single player campaign. Level up your crew, kit out your ship and play a mix of freeform and scripted missions.