Dark Orbit is a massively multiplayer browser-based game (using Flash) published by Bigpoint GmbH. It consists of interaction and travel in a persistent space setting. It includes trading, combat, and mining of resources.
Turbulent action scenes and breathtaking graphics make the intergalactic missions and fast chase maneuvers of this real-time multiplayer shooter into a first-class space adventure! With a sensationally large selection of 3D generated space ships, the battle against enemy companies for galactic raw materials becomes fun-filled action like you’ve never seen before in a browser game.
Whether Starjet, Battlecruiser, or Starfighter – the Commanders of these high-tech chase vessels fight with sophisticated weapons systems for the dominance of the universe. The rich 3D look and a perfect Flash animation allow you to forget your everyday worries: thrilling missions and dangerous aliens are waiting for you in DarkOrbit.
Gameplay
Players gain experience to level up, gaining the rights to travel into new space sectors. The currency is Uridium and Credits, through out the game you can get Uridium in small numbers but you can pay for Uridium which will get you the best items in the game. Players select a company EIC MMO VRU . These companies battle each other to get to the top of a score board which has lots of information regarding each company.
Maps
Maps are the backgrounds that you travel across. They are very beautiful and are always full of planets and stars and things like that. These are also called the lower maps. When you change maps through the jump portals, a diagram of the maps is shown. The picture below shows this diagram.
Attacking
You will often find yourself in situations where you will need to protect yourself, and find yourself more frequently in situations where you will need to attack.
Currently, there are two weapon categories available. Laser and rockets. With both weapon categories you will require to target a ship - which is done by simply clicking on a target. The target will receive a red circle and you will see the enemy’s hitpoints. Once the enemy has been targeted – you may choose either the laser or the rockets. If you click on the laser, your ship will attack continuously until either the ammunition has run out or the enemy has been destroyed. Clicking on the rocket, will fire only a single shot. Tip: Try clicking on laser first and then fire several rockets. With CTRL you can fire the laser and with SPACE you can fire the rockets.
Tip: Under Extras you will find a "Rocket Booster", which will result in a faster firing rate for your rockets!
Jackpot Dollars
What are Jackpot Dollars? Once a month there is a grand Jackpot Battle in which every person on a server may join in. This battle is a battle to the death with the last man standing as the winner. What does he win but real cash in the amount of jackpot dollars he has accumulated in the game.
These battles take entries during the week before the battle until Sunday afternoon from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM server time. At random, those who have signed up are dropped into various maps until each map has 500 contestants. After each round, the remaining contestants are collected into maps until there are fewer than 500. This then becomes the final death match.
Ships
Your Starting ship is provided by your company, The Phoenix Starjet. It is a very basic ship with good speed. As you get more credits by battling aliens, you can buy new ships such as the Yamato Starjet, the Defcom Starfighter, the Liberator Starfighter, the Piranha Starfighter, and the BigBoy Battlecruiser. The elite ships are the Leonov Starfighter, the Vengeance Starfighter, the Nostromo Starfighter, and the Goliath Battlecruiser. The elite ships are bought with uridium instead of credits. Uridium is much rarer than credits, so it's a good idea to save up for the elite ships.
Quest
Quests are assignments which help to learn the game and are rewarded with useful items. They can be accepted in the Quests screen of the Browser Configuration Interface. New quests become available as you achieve higher levels in the game through Experience Points.
There are quests, for example, in which specific resources must be collected, or specific enemies shot down. There are additional company quests that are always company specific. For example, Mars (MMO) needs to attack Earth (EIC) or Venus (VRU). These quests come in pairs, one for each enemy company.
Game Story
During the third century there were a number of revolutions on our home planet Earth -- not only the climate hanged drastically, the earth itself changed slowly but surely.Thanks to a warm period between two ice ages, the human race, which settled the earth over millions of years, was able to develop and establish a dominance over the planet.
Because of the change in climate, living space for the highly developed species known as mankind decreased, so researchers looked for other survival possibilities. It was only logical to look toward the heavens and turn their thoughts to conquering the depths of space.
They found raw materials in abundance here and so the nations settled on distant planets -- and adapted to the conditions of their new worlds without any major problems.
But even here, the survival of the fittest was a law which could not be ignored. As the centuries passed, powerful companies developed an active mining and trade industry with these new raw materials: a robber economy of three companies which has already led to bottlenecks in the supply of energy.
As a result, these three powerful companies have been fighting a bitter struggle for centuries around the precious resources in space -- the legendary battles which you heard about during your training to become a space pilot.
The capture and exploration of unknown worlds and bizarre phenomena in foreign galaxies have always fascinated you - you want to be a part of it -- it's like a mission to you! You graduated as best in your class at the Space Academy.
And now the time has come - as a young space pilot you will be sent into the depths of space and your mission is to search for new raw materials for your company -- because that is the only way they will be able to maintain their dominance in the war for power, energy, and raw materials!
