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2 teams, up to 8 players to a team. Each player at his or her own workstation, all connected with highspeed links. The screens (about 1000×800) display a tactical map, strategic map, message window, statistics, etc. Each player controls a starship which can battle (kinda like spacewar) in the tactical map. There are phasers, photons, sheilds, plasmas, cloaking devices, tractor/repulsor beams, etc. There are many ship types with different armorment, speed, energy, etc. When you aren't blowing up something, you are running around between planets, bombing enemy planets and grabbing armies from friendly planets to drop on razed enemy planets. Drop enough armies and it becomes a friendly planet. Enemy planets defend themselves, friendlies repair and refuel you. It's a blast. We used to have a weekly game at C=.