Star Control: Origins
"Star Control: Origins" is a science fiction action-adventure game that combines planetary exploration, diplomacy with alien races, and direct spaceship-versus-spaceship combat. As the player, you pilot a spaceship, send out a landing craft to explore planets, gather resources, and examine artifacts, and then invest those resources in new technologies, weapons, upgrades, and ships from other races. In the fleet battles shown above, two ships face off against each other; these battles can be played against the AI or in multiplayer mode. The game is considered part of the “Star Control” series, but is set in a different universe than the original games.
Story
In the year 2088, humanity’s space agency, Star Control, launches Earth’s first interstellar spacecraft to investigate an alien distress signal. You take on the role of the ship’s captain and venture beyond the solar system into a largely unknown galaxy. What begins as a response to a single signal evolves into a far-reaching journey in which you must explore distant worlds, establish contact with alien species, and navigate the resulting alliances and conflicts. Characters, species, and events encountered along the way offer quests that draw the captain deeper into the galaxy and its secrets.