Earth & Beyond

Game universe

It is not known what year it is set in exactly, but it is some time around 2575 AD. It features three races: the and Terran. The Progen are a genetically-altered and advanced race. The Jenquai are philosophers who seek eternal life. The Terrans are the original humans. Each of the three races is descended from the human race on . In essence, they are all human. The game's storyline takes place in the The Progen, Terran and Jenquai are all uneasy of each other, but still manage to live together in peace. The Terrans are known for their extremely large corporations, such as Infiniti Corp. and GetCo. Infiniti Corp. is the manufacturer of the inter-system and inter-sector warp gates. The warp gates were originally created by the mysterious Ancients, an enigmatic and hyper-advanced race who have all but disappeared.

The universe

Each Universe (server), consists of 12 main solar systems; more were added later in updates. Each system contains multiple sectors. Warp gates are used to travel from sector to sector, and system to system. While a large portion of time is spent in the beginning exploring all these sectors, travel can quickly become tiresome without faster engines.

he warp gate of Akeron was discovered when the reactor of a Progen freighter on a trade run near . The explosion propelled the freighter into a nearby asteroid field, where it collided with an asteroid, revealing the warp gate.

When a ship flew through the gate, it would be instantly transported to the Aragoth system. The finding of this gate led to many things, both good and bad:

• The loss of several explorer vessels investigating the new Aragoth system
• The start of the Gate war
• Infiniti Corp. gained the ability to make other gates

Origins of the races

The home planet of all three races is really Earth, but when long range space travel first became available, humans started to explore and branch out. Those who stayed on Earth would later become the Terrans. Those who set out to explore the far reaches of the Solar system later became the Jenquai and colonized the around Jupiter. Those that colonized would later become the Progen. Each race then split into united but separate castes.

Changing conditions

One of the more interesting aspects of the game was the actual use of a plot and back-story in a game that would otherwise be just another ordinary MMOG. Regular updates added to the story, and included many new NPC missions as well as bug fixes.

Boss spawns

The universe was unpredictable - a sector that was normally peaceful could quickly change and become dangerous unless players stayed on their toes. There were several varieties of boss spawns: Some were activated after a certain number of lower level monsters were killed, while others were time-based. For example, the Crystal Daeva, which produced very valuable loot, had a spawn time of 72 hours.

As in most RPGs, nearly all bosses carried valuable and rare loot, which could be sold for significant amounts of cash on the in-game market. Boss spawns would usually cause a frenzy among the players in the area as everyone rushed for the kill - the player who scored the most damage would receive credit and looting rights.