- Star General
Infobox VG| title = Star General
developer =Catware
publisher =Strategic Simulations
designer =
engine =Panzer General
platforms =DOS , Windows
released =1996
genre =Turn-based strategy
modes =Single-player
ratings = E
media = CD-ROM
requirements =
input = keyboard, mouse"Star General" is a PC strategy wargame. It is one of SSI's popular hexagonal-movement games that bases its story setting on "The Fleet", a series of books written by
David Drake andBill Fawcett . The game was developed byCatware and SSI in1997 .Star General pits up to seven alien races against one another in a galactic battle of conquest. The seven races include the deceitful Cephalians, the reptilian Dragonians, the
feline Hressa, the Humans, thebarbarian Khalians, theinsectoid Xritra, andfascist human speratists who belong to the Schleinel Hegemony.There are 90 different types of units, from ground forces to spaceships. Among the space vessels there a wide variety of specializations -- including mine countermeasure vessels, assault vessels,
troop transport s,reconnaissance ,battleship s,missile boat s,carrier s anddestroyer s. There is also some use of older terms of reference for classifyingwarships -- terms of reference that are not used in in the navies of today. One example is that the term monitor is used to specify a kind of space warship. From this, it is clear that these kinds of words have received new definitions by the time when Star General takes place. On the planetary surface, there arespace dock s for launching ships, mines to produce monetary units, factories to manufacture ships, and industrial plants andbiodome s to support population.
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