We have encountered the Neinzul before, but never like this. All we have ever seen is their vanguard; their young, their hunters. We have never encountered the full central might of their civilization... until now.

New Ways To Play

• Be a Necromancer: Rather than playing as the usual Human Empire, playing as a Necromancer gives you control over a mobile fleet that feasts on the living from other universes.
  
• Enjoy having other factions from the base game, this or other DLC, or compatible mods as Vassals -- allied subordinate factions that you can give generalized orders to and they'll take care of the details.
  
• Try a challenging Ark Empire, which has a mobile home command but a lot of other challenging attributes like a lack of a home base.
  
• You can also play as a Solo Ark, which is mainly when you want a very simple experience (probably helping out friends in multiplayer, or just focusing on bossing around Vassals instead of running your own empire).

NPC Factions

• Neinzul Sappers can be the ultimate ally... for you or your enemies.
  
• Territory Dispute is actually five Neinzul subfactions fighting amongst themselves, which you can ally with temporarily as your agendas line up.
  
• Neinzul Hives and Migrant Fleets are yet more of these insectoid aliens drifting through your galaxy.
  
• Roaming Shroud is a relatively small faction, along the lines of the Zenith Trader, but it sows discord and opportunity for stealth everywhere it moves.

More Notable Features

• Loadouts allow you to choose specific styles/modules for ships in your fleets.
  
• Orbital ships, including new capturable Wards that you can use with any fleet.
  
• New Destroyers ship class available for capture throughout the galaxy.
  
• The ability to hack AI command stations and turn them to your own use. There are pro's and con's with each planet.
  
• Various new strikecraft and frigates in general.
  
• Two new map types.
  
• Two new AI types.