In early 4624, Blackwood corporation acquired the assets of Aurora, a small Imperial company specializing in the development of interfaces for military spacecraft. After that, Blackwood bought four more companies that manufactured and designed various components for spacecraft support systems. All of these cases were notable in that the companies were close to bankruptcy due to large contract penalties, which meant that the cost of Blackwoods acquisitions was record low.

Six months later, Blackwood opened a new research department based on the acquired data. One of the companys key features, the highly developed Ariadne AI, participated in the development of the first ship designed by this department. As a result of the hard work of Blackwood employees and AI, the Saturn destroyer was developed in just one year, with the latest version of the Ariadne on-board assistant supplied with the ship.

Galactic crossroads event

Pilots, the Galactic crossroads event will be held in two stages. There are 40 levels in each stage. Only the owners of a special Pass will be able to unlock all levels. But the first and every fifth level will be available to all pilots.

To get a reward, you need to unlock the necessary level. In order to get access to the next reward, you need to complete all the previous levels. You can join the stage at any time when the stage is available.

The event will last for three months. During the entire period, all pilots will be able to earn a special game currency in battles Xenochips.

• Xenochips can be obtained for completing any tasks as an additional reward.

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• Xenochips are introduced into the game for a limited time and after the end of the event will be removed from the game and from the accounts of the pilots. We recommend that you have time to spend xenochips before the end of the event!

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• Xenochips can be spent to receive special rewards during the event.

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Galactic crossroads. Stage one. Special bundles and rewards

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To get access to all the rewards, pilots need to purchase the Galactic crossroads. Stage one pass. The pass can be purchased in the official project store.

Special pack Galactic crossroads. Stage one

This pack includes:

• Access to additional rewards in the event Galactic crossroads. Stage one;

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• Upon receiving the pack, the next level is immediately opened and all the rewards of the open levels are available;

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• 7 days of premium license.

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Special pack Galactic crossroads. Stage one (Deluxe edition)

A special version of the Galactic crossroads. Stage one pass. The pass can be purchased in the official project store.

This pack includes:

• Access to additional rewards in the Galactic crossroads. Stage one event.

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• Upon receipt, the next 15 levels are immediately unlocked and all rewards of the unlocked levels are available.

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• 30 days of premium license.

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Stage one rewards:

Level

Reward (* available with the pass)

1

New portrait Mayra Sollis

2

Colouring pattern Corrosion*

3

Special bonus: up to +50% credits experience in battle (valid for 15 battles)*

4

Colour Holtzman generator*

5

Sticker pack

6

Colouring pattern Fortified hull*

7

Module: Active module Zeus

8

New portrait Erron Husk*

9

Ellydium destroyer Ze\'Ta parts*

10

New decor Desert dweller

11

1250000 pts. of free experience*

12

Large seed-chip pack*

13

Special part of the ship Saturn*

14

Colouring pattern Sparkly*

15

New taunt

16

Access to special contracts: allows up to 70 GS daily (access duration 30 days)*

17

Sticker pack*

18

Colour Melange*

19

Module: Active module Iapetus*

20

Colouring pattern Barchans

21

New decor Cube of Agony*

22

New portrait Tayssa in-Tarim*

23

Special bonus: up to +50% credits experience in battle (valid for 15 battles)*

24

New taunt*

25

Special part of the ship Saturn

26

Colouring pattern Illusion*

27

Module: Active module Nemesis*

28

Resource pack*

29

Synthetic polycrystals*

30

Colour Desert dawn

31

New decor Thumper*

32

Blueprint: Active module Zeus

33

Rare earth metals pack*

34

New portrait Masih al-Madjarra

35

Premium ship or resources of choice (available 24 hours in the game store)*

36

Blueprint: Active module Iapetus

37

Special bonus: up to +50% credits experience in battle (valid for 30 battles)*

38

Blueprint: Active module Nemesisr

39

Colouring pattern Fragment of Midgard*

40

\"Messiah\" bundle: special part of the ship \"Saturn\", \"Harvester\" decor, \"Messiah\" title

41

Access to special packs that can be purchased in the store for xenochips

The bundles include:

• Additional cell. A container with rare earth metals.

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• Contains 10 Rare earth metals.

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• Additional cell. Free experience.

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• Contains 25000 units of free experience.

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• Additional cell. Monocrystals.

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• Contains 7 monocrystals.

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• Additional cell. Xenocrystals.

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• Contains 7 xenocrystals.

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• Additional cell. Credits + 50%.

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• Contains a 50% credit bonus for 24 hours.

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Unique rank 15 suppression destroyer Saturn

In early 4624, Blackwood corporation acquired the assets of Aurora, a small Imperial company specializing in the development of interfaces for military spacecraft. After that, Blackwood bought four more companies that manufactured and designed various components for spacecraft support systems. All of these cases were notable in that the companies were close to bankruptcy due to large contract penalties, which meant that the cost of Blackwoods acquisitions was record low.

Six months later, Blackwood opened a new research department based on the acquired data. One of the companys key features, the highly developed Ariadne AI, participated in the development of the first ship designed by this department. As a result of the hard work of Blackwood employees and AI, the Saturn destroyer was developed in just one year, with the latest version of the Ariadne on-board assistant supplied with the ship.

At first glance, the design of the destroyer looks unusual, especially the additional units installation system, which involves mounting additional rings on the ship. If you ask the onboard assistant about the ships name, the answer will be: The destroyer is named after the Roman god, not after the planet, as one might think because of the rings.

The ship became publicly known in 4625, when Blackwood showed a video of the destroyers battle with a Crystallid predator. In the video, Saturn successfully destroyed the predator and did not suffer any serious damage. Despite the possibility of Ariadnes deep integration into the ships systems, Blackwood stated that it would not give artificial intelligence complete control of the ship. It is telling that Ironside ordered a number of Saturn ships for his personal guard.

Changes to the Quarter for thirty marathon

The following tasks of the marathon have been changed:\n

Energy field restorer

• The amount of shield that needs to be restored reduced from 350000 to 250000

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Bomber keeper

• Replaced with the new task Green Federation

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Green Federation

• Personally destroy 10 Empire, Jericho or Unique ships while piloting an Ellydium or Federation ship in PvP Arena mode

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• Ship ranks are not limited

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Bomber tormentor

• The number of enemies carrying a bomb in the Detonation mode that need to be destroyed reduced from 25 to 15

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Glass bowling

• Required amount of items reduced from 10 to 7

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New Year mood for the whole holidays!

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We wish all pilots happy holidays: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026! We wish you good luck, health, happiness, success in life and in Star Conflict!

To create a festive atmosphere, we have prepared a lot of nice little things:

• Christmas decorations for hangars.

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• Fir-trees have grown instead of beacons! And drones have become New Year\'s toys!

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• Festive rockets are now on sale.

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• Some UMC employees and representatives of special services from various factions and corporations that are actively working with mercenaries look extremely elegant and festive these days!

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Cyber Santa bundles Dart and Gargoyle

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\nThe Special New Year bundles Cyber-Santa Dart and Cyber Santa Gargoyle are now available to all players.

The Cyber Santa bundles contain unique bonuses to credits and experience, Christmas stickers and the title Cyber Santas Helper. The bundles can be bought repeatedly. In this case, the active time for the same bonuses stacks.

Stickers:

• Pirate Santa

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• Santas sled

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• Christmas Tree

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• Gifts

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• Christmas cookie

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And only in these bundles the pilots will receive components of premium ships: rank 11 Jericho fighter Dart and rank 11 Empire frigate Gargoyle!

Elite Smuggler Bundle

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Elite Smuggler Bundle is an improved version of the Smuggler Bundle that contains a set of colourings, including a unique pattern Golden Dragon for your ship!

The Golden Dragon pattern was designed for those who want to show off their special status.

Colourings:

• Golden Dragon

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• Invasion

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• Gzhel

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• Desert Camo 1

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• Summer camo 1

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• Desert Camo 3

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• Liquid Metal

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• Snow 2

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• Snow 1

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• Ice Crystal

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• Iceberg

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Klauss Inc. corporation armament

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Ms. Frost, representative of the Klauss Inc. corporation, announces mass deliveries of the latest, and most importantly, stylish weapons!

Modified weapons deal double damage to destroyers. Weapons will be available to mercenaries in a special version during the winter holidays.

There are 3 types of new weapons available for all ranks.

Phase Suppressor NY

• Thermal gun with an average rate of fire. Deals double damage to destroyers. A hit also reduces the recovery of the shield and the hull of the target. Available only during the winter holidays.

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Flux Phaser NY

• EM weapon. Projects a targeting beam upon pressing the trigger. While its pressed, a plasma charge follows the beam. As soon as the trigger is released, the charge explodes. Deals double damage to destroyers. Available only during the winter holidays.

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Mass Accelerator NY

• Standard kinetic weapon. Projectile speed grows with continuous fire. Deals double damage to destroyers. Available only during the winter holidays.

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Weapons can be received for completing special festive tasks that will help you get closer to the other pilots in a festive atmosphere:

• Dance around the tree capture 3 beacons.

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• Among friends destroy or help to destroy 10 enemies in a group of 2 or more people.

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• New Years dinner restore 50000 hull pts. to yourself or your allies.

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Please note that the tasks will be available until January 15, GMT 00:00! After that, it will be impossible to obtain the NY weapons! After the end of the holidays, from January 21, weapons will be withdrawn from all pilots.

New temporary packs in the in-game store!

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Pilots! From December 11 to January 20, new offers will be available in the in-game store.

The following packs have become available for purchase for galactic standards:

Legacy 1

• 50% credit bonus for 30 battles.

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• Portrait Bryan Freeze

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• Taunt Close your eyes, imagine it was a dream. Thats what I always do

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• Colouring Sweet revenge

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• Title Heir of the giants

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• Decor Mysterious ship

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Legacy 2

• 50% experience bonus for 30 battles

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• Portrait Rudolph Gruber

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• Taunt You have broken the social distance of 1.5 kilometers!

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• Colouring Deadly blizzard

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• Title Hero of bygone days

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• Decor Ex Oblivione\"

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Legacy 3

• 50% credit bonus for 30 battles.

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• Portrait Lux Firewalker

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• Taunt See you on Artuga, buddy. The Barons gonna like you

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• Colouring Happy Mew Year

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• Title Space tourist

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• Decor Silicon taiga

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Legacy 4

• 50% experience bonus for 30 battles

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• Portrait Elizabeth Snowfall

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• Taunt Still waters hide pirates

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• Colouring Conifer armour

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• Title Executor

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• Decor Heatless signature

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Iridescent set 11

• Colour Coniferous

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• Colour Greying

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• Colour Star glitter

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• Colour Winter forest

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A set of festive stickers

• Sticker Ancient vase

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• Sticker Sargas pipe

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• Sticker Socket mystery

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• Sticker Ariadne v0.011

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• Sticker Amber trap

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Miscellaneous

Carolingian

• Self-cooling weapon

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• Critical damage chance increased from 5% to 15%

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Insignia

• Minimum price in the trading system increased to 5 GS

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