The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a crucial moment for humankind’s survival. Facing extinction by an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends their brightest and best on an expedition to the far-away Pegasus Galaxy as a last resort and desperate attempt to find a secure refuge for the population of Earth, only to find themselves in the middle of an interstellar war they inadvertently started.
As the leader of one of these fleets, your primary mission soon shifts from exploration to governance, conquest, and eventually the ultimate fight for the survival of our species. Players are going to experience a challenging and emotional storyline where nothing is self-evident and each decision has its consequences that would lead the narrative in a different direction as you progress through the campaign.
Building upon on the legacy of the grand strategy genre effectively, The Pegasus Expedition adds a layer of a strong narrative side to the classic 4X-gameplay which involves managing all your diplomatic ties, armies, economy and scientific development. It delivers a complex combination of intricate elements to maintain and navigate that would prove exciting to even the most seasoned 4x fans and players.
The Pegasus Expedition effectively combines an epic sci-fi narrative with a solid 4X foundation in order to create a very unique narrative strategy game experience. All your decisions and actions would shape the galaxy around you, with every alliance that gets established and each crisis you suffer or cause, there would surely be a mark left on the grander scheme of things.
The Council that Advises you on Important matters
As the Director of the Zeus Link fleet, you have full control over all of the aspects related to it, taking all of the critical decisions with your council; the elite group of your closest subordinates and advisors. They will inform you of the new developments in the galaxy, and do their part in solving the numerous crises and incidents in order to avert them, but you would have to decide what to do and have the final word.
The Economy you Need to Create and Manage
You are going to start out with only your experienced but small in numbers expeditionary fleet, and then you would need to start the development of a functioning economy fast in order to keep the Expedition going further and further towards the new sectors of space. After all, you will be supplied with limited resources from home and they would last you for only so long.
The Delicate Diplomacy in a Torn Galaxy
The Pegasus Galaxy is full of many independent and competing factions, with their own personal grudges, fueled rivalries and fragile alliances, so you will need to navigate this diplomatic landscape with much care to ensure your success. That would certainly involve both making dynamic deals and proper treaties in the diplomacy system, as well as making the tough choices in the dialogue system. After all, you are a suspicious and despised newcomer in this galaxy, with limited time and a huge burden on your shoulders that has great expectations to accomplish and meet.
Manage your Fleets and Officers well enough in Order to Survive
To assure your survival in this unknown and often hostile galaxy, it is of extreme importance to keep your forces improving and your leaders accordingly trained. You would have to work with the limited human resources at your disposal, and choosing the right person for the job can usually make the difference. Assign admirals, governors and Special Forces operatives to help you towards the desired victory.
Encompass and Learn the Stellar Warfare Well or Perish and Doom Human Kind
War never truly changes, no matter the scale, reach and threat, and the Pegasus galaxy has a lot of it to offer. Carefully choose your strategies and thoughtfully plan your battles, as in the Pegasus Expedition’s unique combat, the right planning and timing is everything. Espionage and the well practiced movement of your forces will be crucial in war, in order to have your fleets at the right place at the right time.
The Required Technology is All Available to You
In the future, there’s a glimpse of light in the darkness. Use any available tech and gear that you have and also research new and incredible opportunities that would affect your chances of survival greatly. There are many discoveries to be made, and a lot of ways, some greater than others, that you can do by using those breakthrough discoveries. To have a chance against your foes, you will always need to be at least one step ahead of them with every available technological advantage, not just in pure strategy.
Fight Through the Stack of Ever Worsening Odds
Your starting situation is definitely not an easy one to be in... And it is only going to get even worse. The longer the expedition is carried, the higher the stakes become, with new emerging threats all the time, hostile enemy fleets, cruel backstabbers and heroic resistance movements there are almost no dull moments to rest or get at ease. Everything is set in such a way to keep the campaign dynamic, interesting, and challenging to the very end. With plenty of diverse characters, additional side quests and unexpected plot twists to shift the campaign, the dynamic Pegasus Galaxy will present new challenges to face all the time, that way you would be kept you on your toes, so make sure to have sharp instincts and senses.