Stellar Embers: United Fleet

Stellar Embers: United Fleet is a 2D real-time space combat game that combines direct flagship piloting with fleet command, ship customisation and roguelike progression. The setting places humanity in a fractured galaxy where the remaining population depends on the United Fleet for survival. The player commands the fleet’s flagship and travels through star systems held by factions including rebels, drifters and psionics, gathering equipment and technology while expanding the fleet.

The flagship is controlled directly, with the player handling thrust, turning, aiming, firing, acceleration, braking, venting and active skills, and the game models the inertia of a capital ship. Escort vessels and starfighters act autonomously according to battlefield conditions, but can be given orders such as attack, defend, focus fire or hold position. Each warship has its own weapon slots, load capacity and active skills, and main guns, anti-aircraft weapons, starfighters and auxiliary cores can be swapped freely. Weapon load must be managed, and combat pace can be controlled through venting, dashing and skills.

Each voyage generates different routes, enemy factions, environments and events. Mission types include standard battles, elite encounters, boss fights, signal station captures, transport escorts, wreck data recovery, warp blockades, battlefield support and racial wars. Encounters can change during play, with enemies warping in reinforcements and allies sometimes joining temporarily. Captains with distinct abilities can be recruited to develop the flagship and escorts, and elite fleets carry special modifiers. The game supports solo play as well as LAN co-op for up to four players, where participants fight together, rescue teammates and vote on routes.