Soon we’ve reached the halfway point in the Genesis Universe. Many players are on the way to collect their well-deserved Urplasma. For this, we wish you continued good luck!

In the summer we’ve not only been enjoying the sun but we have done well making thoughts about future challenges for you in our stifling TeamSpeak channel. But why making big words when you can try out our plans directly by yourself? Therefore we invite all of you sincerely to participate in the 2-week test phase for the new Ecowars Universe!

Yes, you read it correctly, Ecowars!

The team, Chupa and Dschibait have always wondered where your resources that you use for different purposes are coming from at all.
There will be a new challenge for you that ressources found on a planet are now finite. What that means? Well, in Ecowars Universe you will only find planets where resource production is only available when there are any ressources left at all. So if you still want to mine resources, you should definitely think carefully about whether you want to stay on your planet or not.

Here is a brief summary of what the new Ecowars universe includes:

• Each planet in the universe was assigned with a occurence of pig iron, cryptonite and spice (no planet is like another!)
• Plan your mining of resources in the long term, leave the planet if they do not provide more resources.
• The way building deconstruction works was modified so it takes less time and resources will be "recycled".
• About espionage probes, it is possible to analyze not colonized planets and thereby find out which resources can be found there.
• There is a dense Fog in our Ecowars Universe. Its up to you to discover the endless space!
• The way the merchant assistant works was changed so that it does not have to be purchased as a feature for 30 days but a resource can be exchanged directly for 1 Urplasma.
• The new ecology assistant helps your planet to regenerate every day.
• Determine the size of your planet or astros by Urplasma itself; also through the usage of daily free Urplasma!
• The AZs will dynamically be adjusted to the points (as in the last test-universe).
• The Interdimensional Transmitter will have a limited availability (just after 2 months! Then only 100 activations per day!)
• The Save Assistant now saves with 10% (instead of 30%) in order to save spice.
• Planets regenerate resources when they are unoccupied.
• The chance of getting an asteroid has been dramatically increased.
• The scanner now shows only attacks.
• SpaceInvasion is available in the new Ecowars style. You can change at any time via the settings page between the standard "Classic" style or the new SI-Classic style.

About the test universe:
From August 26, 2016 20:00 CET until September 11, 2016 23:59:59 CET
Speed: 30x
Shortest flight time: 60 seconds
All will receive 500 Uni-Urplasma at the start so all features can extensively be tested in the test run. Every day you’ll receive 1 Urplasma per day (like you will also do later in the Ecowars universe!)

There are also some little prizes to win:
For the 1st place (total) 250 UP
For the 2nd place (total) 150 UP
For the 3rd place (total) 100 UP
For place 4 and 5 (total) 50 UP

Those who are not interested in the Ecowars Universe we also want to have an exciting weekend:

• On Friday, Saturday and Sunday you will get 5 instead of 1 free spins for the transmitter and simultaneously there will again be 3 times the yield!
• To our regret, many of you were already able to take a look at the new SI-Classic "Default Layout". We would appreciate feedback, how do you like this new look. For all those who find the new style not as fancy or just want to get back to the previous style: No problem! On the settings page you can set your desired style individually for each universe!

here you can discuss about this update / feature:
discussion new updates and Ecowars

We hope for your feedback and wish you good luck and lots of fun testing

best regards
Your SI-Team, Chupa and Dschibait