Starsiege is a mecha-style simulation game developed by Dynamix and released in 1999. Starsiege is set in the Earthsiege universe, which contains its predecessors Earthsiege (1994), Battledrome (1995), and Earthsiege 2 (1995), as well as action game Hunter Hunted (1996), strategy games Mission Force: Cyberstorm (1997) and Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars (1998), and first-person shooters Tribes (1999), Tribes 2 (2001), and Vengeance (2004).

As a simulation, Starsiege offers players the ability to pilot a wide variety of massive bipedal war machines known as HERCULANs (Humaniform-Emulation Roboticized Combat Unit with Leg-Articulated Navigation) (or 'HERCs' for short), as well as several tanks. Set in 2829, Starsiege contains an array of advanced technology, and numerous upgrades are available for each vehicle. Starsiege takes place across a number of planets and moons in the solar system, offering a range of different locations throughout the game and in multiplayer battles, including Earth (Terra), Titan, Luna, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. There are two campaigns, Human and Cybrid. The human campaign places the player as a member of the Free Martian Alliance (a faction of the Martian rebellion, detailed later).

Story

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Starsiege contains a rich backstory and plot, which are conveyed to the player via three main sources. The first source is the Compendium, a 150-page booklet which came in the box. The Compendium contains all of the necessary backstory to understand the plot, as well as copious information on the various sides and characters involved in the story. The War Timeline is a running timeline in the game that starts with important events as far back as 2422 and extends all the way to the present time in the game, with updates after each completed mission. Finally, the Scannex, or Omni-Web, is a sort of public chatroom in which various individuals or groups post messages, providing updates and opinions on various events after each mission. While the Timeline tells what's happened, the Scannex is very much an important tool to know what's happening, and works alongside mission briefings, debriefings, and occasional cutscenes to keep the plot flowing and add more depth to the universe.

Background

The background information in Starsiege diverges in some ways from the information provided in previous games. For the purposes of this entry it is assumed that Starsiege is correct. Also, please note that, in keeping with game terminology, when Prometheus is referred to by the pronoun 'it', capitals are used (IT)

The essential background of Starsiege begins with the creation of the artificial intelligence Prometheus in 2471. Developed by Sentinal Cybertronix (headed by Solomon Petresun) for the North American Prefecture (NAP), Prometheus was an amazingly advanced sentient capable of processing and storing information at incredible rates. IT quickly absorbed all human knowledge into ITS memory. Impressed with ITS spectacular success, the NAP prepared to use Prometheus as a template from which automated pilots could be developed for the recently developed HERCULANs, thereby preventing the waste of promising young trainees, and creating a race of pilots who couldn't die. Coined Cybrids, from cybernetic hybrids, these AI pilots were embraced as the wave of the future.

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RT @supergoldzero Ten years ago today, I remember buying and playing Starsiege: Tribes [PC] and Rollercoaster Tycoo... http://bit.ly/72qL0B
RCT3Co (RCT3 & Co) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:55:13 -0000
RT @supergoldzero Ten years ago today, I remember buying and playing Starsiege: Tribes [PC] and Rollercoaster Tycoo... http://bit.ly/72qL0B
#10yearsago I was so obsessed with the game Starsiege: Tribes that I played it nearly 6 hours each night, every night, without fail.
mr_chip (Chip) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:37:58 -0000
#10yearsago I was so obsessed with the game Starsiege: Tribes that I played it nearly 6 hours each night, every night, without fail.
Ten years ago today, I remember buying and playing Starsiege: Tribes [PC] and Rollercoaster Tycoon [PC]. Ah the memories.
supergoldzero (Chris King) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:17:41 -0000
Ten years ago today, I remember buying and playing Starsiege: Tribes [PC] and Rollercoaster Tycoon [PC]. Ah the memories.
#10YearsAgo I was playing Starsiege on my first computer.
TheJoeNichols (TheJoeNichols) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:12:36 -0000
#10YearsAgo I was playing Starsiege on my first computer.
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n4g (n4g) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:15:42 -0000
Could Tribes Make a Return?: Back in 1998, Dynamix released one of the most influential games for the PC, Starsiege... http://bit.ly/6e1oIC

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