Master of Orion III (MoO3, MoOIII) is a 4X turn-based strategy game and the third in the Master of Orion series. MoO3 was developed by Quicksilver Software and published by Infogrames on February 25, 2003.
In The Master of Orion III Civilpedia or the game manual, the player discovers that what was thought to be Antares in Master of Orion II was really a forward base, "ConJenn". The Antarans 'played dead' for 25 G.C (galactic cycles, the measureme...
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Master of Orion III (MoO3, MoOIII) is a 4X turn-based strategy game and the third in the Master of Orion series. MoO3 was developed by Quicksilver Software and published by Infogrames on February 25, 2003.
In The Master of Orion III Civilpedia or the game manual, the player discovers that what was thought to be Antares in Master of Orion II was really a forward base, "ConJenn". The Antarans 'played dead' for 25 G.C (galactic cycles, the measurement of time that is universal to all races and planets), then returned and, following a slaughter lasting another 25 G.C, defeated the young races of the Orion Sector, enslaved all of the people on every planet, destroyed all research and military centres and effectively made it impossible for a retaliation of any kind.
However, a thousand years later, the Antarans mysteriously disappear. The reason, unbeknownst to the inhabitants of the Orion sector, is due to the Antarans' Harvester bioweapons program. Harvester Gamma was a horrible virus...
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