Star Drive is a 4X Action-Strategy game where the goal is to build a space empire Star Drive takes a module-based approach to ship design allowing the player to create custom ship designs where the composition & placement of ship modules really matters to the performance of a ship in combat In combat if your portside armor is taking a beating Customize your Race by selecting from a large list of physical traits socioeconomic traits & traits relating to your history & tradition Lead your forces into battle with your own flagship that you control like an arcade shootercommand your fleets like you would in a real time strategy game with simple mouse commands Tactical ground combat to take over enemy planets A deep research tree with many dozens of technologies Rich diplomacy options allowing you to make & break treaties with alien racestrade technologies & artifacts sell ships declare wars & design joint operations with your allies Finally Star Drive is easy to modify & modding will be actively supported by the developers