History Awesome / SinsOfASolarEmpire

** Gets better with FridgeLogic: The Vasari and Advent rebellion split have the "loyalist" faction wanting to carry on as they always did before, and the "rebels" wanting things to change and co-operate their enemies. The TEC, meanwhile, is torn between the Loyalists wanting to HoldTheLine and [[GuileHero use diplomatic maneuvering]] and/or [[UsefulNotes/PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower ensuring peace by millitary might]], or the Rebels wanting a more... ''permanent'' option of KillEmAll and [[TeachHimAnger lashing out at the xenos that nearly wiped them out]]. When the other races are doubting ''"is victory possible?"'' by being torn between continuing to carry on as they did or change their approach, the TEC are asking '''"when do we call it victory?"''' by being torn between wanting to defend or to lash out.

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!!Meta Examples
* At just $1 million of budget (for context, that is a NoBudget value, as most big-name video games cost 18-28 times as much to develop), and being their debut game to boot, Canadian developer Ironclad Games has brought us one of the [[JustOneMoreTurn most addictive]] RTS games (which can match the Civilization series in terms of causing addiction despite being real-time, a feat matched by few games) on the market. The game itself has a thriving, robust GameMod community dedicated to doing almost everything, including ''code-optimization'' to reduce the frequency of crashes; fans love this game so much ''they are voluntarily debugging it''. It sold well enough to cover it's development costs in just seven months after release, ''before'' any of the $10 [=DLCs=] came out, way before ''Rebellion'' was released. It also received generally favorable reviews of at least 8/10 (that's 80%, or 4/5). For a game costing just 1/18th of most games, this is an impressive feat.
* The game made headlines in a time when invasive, unnecessary UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} was infamous and turned people off otherwise excellent games; this was because it was released ''without'' CopyProtection. Yes, a pirated copy was essentially a fully-functional, unlimited-time demo, allowing one to skirmish against the A.I but not play over the Internet; for that, you need to buy the game. [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Those who held pro-DRM attitudes predicted failure]], but, well..... see the above.
* On April 4, 2017, ''Rebellion'' commemorated it's fifth annivesary (being first released in 2012) by getting a ''surprise update'' that fixed a myriad of bugs and performance issues, particularly concerning late-game performance as the 32-bit process game engine was stymied by a 2GB RAM usage limit. Said update boosted the usage limit up to 4GB, and fixed stuttering/lag issues in late-game, large-scale battles. ''Rebellion'' also received a facelift that made the game better-looking, especially on 4K monitors, with a new "Extreme" setting. Yes, Stardock and Ironclad has supported Sins of a Solar Empire (at least for Rebellion) from the day it was released until today. Not bad for a game that started all the way back in 2008.
** Taken even further with the release of the release of the Minor Faction [=DLC=] in December 2018. ''Ten years'', and the game is still bein supported!

* On April 4, 2017, ''Rebellion'' commemorated it's fifth annivesary (being first released in 2012) by getting a ''surprise update'' that fixed a myriad of bugs and performance issues, particularly concerning late-game performance as the 32-bit process game engine was stymied by a 2GB RAM usage limit. Said update boosted the usage limit up to 4GB, and fixed stuttering/lag issues in late-game, large-scale battles. ''Rebellion'' also received a facelift that made the game better-looking, especially on 4K monitors, with a new "Extreme" setting. Yes, Stardock and Ironclad has supported Sins of a Solar Empire (at least for Rebellion) from the day it was released until today. Not bad for a game that started all the way back in 2008.

** The Vasari, on the other hand, have the Kostura Cannon, which functions similarly to the Novalith in the sense that it shoots gigantic missiles at enemy planets. However, instead of nukes, the Kostura shoots powerful EMP warheads that temporarily disable all enemy ships and structures.

* The game made headlines in a time when invasive, unnecessary {{DRM}} was infamous and turned people off otherwise excellent games; this was because it was released ''without'' CopyProtection. Yes, a pirated copy was essentially a fully-functional, unlimited-time demo, allowing one to skirmish against the A.I but not play over the Internet; for that, you need to buy the game. [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Those who held pro-DRM attitudes predicted failure]], but, well..... see the above.

** Gets better with FridgeLogic: The Vasari and Advent rebellion split have the "loyalist" faction wanting to carry on as they always did before, and the "rebels" wanting things to change and co-operate their enemies. The TEC, meanwhile, is torn between the Loyalists wanting to HoldTheLine and [[GuileHero use diplomatic maneuvering]] and/or [[PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower ensuring peace by millitary might]], or the Rebels wanting a more... ''permanent'' option of KillEmAll and [[TeachHimAnger lashing out at the xenos that nearly wiped them out]]. When the other races are doubting ''"is victory possible?"'' by being torn between continuing to carry on as they did or change their approach, the TEC are asking '''"when do we call it victory?"''' by being torn between wanting to defend or to lash out.

** The TEC Rebels have the Ragnarov Titan; a ''long'' {{BFG}} with [[MoreDakka more guns]] to the sides of it and engines at the back. The Ragnarov hosts a myriad of offensive abilities; it has a single, long-range shell ForMassiveDamage, and has two SplashDamage abilities; one deals knockback and the other deals damage in a conical area in front of the Ragnarov. The Titan's ultimate capability is ''doubling'' the damage output of the next ability it uses.

* At just $1 million of budget (for context, that is a NoBudget value, as most big-name video games cost 15-18 times as much to develop), and being their debut game to boot, Canadian developer Ironclad Games has brought us one of the [[JustOneMoreTurn most addictive]] RTS games (which can match the Civilization series in terms of causing addiction despite being real-time, a feat matched by few games) on the market. The game itself has a thriving, robust GameMod community dedicated to doing almost everything, including ''code-optimization'' to reduce the frequency of crashes; fans love this game so much ''they are voluntarily debugging it''. It sold well enough to cover it's development costs in just seven months after release, ''before'' any of the $10 [=DLCs=] came out, way before ''Rebellion'' was released. It also received generally favorable reviews of at least 8/10 (that's 80%, or 4/5). For a game costing 1/15 of most games, this is an impressive feat.

* The Rebellion expansion. [[TwoWordsAddedEmphasis Three Words]]: ''[[BiggerIsBetter Titan.]]'' ''[[CoolSpaceShip Class.]]'' ''[[MoreDakka Ships]]''. ''[[http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/405991 Oh, yes!]]''
** Each Titan is uniquely awesome. The TEC Ragnarov is a five-mile-long Big Fuckin' Gun with more guns stuck to it. The TEC Ankylon is so heavily armored it can wade through whole enemy fleets without so much as a scratch. The Advent Coronata can mind-control enemy ships by the bucketload, then instantly brainwash a whole planet. The Advent Eradica does massive damage and becomes temporarily invincible if it runs out of hull points. The Vasari Vorastra can literally ''eat'' enemy ships and instantly suck planets dry of resources. And the Vasari Kultorask? It's a '''''GIANT GODDAMN UMBRELLA OF DOOM'''''.
* The Trader Emergency Coalition, using nothing more than [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits converted civilian craft and antiques]] can kick just as much ass as the Imperialst space aliens and the nation entirely composed of psychics. Think about it.
** Gets better with FridgeLogic: The Vasari and Advent rebellion split have the "loyalist" factions wanting to continue the war, and the "rebels" wanting peace. The Traders? Torn between [[HoldtheLine Holding the line]] and ensuring PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower, or a more... ''[[AbsoluteXenophobe permanent]]'' [[KillEmAll option]]. In other words, the other races are asking, "''Is victory possible?''". The TEC is asking, "'''When do we call it victory?'''"
*** The Vasari have been fleeing an unstoppable enemy for god knows how long. The Vasari loyalists want to keep running. Vasari rebels want to throw the TEC and the Advent at it. And with every passing second, the enemy draws closer...
* The game itself is a meta example. At just 1 million dollars of budget, it recoups it's development costs in just 7 months ''before any of the $10 expansion packs come out''. It also has a thriving mod community (which went as far as debugging the game, a feat few communities could claim), highly addictive and expansive gameplay (one of the few RTS titles that invoke JustOneMoreTurn as easily as TBS-hits like ''Civilization''), plus easy system requirements (allowing even less powerful [=PCs=] to play the game at maximum setting). This game is proof you don't need much budget to build a great game.

* The game itself is a meta example. At just 1 million dollars of budget, it recoups it's development costs in just 7 months ''before any of the $10 expansion packs come out''. It also has a thriving mod community (which went as far as debugging the game, a feat few communities could claim), highly addictive and expansive gameplay (one of the few RTS titles that invoke JustOneMoreTurn as easily as TBS-hits like ''Civilization''), plus easy system requirements (allowing even less powerful [=PCs=] to play the game at maximum setting.)This game is proof you don't need much budget to build a great game.

* The game itself is a meta example. At just 1 million dollars of budget, it recoups it's development costs in just 7 months ''before any of the $10 expansion packs come out''. It also has a thriving mod community (which went as far as debugging the game, a feat few communities could claim), highly addictive and expansive gameplay (one of the few RTS titles that invoke JustOneMoreTurn as easily as TBS-hits like ''Civilization ''), plus easy system requirements (allowing even less powerful [=PCs=] to play the game at maximum setting. This game is proof you don't need much budget to build a great game.

* The game itself is a brilliant meta example. At just 1 million dollars of budget, it recoups it's development costs in just 7 months ''before any of the $10 expansion packs come out''. It also has a thriving mod community (which went as far as debugging the game, a feat few communities could claim), highly addictive and expansive gameplay (one of the few RTS titles that invoke JustOneMoreTurn as easily as TBS-hits like ''Civilization '', plus easy system requirements (allowing even less powerful [=PCs=] to play the game at maximum setting. This game is proof you don't need much budget to build a great game.

* The game itself is a brilliant meta example. At just 1 million dollars of budget, it recoups it's development costs in just 7 months ''before any of the $10 expansion packs come out''. It also has a thriving mod community (which went as far as debugging the game, a feat few communities could claim), highly addictive and expansive gameplay (one of the few RTSes that invoke JustOneMoreTurn as easily as TBS-hits like ''Civilization '', plus easy system requirements (allowing even less powerful [=PCs=] to play the game at maximum setting. This game is proof you don't need much budget to build a great game.

** Each Titan is uniquely awesome. The TEC Ragnarov is a five-mile-long Big Fuckin' Gun with more guns stuck to it. The TEC Ankylon is so heavily armored it can wade through whole enemy fleets without so much as a scratch. The Advent Coronata can mind-control enemy ships by the bucketload, then instantly brainwash a whole planet. The Advent Eradica does massive damage and becomes temporarily invincible if it runs out of hull points. The Vasari Vorastra can literally ''eat'' enemy ships and instantly suck planets dry of resources. And the Vasari Kultorask? It's a ''GIANT GODDAMN UMBRELLA OF DOOM''.

*** The Vasari have been fleeing an unstoppable enemy for god knows how long. The Vasari loyalists want to keep running. Vasari rebels want to throw the TEC and the Advent at it. And with every passing second, the enemy draws closer...

* The Rebellion expansion. [[TwoWords Three Words]]: ''[[BiggerIsBetter Titan.]]'' ''[[CoolSpaceShip Class.]]'' ''[[MoreDakka Ships]]''. ''[[http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/405991 Oh, yes!]]''

* The (upcoming) Rebellion expansion. [[TwoWords Three Words]]: ''[[BiggerIsBetter Titan.]]'' ''[[CoolSpaceShip Class.]]'' ''[[MoreDakka Ships]]''. ''[[http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/405991 Oh, yes!]]''
* The Trader Emergency Coalition, using nothing more than [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits converted civilian craft and antiques]] can kick just as much ass as the Imperialst space aliens and the nation entirely composed on psychics. Think about it.

*** The Vasari have been fleeing an unstoppable enemy for god knows how long. The Vasari loyalists want to keep running. Vasari rebels want to throw the TEC and the Advent at it.

*** The Vasari have been fleeing an unstoppable enemy for god knows how long. The Vasari loyalists want to keep running. Vasari rebels want to throw the TEC at it.

** Gets better with FridgeLogic: The Vasari and Advent rebellion split have the "loyalist" factions wanting to continue the war, and the "rebels" wanting peace. The Traders? Torn between [[HoldtheLine Holding the line]] and ensuring PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower, or a more... ''[[AbsoluteXenophobe permanent]]'' [[KillEmAll option]]. In other words, the other races are asking, "''Is victory possible?''". The TEC is asking, "'''When do we call it victory?'''"

* The Trader Emergency Coalition, using nothing more than [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits converted civilian craft and antiques]] can kick just as much ass as the Imperialst space aliens and the nation entirely composed on psychics. Think about it.

* This troper has the following stories:
** Upon building a Kol, he decided to place it, along with a more experienced Akkan, a Sova, a repair platform and a few assorted cruisers and frigates, at an asteroid leading from a pirate base. [[TrainingFromHell For training.]] After fooling around with the rest of his ships for quite some time, he checked back on his little fleet. Needless to say, the three capital ships had taken [[TookALevelInBadass quite a few levels in badass]], which allowed the Troper to equip them with all sorts of abilities. After recalling a number of ships from around his empire, he sent the impromptu fleet at the pirate base, [[IdiotBall whose numbers were now in the triple digits.]] Despite the Tropers [[GeneralFailure ineptitude]], the fleet turned what should have been an instant failure into five minutes of arm-flexing {{Badass}}ery, killing the pirates and [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs colonizing their asteroid.]]
*** [[DiabolusExMachina Inmediately afterwards, a larger Vasari fleet jumped in.]] Soon, everything went wrong: [[KilledOffForReal the Sova got blown up]], [[AlmostDeadGuy the Akkan was barely limping on]], most of my fleet was in ruins and the [[ItGotWorse Kol had just lost its shields]]. Reinforcements were long coming, so, with little to loose, the Troper said "Screw it", and ordered the Kol and his remaining ships to charge the densest part of the Vasari formation with the [[LimitBreak "Finest Hour"]] ability on. The Vasari ''[[CurbStompBattle died]]''. The Kol destroyed ''two other capital ships'' and was having a prolonged duel with a third -which seemed more hopeless by the minute- when [[TheCavalry reinforcements showed up]], in the form of a [[MoreDakka Marza]] [[{{BFG}} Dreadnought]], around sixteen Kodiaks and [[MacrossMissileMassacre many,]] ''[[MacrossMissileMassacre many]]'' [[MacrossMissileMassacre Jarvelis frigates]], who proceded to pound the remaining Vasari into submission. It was a short campaign after that.
** The other story tells of a [[SquishyWizard Sova carrier]], who was "forgotten" at a chokepoint leading into a pirate base and would [[YouShallNotPass shove away pirate raids (and, eventually, invasion forces)]] ''[[OneManArmy all by itself]]'', with the troper occasionally checking back to spend the upgrade points.

** Upon building a Kol, he decided to place it, along with a more experienced Akkan, a Sova, a repair plataform and a few assorted cruisers and frigates, at an asteroid leading from a pirate base. [[TrainingFromHell For training.]] After fooling around with the rest of his ships for quite some time, he checked back on his little fleet. Needless to say, the three capital ships had taken [[TookALevelInBadass quite a few levels in badass]], which allowed the Troper to equip them with all sorts of abilities. After recalling a number of ships from around his empire, he sent the impromptu fleet at the pirate base, [[IdiotBall whose numbers were now in the triple digits.]] Despite the Tropers [[GeneralFailure ineptitude]], the fleet turned what should have been an instant failure into five minutes of arm-flexing {{Badass}}ery, killing the pirates and [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs colonizing their asteroid.]]

** The other story tells of a [[SquishyWizard Soza carrier]], who was "forgotten" at a chokepoint leading into a pirate base and would [[YouShallNotPass shove away pirate raids (and, eventually, invasion forces)]] ''[[OneManArmy all by itself]]'', with the troper occasionally checking back to spend the upgrade points.

* The (upcoming) Rebellion expansion. [[TwoWords Three Words]]: ''[[BiggerIsBetter Titan.]]'' ''[[CoolSpaceShip Class.]]'' ''[[MoreDakka Ships]]''. ''[[http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/405991 Oh, yes!]]''

** The other story tells of a [[SquishyWizard Soza carrier]], who was "forgotten" at a chokepoint leading into a pirate base and would [[YouShallNotPass shove away pirate raids (and, eventually, invasion forces)]] ''[[OneManArmy all by itself]]'', with the troper occasionally checking back to spend the upgrade points.

* Winning a map. Throughout the entire time you play on this map you're involved in what is undoubtedly a long, costly war against the other faction(s), and you finally bring it to an end.