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Planetary Annihilation is still winding its way through the final stages of development, but lost in all of the galactic domination and throwing-planets-at-other-planets is the real question: what's my motivation? A new update for Kickstarter backers details the lore and various factions, also known as the planet-throwers and the planet-throwees.
The Commanders are mechanical beings that move throughout space, exploring and reactivating other dormant Commanders and recruiting them. The first faction to be detailed is begun by a Commander that finds himself on a “desolate volcanic world.” He's got a penchant for the ancient Romans and sketchy memories of a hated enemy: the Progenitors.
Kickstarter backers will have a hand in directing the lore, starting with this first faction: on the backers-only message board , backers will be able to vote for the name of the faction, its leaders, and its symbol.
Planetary Annihilation is headed for a beta release tomorrow, September 26. The full release is slated for later this year.
