Pax Autocratica

Dictate wisely. Every choice shapes society, for better or worse. Mold your citizens through fear, propaganda, surveillance, punishment or rule as a benevolent leader through comfort and prosperity. While they work for the State, they may grow grateful, afraid, loyal, or quietly rebellious, until dissent becomes revolt. Venture into the fractured territories of the Tyris System to gather resources, conscript new citizens, trade with wandering merchants, and feed the growth of your colony.

Behind prison doors, resistance can be crushed through fear, indoctrination, execution, or conversion, until an enemy becomes a citizen, a warning to would-be rebels, or another tool of the regime. Elite enemies, bosses, and Sector Overlords flood the battlefield with bullets, lasers, missiles, drones, artillery, and overlapping projectile patterns. This is war at scale, but you are not alone. Order your troops to secure victory, or use them as expendable shields to achieve your ends. Turn a handful of survivors into a vast, tightly run, self-sustaining colony.

Assign citizens to mine, gather, haul, research, and manufacture weapons, armor, food, and supplies. Watch fragile shelters become the machinery of the State.