Universe 6

Status: closed (8-month runtime, started 2025-11-15 14:00, ended 2026-07-19). See Universe Overview for a comparison with the other universes.

Resource speed 1x, fleet speed 1x, build speed 1x, shipyard speed 1x, research speed 1x
Starting resources: 2,000 metal, 1,000 crystal, 0 deuterium
40% of a destroyed fleet goes into the debris field
1 galaxy, 400 systems, ring galaxy type (system 1 to system 2 is the same distance as system 1 to system 400, system 2 is 2 systems away from 400)
Inactive accounts are deleted after 42 days
Planet-position-dependent resource boost (see table below)
Iraq attack range × 0.33
No moons

Fuel Efficiency research: reduces flight costs
Beginner interface: main menu items are unlocked over the course of the tutorial to reduce overwhelm

Noob protection: limit 250,000, factor × 5, outlaw period (2 days the first time, 7 days from the 2nd time onward)
Extended statistics
stats.json once a week with delay
Research queue visible even on planets without a lab
Bash protection per 24h: per planet 3 instead of 6, per user 10
Server time added to galaxy view and phalanx
Hold-time effects removed, espionage probe expeditions removed
Anti-Vulture System: start times halved (3h for combat participants, 1.5h for non-participants)

Rubberband, warning when attempting to place the 3rd colony in the same system, Honor Points, adjusted Trashsim version, tutorial (rewards activated with delay), Repair Dock (75% of total fleet for a wreck field, no longer visible in the galaxy) — see Universe 5

Resource stash (Metal Storage 5 → 5%, Crystal Storage 10 → 10% not raidable), espionage-technology-dependent statistics detail