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Isometric Tactical Sci-Fi RPG Sector Unknown Set for Late June Launch: Demo Coming Soon

The upcoming sci-fi RPG Sector Unknown is gearing up for a late June release, with a playable demo slated to drop later this month. Developer Creative Storm Entertainment updates suggest that the game is approximately 97% complete, with most core features finalized, including fully implemented quests and major story choices. The developer has been rigorously testing the game, completing multiple full playthroughs to iron out any remaining bugs.

Despite nearing completion, Sector Unknown will launch in Early Access, with a planned duration of around four to six months before the full release. During this period, the team aims to fine-tune combat, expand itemization, and introduce additional space combat mechanics, guided by player feedback.

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Learn more about the planets of Sector Unknown:

Devlog: The Planets of Sector Unknown

Now that they're complete, I figured it was a good time to share insight into each of the five main story worlds.
A few weeks back, I wrapped up the last of the five story planets for Sector Unknown. There’s still the "point of no return" planet - the climactic final world—to finish, but every planet leading up to it is now fully fleshed out with quests, writing, and design.

Now seems like a good time to share a bit of insight into each of these worlds. Keep in mind, these are just the core story planets - there are also numerous side-mission stations, derelict ships, and other locations scattered throughout the game.

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Couchpotato spotted a new trailer and devlog for the Sci-fi RPG Sector Unknown:

Sector Unknown - Trailer (Updated) - A Sci-Fi RPG

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The Setting

As humanity expanded into the cosmos, the narrative of "Sector Unknown" unfolded in a clandestine sector comprising three primary star systems—Xiphos (XPH-6430), Svion (SVN-8912), and Fivo (FIV-6789)—along with several minor ones. These systems were home to the planets Maku, Nabi, Sjo, Eremtera, and Helfyr (more devlogs to come on each of these planets).

For decades, Star Frontier, a colossal trading entity reminiscent of the historical East India Company, attempted to ruthlessly exploit these planets. Operating with impunity due to the sector's erasure from all official star maps, Star Frontier unrelentingly expanded into the sector, unhindered by governmental oversight.

However, after years of over-extension, failing outposts, logistical nightmares, rampant corruption, piracy, and crippling financial losses, a fierce power struggle erupted within Star Frontier's boardrooms, light-years away. This conflict precipitated a sudden and hasty withdrawal from the sector, leaving workers, executives, and soldiers stranded on harsh, unforgiving planets, struggling to survive in a rapidly deteriorating and lawless environment.

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Couchpotato spotted a new devlog for Sector Unknown:

Devlog: The Setting

The story and setting of Sector Uknown...

“The universe is a corpse.

Nothing lives in all the known expanse of space save for the imagination and stubborn superstition of man as he continues to push forward through the folds of darkness. Buoyant in our search for something other than ourselves, the fear becomes more palpable that we will not find a peer, an enforcing and all-powerful entity, a check against our spreading.

With each infertile husk, forbidding giant, decaying rock, or hellacious furnace that we add to our collection, the verdict becomes stronger: we are alone.

Across the millennia, it has been said that man is something that shall be overcome. But this is a falsehood. For our species remains uncontested. And with nothing to resist us, humanity shall instead continue to relentlessly institute his own battle standards across a desolate and uncaring starscape.”

The Setting

As humanity expanded into the cosmos, the narrative of "Sector Unknown" unfolded in a clandestine sector comprising three primary star systems—Xiphos (XPH-6430), Svion (SVN-8912), and Fivo (FIV-6789)—along with several minor ones. These systems were home to the planets Maku, Nabi, Sjo, Eremtera, and Helfyr (more devlogs to come on each of these planets).

For decades, Star Frontier, a colossal trading entity reminiscent of the historical East India Company, attempted to ruthlessly exploit these planets. Operating with impunity due to the sector's erasure from all official star maps, Star Frontier unrelentingly expanded into the sector, unhindered by governmental oversight.

However, after years of over-extension, failing outposts, logistical nightmares, rampant corruption, piracy, and crippling financial losses, a fierce power struggle erupted within Star Frontier's boardrooms, light-years away. This conflict precipitated a sudden and hasty withdrawal from the sector, leaving workers, executives, and soldiers stranded on harsh, unforgiving planets, struggling to survive in a rapidly deteriorating and lawless environment.

The Return

In the aftermath of their retreat, Star Frontier remains divided. Despite continued internal bickering within Star Frontier, several paramilitary factions still operate independently within the sector. Notably, feared "sensitive operations units" have ramped up their activities, capturing former dissidents and criminals and transporting them to Hell’s Gate, a black site prison orbiting perilously close to a blazing star.

Under the command of General Benjamin Alonzo, a hard-line retired general secretly sanctioned by a group of militant stakeholders within Star Frontier boardrooms, these operations aim to prepare the sector for a possible military reoccupation. Alonzo's brutal methods and the looming threat of a military invasion—including the whispered rumors of bioweapons aimed at exterminating the planetary populations—are intended to reset the sector for a more tightly controlled second attempt at colonization.

Your Story Begins

Amidst this backdrop, you awaken aboard a prison transport en route to Hell’s Gate. The reason for your incarceration is yours to define. In your cell, you wake up to find Chalk, a cannibalistic cellmate who chillingly "suggests" using a homemade shiv to cut off unessential parts of your body to sustain yourselves during the long journey ahead.

This marks your first challenge and where your story begins...

Learn more about the character development of Sector Unknown:

Devlog: Skills, Attributes, and Combat Stats

In Sector Unknown, your character and companions will have their own skills and attributes.

Attributes are commonly used to determine your combat skills, but can occasionally be used to outside of combat as well. Combat stats are derived from your attributes and determine your success in combat. And finally skills are used primarily outside of combat in dialogue, through world interactions, and more. The only skills that can be used in combat is Piloting, which determines your skill in space encounters, and Luck which provide re-rolls on failed critical hits and evasions.

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Farflame spotted two devlog entries for the tactical RPG Sector Unknown:

Devlog: Companions

Devlog: Support Personnel

Couchpotato spotted a new Sector Unknown devlog:

Devlog: Space Travel

Sector Unknown is host to a variety of different planets that can be travelled to.
In Sector Unknown you find yourself stranded on the desert planet Maku. From there, once you find a ship of your own, the stars open up to you with six story planets available to explore and bring under your control, either through diplomacy or by force.

From your base, you choose your ship and pilot - combat success hinges on their piloting skills.

Launch into space to investigate your local system, which includes planets ripe for mining. Initially, Maku is the sole story planet, serving as your home base. However, advancing the story unlocks a jump gate to a new system featuring planets like Nabi, a harsh desert world, and Sjo, a shimmering aquatic planet, each with their own settlements.

Each system has their own jump gates, guarded by the oppressive Star Frontier, and must be conquered and claimed for use. The star combat system is still being worked on, so I don't have a lot to show there yet, but you will occasionally be able to interdict both Star Frontier and pilot vessels through combat, pacifying your systems and controlling traffic in and out of each.

Sector Unknown, once removed from star charts by the resource-greedy Star Frontier, is a critical battleground. These planets and stations, once under your control, are crucial in your mission to expel Star Frontier from the sector.

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Sector Unknown - Prologue

Sector Unknown - Prologue is a free demo version of the full game, coming out soon.
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Couchpotato spotted a devlog for Sector Unknown:

Devlog: Crafting & Resources In Sector Unknown

After claiming the abandoned mining facility on Maku as your base, you will unlock crafting in the game.
Greetings!

This is the first of several devlogs talking about the various systems in Sector Unknown.

After claiming the abandoned mining facility on Maku as your base, you will unlock crafting in the game. Crafting is broken down into the various schematic classes:

• Weapons
• Armor
• Energy Shields
• Injectors
• Narcotics
• Ships

From there, schematic are organized further into sub-tiers. For example, weapons are further classed into pistol, carbine, rifle, and vibrosword tiers.

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Summary

Crafting is an optional part of the game, but one that can provide amazing equipment and items if the player chooses to engage in the mechanic. All of these features will also be available in the free Prologue version of the game.

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The tactical RPG Sector Unknown has been announced:

Sector Unknown

Sector Unknown is a story-rich, isometric RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space. Begin on a desolate planet, establish a stronghold, explore space, ally with or dominate local factions, and ignite a rebellion against a despotic organization bent on exploiting the sector's resources and inhabitants.

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