Star Wolves 3 - Ashes of Victory Standalone Expansion

1C Publishing has announced a standalone expansion to the spacefaring strategy/RPG series, Star Wolves. There's no date yet for Ashes of Victory but the PR promises a "thoroughly reworked tactical and roleplaying systems":

US, May 5, 2010 - MOSCOW, Russia - Leading Eastern and Central European publisher,1C Company and Elite Games Team, announced today the development of Star Wolves 3: Ashes of Victory, a stand-alone expansion for the third game in the Star Wolves saga. This original large-scale scenario, closely tied with the first part of the intergalactic epic, allows players to influence the ongoing events and experience multiple endings. Free roaming, free mission selection, free team forming - the world of Star Wolves waits for its heroes.

The last years of the Old Empire were soaked in corruption, piracy and the bloody conflicts which led to its demise. The so-long-awaited peace and order never returned to the Outer Worlds. The New Empire withstood heavy losses in the decisive battles of the Civil War and was forced to retreat to the Phoenix Sector. The clan feud cut the Triad Corporation into two irreconcilable camps. The attempt of an inner coup bled InoCo to near death. The entire systems fell under the control of pirates, and the allies of the former Emperor Ezar, who are trying to enforce terror and chaos in the worlds that would not obey them. The confrontation between various fractions escalates day by day, and a single spark is enough to set the Universe ablaze again.

Key features

• Improved graphics with carefully preserved esthetics of the original game
  
• Large-scale scenario which covers more than 110 stellar systems
  
• Thoroughly re-worked tactical and role-playing systems
  
• New protagonists and NPCs, plus well-known ones from the previous games
  

New factions, ships, weapons and equipment