Check out this gif of the Skirmish menu options!

You can select which two houses will meet in the cold battle field of empty space. Determine the fleet makeup and the weapons loadout for each house. You can set the skirmish battle mode you want to play in.

• Defeat all Ships: Remove all the enemy vessels from the field to win.
• Seize Station: Find the enemies space station and send a boarding party to take it over.
• Onslaught: Defend a endless wave of enemy vessels. How long can you last.

And finally you can set the background setting you want to use. Make sure to check out the game and give us a YES vote over at Steam Greenlight:

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