Legends speak somewhere in space of the mystical planet Orion. Created by the Ancients, it remains unclaimed due to a powerful Guardian that orbits the planet and keeps out intruders. These same Ancients long ago fought a war against the Antarans and banished them into another dimension. Now... long after the Ancients empire has vanished, new races take to the stars, wishing to establish their own star empires, defeat the Antarans and become... The Master of Orion.
Improved upon the original MOO in terms of warfare and tactics while the economic side of things atrophied to the civ standard of gold, shields and nutrients.
I actually liked the economics of MOO in terms of investing BCs over the mainstream three resource system that most 4Xs default to.
A must play game for every 4X lover
Great 4X game
The real protagonist of 4X turn based strategy for everything that came after it.