Races

There are 6 different playable races in Galactic Conquest and Unification Wars, however, they are all the same - with a few major differences. The races are:
 * Kal-Zul (unplayable)
 * Dark Marauder (unplayable)
 * Metos (unplayable
 * Viral 106 (paid)
 * Guardian (paid)
 * Marauder (paid)
 * Collective
 * Aspha Miner
 * Terran

Free races
These races are free to play, however the third act of these races are unavailable to normal accounts. All start with the Sol System except for the Collective, which starts with the Titan system.

Terran
The Terran is basically the human race. The Terran are best at Commercial, but most empires use Taxing as their main source of income. They are curious, warlike, and balanced. This curiosity made them the most widespread species in the universe.

Aspha Miner
The Aspha Miner came from the Orion Arm of the galaxy and is named for the most abundant type of mineral in the area, Asphalt. They specialize in mining and have generally defensive fleets. First found by the Collective, it has now become a common race.

Collective
The Collective race were cyborgs made for combat and capable of assimiliating other species. After the war that they were created for ended, the Collective grew tired and assimilated their creator as well. They then started to build empires of their own. Eventually, they found the Aspha Miners, a relatively new but rich race with highly defensive ships. The A. Miner empires didn't bow down to the Collective demands of assimilation, and the conflict grew, which destroyed many of the colonies and both sides suffered great losses. The Collective's main income is through the process of growing and selling agricultural products.

Paid Races
There are also paid races, and they are more difficult, but have much more potential. All except the Guardian have the Titan System to start out with, which is a great bonus for early development.

Marauder
Eons ago, this race was involved in a series of wars with the Guardians, and nearly won. As this race's main fleet came together, most of it was destroyed by an unknown artifact used by the Guardian. That artifact teleported part of the fleet to another galaxy, where they became the Dark Marauder. The Marauder was then enslaved by the Terrans for a short time, and now live off by attacking and plundering Terran colonies. This race specializes in Industrial income.

Guardian
After the devastating war with the Marauder race, the guardian then gave up their physical forms in favor of an energy form. Because of their now ethereal being, the Guardian race no longer needs food, but collect Consumer Goods voraciously. This race specializes in Energy Shields, producing some of the best in the world.

Viral 106
The Viral 106 is a virus-like race that has a lot of power. They specialize in Taxing and assimilating ships, which then can be reverse-engineered to allow the Viral 106 to build them, making this species the most dangerous in the galaxy.