70%Strong matchGalaxy Pass Station
86%21686% positive reviews, Very Positive across 216 reviews·Singleplayer · Resource Management
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All intergalactic travel passes through the orbital relay checkpoint. Verify ID discrepancies, repair vehicle systems and struggle against ethical dilemmas as you negotiate a shifting political landscape. Report for duty, effective immediately.
Effective Immediately
SteamCongratulations, You have been appointed the position of repair technician on-board the deep space relay station. Pack your belongings, your family can not join you at this time. Effective Immediately. Effective Immediately is a gritty, sci-fi future on the verge of political change. As the sole position of travel in the galaxy you must decide who to accept or decline passage to. Encounter alien denizens and walk the line of survival or upholding morality. Make a choice and deal with the consequences. Compare documents for inconsistencies, repair ship systems and ultimately allow or disallow travel. All the while the OCA is piling on more and more bureaucratic red tape in this puzzle, management life-sim.
Meet many different characters with unique motivations and inner conflicts. Are they lying or telling the truth? Pass judgment and determine not only their fates but also the trajectory of your own journey.

Ensure they have the correct details; name, race, expiry date all match? What is their destination? Does their story match up? Are they allowed to travel to that sector since the new OCA regulations came in?

Use schematic rules to repair many alien ship systems; navigation, shields, medical and more. Learn the rules and become an efficient engineer.

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