Races

When you join a season of Orbitarion, the first decision you make is your race. This choice defines everything — how your ships fight, how fast you grow, and what role you play in your alliance.

There are four playable races in Orbitarion, each built around a distinct combat philosophy. No race is strictly better than another. Each has strengths that shine in certain situations and weaknesses that skilled opponents will try to exploit.

A fifth faction — The Void — exists in the universe but is not playable. They hold planets, nebula garrisons and Star Map sectors. See the bottom of this page.

The Four Playable Races

United Earth Command

Tag: UEC · Archetype: Tank

The backbone of human civilization. UEC ships are heavily armored fortresses that fire last but hit the hardest and survive the longest. Built for players who want to be nearly impossible to destroy.

Bonus: +20% defence build speed, +10% armor on all ships

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Odonari Hive

Tag: ODO · Archetype: Stealth

A biological swarm civilization that grows, consumes, and overwhelms. ODO ships are cheap, fast, and invisible on scanner. They attack before you know they're coming.

Bonus: −1 tick ETA on all fleets, +15% research speed

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The Aetherians

Tag: ATH · Archetype: EMP

Masters of energy manipulation. ATH ships fire first and freeze enemy vessels instead of destroying them, giving allied kill ships free targets. The ultimate battlefield control race.

Bonus: +20% research speed, +10% EMP efficiency

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Sytherian Cartel

Tag: STC · Archetype: Steal

Pirates, smugglers, and opportunists. STC's Fighter, Corvette, and Frigate classes carry boarding hardware that captures enemy ships mid-battle — stolen vessels join your fleet and fight on permanently. The only race that grows by taking, not by building.

Bonus: +15% ship production, +10% scan success (orbital and intel scans)

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Choosing your race

Not sure which race to pick? Here's a quick guide based on playstyle:

If you want to...	Play
Be hard to kill, win by attrition	United Earth Command
Attack fast and stay invisible	Odonari Hive
Control the battlefield, support your alliance	The Aetherians
Snowball by capturing enemy fleets	Sytherian Cartel
Win with pure economy and fast research	The Aetherians or Odonari Hive
Dominate the endgame with massive fleets	United Earth Command

Race comparison

	UEC	ODO	ATH	STC
Armor	★★★★★	★★	★★★	★★★
Speed (ETA)	★★★	★★★★★	★★★	★★★
Research speed	★★★	★★★★	★★★★★	★★★
Ship production speed	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★★★
Defence build speed	★★★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Combat role	Frontline tank	Swarm striker	Battlefield control	Capture & convert
Difficulty	Easy	Medium	Medium	Hard

Races and alliance synergy

The real power of each race comes out in coordinated alliance attacks. A composed strike force might look like this:

ATH sends EMP frigates to freeze the defender's main fleet
UEC sends a heavy kill fleet to destroy the frozen defenders
STC sends steal-ships to capture surviving enemy vessels — adding them to the alliance's fleet pool
ODO or UEC sends Orbital Pods to steal orbitals after the battle

Each race contributes a different lever — control, kill, capture, or capture-and-steal-orbitals. Understanding your role in this kind of coordinated attack — and playing to your race's strengths — is what separates good players from great ones.

The Void (NPC)

The Void

Tag: VOID · Archetype: NPC · Not playable

A collective consciousness that abandoned biology long ago. The Void exists as autonomous NPC fleets, encountered on its own planets, in nebulae and across the Star Map. They never inhabit player planets and never propose alliances — but they do strike back at players who attack them, raid held Dominion sectors, and go on the offensive during the Awakening.

Roughly 60–68% of equivalent-class player ship cost, no EMP or cloaking — but they field capture ships of their own. Not immune to STC ship-stealing — hijacked Void hulls join your fleet permanently.