Drox Operative 2

Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG set in a galaxy of warring alien races. You command a single starship as a Drox Operative, choosing which races to support and shaping the struggle between them through your actions and inactions. Your aims include earning credits and building a deadly ship; managing an empire is not your role. Co-op multiplayer lets you adventure with friends.

A galaxy at war

The Drox once ruled the galaxy through elite starship captains called Operatives, who were trained to accomplish the impossible through stealth or brute force. After more than 100,000 years of rule, the Drox tried to assassinate their Operatives. They failed, and the resulting Galactic Civil War devastated the galaxy and left the Drox extinct, though the Drox Operative guild survived as an independent force.

Newer races rose in the power vacuum before the ancients returned. With the Operatives’ help, the ancients were driven back and a truce was established. Now a fourth wave of sentient races is emerging: thousands of races about which little is known. Ancient, mature and young races scout, colonize and expand, competing for control through diplomacy, technology, war and other means.

Choose your allies

You decide which side to back, from ancient, mature or young races to pacifist or militaristic, xenophile or xenophobe societies. You can support races that value freedom or use slave labor, and choose whether to back the strong or the weak. The game’s races pursue the galaxy-wide struggle through diplomacy, technology and war, while your choices affect trillions of alien lives.

Explore and fight

Each game takes place in a unique sector, with different monsters, ship components, quests and races. You explore an evolving galaxy, fight in the war between alien races and battle hundreds of enemy starships. Sectors can also be transformed by Cataclysms, massive events that affect the balance of power. You can protect or exploit primitive races and discover more about the sector as you travel.

Build your starship

You create a distinctive ship using a new skill and command system, then outfit it with thousands of components and crew. Component types include plasma cannons, ramming components, probes, ballistic bursts, plasma blasts, manual beams, chaining beams and plasma waves. You can recruit crew with skills and build a ship to suit your approach to combat.

Race diplomacy

Races use treaties including vassals, tributaries, protectorates and federations. You can place spies on planets to gather information and carry out spying activities, as well as sponsor diplomatic and colony ships, vouch for races and adventure with them. The game also provides more information about the galaxy’s 4X aspects.

Races and victory

You can play as rebels from each race, with 42 known playable races, rebels and subraces in total. You can also play as any unlocked young race; these are randomly generated and offer an effectively infinite number of playable races. A new Guild Win provides another way to win a sector.

Changes from the first game

Compared with Drox Operative, the game features improved graphics, including normal maps, better specular maps and higher-resolution textures, along with new combat sound effects. Movement and combat are faster, and controller support has been improved.