Rise

Rise is a subscription-based virtual world massive multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by the Korean company Unistellar Industries. The game is set in a futuristic science-fiction universe and played in a simulated solar system. It was released on April 1, 2006, and does not have an Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating.http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/254    

The game is entirely first-person and is being developed as a vehicles-only game. http://rise.unistellar.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page  Rise publishers and developers continue to update the game via the gaming client. The gaming project originated from software that was developed as a cockpit enclosure for an event coordinator in Singapore in June of 2000. http://rise.unistellar.com/links.html News in the game is posted as an online newspaper called the Yonmaran Sentinel. The game also has a Wiki that includes a getting started section and a section on the Rise universe. 

Spacelane A27-12 was the second-longest distance in the charted United Stellar Territories to transverse between the system of Hontras and Zygus Major. The flight had taken up to a month to complete. The travel time combined with the threat of piracy had considerable effects on trade and caused a recession between the two systems.http://rise.unistellar.com/universe/   

A new system was discovered where no system had been known to exist previously. It was apparently hidden by a thick nebulaic ring with unstable energy. The system was discovered by USV Flying Mast while in a powered-down emergency state. In an effort to siphon free hydrogen particles to aid the depleted life support system, the ship drifted into the rim of the system. A faint blue glow of a sun could be seen. An entire new system was ready to be explored. http://rise.unistellar.com/universe/ 

Rise has a playing area of over 100 million square kilometers centered on Vieneo, the moon of Lomere. Colonists live in the world that they are helping to populate and develop. The gaming universe, which is centered around space travel, has physics-accurate orbital maneuvers.http://rise.unistellar.com/ 

Gameplay does not center on gaining experience points and levels, but is more focused on space travel, obtaining resources, piloting various vehicles, player interaction and player-controlled economy.http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/254  The game has both ground and aerospace vehicles.http://rise.unistellar.com/auction.html