Zugij even had a few more aces up his sleeve. In 2132, the impetuous and cunning Khan Nicholas III came to power. Most of these minor factions appear in Earth 2160. One of these caused it to underestimate the Eurasian Dynasty's defensive capacities, causing it to initiate the movement of a large force to occupy the British Isles. They have exclusive access to powerful weapons such as grenade launchers, shadow generators, and plasma cannons. Lunar Corporation: The Lunar Corporation (LC) is a matriarchy faction of space colonists who colonized the Moon and cut themselves off from Earth soon after the 3rd World War. The Colonel's plan was very ambitious. In the Earthseries, so far four major factions(also called races) have been featured; the UCS, the ED, the LCand the Aliens. During the rebellion the Bio Center was razed to the ground. The UCS scientists created, under the supervision of President Jonathan Swamp, NEO and GOLAN; a huge step in technological advances, GOLAN was essentially leader of the UCS military, while NEO was interested in politics. The scientists were successful and soon anew generation of though, extremely resistant cyborg-soldiers were being mass-produced and held in Bio Centers. [8] It took 25th and 23rd in the first and second halves of December, respectively,[9] before dropping to 27th in January 2000 and 44th in February. The name implies that the United States of America gradually expanded its borders to include the entire continent. However, GOLAN managed to gain the upper hand against the battle-hardened Khans and so the ED resorted to the usage of advanced atomic weaponry. He eventually marched into Europe and conquered its peoples. United Civilized States : This faction is a demarchy that controls North and South America. It originated from Greater Russia, and holds most of Europe and Asia under its control. They sent many of these shady characters to South America to gather as much information as possible on their arch rivals, the UCS. In 2150 Earth is a grim old place indeed. [10][11] CNET Gamecenter's Mark Asher reported in early September 2000 that the game had sold 23,163 units and earned revenues of $873,855 in the country. The name implies that the United States of America gradually expanded its borders to include the entire continent. And a mighty new empire arose from the ruins of civilization - the Eurasian Dynasty. His ambition was to conquer both Americas and hammer the laziness out of the UCS citizens. Later that year a new enemy appeared. The ED has an industrial, Soviet-reminiscent theme to the design of its structures and vehicles. All he needed now was a location to make his dream come true. During the flight to Mars, the ED leadership seems to have changed. United Civilized States : This faction is a demarchy that controls North and South America. The ED army suffered some terrible defeats. The ED attacked an encampment of UCS forces at the North Pole with a massive strike involving newly developed and untested atomic weaponry in an attempt to put a decisive end to the hostilities. The game also has two stand-alone expansion packs: Earth 2150: The Moon Project, and Earth 2150: Lost Souls. Naturally, once the war ended this situation quickly changed. Then in 2140 something totally unpredictable happened ... the UCS invaded the British Isles! But the ED army was aptly prepared for this new challenge. The war proved to be enormously expensive and Nicholas III still wasn't seeing any signs of the crushing victory he had anticipated. He had access to a wide variety of weapons and he knew where all the old Russian secret military bases were located. UCS vehicles include Tiger, Panther, Jaguar and Spider Mechs, Gargoyle, Bat and Dragon aircraft. Unlike its expansions, the setup utility and the in-game graphics settings for the base game, Earth 2150, has a hardware-accelerated sound section and lacks the ability to adjust the maximum zoom level, respectively. Other technologies include reverse-engineered anti-gravity propulsion systems from a crashed UFO, and modified 105 and 120mm cannons stolen from the ED. These sheepherders weren't really interested in the global war raging through the known world, their main problem was the constant conflict with the neighboring communities. It was one of the first commercial full-3D games of its kind. They had access to the old Soviet secret military bases and this gave them nuclear capability and other useful destructive technology. GOLAN, the leader of the UCS military forces had recently been altered by order of the current President, leading to a number of glitches throughout the system. The first effects of this were noticed in 2150, and as a result, Khan Vladimir II decided to build an evacuation fleet to escape the planet. The GPU, a kind of secret police with almost limitless power became the all-powerful internal instrument of the ED. In fact, this is the form of government in the ED to this day. Retrieved from "https://earthseries.fandom.com/wiki/Factions?oldid=3902" He felt that this performance "can't be classified as a hit",[10] and with journalist Tom Chick explained that it "didn't even hit PC Data's charts". In the German market, Earth 2150 debuted in 22nd place on Media Control's computer game sales rankings for November 1999. Within the following year, the Khans conquered the surrounding territories, uniting other peoples into one tribe. However, he noted that the game had been overshadowed by competitors Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, and remarked, "In retrospect, the date of publication was poorly chosen." Near the end of 2150 the ED managed to complete their evacuation fleet and evacuate the blue planet. That is, most of the ED leadership managed to escape the blue planet. Generals wasted little time officially consolidating the power which they had enjoyed throughtout the war. Research functions were taken over by a new institute in the Urals, the Kurchatov Research Center. Eurasian Dynasty: Essentially a new Mongol Empire based in Russia, the Eurasian Dynasty (ED) use primitive (by 22nd Century standards) technology such as tanks and helicopters. ED units are typically individually weak but cheap and able to be produced in large numbers. This was the birth of the huge and powerful empire which would be given a proud name at the end of the 21st century ... the Eurasian Dynasty. Also, instead of constructing buildings like the other two factions, the Lunar Corporation is able to transport them from orbit to the battlefield. As such, the ED has the most basic methods of power generation and needlessly complicated resource-gathering. Normally a pacifist faction, the matriarchal LC are forced to head to Earth in order to secure minerals to build their Evacuation Ship (due to the Moon's general lack of accessible resources, in real life as well as in the game). Earth 2150 also known as Earth 2150: Escape from the Blue Planet is a real-time strategy game, originally published in 2000 by SSI and the Polish developer Reality Pump and a sequel to the largely unknown Earth 2140. Naturally, the people soon started to balk at paying the high taxes levied to finance the war. Earth 2150: Lost Souls begins as the three factions have already sent escape ships to colonize Mars. LC units are typically fast and technologically advanced, but fragile. His slogan of a "socialistic monarchy" caught on. [8], Earth 2150 was a commercial failure in the United States. United Civilized States: This faction is a demarchy that controls North and South America. UCS units are typically slow and expensive but durable and pack high firepower. Greater Russia was one of the parties in the war of 2048. But the change in leaders didn't change much in the war. This situation was tailor-made for Zugij and it didn't take him long to convince the tribe's leader that an armed squad could put an end to their problem once and for all. Later that year a new enemy appeared. It was clear that the LC had figured out what was happening and had no doubt reached the same conclusion as the ED men. However, as those in power scamper to the Red Planet, a large population from each faction is left stranded on Earth. These bipedal robots, or mecha, are just as effective as a human-piloted vehicle. Most of the lower-class citizens died along with their home planet. The first effects of this were noticed in 2150, and as a result, Khan Vladimir II decided to build an evacuation fleet to escape the planet. In combat, they use exotic weapons such as electro-cannons and sonic weapons (originally a mining equipment). The old leader died in 2059 and Yaga Zi Khan became the new leader.