In the late 22^nd century the United Nations Alpha Centauri mission departs Earth to colonize a lone habitable planet oribiting Alpha Centauri's primary star. On the way, there is a mutiny and the crew splinters into seven distinct factions, split not by nationality but by ideology and their vision for the new world.

With barely enough resources to survive the harsh conditions of Planet's surface, you lead your chosen faction in the race to dominate humanity's next frontier...

The following is a first look at Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, the new turn-based epic of planetary conquest from Firaxis Games to be released in the Fall of this year.

The full Alpha Centauri site (www.alphacentauri.com) will be going live around June 1st of 1998. Until then, take a quick tour of features by clicking Explore below.

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