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Set in the distant future, Lost Dragons aims to provide a multiplayer total conversion experience for ArmA 3. Players find themselves members of corporate entities, sent to a planet beyond our solar system with the objective of recovering a "Dragon-class" aerial warship. These are old machines of war however, left abandoned as humanity fell during years past. Thus not only must the Dragon warship be found, it must be reactivated and repaired, all while an opposing team(s) tries to hinder and reverse said progress; multiple companies are now seeking such a rare prize.

Currently, a match will begin with players deployed alongside a C2C (command and control) vehicle, logistic assets, and light utility vehicles. That's not to say teams won't be without heavy firepower. Heavier armored vehicles, combat walkers, and light arms will be available to salvage from military bases, outposts, etc. Unfortunately these items will likely not be in the best of shape for any would-be owner, and will have to be repaired and rearmed as well. Once an asset is brought back to full working order however, the level of destruction it can bring to bear will likely make it worth the effort.

To complete the end-goal of the match (recovery of the Dragon), players must first find a "Warrior-class" warship to move and connect with the Dragon. This can be fulfilled through luck of stumbling across one while out and about, or recovering data packets that can give clues as to where one is located (there will be more than one Warrior on the map). A system that allows players to hack terminals will help in obtaining said packets.

While still a work in progress as of posting this blog (an alpha release is available), the Lost Dragons modification shows promise as an enjoyable science fiction addition to the Arma 3 engine once fully realized.

External links
Lost Dragons - ModDB
Lost Dragons - BI forum thread

Here is a game you, the person reading this, just might find interest in.

Zero Point Software's "Interstellar Marines" [ Interstellarmarines.com ] is not just any other video game.

Combining the elements of a FPS and RPG, players will be thrown in the future where man travels in space, and creates experiments where sharks walk on land! To be broken into multiple stages (releases), the game is set to feature a single player/ co-op story with open ended level design, realistic aesthetics such as rain on your faceplate and even dynamic in-game communication dependent on if you have you helmet's faceplate up or down.

It is coined as a "AAA Indie" under development that is trying something you likely aren't use to seeing.

As pulled directly from their website [ Interstellarmarines.com ]:

"So why should you care about AAA Indie?

1. Gamers get a say in what games get to the market
2. Gamers can get behind the scenes of the development of games they fancy. No more closed doors development
3. Games can be priced and distributed much more liberally
4. It adds to the diversity of games available
5. It breaks down barriers of entry, opening the games industry up to a new and independent generation of game developers

What is AAA Indie?

1. AAA Indie is AAA games done independently from publishers
2. AAA Indie is the gamer and the developer, no one else
3. AAA Indie is development with open doors, so gamers can track games in development
4. AAA Indie lets the gamers 'vote' for the games they want to play - simply by expressing their interest
5. AAA Indie is open for anyone with a dream a the will to deliver on that dream"

As it goes to show, this is quite the ambitious project, one that can use all the help it can get. The development team has just recently (as of this posting) made its push onto the Kickstarter program [ Kickstarter.com ] and needs your support.
So please, if you have even the slightest interest then visit their website [see the top of this post].

There are demos to play, a forum to be apart of, videos to watch and much more!