Site: Pardus Home
Lead Developer: Werner Bayer aka Bladefist

Pardus is a futuristic space based RPG where you control the owner of a spaceship just starting his/her life as a space pilot. A nice thing about Pardus is the fact that you dont have to be a fighter, you can be a trader and supply planets with energy or starbases with food and water.

The trading in Pardus is pretty extensive. You can trade from simple food to dangerous explosives. Trading between planets and starbases is a nice way to make money and keep the economy running smooth. There are approximatly 35 different types of commodities, 5 being only available for missions to take to a starbase or planet.

Starbases are pretty interesting considering that there are both NPC starbases and player owned starbases. Starbases go through a few stages of construction, early stages obviously only allow a small amount of options compared to the larger ones. These intersteller bases can be faction-based for both the major factions (Empire, Federation, and Union) or player owned factions, aligned with the same faction as the base allows discounts and other bonuses.

Ships, oh the ships, there are so many different ships in this Pardus galaxy that chances are you aren’t going to fly anywhere near half of them. There are Neutral, Empire, Federation, and Union ships, gaining ranks in a faction can unlock different ships to fly through the galaxy.

Pardus has it’s own set of races, of course Humans, the Ska’ari (a crab-like intelligent life-form), the Keldon (appear a lizard-like life-form), and the Rashkir (a warrior humaniod type race). Each race has thier own bonuses to start with, like the Ska’ari’s gas and energy collecting or the Rashkir’s the weaponary or accuracy skills.