"Well, in the days when Armada
I was still in development, I had a small fansite for that game,
'The Armada Outpost'. I was probably the biggest fan of the first
game, lol. when I heard about Armada II, I immediately started
to put together a fansite for it. I wanted to make a site for
people to go to for the latest news on the game. When Armada I
was in development, I remember every day scanning about 20 sites
trying to find Armada news, and I wanted to make a site that would
take all the news of Armada II and put it into one place for people
to go and look to find the latest news on the game. Fleet Operations
has since grown considerably. I now have 2 new staff members,
Wombit and Fran. Wombit was the person who was kind enough to
create our new design, and has helped considerably with the site
content."
The History of Planet Star Trek Armada
The words of ChessMess
- PlanetSTArmada Webmaster:
"Planet ST: Armada actually
began its life as a cooperative effort between a fellow Armada
player named Rishenko (often referred to as Rish) and myself shortly
after the release of Armada 1 back in late 1999. Back then the site
was going to be called 'Spatial Anomaly' and our vision was to
create a site dedicated to the strategy side of the game. The
original site layout was developed by Rish.
Well time passed and we both
got pulled away from Armada for awhile, and drifted apart as a
result. Rish was very busy with other things and I got hooked
on a new FPS game called Unreal Tournament. So the site languished
for several months and it appeared that it would never make it
out of the development stage to see the light of day.
Heading into the colder months
of 2000 I tired of UT and returned to playing Armada 1, my favorite
RTS game. Early in 2001 I once again looked at reviving the site
however my goals for the site had expanded greatly. Rather than
focus on just strategy I wanted the site to become a one-stop-shop
for all things Armada related. As I slowly began to make this
a reality Armada II was announced. I quickly decided to change
the direction of the site once again to focus first and foremost
on Armada II, and during slow periods build up the information
related to Armada 1."
"Armada Universe set out
to be the number one Armada II site and to provide fans
with exclusive news on Armada II, which it did with great
vigour.
What the future will be for
this site is anyone's guess. It would be a great pleasure
to bring you exclusive news on Armada III, may be in an
alternate universe somewhere. For now though Armada
Universe will remain the Ultimate Resource for Star Trek:
Armada & Star Trek: Armada II.
