<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Sins of a Solar Empire Forums » RSS Feed » Fan Submissions Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/SinsOfASolarEmpire/forum/409</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Fan Submissions</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 9:54:24 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 9:54:24 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>DistantStars</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372058</comments><description><![CDATA[   Its us again! Here to bring you yet another exciting community topic!!!!       &nbsp;       This topic is dedicated to any stories, lore, epic poems, novels, Role Playing...anything your heart desires to share!!!         We are always up for a good read and are excited to see what you all create from DS.        We will be featuring hopefully some neat post in this orginal post every so often. Maybe be something we liked or we though it need attention! So, aim your Ogrov at that writer...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372058</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372058</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 9:48:02 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-12-15T21:48:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>DISTANT STARS Lore</title></item><item><author>dapirate</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/458394</comments><description><![CDATA[How about Stardock take Sins of the Solar Empire and make a persistent RTS / MMO game out of it.  &nbsp;  How? Well . . .  #1 The player has a level determined by a on-going score. The on-going score increases for either; beating other players in PVP scenarios OR beating PVE scenarios with varying levels of difficulty. Once a PVE scenario has beaten it&#39;s score reward is permanently&nbsp;reduced for that particular player. Seasonal PVE event scenarios could be repeated multiple times a ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/458394</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/458394</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 2:33:12 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-10-14T02:33:12-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Persistent Online environment</title></item><item><author>RooksBailey</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/444245</comments><description><![CDATA[Lately I have been having more fun "photoshopping" screenshots from various games than actually playing the games.    &nbsp; Decided to try and enhance a Sins screenshot...and this is what I got:  &nbsp;     &nbsp;  For a first try, it came out kinda good!&nbsp; I can&#39;t wait to try a screenshot with some blasting going on.&nbsp;     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/444245</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/444245</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 8:02:02 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-11-09T08:02:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Enhanced Sins Screenshot</title></item><item><author>DistantStars</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372059</comments><description><![CDATA[   Here ye, Here ye!!!        Time for all for all the map makers and fellow DS players to chart the systems!              Thats right, this topic is dedicated to showing us your maps!!!! Post them up! Download fellow map makers maps. Try them out! Make more maps!!!!         We also will be featuring every so often&nbsp;maps made by posters! Your maps may also make it into DS itself on future patches!!!! So...get your compass out and and your local star chart and show us what you got!!!!...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372059</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372059</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 2:33:22 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-05-25T14:33:22-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DISTANT STARS Map Submissions</title></item><item><author>TrooperScooper7</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/384753</comments><description><![CDATA[I've been working on a new race for SINS.&nbsp; Here's the first chapter of the lore so far.  &nbsp;   CHAPTER ONE  TIMES OF WAR  &nbsp;  He knew when Admiral Kol entered the briefing room, because the room fell silent. The admiral looked calmly at him, then said in a manner more congruent with ordering a meal at a restaurant than discussing a galactic crisis, &ldquo;Show me the invaders.&rdquo; The holoprojector whirred to life, and the planet Adonica appeared. The 12 th  Reserve Fleet appe...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/384753</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/384753</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 4:23:14 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-10-28T16:23:14-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>A New Threat</title></item><item><author>DistantStars</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372057</comments><description><![CDATA[   Thats right! Time to show off some of your favorite Distant Stars pictures!!!               Post them up! Talk about them! Post some more!!!!        We will be featuring every so often some of our favorites out of everyone submissions!!! So dont be shy, let us see what you have!!!     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372057</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/372057</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 6:37:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-09-29T18:37:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DISTANT STARS Picture Submissions</title></item><item><author>Codexehow</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/432359</comments><description><![CDATA[Hey guys, I&#39;ve started work on Vasari model in Zbrush that should rock. I&#39;ve been wanting to do this for a while but haven&#39;t had the time. My goal here is to create a Vasari "marine". I&#39;&#39;ll have to take a bit of creative license, as I could only find 3 images of the Vasari. If you know of any, please let me know. (Stardock/Ironclad, if you&#39;re reading this and you have some reference images for the Vasari, gimme pretty please)&nbsp;  &nbsp;  This is what I have to work...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/432359</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/432359</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 7:23:30 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-09-23T07:23:30-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Photo Realistic Vasari Model (Work In Progress)</title></item><item><author>Mick6662</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/425062</comments><description><![CDATA[ Prologue:   &nbsp;  Drifting in space aimlessly.  Alone.  Adrift.  Forgotten.  Stranded in the inter-galactic void.  Nearby, a mere thousand light years away, a star burnt brightly, one of just a handful out here.  The ship, far more ancient than anything seen today, was a relic from long forgotten time.  Even those who lived in the galaxy knew nothing of the race, finding only a few scattered artefacts.  But today, a bright point of light was rushing towards them. It is mov...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/425062</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/425062</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 9:43:17 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-09-14T21:43:17-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Sins of a Solar Empire Fan Fic</title></item><item><author>AdmiralAckbar42</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/414787</comments><description><![CDATA[Here is a pet project of mine, I don&#39;t think of myself as the next great author but I would love any constructive criticism from the community:  &nbsp;     Chapter One         &ldquo;God damn it!&rdquo; Ever since Captain William Gross had joined the Belarian Shipping Company he had tried at every junction to butt heads with his superiors. Their latest foolish idea was to send his ship ,unescorted, &nbsp;to pick up a load of titanium and iron ore. His destination would be Vixes , a poll...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/414787</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/414787</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 4:48:59 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-07-06T16:48:59-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The War Begins</title></item><item><author>CyanPile</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/417673</comments><description><![CDATA[Изначально это была разработка Васари. Не известно сами ли они дошли до этого, или это были остатки другой более развитой цивилизации. Факт остаётся фактом - Васари не смогли это контролировать. Разумная энерго информационная масса, которая преобразует материю в нечто подобное живого организма состоящего из разных химических элементов, и принимающая в итоге вид очень крепких существ способных питаться как органикой, так и более грубой пищей для восстановления своих частей тел.  Они не использу...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/417673</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/417673</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 2:27:00 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-02-12T02:27:00-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Race number 4</title></item><item><author>The Undying</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/375303</comments><description><![CDATA[   My map of the Trade Order, 4100 A.D.  The grey circle shows the  speculative setting of SoaSE as we know it. The Dueteri Backwaters are  planets that have been left out of the mainstream colonial drive, and  abandoned by the central government. In this power vacuum, numerous  human nations have arisen to take responsibility for parts of space.  Similarly, unwanted exiles of the Vasari and the Advent migrated here  and formed their own nations. Together, they form the empires that we  reco...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/375303</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/375303</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 5:14:53 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-01-19T17:14:53-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Astrography of the Trade Order</title></item><item><author>JCD-Bionicman</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/415149</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;  If anyone requests information o the mods&nbsp;Ill be happy to give it, but really I just want an answer to my question and if people havent experienced it for themselves then they cant properly answer my question.  So, which mod is best?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/415149</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/415149</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 4:44:17 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-01-17T16:44:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Star Wars Requiem or Sins of a Galactic Empire?</title></item><item><author>Volt_Cruelerz</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/412016</comments><description><![CDATA[The other day I was messing around in the dev version of the program and for the heck of it, spawned fifty or so capitals for myself and my opponent. &nbsp;This was the image of what remained after the battle.  &nbsp;  I know it&#39;s my new background, but hopefully a few other Vasari players&#39;ll like it too. &nbsp;Without further&nbsp;adieu...  &nbsp;     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/412016</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/412016</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 6:27:35 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-09-17T06:27:35-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Orkulus Desktop</title></item><item><author>nasher168</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/406361</comments><description><![CDATA[This story will be posted in (probably) five parts (three of which I have already written as I type this post). It is, I think, a fairly original piece and one that I hope will be enjoyable. I have been influenced in more ways than one by Isaac Asimov's  Foundation &nbsp;universe. I sincerely urge any and all people who might read this to seek out Asimov's legendary series. It is one of the best ever written.  &nbsp;  A few points in the story might be out of place with the established backs...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/406361</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/406361</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 4:41:45 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-03-23T16:41:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Sins Against Earth (story)</title></item><item><author>RooksBailey</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/406532</comments><description><![CDATA[After fooling around with the beta of 1.2, I decided to write a little editorial on why I think Sins is the best 4X space game ever.&nbsp; I'd thought I would share it here.&nbsp; Comments always welcome.&nbsp;    &nbsp;   I Can't Stop Sinning!   &nbsp;   There&rsquo;s no doubt about it: with the pending arrivals of the 1.2 patch and  Sins: Rebellion , things are once again looking bright for Ironclad&rsquo;s ad astra magnum opus (is that too much Latin?).  But I didn&rsquo;t call this...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/406532</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/406532</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 9:59:13 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-03-17T21:59:13-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I Can't Stop Sinning</title></item><item><author>hooahguy</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/400068</comments><description><![CDATA[I posted this story on  Fanfiction.net  as well:  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6466212/2/Surging_Rifts_a_ME_SoaSE_crossover_story   But Ill post it here as well:  &nbsp;   Author's note: This fanfic  is Mass Effect themed, but using the game Sins of a Solar Empire with  the Distant Stars mod. It is based off my current SoaSE game, so events  which are happening in the fanfic are happening in my game as well. I  tried to keep Mass Effect-related stuff on a somewhat basic level (and I  embell...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/400068</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/400068</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 7:12:35 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-15T07:12:35-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Surging Rifts: a SoaSE and Mass Effect crossover story</title></item><item><author>Christopher Sommers</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/301327</comments><description><![CDATA[I have spent a good 5 hours creating the general &nbsp;star trek universe.&nbsp; I went by different Star Trek sites gathering Planet names and general areas of interest due to Episodes.   A preview of things :&nbsp; At the moment 7 players going up to maybe 9.  I have over 110 planets in it with 2 stars to make things simple.&nbsp;It would be kinda silly to pretty much put one star with one planet each overall. &nbsp;The Borg are by themselves with a star over with more planets than anyone ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/301327</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/301327</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 3:53:22 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-06-07T15:53:22-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Pretty Extensive Star Trek map .. project</title></item><item><author>OnlyMaestro</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/380609</comments><description><![CDATA[In an attempt to make a very long, continuing story short, and manageable...I present the Battle for/of Charybdis.&nbsp; I say for/of because initially I launched an offensive to take the planet, a key point of space with four jump lanes converging.&nbsp; Controlling this planet, is controlling a large portion of the map.&nbsp; Now the battle has become a meatgrinder, eating ships, material, and people.  After my successful offensive, I began the process of colonizing and establishing defenses...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/380609</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/380609</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 7:38:26 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-21T07:38:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Battle of Charybdis</title></item><item><author>OmegaHunter24</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378203</comments><description><![CDATA[I love playing Sins, and I love watching machinima, so I put them both together and made what I believe is the first Sins machinima series. If there are others, please let me know, I've been searching for one for a long time now. This game is so perfect for making a machinima, I don't see why nobody else has taken advantage of it other than making music videos.  Episode 1 was a sort of "for the luls" thing. It was really just a random battle with bad camera angles. However episode 2 is much be...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378203</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378203</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 7:36:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-21T07:36:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Sins Machinima: Elmina Chronicles</title></item><item><author>deathbyhornet</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/327506</comments><description><![CDATA[I am assuming most of you will find this exceedingly boring.  I followed&nbsp;the first&nbsp;Arcova Scout Frigate I made in a single player 1v1 game vs. a hard computer.&nbsp; I kept a log of its journey.&nbsp; I tried to keep times as accurate as possible, treating seconds like 12 hour periods (while in battle I counted seconds as one minute periods).&nbsp; I counted each planet as its own solar system with its own star and I considered the central star just to be the center of the system. ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/327506</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/327506</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 6:08:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-16T18:08:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Arcova Scout Frigate Captain's Log</title></item><item><author>Stant123</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/382298</comments><description><![CDATA[I would hope this thread turns into an educational thread to help those who enjoy writing or those who wish to write but don't really know how.&nbsp; Don't let that scare you though since I'm not talking formal education.&nbsp; I, like many other people, get stifled in a structured environment.&nbsp; Our creativity really shines when we're let loose into an uncontrolled setting and allowed to roam free.&nbsp; However, there are still times when our creativity needs help.  Story and character d...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/382298</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/382298</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 5:52:25 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-15T17:52:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Writing Assistance</title></item><item><author>Fokxnim</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/366855</comments><description><![CDATA[ This is for anyone who's deciding whether or not to buy SOASE, and also for those of you who like to read a good war story, here you are. (some parts may be slow for seasoned Sins players, but keep in mind I'm explaining some factors for new players!) Just for those new players' benefits, I'm playing Sins of a Solar Empire with the expansion Entrenchment, where some features like star bases and anti-structure units come from. Plain or "vanilla" Sins might not have some of the things shown here....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/366855</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/366855</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 7:02:17 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-22T07:02:17-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>AAR/Sins war story</title></item><item><author>Fokxnim</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378407</comments><description><![CDATA[Before I get started, I should probably explain what I'm writing.  I started these "journal entries" during my winter break when I didn't have access to my computer and therefore my Sinners document. I bought a nice looking spiral notebook (its all flame-colored and has a black dragon on the front!), and just started writing whatever came to mind. I had a theme of course--the Trader Holocaust of the Eastern Rim (which has yet to happen in Sinners, but is something I've been meaning to do once ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378407</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378407</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 2:03:07 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-20T14:03:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The Journals of John Barrere</title></item><item><author>Sootheater</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/370263</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm trying to picture the sizes of the ships, structures, and starbases but it doesn't look like they are fully proportional to celestial bodies.  How big would they be in km/miles?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/370263</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/370263</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 7:24:28 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-01-24T19:24:28-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>How big are the ships and structures?</title></item><item><author>Astax</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335698</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;      Monster's Ball      Current Version: 1.0    Preface:    In a small galaxy 20 young solar systems orbit around a central star which has long ago gone Nova, destroying all planets orbiting it. Each system hold's it's own stellar empire, for total of 20 forces pulling for control of this little piece of the cosmos.    Notes:    This is a GALAXY file.&nbsp; It is not a galaxyforge map, but a script used to generate the map.&nbsp; Each time the map will be different, and you c...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335698</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335698</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 1:27:32 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-01-09T13:27:32-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>[Custom Map] Monster's Ball</title></item></channel></rss>