Universe
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The Universe is the "world" (server) in which the game takes place. There are many different universes. There are no inter-universe links, no interaction between two different universes can take place. All the universes are hosted on different servers, so if one breaks down, the rest of the game and forums don't go down with it.
Each universe consists of 9 galaxies; each galaxy consists of 499 solar systems; each solar system consists of 15 Planets and one Outer Space slot. Since each player can have up to 9 planets (the homeplanet and 8 colonies), this means that a universe can hold from 7,485 to 67,365 players. Browsing the universe in the galaxy-menu costs some deuterium, 10 units per solar system, at least in some universes.
It is worth noting that the set of features available to players can be different in each universe. For example, at ogame.org Alliance Combat System is implemented only in Universe 5 and recently in Universe 18 and onwards; in the rest of the universes it is currently not available. Also some universes have defences included in the debris field and some in other versions of ogame have Deuterium in the debris fields.
Travelling between planets, systems, and galaxies takes time. The time taken to travel depends on the speed of the ships in the fleet and the Distance between the departure point and the destination.
[edit] Old and Redesigned Universes
Universe numbers 41 and below have an older, basic HTML design. Universe 42 was the first universe to have the new, more interactive design. It has updated graphics and a better feel to it. Universe 43 also had this redesign. Both of these universes were "testing" the new design before being fully implemented as Version 1.0. See Redesigned Universe for more information.
