All,
We have a few updates on the next few rounds:
Round 46
Round 46 - Sleep Deprived Zombies is coming to a close. The final tick, as mentioned on the Overview page, is 1177, and occurs at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 11th May.

The End of Round Ceremony (EoRC) is scheduled for Friday, 11th May at 21:00 GMT for an hour in #planetarion on irc.netgamers.org (accessible via the com unit). It will consist of:
-interviews with the top players
-interviews with the top galaxy
-interviews with representatives of the top alliance
-the alliance competition (allcomp), where users will [tag] in their nickname for their alliance, and the winning alliance will win 3 credits.

After the EoRC has been completed, the game will be setup for the "havoc" period, of fast-ticked madness. This will run from 09:00 GMT on Saturday, 12th May and continue until at least Monday 14th May. The setup will be as follows:
-All researches completed
-500 million resources total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-3000 asteroids total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-30 of each factory, 30 wave amplifiers, 50 security centres and 30 of each refinery ADDED to each planet
-Fleets recalled
-XP will be kept
-Asteroid mining limits increased to 8 million asteroids total
-Maximum construction limit set at 800 constructions
-Ticks set at every 15 minutes
-Alliance waiting time will be removed for changing alliances

Round 47

Round 47 signups will open by Friday, 25th May at 20:00 GMT.
Submissions for Round 47's name is NOW OPEN - please e-mail suggestions to round47@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until the end of the round, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.

Round 47 Ticks will start Friday, 1st June at 20:00 GMT and continue for 7 weeks.

Beta stats for next round will be available shortly on the beta server; changes will also be announced before signups.

Best of luck in the last days of the round,

PA Team