Empire vs. Republic (or EvR) is a turn-based strategy game designed by Mark Berneti and set in the Star Wars universe. The game uses a combination of a Java applet and a modification of the game Homeworld. A turn-based game, also known as turn-based strategy, is a game where each participant plays in turn. ... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... Java is an object-oriented programming language developed initially by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems. ... In many works of science fiction, a beings homeworld is their planet of origin. ...

Early version of the EvR Java applet