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Meridian | Squad 22

: Challenging standalone missions with limited unit sets. Why You Should Play

The story kicks off after a failed colonization attempt leaves a human crew missing on the mysterious planet Meridian. You take command of , an elite specialist team sent to find the survivors and bring them home. Meridian Squad 22

While it may lack a multiplayer mode, the game shines in its . With a soundtrack by Hexany Audio and high-quality graphics, it punches far above its weight class for an indie title. It’s a love letter to the "laser-straight" traditional values of the RTS genre. : Challenging standalone missions with limited unit sets

: Focus on resource management and outwitting superior enemy forces. While it may lack a multiplayer mode, the game shines in its

: Choices matter. You decide whether to prioritize the lives of your crew or sacrifice them for a tactical advantage. Beyond the Campaign

What sets this apart from your standard "build and destroy" fare is the narrative weight. Between missions, you explore your ship as , interacting with the crew and making pivotal decisions that branch the story and change the course of future missions. Gameplay & Tactics

The One-Man Sci-Fi Epic: A Look at Meridian: Squad 22 If you’re a fan of classic real-time strategy (RTS) games, you’ve likely felt the void left by the titans of the 90s. Enter , a single-player sci-fi RTS that brings back the golden age of base building and tactical warfare—impressively developed almost entirely by one person , Ede Tarsoly of Elder Games. The Mission: Saving Humanity on Planet Meridian

About the Author

Elaine Chiew is a fiction writer and visual arts researcher. She is a two-time winner of The Bridport Prize, amidst other prizes and shortlistings. Her debut short story collection, The Heartsick Diaspora, will be coming out with Myriad Editions (U.K.). She is also the compiler and editor of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World (New Internationalist, 2015), and has had numerous stories in anthologies and journals. She also writes flash fiction (named Wigleaf Top 50 twice, along other honours). In October 2017, she was the Writer in Residence at Singapore’s premier School of the Arts. She received an M.A. in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. In addition to writing freelance on Asian visual arts for magazines like ArtReview Asia, she also blogs about contemporary Asian writers at AsianBooksBlog and the visual arts on her blog, Invisible Flâneuse.

About the Artist

Fanny Cammaert is a digital artist living in Belgium. She adopted the stage name Lizzie Stardust as a member of the electro group Velvet Underwear. Since recording and touring with that group, she began working in visual media. Drawing on the kilim weaving that is part of her Ukrainian heritage, her art explores the interplay of digital patterns and electronic glitches. Thematically, her work brings digital infinity into connection with human emotions.

This story appeared in Issue Sixty-Three of SmokeLong Quarterly.
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