Race
From round 6 and onwards, there have been four different races in Planetarion, that the player can choose from at the beginning of the round. These have been:
Terran
Cathaar
Most Cathaar ships freeze the opponent's ships rather than destroy them, and generally have a slightly higher efficiency due to this.
Xandathrii
It is impossible to Fleet Scan a Xandathrii player. Prior to round 10 only pods showed up on the galaxy overview, and it was impossible to tell whether the fleet contained any other ships in, except by using a Military Scan. A good Xand player would generally have several fleets with the same amount of pods in each, and only the escort ships in one, thus making it impossible for the target to know whether the attack was real or fake.
Zikonian
Most Zikonian ships subvert their opponent's ships rather than killing them. Prior to round 10 Zikonian ships would steal the ships permanently.
