Released in October 2012 alongside the game's version 6.0 update, Ancient Shadows is the fourth expansion for AI War, the indie PC strategy game. Its central addition is a new player role built around a single massive champion ship, which can either be controlled by a dedicated player or operated alongside the main fleet by an existing one. Champions can encounter several new sub-races scattered across remote regions of the galaxy. The expansion also introduces modular fortresses, nine new bonus ship classes, three core AI guard posts, one new minor faction, two new AI types, and two new map types. Composer Pablo Vega contributed approximately 98 minutes of original music to accompany the update. The expansion broadens both the strategic and cooperative dimensions of the base game while expanding its content across factions, maps, and ship variety.
