After waiting for years for this game, and for more information other than a wallpaper, the newly posted screenshots just made be foam at the mouth even more for the game!!! Waiting until the end of the year is going to be VERY tough, but given the very sad state of the 4X game genre, there's not much choice in the matter. Be that as it may, the screenshots look REALLY good, and Space combat is a thing of beauty:
http://www.malfador.com/SE5scr007.htm
My goodness, look at the frigging station!!! WOW is all I can say, and thinking back, Hegemonia was a beautiful game, back in 2002, and I've yet to get the latest Imperium Galactica, but those games are a bit too linear, whereas SEV has been so wide open and this makes for an staggering amount of variety in ship and unit design. SEV is going to be an instant classic, but I just have to find a way to last till release date.