Quite a few years have passed since Beta 5 was launched. Well, it is time to end it. On March the 5th, the game will be shut down permanently.
The full source code to the game will be made available some time after that – it needs to be sanitised first, I’m rather sure it contains quite a few rude comments, amongst other things. This includes:
- the web front-end (server-side code and HTML/JS/CSS code);
- the various server-side tasks: ticks, proxy detector;
- the database;
- command line management tools;
- the administration site and associated data;
- various extras (Dashboard widget, planet image generator, etc).
A copy of the game’s current database will be kept – it will be used to restore some of the Beta 5 forums to the Beta 6 milestones when forums are added, and to restore e.g. PayPal donation histories.
In the meantime, thanks to everyone who’s stuck around for the past few years; that was quite a ride! Enjoy B5′s last days 
Cheers,
T.