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Once the player conquers or merges with all opposing cities and completes the Civilization Stage, they enter the Space Stage.

In this stage, the player has designed and built a Spaceship capable of interstellar flight within their Star system in order to visit other planets within the system and ultimately to other star systems in the galaxy. When the player does, the player's spaceship can explore and meet other civilizations, now called empires, on distant worlds. These civilizations are copies of other players' worlds, or some pre-generated worlds that come with the game. This mode is generally referred to as a giant sandbox or the stellar zoo, as the player has near complete control of anything and everything. Many commonly touted features, such as terraforming planets outside the player's star system, planetary nature preserves, alliances with other empires, and interstellar warfare exist in game. One interesting feature that many people look forward to is the possibility of altering space-time to create black holes and other cosmic things such as stars and planets through the possible inclusion of the Galactic Editor in the future. Players who have acquired Spore Galactic Adventures can beam down from their spaceship to play missions on various planets.

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