<s>
Dark	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Alternative	O
Reality	O
Technologies	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
August	O
1997	O
and	O
on	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
titled	O
The	O
Council	O
Wars	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
on	O
a	O
fictional	O
Mars	B-Application
colony	O
-	O
the	O
so-called	O
"	O
Dark	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
"	O
-	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2137	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Figuring	O
they	O
'd	O
rather	O
not	O
choke	O
on	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
Mars	B-Application
whilst	O
mining	O
Petra-7	O
,	O
the	O
Humans	O
begin	O
terraforming	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Taar	O
are	O
aliens	O
from	O
a	O
scattered	O
and	O
dying	O
race	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
homeworld	O
,	O
and	O
Mars	B-Application
seems	O
to	O
be	O
good	O
fit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
consists	O
of	O
two	O
campaigns	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
either	O
play	O
as	O
the	O
humans	O
,	O
commanding	O
a	O
colonization	O
force	O
from	O
Pan	O
Luma	O
Industries	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Earth	O
corporations	O
along	O
with	O
Aerogen	O
and	O
Stratus	O
who	O
are	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
Mars	B-Application
project	O
)	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
defend	O
against	O
and	O
defeat	O
the	O
alien	O
threat	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
the	O
Taar	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
have	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
human	O
presence	O
on	O
Mars	B-Application
and	O
claim	O
it	O
as	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
RTS	O
to	O
add	O
day/night	O
cycle	O
as	O
a	O
tactical	O
consideration	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Taar	O
see	O
much	O
better	O
during	O
night	O
time	O
and	O
also	O
deal	O
a	O
little	O
more	O
damage	O
and	O
Humans	O
see	O
much	O
better	O
during	O
day	O
time	O
while	O
dealing	O
some	O
more	O
damage	O
in	O
daylight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Council	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
to	O
the	O
1997	O
video	O
game	O
Dark	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
,	O
published	O
on	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
things	O
players	O
can	O
find	O
are	O
crashed	O
flying	B-Language
saucers	I-Language
,	O
Taar	O
fortress	O
markings	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
revisit	O
of	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
rattlesnakes	O
.	O
</s>
