<s>
Sovereign	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
real-time	I-Protocol
strategy	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORTS	B-Protocol
)	O
game	O
developed	O
for	O
PC	O
by	O
Daybreak	O
Game	O
Company	O
(	O
known	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
as	O
Sony	O
Online	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
that	O
was	O
cancelled	O
sometime	O
from	O
2001	O
to	O
2003	O
after	O
more	O
than	O
four-and-a-half	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
August	O
1999	O
,	O
Sovereign	B-Protocol
would	O
have	O
focused	O
on	O
battle	O
,	O
trading	O
,	O
diplomacy	O
,	O
and	O
economic	O
power	O
between	O
various	O
Houses	O
that	O
players	O
could	O
join	O
,	O
with	O
large-scale	O
guild	O
wars	O
taking	O
place	O
on	O
various	O
planets	O
holding	O
up	O
to	O
500	O
players	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Sovereign	B-Protocol
's	O
cancelation	O
,	O
all	O
employees	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
instead	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Galaxies	I-Application
and	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
II	I-Protocol
,	O
similar	O
games	O
which	O
would	O
release	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
2004	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
