SpaceSimCentral

I came a month ago across this web based space sim.It is very Elite like, except that you have no visualisation of space. You interact with the virtual environment through webpages.Although no nice 3D or 2D view of the space environment, it all feels very real.Some technical characteristicsReal-time EventsThree-Dimensional Course Calculation in SpaceRealistic Trade MechanismAutomatic Growth of Universe by User ExplorationGalaxy Model of the Milky WayWormholes to Other Side of Galaxy13 Types of User Experience and User Abilities9 different Mission TypesAbout 150 Research ObjectsAlliance TerritoriesComplex Attack CalculationsNon-Human Actions (Raiders)Station Building by UserPublishing of Systems and Growth of Inhabited AreaArtifactsFleetsOne negative point. It is mainly focused on german speaking people. Url: http://www.ulite.de

I have this one in the link list and never had the time to actually play it (main reason was like you said it had a .de address). So I thought eventually I would run into some translation issue and was going to hold off spending some time with it.