Fabulist Games announces Star Sentinel Tactics, a sci-fi turn-based tactics game planned for release in the first quarter of next year where the player controls a squad of United Alliance Marines, as they battle to prevent a race of bloodthirsty reptilians from launching a devastating attack on our Galaxy. A batch of Star Sentinel Tactics screenshots accompany the announcement, and here's a bit:

Star Sentinel Tactics takes the proven gameplay of turn-based tactical combat, and invigorates it with exciting new ideas like eliminating CPU turn waiting, dynamic battles and narrative-driven missions. As well as dazzling 3D graphics and line-of-sight driven by a powerful physics engine, the game offers a cast of captivating characters and creatures, and an array of explosive weaponry. Each of the 28 hand-crafted missions will offer players a unique tactical challenge, from creeping silently past patrols in a dusty desert city to providing cover for heavy assault troops as they raid an alien mothership.

As well as a compelling single player campaign, the game will ship with a full-featured suite of editing tools, which will allow players to craft their own weapons, characters, missions and even campaigns.