I need MOAR Stardock!

Don't tease us like this!

So exactly who's perspective are these bios written from?  How is something 'not known'?

So if the Terrans are hidden behind a forcefield on Earth, where did that Terran fleet come from in the trailer?

From the pocket universe, where the Dread Lords were trapped in. Didn't you play the DL campaign (or at least read the story part of the databanks)?

Edit: All those new informations lead to a lot of questions.

Why are the Yor no longer a Collective, and what is the meaning behind calling them Singularity?

Since when are the Altarians a Republic again, and why was it never mentioned, that Altaria is so dangerous for other races?

When did the Thalan change from Empire to Contingency, and why is their 'homeworld' called Thal now, instead of Thala?

Why is it suddenly unknown what the Krynn look like, when it was said in GalCiv 2, that they aren't one singular race, but a religious group, consisting of several races, all originating from the same world? Why was their background changed so much, for that matter? I didn't like those religious zealots that much, but I found their background pretty unique.

Have the Arceans been reduced to minor race status? I hope not.

If Toria is only 20 light-years away from Drengi, then why did it take the Drengin 70,000 years to transport the stargate there? I never understood that part.

Have the Korath been wiped out by the Drengin and Yor? Please, say "yes"!

So Thala became Thal?

Krynn Syndicate? Eeeeenteresting.

I like the name.

Let's hope Ynrhed Eidden hasn't gotten assassinated or anything . . .

I can answer a few of those :3

They probably achieved a technology singularity in the time since Galactic Civilizations 2. Basically an exponential increase in processing power and technical ability.

They're talking about the baseline Krynn who look like Ynrhed Eidden. You know, really strange eyes and jaw guy?

Depending on the speed the Drengin were capable of, then it could take anywhere from millions of years to around twenty exactly.

You activated my OCD and got me thinking, so I was forced to do math:

20 Lightyears = 1.892e x 17 Metres

1 year = 31,556,900 Seconds 

Time elapsed = 70,000 Years

So;

31,556,900 x 70,000 = 2,208,983,000,000 Seconds

1.892e x 17 /2,208,983,000,000 = 85650.274357 m/s

That sounds fast, but the Drengin aren't exactly hustlin'. I chalk it up to having to carry a stargate the size of a small city with them, but meh. 

The baseline Krynn consist of multiple races from the same world. Ynrhed is a representative of only one of those races. Also, everybody can be a Krynn (even that Drengin over there), because they are a religion, not a race.

I still find it pretty slow, actually. The Drengin used fission power for propulsion, yet they weren't capable of achieving even 0.03% light-speed? Also, carrying the stargate shouldn't have that big effect on the speed,anyhow. The Drengin only needed enough power to start moving the mass. Once that was achieved, they would need the engines only for occasional course corrections and slowing down, once they got close enough to Toria.

Possible.

Additional Civilizations
Coming soon!

Tease.

I'm saddened by the lack of the Dominion of Korx and the Drath Legion. So the Altarians are a republic again? I preferred the Krynn being religious zealots. I'm not bothered by the Korath Clan missing, although it would be nice if their destruction was mentioned.

What does 'Major Civilizations Unaccounted For' mean, that it will not be playable or something else? 

Nah, the Drengin may be unbelievable cruel, but they're not stupid.

I find it more likely, that, whoever told that story, embellished it a lot. You know how that goes. The more a story gets retold, the taller it gets. It could also be, that it was just a clerical error. The stargate actually arrived after 70 years, but somebody accidentally wrote down that it would arrive in 70,000 years instead of 70.000. Now that would have been funny.

The only difference between acceleration in a vacuum and in an atmosphere is the air resistance. The object's inertia is still there. The amount of power to increase such a huge mass even to 0.0003c is immense, and another enormous expenditure of power would be required to slow it's speed to 0 relative to the target solar system. Add to that the power it takes to overcome the immense mass of the fuel the engines would require, and you can see how you would quickly reach a point of diminishing returns, that is, no matter how much more fuel you carried, you could not increase how fast your peak speed was. This makes me think that a 70,000 year trip could very well be the quickest they could move such a monstrosity that far with the tech they had at the time.

Oops. Missed that. Thanks. I will edit a change.

The Drengin used un-manned probes for this, so no need for life-support, crew quarters, etc.

Stargates are city-sized, so it would be closer to a regular airplane pushing a landmass the size of Detroit (or any other big city). Well, or rather several airplanes trying to do that.