Looking for a Space-themed 2D MUD/MMORPG

Top down, preferably slower-paced than a twitch fest. Long-term gameplay. PvE Combat-focused (instead of 4x focused)

Star Sonata 2 is the closest MMO-thing I can reference, but that game has deep problems.
Star Sector might be the closest single-player thing I can reference, assuming “1 ship only”…
ST:O gets close, but it’s 3D and is kinda repetitive…
Dark Swords would be the best parallel, I think, just without the pvp endgame and space themed.
(sorry for the stream of consciousness there)

Thanks in advance! :)

I wonder if @BrianRubin has any suggestions…

Does it have to be MMO?

Star Valor is getting some traction around here and Transcendence has been around for ages:

I believe this checks all your boxes:

Just FYI it’s still in early access, but it’s really fucking great.

That looks very interesting. Do you know how much you can do while avoiding all PvP?

I’ve.never done PvP, only missions and PvE. It seems you can avoid it if you wish, though I’m not 100% on that.

Thanks for all the suggestions. As far as Starfighter:Infinity goes, I think it’s “kinda MMO”? This was the PvP answer I got in their discord just now:
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Huh I didn’t know it could be played offline, I’ve only played it online.

Good deal. Thanks!