Yes, there are Alliances, Kurok and I are the only KBF I know of, but we joined the 9th Fleet Alliance (same 9th from SFC
).
We're in Universe 34, and Kurok and I also have accts in Uni 43.
You can have 1 acct per Universe, but only 1 in each.
You can read more here on the official site forums:
http://board.ogame.org/It's a slow starting game, since you start with only a single planet, no ships or anything. You must build your empire one brick at a time, so to speak....
But, if you're in an Alliance, you have a tendency to get help from your fleet-mates...