The Halcyon 6 Mega guide

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By the way This guide may seem a little large for new people who just want some specific information so i'm going to highlight every especially useful section with * thanks and enjoy.

First officer pick*

Tactical:

In my personal opinion tactical is the weakest of the 3 with pretty bad powers mostly.

Findable equivalent: Suki Sissoko (Stupid hard to get and 10x more useful)

Doom Cannon (BOOM): Hits a single enemy and does Massive Damage™ based on the tier of your ship and it's specialties (harder hitting ships will hit harder)

Fire at will!: has the capacity to be quite useful with the doom canon but, in normal combat expect slight damage and nothing much else

Backstab maneuver: Useful does large damage and can disable ships.

Weapon supercharge: i feel as if these abilities are meant to ride the back of the doom cannon it increases damage YA KNOW.

Science:

In my personal opinion a good pick for high difficulties.

Findable equivalent: Inneborg Xiao (on a similar level but with damage not healing)

Matter restoration:

Massive healing for everyone super useful overall!

Spin maneuver: a good triple hit that has few downsides.

Warp atomic structure: Super useful if you have an engineering officer with disintegrate hull i found myself not needing it so much after finding the beam attack with panic to crew aswell 8/8.

Bend spacetime: useful if you have it on someone you think may be attacked (but evasive maneuver is a thing!?!)

Engineering:

In my opinion: deeply tied with science lucas scienceman.

Findable equivalent: Zulf Madox the man who you always find! (not as good but incredibly easy to find)

Drone swarm: Incredible attack that hits everything and causes high damage in the form of a status effect.

Broadside salvo: useful if you need that slight boost of damage no matter the cost.

Salvage harpoon: useful if you have a science ship with portal cannon or a tactical ship with bullseye in total super useful get it on someone.

Repair drone overdrive: in my opinion marginally useful if you want extra ship powers or lots of healing but, the ship comes with a stock drone heal that seems more useful.

Early game

Speaking from experience your goals are gonna be this (in order):

1: Destroy all chruul portals and evacuate far away/useless colony's or mines
2: GET TIER 2 AND TIER 3 AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND RESEARCH EVERYTHING EVER (but only in commander and above then you can put that off for the most part)
3: Clear as many rooms as you can (you will need at least 8 or so for everything)
4: Get Pirates killed and on your side (pick a clan and attack them once)
5: get some extra officers if you can

Chruul portals and killing of those dirty reds:

When you kill a chruul portal it will be replaced in 20/10 or so days (don't quote me on that) Your mission is to make sure you have as many mineral mines as you can keep track of because when you set those up with upgrades and drones you won't be needing help EVER!

When you see dark matter mines try and throw those away since they aren't very useful but sometimes you might need about 3 or 4 (dark matter everywhere man)

Fuel mines are not so useful when you build the halcyon fuel plant but, it is pretty good to have when fuel plants aren't something you have room for.

Researching everything you can!

This falls in line with the first one because you will need all the minerals you can think of now let me guide you through what you NEED to get

Officer academy
Tier 2 ships
Repair bay
Trithium reactor
Foundry

Cleain' rooms

you will indeed need to balance what you do with clearing these rooms but, once you are done you are done and don't need to keep going but it will be useful to keep going if you want lots of fuel plants.

Pirates

Fight the pirates who argue over who is the best replacement for admirax and you will get a map then fight whoever you think should be admirax he will then talk with you and ask that you meet his main fleet then talk with him.

Cheats (don't do this!)

Basic cheats:
First go into settings gameplay then dev mode then close that and press ` and please reevaluate your life if you do this man...

GenerateOfficer("officer name", GetFaction("terran"))
CreditResource('crew', 999999)
CreditResource('materials', 999999)
CreditResource('dark_matter', 999999)
CreditResource('fuel', 999999)
CreditResource('drones', 999999)

Ground Stats*

When officers level up, their ground combat stats increase. Cadets don't level up, so you'll need to do tasks at the Cadet Barracks to increase their usefullness. (Unless you are just trying to get those "Greenshirts lost in battle" achievements.) Unlike space powers, you can't pick which 4 of the 12 ground powers each officer gets. This means that you might not have any healing powers, so you should try to get one or two on a science officer. Use an engineer with NanoMeds if you can't find a good science officer or if you don't intend to use a science officer on a mission.

Delayed Recovery, Emergency Meds, and NanoMeds remove debuffs on the target. Invasive Surgery, Transfusion, and Activate NanoRepairs remove debuffs on self. Activate NanoRepairs also causes the officer to skip his or her next turn.

Tactical Powers

Power	Target	Damage	Aim	Threat	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Arc Laser	All Enemies	55% / 70% / 90%	+20%	+10	4	N/A	Blinded (70%)
Kamikaze	Single Enemy	125% / 140% / 160%	+0%	+5	5	N/A	Reckless (self)
Phaser Blast	Single Enemy	110% / 125% / 145%	-10%	+5	0	N/A	Blinded (90%)
Point Blank	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+20%	+5	3	Confused	N/A
Precision Shot	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+20%	+5	2	Exposed	N/A
Sabotage	All Enemies	70% / 85% / 105%	+0%	+10	3	Exposed	N/A
Shell Shock	Single Enemy	75% / 90% / 110%	-15%	+5	4	N/A	Afflicted (60%), Shocked (60%)
Shrapnel Grenade	All Enemies	90% / 105% / 125%	-20%	+10	4	N/A	Bleeding (75%)
Slice 'n Dice	Single Enemy	90% / 105% / 120%	+10%	+5	0	N/A	Bleeding (75%)
Stealth	Self	0%	N/A	-25 / -50 / -75	5	N/A	Stealth
Targeting Assistance	All Enemies	30% / 45% / 65%	+25%	+10	5	Confused	Targeting Assistance (allies)
Tear Gas	Single Enemy	45% / 60% / 80%	-10%	+5	3	N/A	Afflicted (15% self), Stunned (75% target)

Science Powers

Power	Target	Damage	Aim	Threat	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Battle Stims	All Allies	0%	+0%	+10	5	N/A	Battle Stims, Afflicted (25%)
Blood Drive	All Enemies	45% / 60% / 80%	-10%	+12	5	Bleeding	Transfusion (50% / 60% / 70% allies)
Delayed Recovery	Single Ally	0%	+0%	+7	4	N/A	Delayed Recovery
Drop Isotopes	All Enemies	90% / 105% / 125%	-20%	+10	4	N/A	Afflicted (70% target, 15% allies)
Emergency Meds	Single Ally	250% / 350% / 450%	+0%	+7	4	N/A	N/A
Hazard Zone	All Enemies	60% / 75% / 95%	+0%	+10	4	N/A	Blinded (60% / 65% / 75%), Exposed (60% / 70% / 75%)
Invasive Surgery	Single Enemy	125% / 140% / 160%	-15%	+5	3	Shocked	Afflicted (15% self)
Irradiate	Single Enemy	110% / 125% / 145%	-10%	+5	0	N/A	Afflicted (75%)
Mass Paranoia	All Enemies	50% / 65% / 85%	+20%	+10	4	N/A	Confused (70%)
Organ Failure	All Enemies	70% / 85% / 105%	+0%	+10	5	Shocked	N/A
Psionic Blast	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+0%	+5	0	N/A	Confused (80% / 85% / 90%)
Psychic Surgery	All Allies	225% / 300% / 400%	+0%	+10	5	N/A	N/A
Transfusion	Single Enemy	15% / 30% / 50%	+0%	+7	6	Bleeding	Transfusion (self)

Engineering Powers

Power	Target	Damage	Aim	Threat	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Activate NanoRepairs	Self	0%	+0%	+7	5	N/A	NanoRepairs
Ball Lightning	All Enemies	90% / 105% / 125%	-15%	+10	4	N/A	Shocked (65% / 70% / 75%)
Drone Takedown	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+0%	+5	0	N/A	Exposed (75% / 80% / 85%)
Electrocute	Single Enemy	90% / 105% / 125%	+10%	+5	0	N/A	Shocked (80%)
Ghost Pepper Bomb	All Enemies	25% / 40% / 60%	-5%	+10	3	Blinded	Ghost Pepper Bomb (75%)
Grey Goo	All Enemies	50% / 65% / 85%	+20%	+10	4	N/A	Grey Goo (100%), Exposed (75%)
Kinetic Expulsion	All Enemies	25% / 40% / 60%	+0%	+10	5	N/A	Confused (25% self), Stunned (50% target)
Kirkish Haymaker	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+0%	+5	0	Afflicted	N/A
Mine Toss	Single Enemy	135% / 150% / 170%	-25%	+5	0	Blinded	N/A
NanoMeds	Single Ally	0%	+0%	+7	4	N/A	NanoMeds
NanoShield	All Allies	0%	+0%	+0	5	N/A	NanoShield
Personal Magnetism	Self	0%	+0%	+10	5	N/A	Personal Magnetism
Smoke Out	All Enemies	55% / 70% / 90%	+15%	+10	3	Afflicted	Afflicted (15% self)

Ground Combat Status Effects

Battle Stims +75%, 100%, or 125% speed for each of 2, 2, or 4 rounds
Delayed Recovery 120%, 150%, 180% healing for each of 3 rounds
Ghost Pepper Bomb 66%, 105%, 150% damage for each of 3 rounds
Grey Goo 33%, 57%, or 99% damage for each of 3 rounds
NanoMeds 120%, 150%, 180% healing for each of 3 rounds
NanoRepairs 210%, 240%, or 270% healing for each of 2 rounds
NanoShield +15%, 20%, or 25% damage resistance for 3 rounds
Personal Magnetism +25%, 30%, or 35% damage resistance, +100, 150 or 200 threat for 4 rounds
Reckless +25%, 30%, or 35% damage, -25% aim, -10%, 15%, or 20% damage resistance for 3 rounds
Stealth +25%, 30%, or 35% evasion, -25, 30, or 35 threat for 3 rounds
Targeting Assistance +25%, 30%, or 35% damage, +25%, 30%, or 35% aim for 2 rounds
Transfusion (ally) 66%, 99%, or 132% healing for each of 3 rounds
Transfusion (enemy) 66%, 99%, or 132% damage for each of 3 rounds

Ship Overview*

Ship Tier	1	2	3	4	5
Minimum Officer Level	1	4	7	10	13
Strength Rating	10	17	30	49	74

Stats

• Hull When this reaches 0, the ship goes into Critical Condition. When in Critical Condition, any damage whatsoever can destroy the ship. The chance of destruction increases with the amount of damage taken.
  
• Damage This is the base that powers multiply off of. The actual damage range is visible when selecting a target during battle.
  
• Aim This is the chance of hitting your target if the opponent has 0 evasion. Some powers have reduced values.
  
• Evasion Each point of evasion decreases the opposing aim by 1%.
  
• Speed Higher values yield more turns in a given space of time.
  
• Critical This is the chance that any given attack does twice as much damage as it otherwise would have.

Strength Rating

When an enemy fleet reaches a sector with more than one Terran fleet, it will engage the fleet with the higher total strength rating first. See table above.

Threat

Threat is used by enemies to pick their targets. Each ship starts battle with a certain amount of threat, see the table. That number is increased by most powers, but the increase is erased at the end of the battle. When an enemy ship selects a single target (as opposed to when it uses an AoE attack), it picks one at random (Ship A). It then compares the threat on Ship A, multiplied by a random number between 0.75 and 1.25, to the threat on each of the other two ships. If either of the other ships has a higher threat after that test, the enemy has an 80% chance of switching its target selection to the new ship. In practice, this means that tank ships will not receive all attacks, but will absorb most of them. A ship with extremely low threat will get about 1% of single-target attacks, but will still get all of the AoE attacks. Shuttles start with 50 threat.

Tier	Tactical	Science	Engineering
1	80	100	120
2	130	150	170
3	180	200	220
4	230	250	270
5	280	300	320

Ship Line Overview*

Each new hanger unlocks the next ship in each line. Higher tier ships have increased Hull, Damage, Threat, Strength Rating and build costs, but no other change. The Proportional Damage listed gives an easy means of comparison. The actual ranges are given below with the hull values.

Stats	Rogue	Marksman	Knight	Warder	Acolyte	Disciple
Aim	103	103	100	100	97	97
Evasion	6	0	3	-3	3	9
Speed	48	53	42	47	55	60
Proportional Damage	5	6	5	4	4	3
Critical	2.5%	5%	2.5%	4%	1%	0%
Sensors Offline	+5%	-5%	-15%	-25%	+25%	+15%
Engines Down	-5%	+5%	-25%	-15%	+15%	+25%
Crew Panic	-25%	-15%	+25%	+15%	-5%	+5%
Hull Breach	-15%	-25%	+15%	+25%	+5%	-5%
Ship Disable	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%
Vulnerable	+25%	+15%	-5%	+5%	-25%	-15%
Weapons Disruption	+15%	+25%	+5%	-5%	-15%	-25%

The Marksman Line

Marksmen are the offensive line of tactical ships.

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Marksman	450	65-95	45	550
Archer	720	112-182	120	1300
Ranger	1153	214-328	220	2300
Hunter	1902	342-525	350	4000
Commando	3138	547-840	575	6750

The Rogue Line

Rogues are the defensive line of tactical ships.

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Rogue	550	53-83	50	500
Ronin	897	90-154	125	1250
Assassin	1470	176-278	225	2250
Ninja	2426	281-445	375	3750
Matador	4003	450-711	625	6250

The Acolyte Line

Acolytes are the damage-oriented science ships.

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Acolyte	700	38-68	40	600
Magus	1120	66-124	100	1500
Conjurer	1792	128-223	180	2700
Enchanter	2957	205-356	300	4500
Thaumaturge	4879	328-570	500	7500

The Disciple Line

Disciples are the support science ships.

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Disciple	600	27-57	35	650
Sorceror	960	45-100	90	1600
Witch	1584	87-180	160	2900
Warlock	2614	139-287	250	5000
Wizard	4312	222-460	425	6750

The Knight Line

Knights are the slowest ships in the Terran fleet, but they have the evasion of an Acolyte and similar damage to a Rogue. If you decide not to include a Tactical ship in your main fleet, you want one of these.

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Knight	740	51-81	60	400
Crusader	1184	88-146	150	1000
Paladin	1894	171-262	270	1800
Protector	3126	274-420	450	3000
Champion	5158	438-672	750	5000

The Warder Line

Warders offer decent speed and the strongest hull available. They are good for support and tank roles. Since they have better resistances to Hull Breach and Vulnerable than Knights, they are also good for officers with Death From Above, Ramming Speed, and/or Broadside Salvo.

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Warder	840	39-69	65	350
Guardian	1361	66-124	160	900
Gallant	2210	131-224	290	1550
Exemplar	3646	210-358	500	2600
Paragon	6017	336-572	825	4400

Tactical Ship Powers

All tactical ships can use any of the tactical powers that you've unlocked. The tiers listed refer to the hanger that unlocks the power. Harass has +5% Critical and -20% Aim. Vulnerable is not removed by Teleport Explosives. Triple Shot has -15% Aim. If your tactical ship has increased Aim, the damage boost is totally worth it.

Power	Tier	Target	Damage	Threat	Warmup	Recovery	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Harass	1	Single Enemy	125%	+5	0	0	0	Sensors Offline	N/A
Bullseye	1	Single Enemy	125%	+5	0	0	0	Vulnerable	N/A
Crippling Shot	1	Single Enemy	100%	+5	0	0	2	N/A	Engines Down (75%)
Disabling Strike	1	Single Enemy	100%	+5	0	0	2	N/A	Weapons Disruption (75%)
Teleport Explosives	1	Single Enemy	25%	+5	0	0	0	Vulnerable	Sabotage (95%)
Triple Shot	1	All Enemies	85%	+10	2	0	5	Vulnerable	N/A
Targeting Support	2	All Allies	0%	+0	0	0	4	N/A	Targeting Support
Focused Beam	2	Single Enemy	100%	+5	0	0	0	Sensors Offline	Weapons Disruption (35%)
Strafing Run	3	All Enemies	75%	+10	2	0.5	4	N/A	Engines Down (75%)
Missile Swarm	3	All Enemies	75%	+10	2	0.5	7	N/A	Weapons Disruption (75%)
Munitions Backfire	4	Single Enemy	50%	+5	0	0	4	Sensors Offline	Weapons Disruption (75%), Munitions Backfire (75%)
Seeker Missilies	4	Single Enemy	90%	+5	0	0	4	N/A	Engines Down (75%), Pulse Mesh (75%)
Pulse Mesh	5	All Enemies	75%	+10	2	0	5	Sensors Offline	N/A
Countersnipe	5	Single Enemy	110%	+9	1	0	5	Vulnerable	Engines Down (75%)

Munitions Backfire deals 45% damage for each of 3 rounds.
Pulse Mesh deals 30% damage for each of 2 rounds.
Sabotage deals 38% damage for each of 4 rounds.
Targeting Support adds +25% damage output for 4 rounds.

Science Ship Powers

Cauterize Hull removes Hull Breach, the Voraash's Vampire effect, and the Yablings's Parasitic Lash effect.

Power	Tier	Target	Damage	Threat	Warmup	Recovery	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Portal Cannon	1	Single Enemy	125%	+5	0	0	0	Hull Breach	N/A
Incisor Beam	1	Single Enemy	125%	+5	0	0	0	Vulnerable	N/A
Upload Virus	1	All Enemies	40%	+10	2	0.5	5	N/A	Sensors Offline (75%)
Disruptor Beam	1	Single Enemy	110%	+5	0	0	2	N/A	Crew Panic (75%)
Cauterize Hull	1	Single Ally	600%	+7	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Adaptive Armor	1	All Allies	150%	+12	0	0	0	N/A	Adaptive Armor
Protective Field	2	All Allies	0%	+5	0	0	5	N/A	Protective Field
Torture	2	Single Enemy	50%	+5	0	0	4	Weapons Disruption	Torture (75%)
Void Spatter	3	Single Enemy	50%	+5	0	0	4	N/A	Crew Panic (75%), Void Spatter (75%)
Systems Overload	3	Single Enemy	100%	+5	0	0	2	N/A	Sensors Offline (75%)
Warp Storm	4	All Enemies	85%	+10	2	0	4	Hull Breach	N/A
Psionic Storm	4	All Enemies	75%	+10	2	0.5	6	N/A	Crew Panic (75%)
Gravity Well	5	Single Enemy	150%	+5	1	0	5	Hull Breach	Sensors Offline (75%)
Overwhelm Core	5	Single Enemy	90%	+7	1	0	6	Weapons Disruption	Crew Panic (75%), Overwhelm Core (75%)

Adaptive Armor provides 75% healing for each of 3 rounds and +10% damage resistance.
Overwhelm Core deals 90% damage for each of 3 rounds.
Protective Field provides +30% damage resistance for 3 rounds.
Torture deals 150% damage for each of 2 rounds.
Void Spatter deals 90% damage for each of 3 rounds.

Engineering Ship Powers

Engineering heals remove all debuffs. Instant Repairs is only a good choice when you already have Repair Drones selected.

Power	Tier	Target	Damage	Threat	Warmup	Recovery	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Flak Barrage	1	Single Enemy	125%	+9	0	0	0	Engines Down	N/A
Disintegrate Hull	1	Single Enemy	125%	+9	0	0	0	Crew Panic	N/A
Deconstruct	1	Single Enemy	50%	+9	0	0	2	N/A	Hull Breach (75%)
Disable Countermeasures	1	Single Enemy	90%	+9	0	0	2	N/A	Vulnerable (75%)
Shock Mine	1	Single Enemy	50%	+13	0	0	5	Crew Panic	Ship Disabled (75%)
Repair Drones	1	Single Ally	300%	+14	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Release Mines	2	All Enemies	75%	+17	2	0	4	Engines Down	N/A
Brace	2	Self	0%	+20	0	0	4	N/A	Brace
Instant Repairs	3	Self	300%	+9	0	0	2	N/A	N/A
Eruption	3	All Enemies	85%	+30	2	0	4	Crew Panic	N/A
Acid Bombs	4	All Enemies	60%	+30	2	0.5	5	N/A	Hull Breach (75%)
Shield Disruptor	4	All Enemies	50%	+25	2	0.5	5	N/A	Vulnerable (75%)
Demolish	5	Single Enemy	100%	+11	1	0	5	Engines Down	Hull Breach (75%)
Engulf	5	Single Enemy	125%	+11	1	0	5	Crew Panic	Vulnerable (75%)

Brace adds +50% damage resistance, +100% threat for 3 rounds.

Officer Space Powers*

Most officers have three space powers that can be used in the same way that a ship power is used. These have to be unlocked by allocating skill points to them. None of the standard ones have extra recovery, and only two have a warmup. When more than one number is listed below, each number corresponds to the corresponding tier of the power. (E.g. 100% / 115% / 140% for Backstab Maneuver means that Backstab Maneuver I does 100% of base damage, Backstab Maneuver II does 115% of base damage...)

Tactical Powers

Fire At Will removes the Voraash's Drain effect and the Yabling's Parasitic Lash effect from the target. Into The Fray is a very useful power. Weapons Supercharge is a two-edged sword. The penalties usually outway the benefits unless you have complemetary powers like Into The Fray, Cloak, or Bend Spacetime.

Name	Target	Damage	Threat	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Backstab Maneuver	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 140%	+7	6	N/A	Ship Disable (75%)
Bridge Shot	Single Enemy	150% / 165% / 185%	+5	6	N/A	Weapons Disruption (75%)
Cloak	Self	0%	-50/100/150	6	N/A	Cloak
Dimensional Flashbang	Single Enemy	60% / 80% / 100%	+5	3	N/A	Engines Down (75%), Weapons Disruption (75%)
Fire At Will	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+10	4	N/A	Engines Down (75% target), Vulnerable (75% self), Fire At Will
Into The Fray	Single Enemy	50% / 75% / 100%	+10	6	Sensors Offline	Inspired (allies)
Suicide Run	Single Enemy	135% / 150% / 175%	+7	6	Vulnerable	Vulnerable (20% self), Ship Disable (75% target, 20% self)
Weapons Supercharge	Self	0%	+5	6/5/5	N/A	Vulnerable (75%), Weapons Superchage

Cloak +15%, 23%, or 30% healing for each of 5 rounds, +25 evasion.
Fire At Will -50% minimum damage, +75%, 100%, or 125% maximum damage for 1.33 rounds.
Inspired +25%, 35%, or 45% damage, +25, 35, or 45 aim for 3 rounds.
Weapons Superchage +150%, 174%, or 200% damage, -50% damage resistance, +100% threat for 1.33 rounds.

Science Powers

Warp Atomic Structure removes the Voraash's Drain effect and the Yabling's Parasitic Lash effect from the target. Nano Restoration Field and Spin Maneuver each have a warmup of 2 rounds. Nano Restoration Field can only be used once per battle.

Name	Target	Damage	Threat	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Ablative Field	Single Ally	0%	+0	5	N/A	Ablative Field
Bend Spacetime	Single Ally	0%	+7	6	N/A	Quicken
Nano Restoration Field	All Allies	150% / 200% / 250%	+12	5	N/A	Nano Restoration Field
Siphon Dark Matter	Single Enemy	25% / 35% / 45%	+5	6	N/A	Dark Matter Extraction (self, target), Crew Panic (75% target)
Solar Flare	Single Enemy	125% / 150% / 175%	+5	6	N/A	Sensors Offline (75%)
Spin Maneuver	All Enemies	100% / 120% / 140%	+10	6	Weapons Disruption	N/A
Stasis Lock	Single Enemy	50% / 65% / 85%	+7	5	Weapons Disruption	Ship Disable (80%)
Warp Atomic Structure	Single Enemy	125% / 140% / 160%	+5	2	Hull Breach	Crew Panic (75%)

Ablative Field +35%, 42.5%, or 50% damage resistance for 3 rounds.
Dark Matter Extraction (self) 100%, 125%, or 150% healing for each of 4 rounds.
Dark Matter Extraction (target) 100%, 125%, or 150% damage for each of 4 rounds.
Nano Restoration Field 150%, 162.5%, or 175% healing for each of 4 rounds.
Quicken +90%, 110%, or 150% speed for 1.33 rounds.

Engineering Powers

Broadside Salvo and Ramming Speed remove the Voraash's Drain effect and the Yabling's Parasitic Lash effect from the target. Ramming Speed is good for getting Overkills.

Name	Target	Damage	Threat	Cooldown	Exploits	Inflicts
Broadside Salvo	Single Enemy	130% / 150% / 175%	+10	6	N/A	Vulnerable (40% self), Hull Breach (75% target)
Death From Above	Single Enemy	100% / 115% / 135%	+13	6	Crew Panic	Hull Breach (25% self), Ship Disable (75% target)
Quick Tune-Up	Self	150% / 175% / 200%	+10	5	N/A	Quick Tune-Up
Ramming Speed	Single Enemy	170% / 190% / 215%	+15	6	Engines Down	Hull Breach (40% self)
Reinforce Hull	Self	0%	+20	5	N/A	Reinforce Hull
Repair Drone Overdrive	Single Ally	100% / 150% / 200%	+14	4	N/A	Repair Drone Overdrive
Salvage Harpoon	Single Enemy	80% / 100% / 120%	+10	4	N/A	Vulnerable (75%), Hull Breach (75%)
Supercharge Polarity	All Enemies	25% / 40% / 55%	+35/50/75	6	N/A	Supercharge Polarity (self, target)

Quick Tune-Up 117%, 133%, or 150% healing for each of 3 rounds.
Reinforce Hull +20%, 30%, or 40% damage resistance for 5 rounds.
Repair Drone Overdrive 75%, 87.5%, or 100% healing for each of 4 rounds.
Supercharge Polarity (self) +15%, 25%, or 35% damage resistance, +100%, 150%, or 200% threat for 4 rounds.
Supercharge Polarity (target) 30% damage for each of 2, 3, or 4 rounds.

Q&A (some minor spoilers)*

Q: What officer should i pick on starter?

A: Almost always engineering for starters unless it is a harder difficulty such as captain or above choose science because he heals people very greatly as his epic


Q: Bucky rogers can't leave halcyon?

A: He can pilot a shuttle and use that to get around but... don't get in fights with it


Q: Shuttle's purpose?

A: Well for the most part nothing they can only do pitiful amounts of damage and survive little to none themselves,
but... but you can use them for officer transport doing something on a planet and being helped by a fleet.
They can also be used to very easily rebuild and upgrade colonies mineral plants and fuel plants not to mention carrying minerals back to Halcyon quickly.
Tier 1 or 2 ships are also good for the same tasks, but sometimes they aren't ideal. See "When is scrapping ships a good idea?" below.


Q: How do i ally with the Voraash?

A: Quite simple, if you didn't see the answer in the achievements section i can tell you. When the voraash attack one of your facilities you must simply retreat before firing a single shot then go back to them, dialogue will appear
(it is also a easy way to not fight the crazy OP weapons and resistances they have).


Q: When is scrapping ships a good idea?

A: When you need more crew. Old ships are good for your secondary fleets and all the tasks that shuttles are good at (barring Bucky transport), but they have a sizable amount of crew. If you still need the ships for non-combat purposes, build shuttles as replacements. (You will always get enough resources from the scrap job.)

Achievements pt.1

Knowledge is power
do the tutorial and you got it.


The Sacrificial Lamb
you have to- to... lose a green shirt! :(((( i still remember the artificially generated name of my first dead one it was... uhh.... UHH......


Acceptable Losses
Lose 10 green shirts in combat Makes sense.


Collateral Damage
Lose 25 green shirts ok ok you can do that pretty easy.


Valar Morghulis
Lose 50 green shirts? why?? do you devs just hate them or something? and if you do hate them why not figure something out?


Damnit, Jim. I'm a Doctor, Not An Undertaker!
Kill 100 Green shirts just execute them! Hey devs hey devs you hear that? its the sound of achievement hunters crying!


Blanket Fort Baron
Build a single base room #officeracademyftw!


City Planner
Build 3 rooms easy!


King of the Castle
Build 10 rooms ez gg ez ez xd


And Caesar Wept
Build 20 base rooms np np xd xp


Savvy
Research 5 techz EZ GG BOYZ


Erudite
Research_technolog- i mean research 10 tech pretty easy.


Technological giant
Research 20 technologies not TOO hard to get but you could miss it in a speed run or something but if you were doing that you probably already had this?


Chruul to be Kind
Destroy 10 chruul ships rekt xd xd


Goodbye, Chuurl World
Destroy 25 Chuurl ships. yeah ya know?


Chruul and Unusual
Destroy 100 chruul ships.. HAHA TAKE THAT YOU STUPID NOT MY REAL ENEMY BEING CONTROLLED SUCKERS!!!!


Bandit Hunter
Destroy 10 Pirate ships wait a minute that didn't have a funny title...


Taking Back The Skies
Destroy 25 Pirate ships oh jeez i'm so tired man but i must *YAWN* go on


The Flying Dutchman
Destroy 100 Pirate ships. these guys aren't our enemy for like 2/3s of the game how did i kill so many?


Growth Industry
Recruit 10 officers thats pretty difficult but you'll do it!


Beam Us Up, Ensign
Have an officer reach level 2... PRETTY HARD AM I RIGHT xDDD


Go To Warp, Lieutenent
Have an officer reach Level 5 PRETTY HARD AM I- *snores*


Make it so, Number one
Have an officer reach level 10 not hard unless you play games for like 1 hour then quit werido.


All Hail Your Reptillian Overlord
Make an ally of the Yabblings, All you are base is belong to us killian.


Crocodile Hunter
Make a enemy of da yabblings... lets face it a destroyed damage useless battered old reminet of a federation could still squash even the strongest of enemy empires.


There Is No Spoon
Make an ally of the blah blah blah turns out the korzan are only minorly telepathic but are very empathetic pretty cool right?


Dissenter
Make a enemy of the Korzan weirdly enough i accidently got this one in my second or first playthrough i believe COOL RIGHTGAjhkhjS??!?


Tech Support
Make an ally out of the Collective. man there is a lot of these aren't there these are like really hard to make because i gotta painstakingly just steal these photos and slowly upload them.


Cascade Failure
Make an enemy of the Collective turns out their ships are REALLY rare to see around well atleast in my experience.


Naturally Selected
Make an ally of the Xlar-Yanthu union suprisingly these guys have always been my closest ally always having 100 diplomancy with me...


Survival of the Fittest
Make an enemy of the Xlar-Yanthu...


HR Nighmare
Lose 10 officers in the line of duty... i think i lost like 3 officers TOTAL


Embrace the Suck
Make an ally of the Voraash. FINALLY SOMETHING I CAN HELP WITH! ok so when you encounter a Voraash fleet in federation space engage it but immediatly retreat and a dialog option will appear!


The Importance of Being Wormest
Make an enemy of the Voraash. who can't do this?


Frog John Silver

Make an alliance with the pirate Willa just attack one of the pirate clans and whatever


I'll Be Back
Make an alliance with the pirate Savak just attack one of the pirate clans and whatever


Last of the Xlar Lords
Make an alliance with the pirate Khut just attack one of the pirate clans and whatever


There Will Be No Peace Don't Ally with any pirate captains


No Place Like Home
Defeat The Chruul At New Terra


Spare the Rod and Spoil the Chruul Destroy the chruul spawn pit


Admirexecution
Kill the admirax >:)


One Star Ship
Have a ship Reach Rank one.


Two Star Ship
Have a ship Reach Rank two.


Three Star Ship
Have a ship Reach Rank three


Four Star Ship
Have a ship Reach Rank four


Tier 1 Ship
Build a Tier one ship... but you already have one...?

Mid Game

Goals:

1: Establish further good relations with all factions
2: Build every single drone ever please for you!
3: Tier 4 and 5 ships
4: Recovering legendary officers to use with your fleet

Good relations

The only part to doing this is the quests they give you always do them eventually and always save their colony's/mines (you can get diplomacy and minerals) it is also suggested you say nicer things to people because they will like you better :)

DRONES DRONES DRONES!!!!

Build a lot of those :)

Tier 4/5 ships

Part of building/using these is leveling your officers with simple or important fights with chruurl next is getting them tasty minerals (it will be easier if you restore every building possible)

Legendary officers

With the inclusion of a part of the guide that already goes over these i will give extra tips:

1: Stick around the korzin they will have the quest that leads to suki
2: Search EVERYWHERE for xiao
3: Be careful sometimes these officers can die in simple missions meaning you lose one of the best people around for that.

Legendary officers (you can find)*

Zulf Madox

This is by far the simplest officer to find in the game all you need to do is go to new terra and fight all the waves in order to get him stupidly simple here is a picture of him.

Inneborg Xiao

Some actually claim that it is possible for this to be bugged and not work i didn't confirm this but do watch out it could be a problem.

So in order to find this officer you need to get to act 2 simple enough it only takes about 2 hours or so depending on difficulty so yeah.

When you start the second act you will soon stumble across a "Mysterious signal" and need to go to the bridge to hear more of it.

In my experience originates in the federation sector it is unconfirmed if she can end up anywhere else.

Now search for systems that have the letters the officer trys to give you and search every system around you SHOULD find her A-ok but do post on the forums because there is a nice chance that the problem will somehow solve itself without any actualy help...

Her ability does Massive Damage™ and inflicts everything imaginable it is really op so here is a picture of her:

Suki Sissoko

This is by far the hardest officer to get so let me explain all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t you need to do.

First you need to kill Chruul fleets in Chruul space (not on Portals). After the fifth or sixth fleet, you should get a quest.

Secondly you need to complete the quest and use your officers to fight a incredibly difficult fight with some chruul but in the end and yes that is spoilers it partains to the story in a way! If you are having trouble with the fights, try bringing someone with Battle Stims.

ta da with those easy-.... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *dies of laughter* ...... steps you will have that officer for your crew here is a picture :D

Late Game

Goals:
1: Have as many high level fleets tier 5 as you can muster
2: Use the foundry to increase strength of halcyon 6
3: Level every officer up as high as you can and get a engineering officer for extreme repairs.

Tier 5 fleets

It is best to have 3 because when you get to the last boss battle all the people with 100 diplomacy will give you a officer to use with a ship like i usually say minerals need to be gotten in high quantaties

Halcyon six fortifications

So it turns out the foundry was actually useful ;) and that means you just need to build drones (A LOT) and do everything you can to make it stronger

Leveling and repair bay droning

Leveling officers up is easy just fight bad guys and use levels to increase starting levels
but one sad thing you will need to do is make a officer only for repairing halcyon 6 and nothing else

Mothership Battle

The mother ship sends multiple fleets to the artifacts but if you play your cards right you can get there faster with the help of a artifact that used to belong to your station you will move faster.

When you get there your officer is not gonna be fast enough to finish finding it so you will fight without that officer and you HAVE to because they will send another one and it will get there.

(If you don't want to fight without one officer, send a single-ship fleet with the officer who will do the task. The three-ship fleet will cover, as of a recent update.)

With the help of those tier 5 fleets and alien fleet you can destroy all incoming fleets and get the artifacts then it will be a fight with the mother ship.

Don't stay and fight the whole battle retreat when it is the right time. If you don't retreat, bring some of the alien consumables to buff your stats and a bunch of Omega Drones to keep you alive.

Achievements pt. 2 (lots of spoilers)

Tier 2 Ship
Build a tier 2 ship.


Tier 3 Ship
Build a tier 3 ship.


Tier 4 Ship
Build a tier 4 ship.


Tier 5 Ship
Build a tier 5 ship.


(Spoilers ahead!)


My Other Ship is a Pegasus
Killed the Chruul Chimera.


Laying Waste
Killed the Chruul Desolator.


Delivering the Crushing Blow
Killed the Chruul Crusher.


Ma-Ma-Ma-Monster Kill!
Killed the Chruul Behemoth.


Terminal Killocity
Killed the Chruul Marauder.


Chruuling the Herd
Killed the Mothership.


You Had One Job.
During the tutorial you will have the option of well uhh ya know


Bebt Inheritance
Why on earth are we liable for that loan i mean seriously? we are the only contact? we don't represent the federation anymore not to mention you can't bill a different planet for one planets loan!

O'Briens Conservation Society
Successfully Cloned a irish space person? wait how can irish names still exist by the time we reach the stars our entire civilazation will have melded destroying and chance of this name existing or the writers were watching that one family guy episode or whatever.

Help! Help! We're Being Repressed!
Rescue 5 colonies from a Chuurl fleet. lol u guyz hav shutlz right? to go 2 ur homz? y no use dem for give us money?


All in a Day's Work
Rescue 15 colonies from a Chruul fleet. Hey shouldn't we put in place some kind of defense system that like damages the enemy fleet while they bombard?


Savior of the Stars
Save 30 colonies from those dirty reds! Hey can't we set up a natural convoy with like a normal ship? not have to build a drone that can be destroyed and magically reapears.


Restored Balance
Successfully beat the game on Cadet difficulty.


Boldly Went
Successfully beat the game on Lieutenant difficulty.


Knows Where Their Towel Is
Successfully beat the game on Commander difficulty. COMMANDER WE ARE UNDER HEAVY FIRE CALL IN A AIR STRIKE
you mean a space strike right? >:(


Galaxy Guardian
Successfully beat the game on Captain difficulty.


Champion of New Terra
Successfully beat the game on Admiral difficulty. oh god i'm finally done jeez man...


Hero of the Stars
Sucessfully beat the game on Grand Admiral difficulty. Yep now you have to do this if you want 100% achiements

Secrets and cool stuff

Xlar Sub-species
Norch, Kotoro, Sloggoth, GOR, Trag, Tegida, Kagga

Tegida, and Sloggoth Xlar still exist and are active but it is fairly possible that all of these species are still living in some place

Space event secrets:

Cadets Long lost relative:
This is a bambozle by the chruurl- i mean chruul but you can learn something cool aprently this strange thing can happen:

"Using the Korzan psychic device, your science team is able to isolate the psychic signal that was reaching out to the distressed cadet: an ancient artifact originating from what must have been the same space-faring race that built Halcyon 6 itself!"



Yabbling chruurl- chrrul:
"Your fleet has encountered a fleet of Yabbling-spliced 'Lizard' Chruul who seem to have adopted some of their parent race's characteristics. In their own primitive way, they seem to want to sell you a Chruul organ and inflated prices."

Pretty strange stuff this means that the chrrul can integrate other species so good they can escape the grips of the hive mind controlling them!

Bucky Rogers:
"Bucky Rogers pre-allergic-reaction-to-learning-serum backstory is, in reality, terribly fascinating. He waits patiently for the day that someone might ask him about it. However, because of his green uniform, nobody does."

TL;DR: Cadet super soldier

[FordGT90Concept]

FYI the cheat for max XP is: GetOfficerByName("John Smith").GainXP(20000)

[Marisa Fan]

:)

[Danilo664]

What a nice guide

[Jim.G]

OK, cheers. Additional thanks, since most wouldn't even bother to reply

[Marisa Fan]

Really odd to see this comment 3 years later for a game you can't buy anymore but I guess the main concern is Tactical, Science, Engineering ship with the einginnering one hopefully being strongest and the tactical one doing the most damage? It's been a while since I knew the best strats for the game

[Jim.G]

Are there any particular fleet builds you'd recommend?

[Marisa Fan]

No problem

[MrWhopperwithfries]

Ok, thanks for all your all of your help! Your guide is awsome!

[MongooseCalledFred]

If an achievement can be completed across multiple runs, it will show a green progress bar on the achievements page once you start it. Kill X of Y achievements have it; base room construction and colony rescues don't.

[Marisa Fan]

Achievements can be finished in other games and other saves the savior of the stars can be gotten at any time i believe and to make a enemy of a race your diplomacy must go below 50 an easy way to get these achievements is to simply do cadet difficulty and refuse all quests and just generally be mean and destroy attacking fleets and always ask for too many rewards thing