Tachyon: The Fringe was one of these games. A stellar space simulator, this game had all of the familiar trappings popularized by the bigger titles as well as a few tricks of its own. Jump into the cockpit as we take a blast to the past to see what was great about Tachyon: The Fringe. One feature that set Tachyon: The Fringe apart from its brethren was its choice of faction.
The story takes place in a colonized segment of space where the main protagonist finds themselves right in the middle of a war between two factions: the Bora and the Galactic Span.
By siding with either of these factions, you gain opposing insights and perspectives of the story. If you are the copyright holder and want to completely or partially remove your material from our site, then write to the administration with links to the relevant documents.
Your property was freely available and that is why it was published on our website. The site is non-commercial and we are not able to check all user posts. Tachyon: The Fringe screenshots:. Size: Natural selection 2. Players take the role of an interplanetary privateer in this space combat simulation from NovaLogic. As the hero Jake Logan voiced by actor Bruce Campbell players will choose to lend their services to either the large and powerful GalSpan corporation or the rebels of the outskirt Bora Rebel colony.
Rewards earned can be used to upgrade the ship and its weapons, allowing the player to take on greater challenges. The game's story develops over the course of 60 missions with a variety of goals designed to test both the skills and loyalties of the hero.
Various styles of multiplayer games are supported over the Internet. Well, here's a brief explanation : a warp is formed in space by a Ripstar, which allows a spacecraft to fly through a faster-than-light wave. This wave consists of millions of sub-atomic particles called Tachyons, which can never go slower than the speed of light. Tachyon Coil Generators TCGs are used to harness this power, creating Tachyon gates which allow you to travel immense distances in just a few seconds.
It's the 26th century, and Jake Logan is quite happily employed as a Corporate star-pilot in the Sol system. Whilst on a routine escort mission to Halley Station though, two shuttles launch carrying passengers riddled with a lethal disease. The occupants refuse to return to the station, and Jake has no other alternative than to eliminate them rather than risk galaxy wide infection.
The shuttle he had been escorting suddenly explodes, taking with it the entire station. Star-Patrol the local constabulary appear on the scene, and immediately accuse Jake of the crime. His sentence - banishment to the fringe of colonised space, where anything goes, and anything could happen. All of Tachyon's locations are split into regions, each of which can be reached via a Mega-Gate, a slightly more powerful version of the Tachyon gate.
You need security clearance to use one, and until you have got further into the game you will be fairly restricted as to where you can travel.
Each region has a main base where you will receive all your missions, buy or upgrade ships, and listen to the latest news. Sign In. Home Discussions Workshop Market Broadcasts.
Change language. Install Steam. Your Store Your Store. Categories Categories. Special Sections. Player Support. Community Hub. Tachyon: The Fringe. Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy — your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter.
But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: The Fringe, you will often find that the most powerful weapon on your ship is in your head. Unfortunately, for game punters in particular, the game was so bad that this was like putting a bikini on a rotting baboon and trying to enter it for Miss Universe.
So it should come as something of a relief to learn that while Bruce Campbell lends his voice to Tachyon: The Fringe from Novalogic , the game itself is not cack or even mediocre.
In fact, it's a rather decent space shoot-em-up. The premise behind Tachyon: The Fringe is that some time in the far future, in a time period that I can't be bothered to look up in the manual, mankind has colonized space. That's no big surprise in itself, but what might come as a surprise, especially to any alien-hugging readers, is that the colonists found absolutely no breathlessly evil alien forces waiting to crush them.
Nor have they apparently encountered any face hugging xenomorphs or other creatures. In fact, they've had pretty much a free reign to expand ever outwards - a little like the Wild West, albeit without the Indians.
The end result of this is that while things are all happy and fluffy around Earth, further out in the galaxy things are a bit messier, with pirates, colonists and mega-corporations all at each others throats and lawlessness generally prevailing. And this is where you come in. You play a space pilot, who just happens to sound exactly like Bruce Campbell, with a ludicrously gung-ho attitude and a penchant for fancy flying. Things are going pretty well for you until you're framed for a crime you didn't commit cue A-Team music and find yourself exiled to the Fringe, the outer reaches of space, far away from Earth.
This is where things really get interesting You see, you're not alone in the Fringe. Also populating this area of space are bunch of colonists known as the Bora who are striving for their independence, the employees of Galcop, a territory hungry corporation, a good few pirates, and some slightly odd characters who have set themselves up as Barons and Baronesses of the new land.
You can count on running into pretty much all of these characters as you try to earn your living in the Fringe. Unexpectedly, this is not a queue for an galaxy roaming game, but a 3D shoot-em-up which has more in common with X-Wing than with Elite. You start the game with a fairly basic ship, docked at a starbase in the Sol system, with a few credits in your pocket.
From within the base you can choose read the TNS news bulletins, which are pretty much the same every time you play but do serve to give a little bit of back story. Or, you can check the galactic map to see whereabouts in the galaxy you are at the moment. And when you're ready to embark on a mission you can head over to the job board to choose a particular venture, whereupon you'll be taken to the armoury to arm your ship if necessary and then to the hanger to head off on your mission.
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