Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition
Total players
12Total gametime
2d 19h 39m 23sDescription
On the edge of Terran space lies Halcyon 6, a derelict starbase left behind by a mysterious precursor race. Your mission is to reclaim the derelict station and rebuild it. A mysterious alien force is making a beeline towards Earth and this starbase is the best chance for the New Terran Federation to establish new alliances, research new technologies and otherwise figure out a way to stop the impending invasion.
Using only the resources you can salvage from the derelict station and gather from nearby star systems, it’s up to you to rebuild the starbase to lead the Terran Republic’s scientific research, exploration and diplomatic efforts on the edge of known space.
Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a passion project whose design is inspired by our years spent playing classic games like Star Control, Master of Orion, X-COM, Civilization and new classics like FTL. This edition brings together the original Halcyon 6 base game along with all of the additional content (Combat & Customization, Diplomatic Diversions, Loot’em Up, and Morale Booster updates) released since launch in Sept 2016 as well as brand new Lightspeed Edition optimizations and features.
Key Features:
Base building. Spend resources to build station facilities (rooms) to enhance your production and technological capabilities or build ships to help you control more territory.
Exploration. Assign your fleets to nearby star clusters, where they can handle emerging enemy threats, complete missions for alien factions or secure bonus resources.
Crew management. Assign your crew to station facilities to greatly improve their output efficiency, or to ships where they can contribute in unique ways to combat, missions and events.
Deep tactical combat. Fight tactical ship or ground battles to resolve hostile events, create a foothold in the sector and ultimately defeat the enemy mothership!
Story events. Based on game criteria like rooms-built, alien diplomacy scores or officer traits/skills, the game will produce story events (often with multiple choice outcomes) that can lead to combat, time-related applied bonuses/negatives, officer attribute changes or any number of crazy in-game stories.
Lightspeed Edition Features:
Streamlined campaign. Greatly speeds up progression and tightens the campaign to an action-and-adventure packed 12 hours (depending on your play style and pace).
Streamlined all systems. For faster progression, including economy, starbase, resources and officer leveling.
New officer progression system. Includes 6 subclasses, 3 prestige classes, a new skill tree and over 20+ new prestige/epic powers.
New difficulty mode. Experience the all-new Vice Admiral difficulty mode.
Enhanced combat. Includes 25+ new alien faction space combat abilities, more combos for both players and enemies, increased faction weaknesses and resistances and other balancing tweaks.
New UI overhaul. Includes improvements designed for greater readability and usability. Many, many UI quality of life enhancements have been added to all areas of the game, too many to list here!
Using only the resources you can salvage from the derelict station and gather from nearby star systems, it’s up to you to rebuild the starbase to lead the Terran Republic’s scientific research, exploration and diplomatic efforts on the edge of known space.
Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a passion project whose design is inspired by our years spent playing classic games like Star Control, Master of Orion, X-COM, Civilization and new classics like FTL. This edition brings together the original Halcyon 6 base game along with all of the additional content (Combat & Customization, Diplomatic Diversions, Loot’em Up, and Morale Booster updates) released since launch in Sept 2016 as well as brand new Lightspeed Edition optimizations and features.
Key Features:
Base building. Spend resources to build station facilities (rooms) to enhance your production and technological capabilities or build ships to help you control more territory.
Exploration. Assign your fleets to nearby star clusters, where they can handle emerging enemy threats, complete missions for alien factions or secure bonus resources.
Crew management. Assign your crew to station facilities to greatly improve their output efficiency, or to ships where they can contribute in unique ways to combat, missions and events.
Deep tactical combat. Fight tactical ship or ground battles to resolve hostile events, create a foothold in the sector and ultimately defeat the enemy mothership!
Story events. Based on game criteria like rooms-built, alien diplomacy scores or officer traits/skills, the game will produce story events (often with multiple choice outcomes) that can lead to combat, time-related applied bonuses/negatives, officer attribute changes or any number of crazy in-game stories.
Lightspeed Edition Features:
Streamlined campaign. Greatly speeds up progression and tightens the campaign to an action-and-adventure packed 12 hours (depending on your play style and pace).
Streamlined all systems. For faster progression, including economy, starbase, resources and officer leveling.
New officer progression system. Includes 6 subclasses, 3 prestige classes, a new skill tree and over 20+ new prestige/epic powers.
New difficulty mode. Experience the all-new Vice Admiral difficulty mode.
Enhanced combat. Includes 25+ new alien faction space combat abilities, more combos for both players and enemies, increased faction weaknesses and resistances and other balancing tweaks.
New UI overhaul. Includes improvements designed for greater readability and usability. Many, many UI quality of life enhancements have been added to all areas of the game, too many to list here!
Online
| Name | In game |
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Achievements
| Name | % | |
|---|---|---|
 | Acceptable Losses Lost 10 Green Shirts in ground combat. | 11.11% |
 | Hidden achievement | 22.22% |
 | All Hail Your Reptilian Overlord Made an ally of the Yabblings. | 11.11% |
 | All in a Day's Work Rescue 15 colonies from a Chruul fleet. | 22.22% |
 | And Caesar Wept Built 20 Base Rooms. | 0.00% |
 | Bandit Hunter Destroyed 10 pirate ships. | 44.44% |
 | Beam Us Up, Ensign Had an officer reach Level 2. | 77.78% |
 | Blackfish Hunt 25 baby celestial behemoths. | 11.11% |
 | Blanket Fort Baron Built a base room. | 88.89% |
 | Boldly Went Successfully beat the game on Lieutenant difficulty. | 11.11% |
 | Cascade Failure Made an enemy of the Collective. | 0.00% |
 | Champion of New Terra Successfully beat the game on Admiral difficulty. | 0.00% |
 | Chruul and Unusual Destroyed 100 Chruul ships. | 22.22% |
 | Chruul to be Kind Destroyed 10 Chruul ships. | 33.33% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | City Planner Built 3 Base Rooms. | 44.44% |
 | Collateral Damage Lost 25 Green Shirts in ground combat. | 0.00% |
 | Conqueror of the Cosmos Successfully beat the game on Ur-Admirax difficulty. | 0.00% |
 | Crocodile Hunter Made an enemy of the Yabblings. | 0.00% |
 | Damnit, Jim. I'm a Doctor, Not An Undertaker! Lost 100 Green Shirts in ground combat. | 0.00% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | Dissenter Made an enemy of the Korzan. | 0.00% |
 | Embrace the Suck Made an ally of the Voraash. | 0.00% |
 | Erudite Researched 10 techs. | 33.33% |
 | Four Star Ship Have a ship reach rank four or higher. | 22.22% |
 | Free Willy Hunt 1 baby celestial behemoth. | 33.33% |
| Hidden achievement | 0.00% |
 | Galaxy Guardian Successfully beat the game on Captain difficulty. | 0.00% |
 | Go To Warp, Lieutenant Had an officer reach Level 5. | 33.33% |
 | Goodbye, Chruul World Destroyed 25 Chruul ships. | 22.22% |
 | Growth Industry Recruit 10 officers. | 11.11% |
 | Help! Help! We're Being Repressed! Rescue 5 colonies from a Chruul fleet. | 22.22% |
 | Hero of the Stars Successfully beat the game on Grand Admiral difficulty. | 0.00% |
 | HR Nightmare Lost 10 officers in the line of duty. | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 33.33% |
| Hidden achievement | 0.00% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | In the Heart of the Sea Hunt 50 baby celestial behemoths. | 11.11% |
 | King of the Castle Built 10 Base Rooms. | 22.22% |
 | Knowledge is Power Finished the tutorial. | 77.78% |
 | Knows Where Their Towel Is Successfully beat the game on Commander difficulty. | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | Make It So, Number One Had an officer reach Level 10. | 11.11% |
 | Moby Dick Hunt 100 baby celestial behemoths. | 0.00% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | Naturally Selected Made an ally of the Xlar-Yanthu. | 11.11% |
| Hidden achievement | 33.33% |
| Hidden achievement | 0.00% |
 | One Star Ship Have a ship reach rank one. | 55.56% |
| One Star Ship Have a ship reach rank one. | 0.00% |
 | Savior of the Stars Rescue 30 colonies from a Chruul fleet. | 22.22% |
 | Savvy Researched 5 techs. | 33.33% |
 | Sentinel of the Sector Successfully beat the game on Vice Admiral difficulty. | 0.00% |
| Hidden achievement | 33.33% |
 | Survival of the Fittest Made an enemy of the Xlar-Yanthu. | 0.00% |
 | Taking Back The Skies Destroyed 25 pirate ships. | 33.33% |
 | Tech Support Made an ally of the Collective. | 22.22% |
 | Technological Giant Researched 20 techs. | 33.33% |
| Hidden achievement | 22.22% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | The Flying Dutchman Destroyed 100 pirate ships. | 0.00% |
 | The Importance of Being Wormest Made an enemy of the Voraash. | 22.22% |
 | The Sacrificial Lamb Lose your first Green Shirt in ground combat. | 44.44% |
 | There Is No Spoon Made an ally of the Korzan. | 22.22% |
| Hidden achievement | 11.11% |
 | Three Star Ship Have a ship reach rank three. | 22.22% |
 | Tier 1 Ship Built a tier one ship. | 100.00% |
 | Tier 2 Ship Built a tier two ship. | 33.33% |
 | Tier 3 Ship Built a tier three ship. | 33.33% |
 | Tier 4 Ship Built a tier four ship. | 22.22% |
 | Tier 5 Ship Built a tier five ship. | 22.22% |
 | Tier 6 Ship Upgrade your Precursor ship to Tier 6 | 0.00% |
 | Two Star Ship Have a ship reach rank two. | 44.44% |
 | Valar Morghulis Lost 50 Green Shirts in ground combat. | 0.00% |
 | Whale Rider Hunt 10 baby celestial behemoths. | 22.22% |
| Hidden achievement | 0.00% |