Ancient Space
Release Date: 23 Sep, 2014
Venture deep into space to uncover secrets and find a lost expedition!
Ancient Space features real time strategic starship battles that encourages tactical maneuvering. In time honored RTS tradition, you build and upgrade your fleet as you complete mission objectives and gather resources which allow you to progress further into the game. Chart your approach – from defense to offense and everything in between such as escort and stealth missions.
Embark and explore the darkest recesses of space in this tale of strategic resource management and engrossing interstellar warfare.
Main features:
A stellar cast: The game is voiced by fan-favorites from much loved sci-fi movies and television shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.
Deep space exploration: Each mission advances the plot further and introduces a new area of space being explored with secrets to discover and dangers to react to.
Command your fleet: Build, maintain and strategically use a multitude of ship types to deploy into battle, each with distinct tactical uses during grand strategic space warfare as you square off against notorious pirates and mysterious aliens.
Upgradeable progression: Your units can be upgraded. Various upgrades to player ships are applied throughout the campaign. You decide what to enhance and what to leave behind.
Choose your crew: Before each mission, choose up to three officers with special abilities that aid your progress through the missions. Recruit more crew members along your journey.
An engrossing campaign: The single player campaign comes with a pulsating story that follows epic battles and tackles philosophical questions about humanity and science whilst posing the question – what lies beyond?
Ancient Space features real time strategic starship battles that encourages tactical maneuvering. In time honored RTS tradition, you build and upgrade your fleet as you complete mission objectives and gather resources which allow you to progress further into the game. Chart your approach – from defense to offense and everything in between such as escort and stealth missions.
Embark and explore the darkest recesses of space in this tale of strategic resource management and engrossing interstellar warfare.
Main features:
A stellar cast: The game is voiced by fan-favorites from much loved sci-fi movies and television shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.
Deep space exploration: Each mission advances the plot further and introduces a new area of space being explored with secrets to discover and dangers to react to.
Command your fleet: Build, maintain and strategically use a multitude of ship types to deploy into battle, each with distinct tactical uses during grand strategic space warfare as you square off against notorious pirates and mysterious aliens.
Upgradeable progression: Your units can be upgraded. Various upgrades to player ships are applied throughout the campaign. You decide what to enhance and what to leave behind.
Choose your crew: Before each mission, choose up to three officers with special abilities that aid your progress through the missions. Recruit more crew members along your journey.
An engrossing campaign: The single player campaign comes with a pulsating story that follows epic battles and tackles philosophical questions about humanity and science whilst posing the question – what lies beyond?
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
Minimum:
- OS: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8
- Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Vista 64 bit/Win 7/Win 8
- Processor: 3GHz Intel i5 quad core or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 or equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Mac OS X
Minimum:
- OS: MAC OS Mavericks
- Processor: 3.10GHz Intel Core i3-2100
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: MAC OS Mavericks
- Processor: 3GHz Intel i5 quad core or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 or equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Safe from Harm
In mission 1, at least two of your assigned cargo ships must survive until they reach Sector 2.
By the way
Perform an optional objective.
The Maw of the Zone
Assemble the fleet for the expedition. Complete Mission 1.
Get Your Hands Dirty
Destroy at least 30 units in a single mission using the Olympus.
Pirate Takeover
Board a secured station.
Tower Warfare
Destroy an enemy Station with another building.
Explorer
Find all Discoveries in a single mission from 2 to 15.
The Conqueror
Secure all stations in a single mission.
Deep Venture
Venture deeper into the Zone. Complete Mission 5.
Jolly Roger
Reach the Katarina with Corsairs in under 8 minutes in Mission 7.
Do it yourself
In Mission 7, complete the optional objective without ever picking up the target object.
Constructor
Build each of the available building types.
The Awful Truth
Find out what happened to the previous expedition. Complete Mission 10.
Optimus Prime
Command at least one Mk.2 unit of each unit type.
War Machine
Have at least 7 XL units in a single mission.
Alien Guerrilla
Destroy FTL blockades without losing more than 4 alien units in Mission 14.
Ghost Busters
Do not lose any units to invisible attackers in Mission 6.
The Victor
Complete the campaign.
Blitzkrieg
In mission 13, capture 3 units, destroy 3 enemy units and destroy 3 enemy buildings - all within 5 minutes.
An Englishman's Home is His Castle
Construct a self-defending, self-repairing, self-protecting, enemy-detecting and enemy-attacking group of buildings.
Tamer of Titans
Board at least 5 XL enemy units in Mission 13.
The Grand Collector
Make 130 Discoveries.
Release the Kraken!
Board a Kraken in Mission 12.
At All Costs
Complete Mission 11 with the forcefield generator losing no more than 25% of its hit points.
Harr Harr Harr!
Complete a mission deploying only a single corsair and no other units.
The Hive
Complete Mission 15 producing only small units.
There Is No Time!
In mission 10, do not reinforce any building slots (you can board them though).
Savior of the Federation
Complete the campaign in under 8 hours of total mission time.
No Quarter
Complete the campaign in Hardcore Mode.
All Hands on Deck
Use the ability of every officer at least once during a single campaign.
Wasp
Cutlass
Locust
Manowar
MV Katarina
Bloodhound
Shark
Ulysses II
Medusa
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