Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander/Terran ships

Ship Management

The Ships list on the left is sorted by ships with officers first, ships with no officer second. Clicking and dragging becomes useful for scrolling as the number of ships increases. The assigned officer provides additional powers for use in combat, and may provide bonuses from traits. No ship can leave the base without an assigned officer, but ships can fight without one if the officer is deployed when combat starts or if the officer died in ground combat. When you assign an officer, all officers of the corresponding type (at or above the required rank, see table below) will be sorted to the top of the officer list. The ship name is in blue. The pencil button allows you to change it. The faction, class, and type will remind you what this ship was if the new name does not include the default one. The repair button is only useful if you want to be sure that your ships are at full hull before spending dark matter on other things. Scrapping ships returns all the crew and some of the dark matter. You will get a confirmation message displaying the exact amounts. The edit buttons will allow you to pick from available powers or equipment if the ship is docked at the starbase.

Ship Tier	1	2	3	4	5
Minimum Officer Level	1	4	7	10	13
Strenth 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

Traits

When you research upgrades at the appropriate hanger, the upgrade will appear hear for quick reference. Other upgrades may be applied during the course of the main story.

Elite Crew

When a ship acquires enough XP (higher tier ships need extra), you will get a notification indicating that a new Cadet, Crewman, Petty Officer, or Ensign has joined the ship. Elite Crew provide stat boosts to that ship only. They are lost when scrapping the ship.

Resistances

Every ship has resistances or vulnerabilities to the main status effects. This displays the values as affected by traits or the assigned officer.

Ship Lines

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/Resistances	Rogue	Marksman	Knight	Warder	Acolyte	Disciple	Shuttle
Aim	103	103	100	100	97	97	97
Evasion	6	0	3	-3	3	9	10
Speed	48	53	42	47	55	60	55
Proportional Damage	5	6	5	4	4	3	2
Critical	2.5%	5%	2.5%	0%	4%	1%	0%
Sensors Offline	+5%	-5%	-15%	-25%	+25%	+15%	+0%
Engines Down	-5%	+5%	-25%	-15%	+15%	+25%	+0%
Crew Panic	-25%	-15%	+25%	+15%	-5%	+5%	+0%
Hull Breach	-15%	-25%	+15%	+25%	+5%	-5%	+0%
Ship Disable	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%
Vulnerable	+25%	+15%	-5%	+5%	-25%	-15%	+0%
Weapons Disruption	+15%	+25%	+5%	-5%	-15%	-25%	+0%

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

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

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

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

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

Disciple Line

Disciples are the support science ships.

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

Federation Shuttle

Name	Hull	Damage	Crew	Dark Matter
Federation Shuttle	115	25-35	5	10

Ship Powers

When a ship is docked at the station, you can customize its powers, either when launching a fleet or when looking at the ship management screen. When you build a hanger, you unlock the next two powers for each type. The new powers are not necessarily better. All healing powers listed have 3 uses per battle.

Miscellaneous Powers

These powers do not have any warmup, recovery, or cooldown. They also do not increase threat. Evasive Maneuvers is always available on all ships so that they can pass a turn. Pew Pew is the only other option for Federation Shuttles.

Power	Target	Damage	Inflicts
Evasive Maneuvers	Self	0%	Evasive Maneuvers (+10 evasion for 1 round)
Pew Pew	Single Enemy	100%	N/A

Tactical Powers

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 Missiles	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%)

• Harass has +5% Critical and -20% Aim.
• Vulnerable is not removed by Teleport Explosives.
• Triple Shot has -15% Aim.

Science Powers

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	Weapons Disruption	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%)

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

Engineering 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%)

Unique Status Effects

• Sabotage 38% damage for each of 4 rounds
• Targeting Support +25% damage for 4 rounds
• Munitions Backfire 45% damage for each of 3 rounds
• Pulse Mesh 30% damage for each of 2 rounds
• Adaptive Armor 75% healing for each of 3 rounds, +10% damage resistance
• Protective Field +30% damage resistance for 3 rounds
• Torture 150% damage for each of 2 rounds
• Void Spatter 90% damage for each of 3 rounds
• Overwhelm Core 90% damage for each of 3 rounds
• Brace +50% damage resistance, +100% threat for 3 rounds