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Introduction

Lately there has been a rapid rise in the numbers of space combat sims on the gaming market. Released within the last year alone, titles such as Freespace 2, Allegiance, and Starlancer are already familiar household names for fans of this genre. Their shelves are probably crammed with all these previously released titles, yet the collection is simply not complete without the addition of Tachyon: The Fringe.

Novalogic's Tachyon centers around your adventures as Jake Logan, a mercenary pilot for hire. There are 2 major corporations – the technological underdogs Bora, and the advanced antagonists GalSpan – and you must decide which side to choose. Scientific achievements, detailed on a timeline in the manual, such as the Tachyon gates, have made the 26th century the golden age of space travel. The Fringe, as it is known, is a vast area of unknown and unexplored space, similar to the American Western frontier. On one hand, the corporations view the area as an opportunity to exploit the resources, and on the other hand, the inhabitants refuse to be displaced.