Evochron Mercenary

Evochron Mercenary is a freeform space game in which you make your living as an independent mercenary. Starting in the Sapphire star system, you choose whether to work under contract or pursue your own goals, building your reputation and fortune through your decisions, abilities and accomplishments. You can play solo or form a clan with other players to tackle cooperative objectives.

Work and make a living

You can race, spy, mine, trade and ship commodities, escort passengers, fight in civilian space or military war zones, explore, clear asteroids, clean solar arrays, manage a crew, build stations and design ships. These activities offer different ways to earn money and advance. Specialized industries and economies affect the availability and prices of items.

Travel the universe

The universe is seamless, with no in-game loading screens, required jumpgates or trade lanes restricting your travel. You can fly between planets, stars and star systems, descend through planetary atmospheres to land at city trade stations, mine materials or search for hidden items. Nebulae can provide sensor cover, while massive asteroid caves offer shelter.

Nebula clouds, asteroid fields, planetary atmospheres and moons affect how you travel and plan. Their conditions can change gravity, fuel consumption, physics, sensor range and visibility.

Build and outfit your ship

Use your wealth to design and build a ship, buy weapons, hire crew, recruit other ships, install upgrades and load commodities. You can also construct space stations, adding trade routes, docking points and economies to the universe. In multiplayer, the server stores player-built stations so other players can use the stations and trade routes you create.

Flight and multiplayer

The flight model uses zero-gravity inertia, with acceleration affected by velocity, mass, thrust and vector calculations. You have three-way rotation and three-way directional control, with optional variable input; an inertial dampening system helps manage flight in space, atmospheres and gravity fields.

In cooperative multiplayer, linked players can join forces on objectives, with payment going to everyone involved. More challenging activities can offer better pay. Your ship, upgrades, equipment, money, weapons, crew and commodities carry across single-player and multiplayer profiles.