Templar Battleforce

Templar Battleforce is a turn-based tactical wargame in which you command Templar Knights in Leviathan battle mechs. As a Templar Captain, you build a force of specialists, shape its tactics and fight to protect the Star Traders and their new colonies from the Xeno, rogue human factions and the ancient Narvidian threat. The campaign follows a branching sci-fi story across more than 55 scenarios.

The Star Traders and the Templars

The Templar Knights are a martial order sworn to protect the Star Traders, the last known free humans. Guided by the prophet Shalun, the Star Traders left the ruined Galactic Core after the Galactic War against the Guild and set out to find a new home. During the multi-generational Great Exodus, ships were lost, fell behind or split from the main fleet, scattering the Star Traders across the galaxy. As the Exodus ends and colonies are founded on the few remaining habitable worlds, the Templars face an ancient threat once again.

The Templars’ strength comes from their Leviathan Battle Suits and their Zendu lineage. These 10-foot-tall mechs were first designed for high-pressure environments and exploration of gas giants and deep space, then adapted for war. Through training and ritual, Templars can pass memories from their own lives and those of their ancestors to a newly born child. This inherited knowledge supports their combat, tactical and engineering skills, as well as their ability to pilot the suits. Your Captain’s lineage reaches back 87 Templars, and its memories help you face the crisis at hand.

Build your force

Recruit and design each squad member, then customize your veteran Templars’ appearance, armor, talents and equipment. Specialist roles include Scouts, Soldiers, flamethrowing Hydras, Engineers, Sentry Turrets and Berserks. Combine their abilities in fireteams using stealth, grenades, defensive overwatch, flamethrowers, hindering attacks and turrets.

Tactical deployments

You command your squad through more than 55 unique scenarios, with challenges including:

• Corridor-to-corridor combat and open desert warfare
• Territory control through capturing tactical points
• Defensive last stands and scorched-earth retreats
• Infiltration behind enemy lines and complex puzzles
• Battles against immense bosses

More than 25 enemy units include the Xeno, the Narvidians and rogue human factions. Deployments put different combinations of enemies and tactical challenges in your way.

Campaign and difficulty

You can choose easy or normal difficulty, or take on multiple higher difficulty levels. After completing the campaign, New Game+ lets you replay it with your victorious squad. Templar Battleforce is set in the Star Traders universe and follows Templar Assault, the earlier squad-based Templar game.