Universal Combat CE

Universal Combat CE is a space combat simulation in which you command capital ships, their systems, support craft and crews across space and planetary environments. It contains all Commander scenarios from the Battlecruiser and Universal Combat series, spanning eight releases from Battlecruiser 3000AD through Universal Combat Special Edition. The game has no multiplayer.

Command ships and crews

You can command 28 capital ships, including carriers, cruisers and transports, along with 46 support craft such as fighters, shuttles and planetary vehicles. Your crew numbers over 100, including key personnel such as Flight and Navigation Officers. You can direct systems including shields, reactors, engines, cloaking, tractor beams, transporters and advanced weapons, and monitor crew as they handle duties such as fighting intruders, repairing ship systems and preparing support craft.

Fleet command and control lets you assemble fleets from your ships and AI-controlled ships. You can capture space stations for your alliance and use them as operational bases, including their fleets of support craft.

Missions across space and planets

You can lead marines into planetary battles, or send an away team—including marines and engineers—to a planet by shuttle and give them advanced orders for missions. Transporters can deploy a combat away team directly onto a hostile planet without a shuttle. Probes can monitor friendly regions or spy on hostile ones, while mining drones extract minerals from planets for sale.

You can dock at space stations and planetary bases to trade, repair and rearm, and engage hostile locations. The freeform scenario lets you roam a large persistent world.