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QUICKENING - Toggle God mode on/off.
DILITHIUM - Restore all energy reserves to full.
COME GET SOME - Restores all ammo to full.
KESSEL RUN - Restores hull strength to full.
THERE IS NO SPOON - Instant mission win when you dock with starbase.
RAGTAG - All ships (GalSpan, Bora, and the Mako) owned.
BOOM STICK - All items available for purchase.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS - Adds 5000 credits to your account.
SAY AHH - Opens a targeted Tachyon Gate, if it is closed.

(With God mode active, you can still die from Radiation. Go figure.)

BTW: Six of the above cheat codes are "borrowed" from movies and TV.
If you can find all of them, and know what movies/shows they're borrowed
from, you have no life. PS: I have no life.

These are things that were (probably) not meant to be a game cheat:

Nonstop Burning: If you need to get somewhere quickly, do a Burn (Tab key)
and start holding the Slide (Q) key. You will continue traveling at your
afterburner velocity, without using your burner energy. (Discovered by
just about everyone; including myself)

Instant Recharge: Torpedoes are great, but they take a long time to fire.
When you fire a torpedo, press the "Pause" key. Everything stops, but the
torpedoes continue reloading. If you have Hunter torpedoes, holding down
the fire button while quickly un-pausing and pausing again can let you
get off a whole swarm of them almost simultaneously. You can usually hit
an enemy at perfect straight to dead if you do this enough. (Discovered
by me)

Instant Lock on: Guided weapons sometimes take a long time to lock on.
However, if you start by facing your enemy, and cycle the weapon
in (By pressing the 1 or 2 key) they will start by being locked on to
your enemy. (Discovered by me)

Big Bucks FAST: Use the "Ragtag" cheat above and return to base. Go to
"Shipyard" and sell the four most expensive ships. Hit "Back". Repeat as
much as you want, before you re-launch, they'll just keep reappearing.
(Discovered by me)

Disrupted Pirates: Sometimes the Demon Pirates will explode when you hit
them with disruptor torpedoes. (Discovered by me; this is more of a bug
than a cheat)

Free Extra Missiles: If you put the ammo hold card in, load up your
missiles, then drop another card onto the ammo hold slot, you get to keep
the extra missiles loaded. (Discovered by an anonymous tipster)

If you have found another hidden trick, please do me a favor and pass it
along to me so I can include it in the next version. Please tell me where
you got it, or if you discovered it yourself, include your name and/or
email in the BODY of the email if you want to be in the credits.

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*** Hidden Bonuses (Crates, etc) ***

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You start the game already in possession of a crate, which was lost off a
freighter. (Full story, see TNS news) If you drop it off at New Zurich
Orbital, in the Earth sector, you will receive 200 cr.

There's a second crate of trade goods in the Ganymede asteroid field
(which is mentioned in TNS); it nets you 200 cr. from New Zurich.

During the first Kuiper mission (Security Breach), go to the Luna sector.
There will be a freighter, the Ontario, which has a generator problem.
Drop the Ontario's shields, or destroy the Shield generator to save their
lives. They say you get paid, but I don't think you do.

In the scrap yards during the Hospital Emergency mission there is a crate
of contraband towards the end of the asteroid field the frigate is
drifting towards. Arman Patrioli gives you 850 cr. for it.

Under the Star Patrol Farpost station is a crate containing Medical
Supplies. It is only available to Bora, and it should be dropped off at
Mercy Hospital for 550 cr. This is available during multiple missions.

In the Bora Gate Blueprints mission, there is a crate of spare parts on
one of the landing pads in the Poranis Nebula. Drake facility, in the
Industrial sector of the Hub gives you 550 cr. for it.

In the Scrap Yards while flying the Recoil mission there is a crate of
250 cr. near the station.

In the Nereus Research sector, there is a crate of food supplies. It's
available in multiple missions.

Near Atlantic casino is a crate of 777 cr. (Is this a slot machine
joke? 7-7-7?)

In the Illicit Pickup mission, if you're flying GalSpan, turn right
immediately on entering Foothold, and fly past the station, you'll find a
crate of Bora Mining Equipment in the asteroids. It's worth 650 cr, but I
don't know who wants it. (I've been told that it is Apollo Research, but
I've never seen them accept it myself.)

In Ceriphilon Production (GalSpan only) is a crate of spare parts in the
middle "pathway" between the two big whatchamajiggers (Drydocks?).

In the Color of the Nose mission (GalSpan) near the Arteris Array station
is a crate containing 500 cr.

Draconis Ripstar Field: There is a crate containing 1000 credits towards
the underside of the station in that sector.

In Redship Rory's lair, there are several crates: One contains contraband
(Illegal Narcotic) and 5 crates each containing 100 cr. Arman Patrioli
in the frontier will give you 850 cr. for the contraband.

During the Risky Venture mission, there is a crate near the station with
Medical Supplies. Mercy Hospital gives you 550 cr. For it.

While flying the Sour Colony mission there are two crates of food supplies
on separate landing pads of one station in the Haven sector.

In the Twilight region, turn about 90ø left as soon as you launch, and go
about 10 KM. You will see the wreckage of a ship crashed into one of those
blue domes. (Presumably, it's the Munn mentioned in the "Tachyon Manual"
file.) Inside the ship is a crate of 5000 cr.

In the Demon Pirate lair, there is a crate very near to the station. It is
Contraband (Illegal Chemical Compounds) and again, Arman Patrioli will
give you 850 cr. for it.

Sometimes Demon pirate fighters will be destroyed when you hit them with
disruptor torpedoes. (This is more of a bug than a cheat...)

In Cassitor's station there is a crate containing Lost artworks, inside
the station. Fly to the top half of the blue bubble-like thing, and you'll
be able to beam it aboard. Malkar, in the Frontier region, will pay 1000
cr. for it. Available multiple missions, but you can only get it once.

In the Drone Abduction mission, there is also a crate of spare parts on
one of the platforms. 550 cr. from Drake in the Industrial sector for it.

In the Mercenary sector during the Identity Game mission, there are two
crates. One contains lost artworks (1000 cr. from Baron Malkar) and the
other is Illegal Chemical Compounds. (Arman Patrioli, 850 cr.)

* NOTE RE ARMAN PATRIOLI: Arman is VERY RARELY available, but when he is,
he's in the Dark Space sector of the Frontier region. I think it's random
when he appears. The only mission where he can ALWAYS be found is the
"Hunting the Hunter" mission (GalSpan), but that's useless to you,
because you have to finish that mission before you can do the "Illicit
Pickup" mission, and he won't buy anything until then. (There's only one
crate of contraband up to this point anyways.)

This listing of hidden items is by no means complete. If you have found
another one, please send it to me. Include what it is, where you found it,
what mission you were flying. (Include your name and/or email, if you wish
to be listed in the credits. If you do not include these in the BODY
(text) of your email, I will assume you do not wish to be listed.)

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*** FAQ ***

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1. What are the differences in flying Bora versus GalSpan?

From a weapons point of view, GalSpan has bad lasers, but most missiles
and torpedoes are guided. Bora, NOTHING is guided, rockets are a bit less
powerful than missiles, and lasers are excellent. Depending on your
personal accuracy, and also on the speed of your computer, you might find
it very difficult to fly Bora. In terms of moralistic, it's just a game.
Who cares? Like I suggest (and for that matter so do the designers) is to
copy your game to a second slot before the Independence missions, so you
can play both sides.

2. I can't get cheat X to work.

If its a cheat preprogrammed into the game, did you remember to enter
"im a cheater" first to enable cheats? Also remember that the cheats have
to be typed into the dialog box that comes up when you hit NUMBER PAD 7.
The 7 above the Y and U keys will not work. The Instant recharge cheat:
This is only for the RELOAD rate. It does nothing for the laser power
reserves. The others: I tried to make them as clear as possible.
Just reread them and try again. If you REALLY have trouble, email me.

3. I've found a mistake / cheat / crate. How can I get ahold of you?

If you've found a cheat or crate that I don't have listed, great! If
you've found a mistake, or something you think I should include, it's all
Microsoft's fault! No, I'm joking. If you think you have found any
mistakes, cheats, crates, or anything else that you feel my guide is
lacking, PLEASE first double check that it is (or is not) there. If
you're sure that I've missed something, please e-mail me with whatever it
is you've found. My e-mail address is SpockJr@SpockJr.com. I will
try to answer every email, but no guarantees. If you want to be listed in
the Credits section below, please include your name and/or e-mail address
in the BODY (TEXT) of your email. I will not publish either without your
written request / permission, and I will remove it if you ever ask. One
thing: If you got it from someone else, GIVE THEM CREDIT. Thank you.

4. Where can I find a copy of Tachyon?

I got my copy one day by walking into a Future Shop (The Canadian best buy)
when I was bored and grabbing it off the shelf. Try a nearby software store,
if they don't have it in stock, but do special orders, the full title is
"Tachyon: The Fringe". It was created by NovaLogic. I've also found that
they're selling for dirt cheap prices now on Yahoo Auctions and eBay
(Both listed in the Links section) (Coming back to this question, I realize,
why would you be reading this if you didn't already have a copy, but I've
decided to leave it in.)

5. My computer seemed to pause for a minute and then I blew up.

Ah, you have experienced state of the art technology! NovaLogic programmed
Tachyon to be VERY graphics rich, far more so than needed. Could be worse:
your computer could do like mine used to and only render one screen per
second, even with nothing in front of you. (If this is also happening to
you, you have my heartfelt sympathy.) Two possibilities: Upgrade your
computer. Getting a better processor, video card, or more RAM will all
help to some degree. If you don't know computers inside and out, find a
computer guru, and wave a rental of Star Trek / Star Wars / The Matrix
etc. in his/her face and ask for help. Please don't email me asking for
help! I simply don't have enough time in my life, I'm not actually there,
and we might have miscommunications that would cost a lot to fix if your
computer gave up the ghost. Incidentally, you can often get near-top-of-
the-line parts on Yahoo and eBay auctions. Be careful though, some people
try to rip you off there. Second possibility: Press "pause" repeatedly.
When you do this, the game will refresh as fast as you're hitting pause.
This does make playing the game kinda unwieldy though, especially if you
fly using the keyboard and mouse.

6. Where can I find these wingmen / ships / items?

Wingmen can be hired through the "Wingmen" subset of the Job Board. Ships
can be bought in the Shipyard (In the Hangar). Weapons and CPU cards can
be bought and mounted by selecting "Configure Ship" in the hangar.

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*** Credits ***

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All the websites (authorised or unauthorised) who host my guide. (And to
the unauthorised websites: You wanna email me? I don't mind you hosting
my guide, but it would be nice to know where it is, and besides, I can
let you know when there's a new version.)(Aside I can't resist: I'm
author-ised. I've written something, I live off of caffiene and little
else, pounding away at my computer until three in the morning, I'm
always broke, and I've never been recognised for my hard work!!
(Loosely stolen from Spider Robinson's Callahan's Con ...my favorite
author. Go read his books!))
Sephirstein for getting me started with FAQS. I also borrowed a lot of
structure and copyright data for this FAQ from the "Shining Force"
Walkthrough that he started, that we now co-author.
NovaLogic: Thank you for making such a great game. Now make a sequel!
IDM Computer Solutions: For making UltraEdit, a text editor with extras