There are four of these achievements and after playing through the first time, you probably wondered what you have to do to get each of the other achievements. I suspect there might be a couple of different paths that trigger particular outcomes, but these are some ones that I've verified.



This is more or less the Do-What-I'm-Paid-For ending. Essentially, so long as you ignore all distractions when prompted and always select something like, "Continue on the path" (to deliver the package) this is where you'll be headed. Eventually, one of your allies will betray you and steal the artifact when that happens choose not to tell Crian about it and once you complete the run you'll unlock the achievement.




This arc is more or less the same as the previous path. Stay true to delivering the artifact until you're attacked by assassin's. Then choose to sell the artifact on the black market. Once you're offered a price for the artifact turn it down. Finish the run and you'll get this achievement.




This time through in the beginning when prompted to investigate the alien world do so. This is basically the "save the universe" arc more or less, so stay true to that goal. Complete the trial when prompted (don't be scared, it's not that bad). When Crian comes after you for destroying the artifact choose the option to give you location to your pursuers. Play out the rest of the run and you'll unlock this achievement.



This arc is similar to the path of the previous one, however when prompted to take the trials or not, reject them this time and continue reject the aliens whenever prompted. Give the artifact to Crian and after he decides to kill you just because the box is open like an idiot jerk choose to go to his warehouse and steal his money and you'll get this ending.



Once you have all four you'll get this one. Congrats.

This section is very straightforward, though I'll add some notes on a few just to add some suggestions or simply provide more information.



Complete any quest in the game

Just complete a quest.



Complete game in campaign mode on any difficulty

Beat the game at least once.



Defeat Warlord Boss

This shows up as a quest in the campaign mode. I think it might also be a boss option if you land on a hostile node, but I'm not positive.



Defeat a Swarmmother Boss

When you get a message that a swarm is present on a planet investigate and sometimes there's a swarmmother there. It might also show up on a hostile planet.



Defeat a Cyborg Brain Boss

I've only ever seen this on a hostile node. I'm fairly certain there isn't a mission for this.



Train a character to level 7

If you're having difficulty with this and you're running out of time near the end of your run, try building the satellite dish. It slows down your pursuers and gives you the extra time needed to get your party firmly over the level 7 mark.



Complete a game on hardcore difficulty in any mode

Just beat the game on hardcore. I will mention that at the time of writing there's a bug with the teleporter where in conquest mode if you move to a contested node and flee from the battle, it instead counts as winning it and taking it from the enemy. Since you don't have to beat the last battle yourself in conquest mode you can use this strategy for an easy victory without really getting your hands dirty.



Complete a game in free mode on any difficulty



Survive 10 turns in a survival mode

I recommend staying towards the middle of the room and using the other characters who cannot fight to draw fire from everyone else. The flamethrower and chain-lightning gun were my two weapons of choice.



Survive 20 turns in a survival mode

I haven't gotten this myself, so no suggestions just yet. Just do what you did to get to 10 turns, but better.