The game
SolCraft is built server-authoritative from the first line: one persistent frontier, direct control at every scale, and a world that keeps working after you leave.
Direct control
Set throttle, turn through a little drift, boost when the line opens, and aim every articulated turret with the cursor. SolCraft runs the same deterministic flight model on client and server, then reconciles your prediction against the 30 Hz authoritative world. Combat adds held laser beams, homing missiles, target locks, hull damage, wrecks, and salvage without taking control away from the pilot.
Mining and shipbuilding
Lock an asteroid or enter a gas cloud, run the collector, and manage a hold full of ore, crystal, and gas. Dock to sell, warehouse, repair, and build hulls from authored shipyard recipes. Nine ships are live today, from the always-available GB4 Fighter to specialist interceptors, miners, gunships, a frigate, and a missile-heavy bomber.
On foot
Dock at a generated station and step into a third-person character world. Walk the concourse, visit staffed services, change your persistent suit color, allocate technology points, and enter a private full-scale hangar berth. Your selected ship is physically waiting there; board it to return to space.
A connected frontier
Open the universe map to find a system, inspect regional security, and plan a route through physical gate connections. Multiple gates can connect the same systems, and each route retains its exact departure and arrival gate. Local maps provide warp destinations and planetary landing sites.
Living traffic
Civilian miners and haulers move real cargo through regional markets. Starward Vigil sentries enforce configured security zones, responding to crimes without making safe space invulnerable. Hollow Crown raid wings stage from generated frontier bases. NPC journeys persist, abstract safely at distance, materialize near players, and can leave lootable wrecks when the fighting ends.
Persistent identity
Accounts own up to three Pilots, each with persistent ships, cargo, credits, location, appearance, and technology choices. System, global, party, and direct chat follow you across space and character worlds. Parties add shared status frames and push-to-talk voice while preserving the server's authoritative ownership and moderation rules.