Vermillion Online Recruitment · Playtest
Playtest live · EU Play free
MinerV3, a player design, in the live world · playtest footage

PilotsWanted.

Block-built ships. Full loot. Player-run markets.

A player-driven PvP space MMO: From the Depths meets EVE. Build a ship block by block, take it where the law ends and haul the Iridium home. Or lose it: full loot.

EnlistPlay free · Mac & Windows

The playtest is live.
Playtest: progress may be wiped.
How to enlist ↓
Discord · Steam soon

No. 01Mining

Mine
the deep

MinerV3 in the live world. Recorded on a dev pacing profile: mining x50.

The best ore is where the law ends.

Mining lasers dig real craters. Ore runs in coloured veins; plain rock gives you nothing. Jackpot fields are announced by sector to the whole server, to draw a fight.

  1. FerriteStarter belts
  2. CupriteStarter belts
  3. Volatile IceHigh & Low security
  4. BauxiteHigh security
  5. TitaniteLow security only
  6. GaleniteLow security and Lawless
  7. IridiumLawless only

No. 02Ship Designer

Buildyourown.

Ship Designer, timelapse x48 (six minutes of building). Playtest footage.
The Raptor from behind: four engine plumes and tall tail fins
In-engine render: Raptor, a showcase ship built from game blocks.

A badly built ship flies badly. That's the point.

Place 1 m blocks: 68 armour shapes in 5 materials and around 140 functional parts. Thrust comes from where you put the thrusters. Test-fly straight from the designer before you've spent a credit.

Engine
Core + cylinders + coolers
Thruster
Nozzle + amplifiers + coolers
Cannon
Firing piece + barrels + clips + autoloaders

✶ Bounty board ✶ No. 03 ✶

Wanted

Pirate Captain

Holds the last wave of a pirate stronghold, two Raiders on its wing.

A block-built fighter painted in the red pirate livery, a planet behind it
Likeness: none on file. Pictured: a fighter in the red pirate livery (in-engine render).

Reward

250,000cr

Dead or dead.

No. 04Loss

Lose everything.

A pirate fires on the pilot's Steel Fighter, seen on EVA. Playtest footage.

Full loot. Real loss.

  1. Shells chew through blocks until they stop. Hulls split into drifting wrecks.
  2. A destroyed ship loses half its cargo. The rest spills into the wreck, for anyone.
  3. The hulk can be salvaged by others. Everyone aboard dies with the ship.
  4. A dead pilot drops a body bag with everything carried, half of it destroyed.

A free Rookie Ship means you're never locked out.

  1. Secure1 sectorNo damage.
  2. High security6 sectorsAttacks land. The attacker turns Criminal and police destroy them after 20 s.
  3. Low security9 sectorsNo police. Criminals are fair game. Station guns.
  4. Lawless3 sectorsNo rules.

Notice No. 1Recruitment

Terms of
enlistment

  1. I

    Pay nothing. The playtest is a free download on itch.io.

  2. II

    Mac or Windows. Both builds are live.

  3. III

    One server, in the EU. Everyone flies the same space.

  4. IV

    Standard pacing. The public server doesn't run the sped-up dev profile.

  5. V

    Progress may be wiped. It's a playtest. What you build may not survive the next one.

Notice No. 2First launch

Reporting
for duty

The builds aren't signed yet, so your OS warns you once. One extra click, then it opens normally.

macOS

  1. Open the game once. macOS blocks it.
  2. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security.
  3. Scroll down and press Open Anyway.

Windows

  1. Run the game. SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC".
  2. Press More info.
  3. Press Run anyway.

Notice No. 314 orders to your own ship

Orders

Your first ship is free. It is called the rookie. Mine ore with it. Then build a Starter Miner of your own.

  1. Walk to a bay console
  2. Launch the rookie
  3. Mine Ferrite
  4. Dock and unload
  5. Mine Cuprite
  6. Dock and unload again
  7. Make parts and build
  8. Build your Starter Miner
  9. Launch your Starter Miner
  10. Find the training field
  11. Mine 2,000 Volatile Ice
  12. Cruise home to Haven
  13. Turn the ice into fuel optional
  14. Sell your fuel

The game's own first orders, in order. Lose the rookie and you get it back for free.

Notice No. 4Read before you undock

What to
expect

  • Progress may be wiped. Your ships and credits might not survive the next round.
  • Work in progress. Expect bugs, rough edges and things that change between rounds.
  • Normal pacing. Some clips on our pages were recorded on a sped-up dev profile (mining x50, builds and XP faster). The public server runs standard pacing.
  • Early days. One EU server and a small, early crew. The first prices, the routes and the killboard are still up for grabs.
Mining an ice rock on a Ship Designer test flight. Playtest footage.

Learn the routes before everyone else does.

EnlistPlay free · Mac & Windows

Free download on itch.io · one EU server
Playtest: progress may be wiped.