Farlane
Command a Nomad-class Frontier Runner and lead your crew on the edge of a fading galactic empire. Take on freelance contracts, explore unstable farlanes, upgrade your ship, and survive where civilization ends.
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Life Beyond the Farlanes
In a distant frontier far from the core worlds of the Empire, the old farlanes are collapsing. Trade routes fade into silence, stations struggle to survive, and independent crews take whatever jobs they can to stay flying.
You are the captain of a Nomad-class Frontier Runner operated by a crew of four. From bounty hunting and cargo hauling to asteroid mining, rescue contracts, and dangerous salvage operations, every mission is another step into the unknown regions beyond civilized space.
But your ship is more than a vehicle, it is your home.
Walk through your fully explorable ship interior, manage your crew, maintain critical systems, and deal with the consequences of life on the frontier. While your ship travels under autopilot, you can move freely through the vessel, interact with onboard systems, review contracts, repair damaged modules, and prepare for the next mission.
When systems fail, not every repair can be performed from inside the hull. Venture outside in a spacesuit to inspect damage, restore critical components, and keep your ship operational in the harsh environment of deep space.
Features
Pilot a Nomad-class Frontier Runner built for combat, hauling, mining, and exploration
Explore dangerous frontier systems connected by unstable farlanes
Take freelance contracts including bounty hunting, mining, recovery, escort, salvage, and rescue missions
Manage a crew of four with specialized ship roles
Walk through a fully explorable ship interior while traveling through space
Leave the safety of your ship and perform EVA operations to repair damaged systems and maintain critical equipment
Upgrade and maintain your ship’s systems and equipment using components recovered from wrecks or purchased at distant stations
Encounter mysterious signals, abandoned locations, and remnants of forgotten routes beyond the Empire
Experience grounded sci-fi inspired by classic space fiction and industrial frontier aesthetics
Your Ship. Your Crew. Your Frontier.
Beyond the last stable farlanes, survival depends on the people beside you, and the ship that keeps you alive.
Farlane is currently in an early stage of development. The footage and screenshots shown today represent the project's direction rather than its final visual quality or gameplay systems.
Additional gameplay features, updated visuals, and a closer look at life aboard the Nomad-class Frontier Runner will be revealed throughout development, with a major showcase planned for late autumn 2026.
