Vast

Core Concepts

• Open galaxy - Warp system to system through stargates, plot routes on the galaxy map, and push deeper into more dangerous space for richer rewards.
• Ships & fitting - Hulls with module slots: turrets, missile launchers, mining lasers, shields, propulsion. Tactical combat where guns have to *track* fast targets (and miss), while missiles trade raw damage for reliable application based on a target's size and speed.
• Full-loot PvP - Beyond the safe zone, any pilot can open fire, and a wrecked ship spills everything it was carrying for whoever shows up first. Fly what you can afford to lose.
• The Hollow - Escalating tiers of AI enemies haunt the frontier, guarding wreck-fields, nests, and salvage sites packed with loot. The deeper you go, the harder they hit.
• Build, hoard, raid - Stake claims and raise outposts to stockpile gear, but player structures can be raided, so nothing deep in hostile space is ever truly safe.
• Economy & progression - A player-driven market, mining, fabrication, blueprints, and engrams feed a slow climb from rookie frigate to a ship that commands the field.
• Squads & Factions - Run with a fleet of friends, or join a faction with ranks and permissions and fight for territory.
• Wipe cycles - The galaxy resets, so the ladder is never settled and everyone gets another run at the top.

PvP & Risk

• Any player can fire on you.
• A destroyed ship drops its cargo and fitted modules as a lootable wreck.
• Outposts and stockpiles can be raided by other players.
• You respawn at your chosen Wake Point, often in a bare hull, with the long climb back ahead of you.

Early in Development