Creating a crew
To start a new game, select New Game from the splash screen. You'll walk through a series of steps to build your crew from scratch.
Type a name for your team and then for your spaceship. Names must be between 3 and 12 characters. Press Enter to confirm, Backspace to go back.
Pick the planet where your crew will start. Each one hosts different populations, which determines the pool of pirates available for your initial roster:
| Earth | Moon | Mizu | Frittura |
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| Human | Human Yardalaim Pupparoll |
Octopulp | Galdari |
See Pirates and traits for what each population is good at.
| Attention! You can always teleport back to your home planet instantly and for free, so consider this a permanent base. |
Choose from 5 jersey styles and customize your team colors:
| Classic | Stripe | Fancy | Gilet | Horizontal |
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Use r/g/b to cycle forward through color presets for each channel (Red, Green, Blue) and R/G/B to cycle backward. There are 35 color presets per channel, so you have plenty of combinations to work with.
A sixth style (Pirate) can be unlocked later in the game.
Choose one of three starting spaceships:
| Bresci (Shuttle) | Orwell (Pincher) | Ibarruri (Jester) |
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| Single engine | Single engine | Double engine |
| Cheapest option, minimal features | Mid-range, standard hull | Better engines, more mobility |
All ships start with a full fuel tank, no storage unit, no shield, and no shooter. You'll upgrade these later - see Spaceships for details.
| Attention! Choose carefully! You will not be able to change spaceship style afterwards. |
You begin with a budget of 120,000 satoshi to hire exactly 5 pirates from the population on your home planet. Pirates are sorted by hire cost (highest first).
Your remaining balance is shown on screen and updates as you select pirates. It turns red if you overspend - you can't proceed with a negative balance. Whatever satoshi you don't spend is lost, so spend all of it. After creation your balance resets to 0 regardless.
Don't overthink this and grab pirates that cover a spread of skills. You can always hire more later.
Review your choices and confirm. Your crew is created with:
- 5 pirates with roles auto-assigned (Captain, Pilot, Doctor, Engineer, and Mozzo) based on their best skill bonuses
- Your selected spaceship with a full fuel tank
- 0 satoshi (balance resets after creation)
- Home location on your chosen planet
A short tutorial popup will appear to get you oriented. From here, check First steps for what to do next.