Secondhand Orbit

A worn apartment rooftop overlooks New Amsterdam at sunset. A single space elevator rises above the city. Earth, SOL local; route E-03, next ascent 07:40, status operational. A lived-in solar system; current build: pre-production.
EARTH // NEW AMSTERDAM 07:12 LOCAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 04

01 / HOME

Every journey
starts somewhere.

Not with a fleet.
Not with a destiny.
With rent to pay and somewhere else you'd rather be.

A lived-in apartment at dawn, with an unmade bed and the New Amsterdam space elevator visible through the window.
NEW AMSTERDAM // RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 04

02 / DEPARTURES

You should probably
get going.

The city is already moving.

Travelers wait to board at a worn orbital transit terminal overlooking New Amsterdam and its space elevator.
ORBITAL TRANSIT // DEPARTURES
EARTH ORBITAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Passenger transfer

New Amsterdam Orbital

Departure
07:40
Gate
A1
Class
Economy
Status
Boarding

03 / ASCENT

Up is a long way
from here.

New Amsterdam gets smaller.
The rest of the Solar System gets closer.

Passengers share a practical space elevator cabin while New Amsterdam recedes beneath the clouds outside its windows.
EARTH ELEVATOR // ASCENT CORRIDOR E-03
EARTH ORBITAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

En route to orbit

Earth surface Low Earth orbit

Route
E-03
Altitude
38 km
Velocity
312 km/h
Destination
Low Earth orbit
Status
Ascending

Visuals shown are concept art and subject to change.

04 / ARRIVAL

This isn’t
the destination.

Just the first place where Earth stops feeling close.

Travelers look out from an orbital arrival concourse toward station structures, working traffic, and Earth below.
NA-01 // NEW AMSTERDAM ORBITAL STATION
ORBITAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Arrival terminal

NA-01 New Amsterdam

From
Earth orbital E-03
Location
Transfer concourse B
Status
Arrived
Next access
Docks / Transfers / Habitat

GAMEPLAY // 01 / BUILD YOUR SHIP

Some ships have a past.
Yours will too.

Find, repair and upgrade ships with history.
Keep them running, make them yours, and prepare them for what’s next.

A weathered spacecraft is under repair in a working hangar, with crew at the hull and equipment across the floor.
MAINTENANCE // COMPONENTS // KEEP IT FLYING

Ship's manifest

What the journey holds

01

Build your ship

Restore and expand an inherited modular spacecraft over the course of the story.

02

Find your crew

Meet characters across the solar system and build a crew with their own personalities and stories.

03

Make a living

Take cargo, courier and passenger jobs while progressing through the main story.

04

Explore the solar system

Travel between orbital stations, settlements and surface locations in a developed future Solar System.

Transmission in progress

Currently in early development.

Secondhand Orbit is taking shape at BetelgeuseLab. More will be shared as the project develops; release dates and platforms have not been announced.