Bucket of Bolts (pre-order)

You can’t have a good space story without an iconic spaceship. Of course, more often than not, the heroes of the story aren’t flying some shiny new cruiser. Those are for the wealthy, the elites—not our lovable scoundrels. No, they fly the bucket of bolts—the outworn, patched-up junker held together with hope, prayers and duct tape.

 

These ships weren’t always hunks of junk though—they have long and storied histories, and might even have been respectable vessels at some point. We only ever see a slice of that story though, a single captain and their motley crew. Bucket of Bolts lets us tell the whole story!

You’ll create a brand new freighter, fresh off the manufacturing line, and explore its history through each of the people who captain it—and lose it. Maybe it’s traded away fairly, but more likely it’s stolen, captured or even wrecked. You might drift for a while as you wait for your next Captain, or the seat might still be warm when a new one takes over. Either way, the galaxy will change around you, and you’ll see it all from the view in the cockpit.

Maybe you'll smuggle royal lovers between two sides of an intergalactic conflict? Maybe you'll blow up a fascist space station? Maybe you'll get turned into a budget cruise liner? It's your story to tell.