The game servers are normally available 24/7 and you fly anytime either alone, with AI, or with other players. You can also join our weekly play test and weekday mini sessions with the developer.

This is a PvP focused game but the plan is to include plenty of opportunities for PvE and PvPvE. AI will play a major role and will control both NPC fleets, installations, and the alien faction. Instanced wargames and races are planned for both PvP and PvE.

No, while PvP plays a central role in Hunternet you do not have to be a PvP focused player to have fun or to contribute. You could completely focus on helping your faction or org through mining or scouting while doing your best to avoid direct conflict. You could also focus on your career as a racer or play only wargames with friends only in co-op vs. the AI. It is up to you to decide.

You and all of humanity will never be truly safe in the Hunternet Universe. We are purposely avoiding artificial safe zones. It is up to you to dock and store your starfighter at an allied carrier or facility for storage. If the carrier or facility is destroyed your ship & pilot will both be destroyed along with it. A starfighter left in the open will persist after you log off. Trips deep into the enemy territory are not to be taken lightly and you better bring enough fuel for the journey back.

You will be able to go into a solo instance to set up your ship and controls if you so wish. But this will not protect your pilot and starfighter wherever they are in the Universe.

Your ship will remain where you left it. You will have tools to help it remain hidden. For maximum protection we recommend docking and storing your ship before logging off but even then your pilot and ship are at risk if the facility or carrier is destroyed. You’ll have an incentive to keep your ship safe but without a loss leading to frustrating gameplay. Ships remaining in the universe at all times will allow for a richer tactical and logistical experience.

Yes, there will be a single, persistent universe all players reside in. The Universe will be hosted by multiple regional servers spread throughout the world, with each server hosting locations specific to that server’s region. When you travel between locations your ship will transparently switch servers if the location you are traveling to is on another server. In other words, regions in space will correspond to regional servers in the real world.

The Universe will be made up of individual locations each up to 1,300km in diameter. There may be multiple points of interest within each location. Each location will represent an area in space or on a planet’s surface. Travel between locations will require a jump drive. You’ll need either a jump drive capable starfighter, a dockable FTL ring-drive, or be on the deck of an FTL capable vessel such as a capital ship, or have access to an allied jump ring network.

You will be able to build capital ships (and smaller NPC fleet vessels) to support your org and military faction. The resources you mine will be required to field these massive ships. Once constructed you will be able to land on carriers and give them basic commands so that they can serve as transports, fire support, and fully participate in space battles while being piloted and crewed by NPC AI.

No, but kind of. We have no plans of implementing full-on space legs or ship interiors. But we do plan on replacing the main menu with a ship hangar (with VR support) so that before you launch your fighter you can explore it in first-person and walk up to the cockpit ladder and board it to begin your journey. Over time we plan on adding additional hangars so that they could change depending on where you last left your ship in Universe.