Fly Cowboy Online

Fly Cowboy Online is an aerial combat game set on Naviika, a distant planet devastated by a global cataclysm called the Schism. You pilot combat machines known as Type and fight for resources and remnants of lost technology. Two factions are playable, each with its own techniques, fighting style and goals; another force is expected to enter the conflict in the future.

Naviika after the Schism

Humanity reached Naviika after travelling hundreds of light-years and built a flourishing world with advanced science. The Schism ended that golden age, leaving cities in ruins, orbital stations scattered across the surface and much of the planet poisoned or uninhabitable. The cause is uncertain: surviving legends speak of deadly epidemics, intelligent machines turning on their creators and continents transformed into wastelands. Wars and other atrocities pushed the survivors back centuries, and many now live a primitive, often nomadic life among the ruins.

Battles take place in destroyed gigapolises, over dead wastelands and in rare areas of surviving natural beauty. Pockets of civilization remain in the regions affected by the Schism.

The factions

The Union of Steel descends from the old world's military forces. Its people survived the Schism with strategic reserves and strong fortifications. The faction is a military dictatorship shaped by deep-rooted traditions, and seeks to unite scattered groups under one banner and restore civilization by force.

The A.N.I.M.A. Union is a large association of free nomadic tribes. Its people found an ancient orbital city that had landed and been mothballed in a remote region before the Schism. The technologies inside made the faction one of Naviika's most advanced, while the ancient culture shaped its people into a reflection of pre-Schism society. They use advanced technology to protect survivors and restore what was lost.

Combat machines

The machines you pilot are called Type. They are combat vehicles built with lost technology, and each has a distinct specialization. The available archetypes are:

• Stormtrooper
• Scout
• Support

Combat depends on player skill rather than character progression: you develop your own abilities, not your character's, and success depends on how you play rather than your items. The game also features a range of vehicle models for different play styles, cooperative flights and opportunities to share experience with other players.