Hardwar

Hardwar is set in (Misplaced) Optimism, a cluster of nine craters on Titan, where a mined-out colony struggles to survive. You play as an Operative, a free agent trying to earn enough money and build a powerful enough ship to escape. Scavenger Operators and Ram-Runners carry Titan’s dwindling resources and frozen body parts between Neo-Feudal Inter-Planetary Government Sponsored Corporations and Mutant Underworld Cartels, all competing for the last breath of Lazarus Faction Air.

Life on Titan

Before the colony fell into decline, MineCorp brought Off-World Pioneer Titan-Dollar workers to build and maintain enormous artificial oxygen refineries and the pyramid economy that supported its mining operations. Ten years ago, MineCorp declared Titan uneconomical, shut down and returned to Earth. Now, survival means trading or dying in the claustrophobic city and its hostile craters and tunnels.

You scan comms channels for salvage and sabotage jobs across the crater network, building your reputation and credit as you work toward escape. You are free to act within the solar-powered city, but its lightwells, which charge ships and power the craters, are hotly contested.

Work and reputation

You start with delivery, escort and salvage jobs. As your reputation grows, you can take on more lucrative work, including bounty hunting, assassination and demolition. These jobs offer greater rewards and carry greater risks. Serious criminal behavior brings payback, and who you know matters: people may turn against you if you do not return their favors.

Upgrade your Moth

Your Moth is your ship and your only real asset. You earn money to improve its software and hardware, carry more cargo and take on greater risks; more power can also mean more enemies. The goal is to trade up to a Warp-Drive Moth equipped with special F.U. model firepower, an onboard CPU, top comms and inter-planetary capability.