RedSpaceOps

RedSpaceOps is a 3D educational adventure game about the fundamentals of space operations. You join teams to carry out space missions, control spacecraft capabilities, communicate using specialized signal sets and use terrestrial technologies. The game lets you “Chair-Fly” missions to learn about the local space environment, including the speeds, distances, power requirements and lethality of space and the human-made systems within it.

Space operations

Set in the local cis-lunar arena, RedSpaceOps focuses on Research, Experimentation, and Demonstration (RED) Space capabilities. RedSpace controllers use sensors to detect and track small objects in space, identify them without breaching warning zones and report on their behavior. When necessary, they carry out dynamic space control measures to mitigate threats. A timeline extending back to 1877 is also planned as part of the game’s exploration of the space domain.

Play takes place at three levels:

• Tactical: Control a spacecraft and its sensors, follow precise C2 instructions, avoid threats and gather data about the space environment. Space Cowboy ADR is an example of this “driver’s” perspective and serves as a minimum viable product.
• Operational: Manage an assigned spacecraft constellation, allocate resources and oversee logistics, including launches of alert and spare spacecraft. This level emphasizes operational movement, asset management and team collaboration.
• Strategic: Plan research, funding and time investments to develop mission areas for future challenges. Track R&D progress and make decisions based on intelligence gathered from missions.

Space mission modules

Space Cowboy is the first module. You capture and remove space debris to reduce operational risks and preserve the orbital environment, collecting debris to dispose of or repurpose it and earn funding for tanker refueling. Future versions are set to explore sorting and powderizing debris for 3D printing in orbit.

ChairFly represents the operational level. You take tactical control of a space asset while also acting as mission commander for a space campaign. This lets you “ROCdrill” the execution of a fiscal year campaign or OP ORDER timeline to identify capability gaps and inform acquisition requirements.

Ascendant Space Strategic Sim (AS3) is a real-time strategy game in which you guide your nation’s efforts to develop the solar system and become a superpower. You manage personnel, research, production and operations in a simulation modeled on current events and geopolitical competition among Russia, China and the United States. The simulation explores possibilities for a thriving space economy and the consequences for nations that neglect space development and protection.

Space systems and competition

The game’s planned features include exploring the cis-lunar environment and its environmental effects, upgrading sensors to improve space situational awareness and communication speed, and competing against other teams to test and hone your space skills.