Multiplayer
Multiplayer Overview
Multiplayer is asynchronous and economy-driven. Players do not need to be online at the same moment or share the same map. Their observatories interact through server-authoritative identities, datasets, missions, coalitions, rights, and transactions.
Each player may run up to three named active observatories; each receives its own permanent server identity and authoritative shared balances.
Datasets receive permanent identities and ownership/provenance records.
Claim limited co-op mission slots, contribute RP/datasets, join persistent research coalitions, and compete for discipline influence.
List datasets, make offers, sell licenses, or transfer full ownership to another player.
The shared ledger preserves rights, settlements, contributions, and transaction history independently of local save state.
Why the server ledger matters
Your normal observatory simulation still runs in the game client, but shared resources cannot be safely trusted to a local save once other players depend on them. Cash transfers, RP commitments, ownership, licenses, co-op contributions, and market trades are therefore validated by the server.