Ships and equipment
Every hull from starter frigates to dreadnoughts, slot counts, weapon families and what to buy first.
Field manual
Orbital Blackout guides
Orbital Blackout is a free space MMO that runs in your browser — no download, no client. You fly for one of two nations, fight other players and the Devourment, and lose the ship permanently if you do not make it home. These guides explain how that actually works before you launch.
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How to play — the full field manual
Controls, docking, rings and gates, the Devourment and their Ascendants, materials, fitting, drones, research, contracts and the fleet rank ladder. Every system in one pass.
Read the guide →LiveHull archetypes, firing arcs and the flank burn
Chase, Broadside and Bulwark: where each hull hits hardest, what armour actually blunts, and how the Q burn changes a fight. With the same arc diagrams used in-game.
Read the guide →Sectors and the galaxy map
National space, contested rings and deep Devourment territory — where the good seams are and what it costs you.
Fly it instead of reading about it
Free to play, runs in the browser, no install. Pick a nation and take a starter hull out.
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