Your first flight
Find your bearings at the command deck. Learn where the next destination, ship systems and contracts live before setting out.
Pilot field guide
Six learning routes for CONTRABAND: Edge of the Fold: first flight, trade, combat, crew, factions and story branches. Find the guide for your next objective.
FIELD CODEX
Every route has a story.
Context before your first flight. Detailed references when you want to look deeper.
01 / FIELD NOTES
The delivery that changes everything
Verge Station is falling. The cargo is already aboard. The first task is to survive.
Open entry ↗02 / FIELD NOTESAllegiances have a cost
Protection, control, routes and certainty: the powers around the Fold want different things from the same pilot.
Open entry ↗03 / FIELD NOTESStories beyond the main route
A missing pilot, a ship that remembers and a message that should never have arrived.
Open entry ↗04 / FIELD NOTESKeep the ship alive
Fuel, shields and hull need different supplies. Know what each one restores.
Open entry ↗05 / FIELD NOTESRead the fleet before you fly
A hull is more than a silhouette. Compare its role, specifications and crew support.
Open entry ↗06 / SPOILERSEndings, branches and readiness
How the final options relate to decisions recorded during the campaign. Contains major spoilers.
Open entry ↗PILOT FIELD MANUAL
Choose what you need to learn.
Six routes into the game, from a first contract to the consequences of a late decision.
The linked walkthroughs preserve the original website. Numerical balance, combat instructions and availability can differ from the Steam release. Use the current ship and crew dossiers for the September 2026 reference values.
Trade & travel
A useful route connects more than two points. Compare your cargo space, fuel and the work available at your destination.
Survive the encounter
Hull, shields, movement and weapons determine what your ship can withstand. Start with the basics, then explore a weapon family.
A ship with a crew
Specialists change the economics of a journey. Navigation, engineering, combat and negotiation offer different advantages aboard the same hull.
Choose an allegiance
Relationships matter beyond a single conversation. These references explore how the original edition treated faction choices.
Follow a different branch
For a second journey or a specific story question. These guides discuss choices and later events; open them when you are ready for spoilers.