The pilot and Lyra
A person in the hold turns a delivery into a decision. Keeping her alive becomes part of the ship’s purpose.
Lives between timelines
The opening conflict, the people on your comms and a guide to exploring the first game.
CONTRABAND: Edge of the Fold
The cargo has a name.
A transport job at Verge Station. A voice from the cargo hold. A fleet demanding that you hand her over.
Lyra’s escape pulls your ship into a conflict that stretches across timelines. Kaela comes online to help keep her alive, Vex reaches out from Keros, and the Black Fleet refuses to let the cargo disappear.
Meet the cast and crew ↗Who is on your frequency?
Early-story context, without revealing the endings.
Vex and the Guardians
Vex’s warnings connect the present journey to other timelines. Trust and knowledge become as important as the next jump.
Varek and the Black Fleet
The fleet pursues Lyra and threatens the pilot who carries her. Its commander gives that pressure a voice.
Explore the first game.
CONTRABAND: Edge of the Fold
Characters & crew
50 character and crew dossiers, with portraits and abilities.
↗CONTRABAND: Edge of the FoldShips & stations
Reconstruct ships and stations with four robotic projectors.
↗CONTRABAND: Edge of the FoldYour first flight
Get oriented before taking the next contract.
↗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 ↗GALACTIC FIELD ATLAS
Six regions. No safe assumptions.
Select a signal to read the region brief. Positions follow the game’s region map; this is an overview, not a route planner.
SECTOR OVERVIEW / CONTRABAND: Edge of the FoldThe CoreThe VergeBlack Fleet ReachGuardian ExpanseThe Silent RiftEdge of the Rift
The Core
Heart of civilization. Safe lanes, old rules.
The Verge
Frontier of the core worlds. Still patrolled, barely.
Black Fleet Reach
Where the predators hunt. Enter armed.
Guardian Expanse
Old sanctuaries. They remember every timeline.
The Silent Rift
Where physics breaks and time pools.
Edge of the Rift
The Starforge is here. No one returns unchanged.
Power has many faces.
Meet the allegiances behind the voices on your comms. Open their original dossiers for the broader story.
FACTION DOSSIER
The Guardians
Sanctuaries, memory and the branches of time.
Read the reference ↗
FACTION DOSSIER
The Black Fleet
The force pursuing Lyra. Varek speaks for its command.
Read the reference ↗
FACTION DOSSIER
The Cartel
Smuggling, negotiation and influence beyond official channels.
Read the reference ↗
FACTION DOSSIER
Core Worlds Alliance
The political and military power of the Core Worlds.
Read the reference ↗