About Pebbleship

The Premise

You wake to the hiss of thawing seals and the cold bite of recycled air. The cryopod opens. Your memory is fractured. The ship is moving — but nobody knows where it is truly headed.

The vessel is guided by an AI called Pebble. Pebble keeps the lights on, the air breathable, and the systems running, but survival depends on the crew.

The only certainty is this: if the ship fails, everyone fails. Every job, every crafted part, every trade, and every repaired system helps keep the vessel alive.

What You Do

• Take jobs to gather resources, maintain ship systems, and earn credits and XP.
• Respond to alerts when critical systems or ship events demand immediate action.
• Craft useful items, equipment, supplies, and ship-support materials.
• Trade through the market to turn surplus into profit and fill shortages.
• Join a faction and help it grow in power through engineering, trade, crafting, and politics.
• Equip gear in your personal loadout to improve performance and survival.

Core Systems

1) Jobs

Jobs are the heartbeat of life aboard Pebbleship. Mining, maintenance, logistics, and production tasks generate resources, credits, XP, and faction progress. The more active the crew, the stronger the ship becomes.

2) Alerts

Alerts represent urgent ship problems and unfolding events. Resolving them helps keep systems stable and strengthens the engineering strength of your faction.

3) Crafting

Crafting turns raw materials into useful outputs. Some recipes require credit fees as well as ingredients, creating a real economic loop rather than free item generation.

4) Market

The market allows players to buy and sell goods. Trading creates wealth, moves resources where they are needed, and contributes to faction trade strength.

5) Inventory & Loadout

Your inventory holds the items you acquire, while your loadout represents the gear you actively carry and use. Equipment can improve performance and help define your role aboard ship.

6) XP, Credits, and Rank

As you participate in the ship’s economy and operations, you earn credits, XP, and rank progression. These reflect both personal success and your value to the wider crew.

Factions & Power

Players can join factions and compete for influence aboard the ship. Factions are not just cosmetic — they are active economic and political groups shaped by player activity.

• Engineering grows through repairs, alerts, and ship support.
• Crafting grows through production and industrial activity.
• Trade grows through market participation.
• Political power grows through member count and lifetime economic contribution.

The strongest factions are not simply the largest, but the most active and organised.

Faction Banks, Shares & Dividends

Each faction has its own internal treasury. Members can buy shares in their faction, helping capitalise it and increasing their stake in its future.

• Shares represent ownership within your faction.
• Faction banks grow through member activity and internal economic flows.
• Dividends allow faction wealth to be distributed back to shareholders.
• Leaving a faction burns your shares, rewarding loyalty and preventing easy exploitation.

This creates a living internal economy where player effort, faction growth, and profit are directly linked.

The Economy

Pebbleship is built around a persistent player-driven economy. Credits are earned through work, trade, production, and participation — and spent through meaningful systems such as crafting, rushing, market activity, and faction investment.

The result is a world where economic activity matters. Wealth is not abstract; it moves through the ship and shapes faction power, player progression, and future opportunity.

House Rules / Tone

• Co-op first: the ship is the main character. Help keep it alive.
• Roleplay encouraged: in-world chat and faction identity add to the experience.
• Actions have consequences: shortages, delays, and economic choices affect everyone.
• Commitment matters: long-term contribution is rewarded more than quick opportunism.

In-World Message

“Crewmate: welcome back. Cryo-thaw complete. Core systems remain functional. Survival probability increases with cooperation, discipline, and labour.”
— Pebble