A low view across a grey asteroid toward a cloud-covered planet and orbital station in the Halden belt.

GATECORP TRAFFIC CONTROL

Maintain approach vector.

HALDEN / FILINGS / CLAIM 02C

CONTACTSURFACE LOCK

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LIVE SIMULATION ASSET / HALDEN BUILD

GATECORP FRONTIER SERVICES / OPERATOR PROSPECTUS

Welcome to the belt, Captain.

Contact Light is a crewed frontier sandbox about turning one borrowed ship into a home among the stars.

GateCorp’s Operator Program converts ambition, debt, and questionable risk assessment into a functioning asteroid concern. Bring friends. Bring a plan. We are pleased to finance the remaining deficiencies.

THE INDEPENDENT OPERATOR PROGRAM / FIVE CONVENIENT STAGES

From first berth to permanent address.

Everything you recover expands what your crew can attempt next. Every expansion gives you more to lose.

Three clearly lit crew members in orange-and-grey suits, including one in a reflective helmet.
FIELD TEAM / PERSONNEL MIX SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY

01 / CREW ACQUISITION

Assemble your team.

Recruit other players and specialists, divide the watches, and put the right hands on helm, guns, engineering, and the surface team.

  • Shared ships
  • Specialist roles
  • EVA teams

GateCorp compatibility screening identifies most mutinies before departure.

A cloud-covered planet, stellar ring, stations, and asteroids beyond a landing site.
HALDEN SURVEY / ROUTES EXTEND BEYOND CURRENT COVERAGE

02 / RANGE DEVELOPMENT

Explore the belt and beyond.

Plot routes through Halden, chase surveys and distress calls, land on rocks, worlds, rings, and stations, and return with something worth hauling.

  • Open navigation
  • Ship and EVA traversal
  • Procedural destinations

Unscheduled discoveries become scheduled assets upon successful filing.

A generated orbital ring station encircling an asteroid inside a blue energy shield.
ACTIVE CLAIM DEFENSE / COVERAGE MAY VARY UNDER FIRE

03 / TITLE ENFORCEMENT

Stake your claim.

Board derelicts, breach defended sites, and protect your crew when another operator contests the same coordinates.

  • Ship combat
  • Boarding actions
  • Base defense

GateCorp prefers negotiated settlements conducted from a position of overwhelming leverage.

REFIT FORECAST / PROJECTED RETURNS NOT GUARANTEED

04 / ASSET APPRECIATION

Turn salvage into leverage.

Sell what you can, repair what you can’t, then reinvest in better hulls, tools, cargo capacity, and the next expedition.

  • Salvage economy
  • Ship refits
  • Compounding capability

Past extraction is no guarantee of future solvency.

A modular surface base planted on a grey asteroid under directional work lights.
PERMANENT INSTALLATION / HOME IS A BILLABLE LOCATION

05 / FIXED ASSET MATURITY

Build somewhere worth returning to.

Raise a camp into a working base; add power, storage, defenses, berths, and eventually a permanent home in the stars.

  • Modular bases
  • Orbital stations
  • Player-built homes

A settled operator is a dependable operator. A dependable operator is excellent collateral.

GATECORP OPERATOR INTAKE / FLIGHT LIST

Start YOUR own crew today!

Join the flight list for development dispatches, playtest calls, and launch news. No server to follow. No daily chatter. Just signal when there’s something worth flying.

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