01 / THE FOG KEEPS ACCOUNTS
Every hex you have not sailed is a debt. Sonar, sail-patterns and rival charts are the only currency that clears it. Keep scrolling — the page itself tugs the tide.
// CARTEL UPLINK 07 — SHIFTING ARCHIPELAGO
HOLLOW
COMPASS CARTEL
Chart trade routes across a fog-drowned archipelago. The tide lies to your compass — sail anyway, lift the fog, and sell the map to rivals before they sell you.
SAIL: click any lit water hex. Fog lifts as you explore. Supplies burn per league.
DECLINATION +0.0°
TIDE FLOOD ▲
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▸ awaiting orders, captain.
scroll the page to drag the tide — the compass slips ±24°. routes pay more when they cross unknown water. arrow keys / WASD also helm the ship.
◈ LEDGER / trade routes
- No routes inked yet. Switch to CHART, click a lit port, then a second port.
◈ SHIP'S LOG / tide-bound, scroll-driven
02 / THE COMPASS IS ALIVE
Tidewater iron in the straits bends every needle. Declination breathes with the moon and with your scroll. Learn to steer into the lie and your routes run fat.
03 / SELL THE MAP, NOT THE SHIP
Copy a rival link and dare the cartel to beat your credits on the same seed. Same fog. Same lies. Better captain wins.