The Lightline Campaign: the Oath begins on 3 November, choose your company now

Pilots,

Abys Belt: The Lightline Campaign begins on 10 November: for three weeks, the three companies will fight for the Abys Belt. One week before that, the Oath begins: from that moment until the end of the season, Lv6+ pilots can't change company. If you're thinking about switching, now is the time to decide.

Schedule

• Oath and company lock: Tuesday 3 November, 19:00 server time (CET, 18:00 UTC)
• Campaign starts (Season 1): Tuesday 10 November, 19:00 server time (CET, 18:00 UTC)
• Final Night: Tuesday 1 December, 19:00–23:00 server time (CET, 18:00–22:00 UTC)
• Lock ends: Tuesday 1 December, 23:00 server time (CET, 22:00 UTC)

This schedule is for the ams1 (Europe) server; it doesn't apply on tr1/tr2. Server time is Amsterdam time (CET, UTC+1) and is shown in the Server Time panel on the home screen.

Company lock

• Lv6 and above: you can't change company from the Oath until the end of the season.
• Lv1–5: you can still change company, but if you change after the Oath, the Campaign map stays closed to you this season (even if you reach Lv10) and you get no share of the company ranking reward.
• If you want to switch, do it before 3 November, 19:00 server time (CET, 18:00 UTC): Profile → Change Company. You must be logged out of the game and not in a clan. The cost is 5,000 Orbidium at Lv1–8, 20,000 at Lv9–10 and 50,000 at Lv11+, and your Honor is halved.
• Deciding early also matters for command roles: opening projects and becoming an officer require at least 14 days in your company; standing for commander requires at least 30 days and no company change in the last 60 days (all Lv14+).

Who does what in the Campaign?

• Lv10 and above: you enter the Abys Belt through the Campaign portal on your company's x-2 map.
• Lv1–9 · Rear Line: you contribute without entering the map. Every day there is a Supply Order (40 NPCs on your own maps, joining an official event or a Smuggler hunt, 30 minutes of play), and three times a day a Dynasty Smuggler appears on your x-2 map (10:00, 16:00 and 22:00 server time; 09:00, 15:00 and 21:00 UTC). Only damage from Lv1–9 pilots counts against the Smuggler. The Rear Line has no account age requirement; a verified e-mail address is enough.
• If you earn Rear Line CP during the season and reach Lv10, you get an Apprentice Kit.

Reward eligibility

• No account age requirement: everyone who reaches Lv10 during the season joins the Campaign and can earn rewards, new accounts included. If you change company after the Oath, the lock rule above applies.
• Active days: earn at least one action CP on at least 5 separate days during the season (Rear Line included; just logging in doesn't count). Rewards you earn before meeting this are held and paid once you do. This applies to threshold, medal, chest, insignia, Rear Line and ranking rewards; the Campaign Bond, Patron rewards and Smuggler/convoy shares don't require active days.
• One person, one reward pilot: accounts that log in from the same connection and browser form an account cluster. Only one pilot in a cluster receives rewards; the other accounts can play and earn CP but get no rewards. Accounts of the same cluster in different companies can't be on the Campaign map at the same time.
• Reward pilot: your cluster is determined at 12:00 server time (CET, 11:00 UTC) on the Campaign's opening day (10 November according to the plan, a few hours before the start). From then on, choose your reward pilot in the Rewards tab of the Campaign panel: one account proposes itself and the other accounts approve (this can't be undone). If no one is chosen, the temporary pilot assigned when the cluster is first determined stays the reward pilot for the whole season; if no one has CP at that moment, it is the oldest account in the cluster. The temporary pilot can't be changed once it has received a Campaign reward. The Rewards tab shows whether the account you are logged in with is the reward pilot.
• Threshold and ranking rewards are for Lv10+; Lv1–9 pilots receive Rear Line rewards.

Good to know

• Season 1 only: eligible pilots who reach the Bronze threshold earn the Vanguard Frame; it won't be awarded in later seasons.
• Logistics Support is calculated at the Oath and stays fixed for the whole season: based on recorded credit transactions over the last 28 days, a company whose members' credit income is below the three-company average pays up to 20% less in credits and raw materials for Campaign projects.
• The Lightline Campaign panel (castle icon) opens in the game on the day of the Oath. The full rules and the Written Guarantee are there, and once the lock starts you'll also see how long it lasts.

Choose your company and take your Oath. See you in the Abys Belt!

The AbysOrbit Team