MOONBASE FIELD MANUAL // v0.1
Build, Bluff, and Colonize the Solar System
Moonbase is a retro-futurist colonization contest on Base. Pick your field, deploy colonizers, and let verifiable randomness crown a winner. The meta evolves season by season as new strategic layers come online.
Transparent Colonization
Deploy colonizers to orbital fields, powered by on-chain moves and Chainlink VRF so every reveal is provably fair.
Risk-Reward Economy
Bigger deployments raise the colony pot, but you’ll need timing and nerve to outmaneuver rival commanders.
Seasonal Momentum
Rounds tick on a living cadence—wins, burns, and claims flow into an evolving leaderboard and social clout.
Mission Flow
The core loop that powers every expedition.
1. Deploy
Select a celestial field and commit colonizers. Each move deepens the pot and broadcasts intent to others.
2. Await VRF Reveal
Chainlink VRF determines the winning field. No hidden levers—just transparent randomness and social mind games.
3. Claim or Reinforce
Winners claim MOONBASE rewards, losers recalibrate. History logs keep receipts for every expedition.
Fairness Stack
Base Mainnet settlement with Chainlink VRF reveals. Every colonization receipt is auditable in history and dashboard views.
Social Meta
Reads from the leaderboard and recent colonizations will shape bluffing, counter-picks, and the upcoming role-based tactics.
Strategic Signals
Hints at the next layer of mastery—subject to change as we test with the community.
Frontier Logistics
Near FutureConvoy lanes with cargo boosts and interception risk. Protect your haul, reroute under pressure, or tax rivals who overextend.
Command Roles
In DesignSpecialized crew traits: scouts peek at odds, engineers fortify chosen fields, tacticians manipulate reveal tempo.
Research & Relics
PrototypeUpgradeable labs that unlock passive bonuses and rare artifacts that bend colony economics in subtle ways.
Faction Signals
ExplorationSoft alliances and rivalries with temporary treaties. Coordinate to sway jackpots—break pacts for notoriety.
Signal Timeline
Where the experience is today and what we are charting toward.
Live Now
Expeditions + Leaderboards
Pure, transparent colonization loops with on-chain fairness.
Next
Logistics & Roles
Introduce convoy pressure and specialized commander perks.
Soon
Relics & Treaties
Persistent advantages and social coordination layers.
Ready to deploy?
Return to the command deck
Jump back into live expeditions or watch the leaderboard to time your next move.