When the division between humans on Earth and the trans-humans of the outer colonies threatened to develop into a system-wide war, the development of an interstellar jump drive offered an alternative and the trans-humans in the outer colonies were given the drive and a choice: integrate or emigrate.

They chose isolation.

Now immortal through the ability to transfer their consciousness into different host bodies, the trans-humans have multiple hosts that can be modified and improved to advance a pilot's skill. The future path humanity takes among the stars is in your hands.

With incredibly detailed ship and station construction, massive solar-system-wide player events and real-time, physics-based combat, Transverse puts the power in the pilot's hands. A fluctuating, real-time economy fueled by industry drives trade in a dynamic resource ecosystem, and player-generated contracts and missions can shift the balance of power at any given moment. Your reputation as a pilot throughout the galaxy will be judged by how well you fly, and the decisions you make.

As soon as Transverse was announced controversy started over whether Piranha Games was being truthful to its fans and questions were raised why the developer was looking for funding while its previous title Mechwarrior Online was lacking promised features/content. The vocal fanbase grew even more agitated when a Reddit debacle happened where members of the studio acted suspiciously (earning them a temp. ban from reddit) while comments on their YouTube channel were disabled.

Now, a few weeks later, it seems Piranha Games realized that its, already re-vised, funding goal would not be met and decided to scrub the project.

To all of our backers,

It’s a bitter sweet day.  Thank you for taking a chance and showing us that you are interested in seeing our vision come to life.  As you can see, the velocity of our crowdfunding campaign never gained the momentum needed to bring Transverse to life as a community funded concept.  We are going to shut down our funding today, ahead of the 30 day deadline and begin the process of refunding as promised.

We plan to take Transverse behind the curtain for now.   One day, I hope to see you on the Fringe!