GAO

The Galactic Asset Offering (GAO) refers to a timed event during which the team sells in-game assets (only ships so far) directly to players.

The kick-off point of the GAO was announced during the 15th Townhall and through a tweet that linked to a brochure containing the ships that would be offered. The brochure lists 27 ships and notes that these will be sold over a 3 month period starting September 7th, 2021. Due to delays in development this 3-month period was later prolonged. Additionally, the team decided near the end of 2021 to postpone the titan ships to the next GAO phase.

All in all, 24 ships were released during this first phase (2021).

Waves

The initial GAO consisted out of several waves, with different NFT-assets being sold during each of them. Additionally, some of the NFT's being offered were divided into multiple batches at different price points.

Wave 1

The first wave launched on September 7th at 15:00 UTC with the release of the Opal Jet. That same day 4 other ships were released, each one hour after the other.

The following assets were sold during this wave:

GAO Sales - Wave 1

Item	Date	Time	Batch pricing	Batch supply
Opal Jet	Sept 7, 2021	15:00 UTC	20 USDC	127,500
Pearce X5	Sept 7, 2021	16:00 UTC	135 USDC	14,000
			145 USDC	17,000
VZUS Opod	Sept 7, 2021	17:00 UTC	1,500 USDC	800
			1,800 USDC	1,000
Calico Compact Hero	Sept 7, 2021	18:00 UTC	3,520 USDC	700
			4,160 USDC	500
Ogrika Thripid	Sept 7, 2021	18:00 UTC	8,170 USDC	400
			8,955 USDC	300

Upon conclusion of the first wave, the next day an article was released, detailing the first two waves and hinting that subsequent waves would follow over the weeks following it.

Wave 2

Wave 2 was originally supposed to start September 9th at 15:00 UTC but was last-minute postponed by the team to 23:00 UTC to accommodate different time zones.

The following assets were sold during this wave:

GAO Sales - Wave 2

Item	Date	Time	Batch pricing	Batch supply
Pearce X4	Sept 9, 2021	23:00 UTC	20 USDC	55,000
			25 USDC	62,000
Opal Jetjet	Sept 10, 2021	00:00 UTC	300 USDC	1,000
			320 USDC	8,000
Fimbul BYOS Packlite	Sept 10, 2021	01:00 UTC	3,360 USDC	725
			3,640 USDC	875
Calico Guardian	Sept 10, 2021	02:00 UTC	29,985 USDC	100
			30,950 USDC	80
			32,999 USDC	40

Wave 3

There was a significant gap (a month) between Wave 2 and Wave 3 sales. Wave 3 consisted out of only 2 ships and went live on October 7th at 15:00 UTC.

The following assets were sold during this wave:

GAO Sales - Wave 3

Item	Date	Time	Batch pricing	Batch supply
Pearce F4	Oct 7, 2021	15:00 UTC	2,500 USDC	1,200
			3,250 USDC	1,000
Fimbul ECOS Greenader	Oct 7, 2021	16:00 UTC	8,200 USDC	450
			9,185 USDC	300

Wave 4

Due to delays with game development, the team decided to slow down their ship releases. Wave 4 was launched a month after wave 3 finished. It consisted out of 4 ships that were all launched one after another on November 9th, starting at 12:00 UTC.

ATLAS

What made this launch special is that it marked the first release where half the available supply could be bought with ATLAS directly. Simultaneously, the team moved whatever remained of their earlier waves in full to the ATLAS market as well.

• Note that in the table below, the ATLAS-batches are also shown in their dollar value. The peg was set at 1 ATLAS = 0.195 USDC. Despite assurances by Michael that they would rebalance the peg every week or so, this did not occur until the start of the 5th wave mid-December.

The following assets were sold during this wave:

GAO Sales - Wave 4

Item	Date	Time	Batch pricing	Batch supply
Rainbow Om	Nov 9, 2021	17:00 UTC	2,400 USDC	461
			2,400 USDC*	461
			3,120 USDC	600
			3,120 USDC*	600
Pearce R8	Nov 9, 2021	18:00 UTC	10,080 USDC	277
			10,080 USDC*	277
			12,240 USDC	250
			12,240 USDC*	250
VZUS ambwe	Nov 9, 2021	19:00 UTC	1,200 USDC	2,266
			1,200 USDC*	2,267
Pearce C9	Nov 9, 2021	21:00 UTC	28,900 USDC	22
			28,900 USDC*	22
			32,385 USDC	35
			32,385 USDC*	35
			34,400 USDC	17
			34,400 USDC*	18

Wave 5

The final ship sale for 2021 occurred right before the launch of SCORE, starting on December 14th. It would mark the launch of some of the biggest ships and would conclude the sale of all non-titan ships listed in the initial GAO brochure. Unlike previous waves, this one would span 2 weeks, seeing releases on 4 different days with 5 different ships being offered on the first day. The last ship released was the first anomaly-class ship, the Fimbul ECOS Treearrow, and the most expensive ship to date. It was released on December 23rd, 2021.

The following assets were sold during this wave:

GAO Sales - Wave 5

Item	Date	Time	Batch pricing	Batch supply
Pearce C11	Dec 14, 2021	17:00 UTC	80,100 USDC	27
			80,100 USDC*	27
			99,900 USDC	27
			99,900 USDC*	28
Rainbow Chi	Dec 14, 2021	18:00 UTC	$995 USDC	3,744
			$995 USDC*	3,745
Ogrika Jod Asteris	Dec 14, 2021	19:00 UTC	25,000 USDC	14
			25,000 USDC*	15
			31,385 USDC	42
			31,385 USDC*	43
			33,565 USDC	25
			33,565 USDC*	25
Calico Evac	Dec 14, 2021	21:00 UTC	2,200 USDC	355
			2,200 USDC*	355
			2,860 USDC	550
			2,860 USDC*	550
Tufa Feist	Dec 14, 2021	22:00 UTC	795 USDC	3,294
			795 USDC*	3,295
Fimbul BYOS Earp	Dec 20, 2021	17:00 UTC	895 USDC	3,907
			895 USDC*	3,908
Pearce X6	Dec 21, 2021	17:00 UTC	930 USDC	3,754
			930 USDC*	3,754
Fimbul ECOS Bombarella	Dec 23, 2021	17:00 UTC	30,000 USDC	14
			30,000 USDC*	15
			34,385 USDC	20
			34,385 USDC*	20
			37,660 USDC	25
			37,660 USDC*	25
			40,275 USDC	30
			40,275 USDC*	30
Fimbul ECOS Treearrow	Dec 23, 2021	19:00 UTC	99,500 USDC	22
			99,500 USDC*	23
			111,000 USDC	22
			111,000 USDC*	23

Price Announcements

During the first two waves, the price at which the ships were sold was not made public until the actual sale started. The team hoped this would prevent front-running from happening, but discovered that this approach did not work as hoped. After these waves, the team decided to approach the remaining waves a little differently. During the 16th Townhall, Michael promised greater transparency by announcing the price at which they would sell the items before going live.

Fixed supply

During the 16th Townhall, Michael revealed that they have no immediate intention to sell the ships that are sold during the GAO ever again:

We don’t have any immediate objective of reissuing these assets in the future. So If you buy a ship -if you got in during these sales in the Galactic Asset Offering, whatever the total supply is, that is the intended total supply going into the immediate future. [..] It’s possible that at some point in the distant future, this could be a year, or 2 years, or 3 years down the line that we re-enable a secondary sale of these galactic assets. But to be honest with you, that is unlikely. Because we have 120 ships and we will continue to innovate and create new ships over time. And there are plenty of opportunities to purchase an item that fulfills your strategy across the various ship sizes.

— Michael (CEO)

For those of you that purchased ships over these last two drops, that is the total supply. And the only way that someone would be able to acquire those in the future is if they purchase them from another user on the secondary market.

— Michael (CEO)