PDA/Comm

The **Comm** tab of the PDA is your central communications hub. Its main features are the **Galactic News Feed**, the **Buddies**, **Guild**, **Ignore**, and **Friend Keys** tabs.

## News

File:Pda news.jpg The **News** tab provides news from around the 'verse. It is updated any time you enter a station sector with information like local goods in demand and the Daily Trade Report. There is also a lot of user-created content posted to the News feed, from guild formations to race announcements. To view a news article, simply double-click on it and a small window will appear with the contents of the article.

## Buddies/Group

File:Pda buddies.jpg The **Buddies/Group** tab lists all of your Buddies and their locations in the left pane, and groups members in the right.

##### Buddies Pane

Anyone who has accepted a buddy request from you or if you have accepted a buddy request are shown in the **Buddies** pane. Buddies online will display their location while buddies offline are shown in gray and have a location of "Not Logged In". Click the Name or Location column title to sort your buddy list.
You can select a buddy name and:

• Click **Remove Buddy** to remove the selected buddy from your buddies list.
• Click **Send Message** to send the selected buddy a note.
##### Groups Pane

If you accept a group invitation or extend a group invitation to another player who accepts it will show in the **Groups** pane. You can sort group members using any of the column titles (Name, Faction, Location, Health).
Select a group member and:

• Click **Create Group** to start a new group.
• Click **Join Group** to join a group you've been invited to.
• Click **Invite** to invite a player into the active group.
• Click **Leave** to leave the group you are a member of.
• Click **Mute** to mute yourself in group.

## Guild

File:Pda guild.jpg If you are a member of a guild, the **Guild** tab provides a list your fellow guild members who are online and information about your particular guild (MotD, etc.), as well as controls for common guild actions. Guild members are identified in chat by their guild acronym, usually a 3-4 letter identifier unique to that guild.

If you are not a member of a guild, this view provides basic information on guilds and how to join them.

#### If You're a Guild Member

A guild member with sufficient privileges (as defined by the guild commander) can:

• Click **Deposit** to deposit credits into the guild bank.
• Click **Withdraw** to withdraw credits from the guild bank.
• Click **Activity Log** to view a log of players who have joined or departed from the guild.
• Click **Bank Log** to view a log of guild bank deposits and withdrawals by guild members.
• Click **Set Privileges** is used by the guild commander to set member privileges, specify the MOTD (Message of the Day), and set bank limits.
## Ignore

File:Pda ignore.jpg The **Ignore** tab lists all players whom you have decided to ignore in chat. When ignored, messages from the ignored user are not shown.

**Adding a player to the Ignore list:**

1. In the **Ignore** textbox enter the name of a player or use the drop-down list at the bottom of the view
2. Select the duration period to ignore the player (from the length of the current session, to hours, or forever). Default setting is *Forever*.
3. Click the **Ignore User** control

The players name is added to the **Ignore** list.

**Removing a Player from the Ignore list:**

1. Select the player name in the Ignored
2. Click the **Unignore User** control

The selected players name is removed from the **Ignore** list.

**Clearing the Ignore list:**

* Click **Remove All** to clear the entire **Ignore** list.

## Friend Keys

File:Pda friend keys.jpg The **Friend Keys** tab enables you to share ship and station keys with other players. The view shows a list of everyone you've shared a key with and can be sorted by clicking on a column title (Used, Date, Name).

Click **Give...** to open message window that enables you to send a key to another player.