Quick start guide

## Introduction

You are stranded in the Pandorium Station, where an infestation spread and started to take control of it. Your objective is to survive, by escaping it, but when the survivors attempt an escape the infestation will notice and send raids of creatures to kill and destroy the escape. You must survive until you are able to escape the station, for that you must work together, keep the station facilities running to guarantee your survival. You must coordinate with the remaining survivors and trust each other to accomplish it. And remember, if all else fails it is your job to make the noble **sacrifice**.

At the end of each game you gain exp points with the class you played unlocking different weapons/armors/equipments options.

Each game lasts 20 - 40 minutes.

## Main Objectives

* Survive for first 10 minutes
* After 10 minutes start moving to the landing zone, clean it
* Rescue ship will arrive at 15 minutes. Defend landing zone till the ship lands and prepares for liftoff
* Escape from the station by boarding ship

## Secondary objectives

* Protect Reactor Core (if destroyed lights go down)
* Protect Main Computer (if destroyed doors are locked
* Maintain the Containment Chamber (if destroyed unkillable Monstrosity escapes)
* Protect Communications Tower (if destroyed when Rescue Ship arrives causes its instant destruction and prevents Survivors from spawning)
* Protect Air Treatment Plant (if destroyed causes rapid oxygen drop, which slows down players and reduce players performance)
* Protect Air Filters (if destroyed causes slow oxygen drop)

Secondary general personal objectives (during survival phase)

* Don't die (healing is mainly done by medic but Medical Terminal can also be used, only Medic can revive fallen players)
* **Do not shoot teammates, FRIENDLY FIRE IS ON**
* Get rid of larva (go to the surgery table ASAP and use it)
* Repair facilities
* Gather supply (you need supply basically for every activity, maximum carried supply is 60)
* Clear the map as good as possible.

## Controls:

* 'Attack-Move' to shoot, you will not shoot while being idle. DO NOT SHOOT TEAMMATES!
* D to stop moving and start shooting the closest enemy within range
* R to reload
* F to repair
* E to donate supply
* T to detonate closest explosive
* Z to swap weapon
* Every class has its own kit abilities

## Choosing class:

**Most beginner friendly classes are Gunner, Medic, Heavy**

Those classes have decent level 1 equipment and can benefit the team right from the bat, you can stack multiple of those on the same lobby with little diminishing returns.

Other classes have complex class objectives, bad starting equipment, or straight up useless when handled by inexperienced player. If you don't want to be heavy weight and cause frustration to veteran players i strongly recommend you to pick one of those three. When you get a hang of game you can start learning other classes.

**Beginner classes:**

* **Gunner** - Fast Escort, Skirmisher, Assault Support
* **Heavy** - Horde killer, Defender
* **Medic** - Med-kit Gatherer, Cheap fighter, Healer

**Advanced classes:**

* Demolitionist - Nest Killer, Explosion Specialist, Assault
* Engineer - Turret Builder, Defense Expert
* Agent - Supply Farmer, Sneak Expert, Loner
* Scout - Service Man, Sniper, Errand Boy

### **Gunner**

**Recommended for beginner, can have multiple in lobby.**

* Escort your medic/demo.
* Knowing your "special ammo" is critical to know how to deal with whatever enemy is confronting you.

* High Explosive (HE) gives your weapon AoE bullets. Armor Piercing (AP) allows to ignore target's armor and adds +200% damage against armored Targets, also good versus some of the special enemies. Incendiary (Fire) allows to deal more easily with many special enemies.

* If you escort Medic, their job is to collect medkits all around the station. The medic is able to drop medical boxes (medipacks) with 4 charges, which heal everyone that clicks on it by a certain %. The less hp you have, the better a charge will heal you. The medic is also the only class that can revive other people. But it takes time so you should protect them while doing so. Do not let anything touch your medic.
* If you escort Demo, their job is to destroy nests, make sure to position yourself in such a way so you can kill everything spawning from nest. Do not let them come close to Demo. Beware of the friendly fire!

### **Medic**

**Recommended for beginner, can have multiple in lobby.**

* Gather medkits, you see them like a '+' on the minimap, each gives you 2 charges up to 7.
* You can see players HP and their location on the minimap if they are dead or injured (below 50).
* Rush to resurrect players, costs 2 medkits, prioritize resurrecting other medics first.
* Med-kit 'C' heal anyone below 50 health, use it if you have more than 2 medkits, save kits for resurrect otherwise.
* Always use first aid 'X' heal on yourself when you are below 50 health, your own well being is important.
* The lower HP someone has the better heal first aid 'X' will give, under 25 is the best.
* Place Medipacks at Reactor Core and Main Computer, they act like first aid on use.
* You can donate medkits to other medic with 'H'.

### **Heavy**

**Recommended for beginner, can have multiple in lobby.**

* Escort your demo/engi/medic.
* Your gatling gun is your breed and butter, use it on everything
* Place ammo boxes and use them instead of reloading manually, your reload time is long without them
* Use your shield when shooting, it greatly reduces damage taken from front
* Use sandbags to make choke points, so zombies come to you one at a time, but be careful to not mess up other players
* If you escort Demo, their job is to destroy nests, make sure to position yourself in such a way so you can kill everything spawning from nest. Do not let them come close to Demo. Beware of the friendly fire!

### **Demolitionist**

Not recommended for beginner, need at least 1 veteran in lobby, 2 in big lobby.

Has very bad starting equipment and requires extended knowledge of game mechanics to function properly

* Destroy Nests, you see them as hatcheries on the minimap. Always tell your teammates where they spawn so they can act accordingly
* To destroy Nest use your Nuke 'X', you don't need to be next to the nest but the nest can't be in the outer edge of the nuke blast.
* You can use your Explosives 'Q' to kill freshly spawned nests
* Place mines near spawns like caves or vents.
* Use your Booby Trap on facilities as much as possible, try to booby trap all of the main facilities.
* Your Rocket Launcher one-shots cocoons.
* Your Heavy Armor provides great protection and immunity to slow from creep and bleeds, but is really slow. Demo has to be fast to be able to kill all Nests. Try to get Medium Armor, or Heavy Armor + Oxygen Mask

### **Engineer**

Not recommended for beginner, need at least 1 veteran in lobby, 2 is doable, but not welcome.

Has bad starting equipment, needs extensive knowledge on turret and barricade placement, can mess up the game with wrong placement. Very supply hungry in wrong hands.

* Your first job is to secure Core.
* Engineer is too hard to explain in a few bullet points, so head to its class page.

### **Scout**

Not recommended for beginner, not more than 1 in lobby, can play without him.

Decent starting setup, but class does very few important tasks, so having too many scouts really gimps party ability to survive.

* You can jump cliffs, that means you are the fastest class on the map.
* Place Scanner Drones around main facilities and in corridors around them, to keep those area scanned.
* Ropes can be places on Elevator ledges on the various locations around the station to allow your team to move faster and safer around it.
* Scout is a very good rare creature killer and can do it from safety, so make sure you support your team when they ping danger.
* Roam the station placing scanner drones as well as ropes wherever you can, seek to kill all rare you can. Support your team.

### **Agent**

Not recommended for beginner, need at least 1 veteran in lobby, 2 in big lobby, more than 2 is definitely overkill.

Okayish starting setup. But class objectives are not intuitive for first time player.

* Gather supply, supply boxes and pills, you can see them on your minimap in blue.
* Donate supply via character menu on top left, your job is to keep everyone fed at all cost.
* You have permanent sneak when no other player is near, so you don't have to always fight your way around.
* Place storage caches in heavily patrolled locations.
* Theory is short, but practice is everything, your team depends on your supply gather skills, if you don't do it fast enough they will starve and die.