Helm Sign

* Equipment Name: Helm Sign
* Function: This is a indicator of ship/sub's ship current speed, Engine Telegraph's selected speed, & direction
* Cost: $400

## Description

The **Helm** sign is a vehicle base item used to help crews determine the current ship status.
The sign show what speed is selected by the Engine Telegraph, the current speed the vehicle is traveling, and direction of the ship.

This sign can be placed anywhere on the ship, such as Engine Room, to tell people where the ship is going and what speeds settings are.
When looking at the sign there will be 3 large circles which are called Dials, these are indicators showing direction (large circle), Engine Telegraph's currently selected speed (Small circle on left), and Current vehicle speed (circle on the right).

## How It Works

### Detailed information on Uses of a Helm sign

The following is break down on how to use the Helm sign.

#### Direction

Large dial in the center of the sign when it's active is current and projected direction of the vehicle.

The face of the dial is not unlike a rose of a compass.

    The 0 on this dial is always the FRONT OF THE SHIP, 090 is right of the ship, 270, is the left, 180 behind the ship. What is different from a compass are two lines (1 red, 1 white) that will move as the ship turns. White Line is the ACTUAL direction of the Ship, while RED line is which way the RUDDER (aka the ship wheel) has the ship pointed. When a player turns the Ship's Wheel, to example from 0 to 090, the Red line will turn to 090, if the ship is moving, the ship will change direction of the vehicle and the White line will MOVE until it matches it.

#### Engine Telegraph

The small circle/dial on the bottom left is current speed setting for the Engine Telegraph. When a player changes the

    engine order telegraph's speed. This dial will show where it is, from Stop to Full, both directions. This sign repeats whatever setting the Engine Telegraph is set (sometimes these are called Repeaters). If a person changes a telegraph's setting, it will change on ANY Helm sign on the ship. Likewise, other Telegraph on the vehicle will change as well.

#### Speed Indicator

The small dial on the bottom right side, shows the vessel's current speed it's moving. This is not unlike a car's Speedometer, which shows how fast someone driving.

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## How to Use it

* Direction Dial -
When you turn the ship/submarine the dial's red line will move. Eventually if the vessel is moving, the white line will turn.

* Engine Telegraph -
While dial is small, it's useful when someone is not near the Engine Telegraph. The Engine room can use this to change speeds when they are ordered to but did not hear being spoken to.

* Speed Dial -
This useful to indicate what speed is. Remember, the holograph of the ship's information (shows up on right hand side of a captain's screen while vehicle is active.) will not show up for a crewmember player.This can help players figure out if there a problem with movement and so forth.

## How to add a sign

When making Helm, you need use a oak sign. A player only needs write "Helm" on the top line of the sign.
Physically, the sign will change into minecraft map which is animated. You can place this either on top of something or on side of a block that will accept a map.

* Note: If a block is destroyed or damage, the Helm sign maybe removed completely unit the sign is replaced. Repair blocks will not repair this.

## Notes

* The writings of Maximuspayne on the signs works in navycraft made this article possible.