Getting Started

The game begins with a story line that takes you through the basics of game play and how to operate the interface. Basically, just follow the gold flashing arrows. However, there is a lot that the tutorial fails to explain, this is why I am creating this wiki.

The number one thing you need to know as you begin is: **DO NOT COLLECT REWARDS UNTIL YOU NEED THE RESOURCES FOR CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS AND SHIPS, OR FOR RESEARCHING TECH!** I cannot stress this enough as there are a lot of rewards very early in the game that will put you over 10 million in resources very quickly, but it will take considerable time to spend those resources. This will leave you as a vulnerable target to be farmed by bigger players. The only rewards you should collect all the time are the ones from daily missions. Correction on this: You have to collect the chapter rewards in order to get through the tutorial, those are OK to collect and not as large.

Second thing you want to know is reboot, reboot, reboot! The game is quite glitchy at this point, remember it is still in beta testing, but don't let this discourage you. The game is still highly playable and fun. Besides that, they need us to test these things and report glitches! 90% of the time, glitches can be resolved by simply rebooting the game. For more on this subject, see the Tech Support page.

View the gallery of screenshots for an overview of the game interface. Each section will be covered in greater detail under its respective usage listed under the table of contents. The Command Center or Spaceport View is where you will access the majority of functions to control your empire. This screen opens looking straight ahead where you can access your Command Center structures, Technology Center, Crew Center, Defense Center, and the Campaign Missions screen. The Spaceport view screen pans left to access Ship Building and Repair functions, and it pans right to access Flagship Building and Repair functions, as well as the Outfit Factory where you can build and upgrade components that will install on your Flagship to make it even more powerful.

There are also buttons on the left side of the screen to access your ques for Building, Research, and Manufacturing functions. The buttons on the bottom of the screen are also available in the Star System View and Galaxy View. They access various features like your Daily Missions, Prosperity, Alliance, Events, Mail, and Storage Depot.

The buttons on the right side of the screen toggle the 3 major views of the game: Space Port (your command center), Star System (the local system that you are currently located in), and Galaxy (a map of the entire galaxy).

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This is the central view of your Command Center (Spaceport)This is the left view of your Command Center (Spaceport)This is the right view of your Command Center (Spaceport)This is the Facilities screen where you build and upgrade the facilities on your Command Center.This is your Crew screen where you can recruit, upgrade, and distribute crew members.This is the Command Center Defense screen. There isn't much to do here yet as this portion of the game is still under development.This is your Technology Center. You can research many different technologies to enhance your strength.This is the Campaign screen. So far it only has 1 chapter to play and is still under development.This is the shipyard where you can constuct warships to be deployed in fleets.This is the ship Repair Center where you can repair your warships damaged in battle.This is the Flagship Dock where you can build, modify, and upgrade your flagships. You can also install weapon and defense components to furthur enhance your Flagships here.Click here to access the Chapter Missions screen.This is the Chapter Missions or Tutuorial screenclick here to access the Events and Investigations screen.This is the Event screen. After the first event which is part of the tutorial, don't collect the rewards from completed events until the resources are needed.This is the Investigate and Prospect screen. Complete the investigations but save the rewards until you need the resources.This is the Spaceport Prosperity screen where you can get rewards for growth through completing events and use the points garnered from each level to spend on bonuses similar to the technology tree.This is the Prosperity bonus tree.This is the Alliance Center which has many important features that we'll discuss later..This is your mailbox. You will get all of your scouting and battle reports here as well as communicate privately with other players.This is your Supply Depot. You get many rewards in crates so you don't have to use the resouces until needed.This is the Galaxy view zoomed full out. Different details are given at different zoom levels, and its clouded until explored.This is the Chat Screen. There are 2 tabs: World where everyone can communicate openly, and Alliance where only your teammates can see. I suggest not being a loudmouth on world chat and making a target of yourself!