User Guide
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Click the up arrow to thrust forward, and the back arrow to engage your
reverse thrusters.
To stop thrusting, click the front or back arrow once. Your ship coasts to
a standstill.
NOTE:
You can also thrust by using the
A
and
Z
keys.
WARPING THROUGH SPACE
Thrusting is great for crossing small distances, if you want to get
somewhere in a hurry, your best bet is your warp drive!
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Select a target by left-clicking its icon on your screen. Your target is now
displayed in your targeting interface, in the lower right of your screen.
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Once you have a target, click the Warp button. Your warp drive engages,
and you blast toward your target, stopping automatically when you reach
your destination.
USING THE NAVIGATION INTERFACE AND
STARMAP
Earth & Beyond is a big place, and without a map, it’s easy to get lost!
Fortunately, your starship comes with a state-of-the-art navigation system
to help you track your whereabouts.
To access the map, click the map icon in the lower left-hand corner of
your screen. The navigation map appears.
When you open your navigation system, you’ll see a series of icons, each of
which indicates a unique location known to your ship’s computer. Locations
of which you’re aware but have not yet explored are denoted by question
marks; if you’ve explored a location (or it came pre-programmed into your
ship’s computer), you’ll see a miniature version of its icon.
To select a location, click on it in the navigation map. Doing so
targets the location, and your computer will draw a travel path for
you.
To warp to a targeted location, press the Warp button. Your computer
automatically navigates from point-to-point as you travel.
You may also select your starmap by pressing the circular button in
the upper left of the navigation map. The starmap displays a map of
all star systems and sectors (areas within star systems) that are
known to you, as well as a series of lines showing the gates that
travel between them.
Use your mouse wheel or right mouse button to zoom your navigation
map. You may also left-click and drag your cursor to move around the
map.
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Your navigation map is your friend. We recommend using it!
INTERACTING WITH OBJECTS
We’ve made it easy for you to interact with the Earth & Beyond universe!
Most objects you encounter in space have actions you may take upon
them.
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Left-click on an object to target it. The object is now displayed in your
targeting interface and a series of context-sensitive buttons appear
that may be pressed to interact with the object you have targeted.
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Press one of the context-sensitive buttons to try that action upon the
object.
Common actions include a Gate button to travel through stargates, a
Dock button to dock at space stations, and a Follow button to follow a
creature or another player.
To learn more about an item in Earth & Beyond – for example, your
ship’s engine – right-click on it. A window appears that displays more
information for you.
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