Starbase/EGOTech/jabber/USAGE.md

Usage

To enter the ship, there is a button in front the cockpit that will open the glass Canopy. There is also a button for Hatch below the ship. Buttons for these are available in the pilot console.

Flying the Ship

The left lever on the center console controls backwards thrust (braking) and the right lever controls forward thrust.

Interface	Function
ForwardThrust	Current forward thrust, maximum of 10,000 units
Cruise	Activates cruise control, forward thrust will not reset to zero unless turned down.
Aim	Reduces the response time of key presses for pitch and yaw.
Turtle	Activates turtle mode which sets forward thrust to a maximum limit of TurtleRate of full thrust.
Sloth	(Right Console) Activates the low sensitvity mode of pitch and yaw by limiting thrust. Use the Sensitivity switch to set the maximum thrust rate of sloth mode.
Transponder Toggle & Ping	Transponder controls, Toggle turns on and off ship transponder while Ping will activate transponder for three seconds
Speed	Current speed of the ship in m/s.
ISAN2, Heading, Dest, DTW, Deltas, WP, Up, Down, Save & Home	See ISAN Waypoint System for more informaton.
Timer	See Timer.
Odometer	See Odometer.
HeatTransferRate	Current heat transfer rate of the heat sinks, maximum of 100%.
StoredHeat	Current stored heat in the heat sinks, maximum of 15,000 units.
Shutdown	Turns off fuel chambers.
Battery	Shows current battery charge of the batteries, maximum of 10,000 units.
Generator	Current generator rate, maximum of 100%.
Min Generator Limit & Min Gen	Toggle and sets minimum generator rate. See Managing Power.
Fuel Rod Left & Fuel Rod Right	Fuel remaining on fuel rods in individual fuel chambers, maximum of 300,000 units for each.
Propellant	Total propellant remaining in propellant tanks, maximum of 8,000,000 units.
PropTime	Time and distance remaining of propellant based on current usage.
FuelTime	Time and distance remaining of fuel based on current usage.
Flow In & Flow Out	Toggle flow modes of resource bridges. See Refueling Propellant.
Canopy	Open and closes the cockpit glass canopy.
Hatch	Open and closes the hatch below the ship.
Service	Open and closes the service hatches on either side the ship for access to the fuel rods and ammo magazines.

Combat

Interface	Function
Fire	Fire lasers, best bound to a key and held down to fire.
Combat	Activates combat mode which enables lasers and starts charging them.
Crosshair	Activates beam crosshair.
Laser Ammo Right 1, Laser Ammo Right 2, Laser Ammo Left 1 & Laser Ammo Left 2	Ammo remaining on lasers, maximum of 600 units for each.
Laser Ammo Heat 1, Laser Heat Right 2, Laser Heat Left 1 & Laser Heat Left 2	Heat generated on lasers, maximum of 1,000 units for each.
Laser Ammo Power 1, Laser Power Right 2, Laser Power Left 1 & Laser Power Left 2	Power remaining on lasers, maximum of 5,000 units for each.
Red lights	Each row of four lights for each laser representing heat. Each light represents 200 units of power. Blinks when heat reaches 600 units.
Blue lights	Each row of four lights for each laser representing ammo. Each light represents 150 ammo. Blinks when ammo drops below reaches 150.
Green lights	Each row of four lights for each laser representing power. Each light represents 1,250 units of power. Blinks when power drops below 1,250.

When entering combat, activate Combat to turn on lasers and start charging the lasers. Crosshair activates the beam crosshair for target aimming. Use Fire to fire the lasers. It is best used bound to a key and then holding down the key to fire. Lasers fire alternating in pairs of one each of each side.

For longer sustained firing, activate Min Gen with a Min Generator Rate of 100.

Open the Service hatches for access to the ammo magazines.

Managing Power

By default the generator will only run and ramp up when the batteries need charging so there is minimum management needed. But you can set a minimum generate rate by setting the Min Generator Limit value using the switch for the minimum rate and turning on Min Gen.

Open the Service hatches for access to the fuel rods.

Refueling Propellant

The resource bridge below the nose of the ship can be used for refuelling propellant. To refuel from another ship, turn off Flow Out on the pilot console and leave Flow In turned on. Then connect a resource bridge to the other ship. To refuel another ship, do the opposite, Flow Out turned on and Flow In turned off.

Other Stuff

Timer

On the pilot center console there is a Timer panel which acts as a timer. It will run when the ship is active and show total time in years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. To reset the timer, use your universal tool (U key) and clear the value of the Timer field.

Odometer

On the pilot right console there is a Odometer panel which will keep track of the ship's estimated flight distance based on speed. To reset the trip odometer, use your universal tool (U key) and clear the value of the Odometer field.