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any involuntary movement or convulsion, IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor. BACKGROUND STORY.................................................4
USER INTERFACE........................................................5
Standard Precautions When Playing Videogames: New game.............................................................5
• Do not stand or sit too close to the screen. Position yourself as far away from the screen as the length of cable allows. Character...............................................................5
• Play video games on a small screen (preferably). Load game............................................................6
• Avoid playing if you are tired. Options.................................................................6
• Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit. Credits...................................................................6
• Rest for a period of 10 to 15 minutes for every hour you play a videogame. Exit........................................................................6
Main viewport......................................................7
Azimuth and shields.............................................7
Target lock.............................................................7
Left console and player schematic.........................7
Right console and player schematic......................8
Middle console......................................................8
Radar....................................................................9
Commlink and dialogues.......................................9
Overview map.......................................................9
Quest flags and maneuver icons............................9
Ship computer.....................................................10
Information.........................................................10
Systems...............................................................10
Cargo...................................................................11
Logs....................................................................11
Map.....................................................................12
Close...................................................................12
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Systems...............................................................13
Shipyard..............................................................15
Commodities.......................................................15
Officers................................................................18
Commission........................................................18
Ship computer.....................................................18
Exit......................................................................18
FREE-ROAMING.......................................................19
Trading................................................................19
Mining................................................................19
Derelicts..............................................................20
Anomalies...........................................................20
Piracy..................................................................21
Freelance commission........................................21
COMBAT MODE........................................................22
Bonuses and penalties of combat mode..............22
Sub-targeting.....................................................22
Shields and resistances.......................................22
Ships abilities......................................................23
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.....................................24
Experience, levels and ranks................................24
Maneuvers..........................................................26
Capturing vessels..............................................29
Technical support.............................................29
CREDITS..................................................................30
Limited Software Warranty
and License Agreement.....................................31
 Background Story Now, twenty three years later, you begin your adventure after your ship is pulled from a stasis rift by the science
At the beginning of the war, later called the Great Colonial war, Gemini star system was just another colony of the vessel Archimedes. In the past two decades, Gemini scientists perfected a way to manually search for individual
vast Earth Empire. The Empire stretched across dozens of systems and ruled with strength and tight discipline. rift locations and extract stranded ships. You, a member of the Gemini League special military unit, must now
Each colony had an appointed governor and a military structure loyal to central command. The government of accept that your world is gone, that you have been trapped in a rift for more than twenty years. Although you
the Gemini colony was known as the Colonial Directorate. After years of exploitation, the citizens of Gemini didn’t experience the passage of time or age at all, Gemini is now an entirely different place from what you
started to demand more freedom and participation in wealth of their own planets. Directorate, blindly loyal to recall. Some things stayed the same though, as you’re about to realize…
the Empire, refused and strengthened their grip on the people provoking more riots and opposition and finally
leading to an open rebellion. War spread to all corners of the system and lasted for more than three years.
User Interface
During the conflict, a strong
organization called the Gemini NEW GAME
League emerged and took When you start the game, the New game will
control of the ensuing revolution. be the first screen you encounter. Use the
The leaders of the League were buttons on the left to continue from here.
former Directorate military
personnel, scientists and even New game screen allows you to select the
some traders and mercenaries. scenario you want to play. Besides the Starpoint
All had only one goal, to get rid Gemini campaign that is the only story-driven
of the Directorate and pave the scenario, there are several more free-roam
way for a free and united system, based scenarios to choose from. Their main
separated from the distant Empire. Gemini League was eventually successful in defeating the Colonial differences are starting conditions like ship,
Directorate. Remains of the Directorate fleet retreated to Sector Zero. There they tried to keep control of rank, credits, reputation and starting sector.
Starpoint Gemini, a massive structure built around the Gateway, a large wormhole that was the only way to
travel back to Empire main space. Knowing that peace would not last as long as the Empire has a way to bring
reinforcements, League launched its final assault on Starpoint itself. What happened next were the brightest
and the darkest moments in Gemini history. Directorate suffered a catastrophic defeat and decided to abandon CHARACTER
the entire system, pulling through Gateway back to Earth. The character screen lets you change your
appearance in SPG, your name and the name
Fearing the revolution could spread into other colonies, an Imperial taskforce detonated an unknown device of your ship. Use the sliders on the right to
near Starpoint. The blast caused an explosion inside the wormhole, sending out an anomalous shockwave morph your avatar.
so massive that it destroyed an entire League fleet and scorched several planets and sectors. That was just
the first effect. Gemini system was torn apart by a huge subspace anomaly that swept across whole sectors. Here you can also choose which Perk you
Starpoint was consumed by that anomaly and ended stranded in a strange phenomena, later named stasis want to have from the very beginning of the
rift. Every ship caught in stasis rift was separated from normal space and time. Gateway to Earth was now game. You can choose only one perk at the
inaccessible and Gemini League suffered a setback that will have long term consequences. In the process of beginning of the game so make you choice
rebuilding Gemini after the Starpoint incident, League became a small, unimportant player. Other factions carefully. Right clicking on the perk name
on various planets seized power and finally divided Gemini into several states. It led to the creation of three opens up its description.
major states: Baeldor Republic, Korkyran Triumvirate and Nyxian Consortium. Gemini League was forgotten
for years, but then, sixteen years after the fall of the Directorate, rumors of rebel ships reemerging started to
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 LOAD GAME
Load game screen lists all previously saved
games and allows you to select one of them to
continue playing from there. Every saved
game has an image associated with it showing
the saved game location.
OPTIONS
The options menu holds all modifiable game
options like graphics and audio for you to alter
to suit you better. Difficulty can also be
changed here. A list of all shortcuts is also
here. Take a bit of time to review them. Using
shortcuts makes for a lot more fluid game
experience. Most of these options can be
changed at any time during the game in the
in-game options. If the game is not running at
good FPS rate, tweak the graphic options to
find the most suitable solution.
CREDITS
The Credits section lists all people that made a contribution in making Starpoint Gemini.
EXIT
When you’ve had enough, press this button to exit the game.
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MAIN VIEWPORT
AZIMUTH AND SHIELDS
Right under the ship you can see the azimuth. It
shows you in which direction your ship is turning.
Left click anywhere in space to make your ship
start turning in that direction. You’ll see the
azimuth changes according to the direction
your ship is turning to.
The shield indicator is also located here.
The three concentric lines on every side of
the ship represent shield strength on the
corresponding sides. The number of lines drops
and their color changes from green over yellow
to red when the shield weakens. When all three lines disappear, that entire side of your ship is completely
exposed to enemy fire. Do whatever you can to keep that side away from your enemies to allow the shield
to reactivate. When energy shields get completely drained (no concentric line) that means that entire side of
your ship is defenseless. Give it some time to reactivate. Naturally, shields only reactivate if their emitters are
operational. If that ship system is disabled, then they don’t reactivate until the emitter is repaired.
TARGET LOCK
Right clicking on an object in space locks your sensors on the object. You
target it and a targeting reticule appears around it. Target’s name is
displayed on the top and its distance is shown on the bottom of the
reticule. Before you can do anything to or with an object, you have to
Hostile Neutral Allied target it first. Targeting reticule color changes depending on the object’s
(red) (blue) (green) attitude towards you. Red means it’s hostile.
LEFT CONSOLE AND PLAYER SCHEMATIC
The left console focuses on your ship. All information on your ship is accessed through this console.
Ship computer opens a small panel that lets you access some
more detailed information about your captain avatar, ship,
cargo, missions and events and lets you review the global
Gemini system map and the map of the current sector. These
areas are explained in more details later. Overview map opens a top-down view of the current sector. Whenever
you need to know more of your surroundings, turn to the Overview map.
 Engineering button opens the Engineering schematic right above the left console. All repairs during flight are
made through this panel. Click on a system to place it on the repair list. The more systems are on the list, the
slower the repairs. You only have a limited number of capable mechanics and engineers to conduct all repairs.
This only works for repairing ship systems. Ship’s hull can only be repaired while on a station, unless you have
special additional equipment installed on your ship which does that job automatically.
The last button opens the Tactical console where you can choose which weapons to use. There is a small button
located on the Tactical screen, in its top left corner. This button switches the icons on the schematics to show
weapons firing arcs. Every weapon can only fire when the target is inside its effective firing arc.
RADAR
The Radar can be found in the top left corner of the screen. It shows all objects in
the effective radius of your sensors. The color of objects depends on the
alignment of the object towards you. Red means its hostile, green means it’s
friendly and so on. The radar can also be zoomed in or out. Place your mouse
cursor over the radar and then use the mouse scroll to zoom in or out.

COMMLINK AND DIALOGUES

RIGHT CONSOLE AND TARGET SCHEMATIC Whenever a conversation is taking place, the Commlink will open in the top right corner of the screen. Simply
The right console focuses on the target. Any action involving the target, no matter what kind of object it is, is left clicking on the Commlink will advance the dialog until it ends and the Commlink auto closes. Use the scroll-
done through this console. bar to review the entire conversation. Whenever there is more than one way to advance the conversation, the
possible choices will appear there and can be highlighted. Left click on a choice to advance the conversation.
The first button on the left is Scan. As the name implies, Random dialogues use this type of branching.
pressing this button initiates scanning of the current target
which offers more detailed information on it. Next is Hail
target which initiates conversation with the target. Naturally, OVERVIEW MAP
this action can only work on stations and ships. Pay close attention to this next button since it changes
depending on what kind of object is targeted. If it is a ship, then this button will be the Grappling beam.
Pressing the button then, will activate the grappling beam towards the target. If an asteroid is selected, the
button will change into Mining. If you press the button at that time, you will start mining the targeted asteroid.
The other way to initiate docking only works on stations and that is through conversations. This part is covered Whenever you want to get your bearing in a sector, use the Overview map. It shows the entire sector with
in the Commlink section. points of interest like space stations, asteroid fields, anomalies, derelicts and so on. Keep in mind, though that
some objects appear on the Overview map only after you discover them. Place the mouse cursor over map
A schematic will also appear on the right side, above the console, but this one represents the current target. objects to see what they are.
Possible actions towards a target depend on the type of object that is targeted.

QUEST FLAGS AND MANEUVER ICONS

MIDDLE CONSOLE
The top of the screen is reserved for Quest markers and icons of currently active maneuvers.
When an object is flagged as a quest object, a small marker appears on the top of the screen
showing you in which direction is the object.
The console on the bottom, in the middle, holds the quickbar, the speed slider and several important buttons.
The quickbar can hold up to five different Maneuver icons ready to be used at a glance. Clicking on a maneuver
icon on the quickbar will activate the maneuver. If a maneuver has duration, then when activated, an animated
selection is visible around it for as long as it is activated. When a maneuver is activated, its icon will appear above the ship for a few moments and then
it will disappear. Some maneuvers have duration and to make it easier to keep track of exactly
Ship speed can be adjusted with the speed slider either by clicking and dragging the slider, or simply by clicking which maneuvers are active at any given moment, their icons will appear on the top of the
on the slider. The three buttons in the middle are, from left to right, TDrive initiates Torrent drive, but only screen and stay there for as long as they are active.
works on ships that have TDrive system installed; Combat mode prepares the ship for imminent fighting by
activating shields and weapons; and finally the all-important Fire button which fires the weapons selected
on your ship’s schematics.

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 SHIP COMPUTER
Ship Computer gives access to all information concerning your captain avatar and your ship.
INFORMATION
Information button opens the Personal
information screen. This screen is divided
into three parts.
Personal shows your captain’s statistics like
name, rank, experience, credits, perks as
well as information on additional personnel
you hired on your travels. These additional
personnel are officers you can hire on space
stations. They give special bonuses during
their stay on your ship. Every 5 levels up to
level 30, you receive a promotion (your rank
increases) and that brings with it a Perk, a
special passive bonus. You receive a promotion
the first time you dock on a station, after
you’ve fulfilled the level requirement.
Reputation displays all Gemini factions and their attitude towards you. Their actions heavily depend on that
attitude. Don’t expect any assistance from a hostile faction.
Skills tab is very important. It lists all available maneuvers and allows you to spend your well earned points to
upgrade maneuvers. Right click on any maneuver to see a more detailed description. On the top of the skills tab
is a representation of the quickbar. Here you can assign maneuvers to quickbar slots. Simply click on a maneuver
and then on a quickbar slot.
SYSTEMS
Systems button brings up the Systems panel.
In the top left you can see your ship’s schematic
with all installed ship systems. Beneath the
schematic are three important bars.
Energy represents your ship’s energy output.
That is how much energy your power core
produces. That system provides power for
all other ship systems. All systems except
power cores use energy to work. Overall
energy consumption of your ship systems is
represented by the next bar, System energy.
System energy cannot be higher than Energy.
If it is, you will not be able to leave a station.
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The next and last bar is Auxiliary power, or simply Power. This represents how much energy is left when
subtracting energy consumption from energy output. Maneuvers use Power to operate. When Power falls to
zero, all active maneuvers automatically deactivate.
The right side of the Systems panel is reserved for System storage. All ship systems that you have, but are not
installed on your ship are stored here for you to use in the future or sell on a station. There are two buttons
on the Systems panel. Props and Resist. These switch the field on the lower left of the panel. Props shows
your ship’s properties like speed, maneuverability and such, while Resist switches this tab to show your ship’s
resistances to various types of damage.
CARGO
Cargo button opens up the Ship cargo screen. Here you can see what cargo you’re transporting and how full
is your cargo capacity. The bar on the top of the panel shows the cargo capacity. When the bar fills up to its
maximum, you cannot add any more cargo. Different commodities come in different packages, meaning some
commodities take up more space than others.
The right side shows a list of all commodities
you’re currently carrying in your Cargo hold.
Select one of them to see their description on
the top left side of the panel. Take a look on the
bottom left side of the panel to see where you
can find a good selling price for the selected
commodity; a very handy thing for traders.
LOGS
Logs button brings up the Captain’s log screen.
Whenever you’re in doubt as to what you need
to do next, when on a mission that is, navigate
to this panel. You’ll find all the information you
need here. The left side holds a list of all logs
by name. Left click on any of these to see it in
more detail. A more detailed description will
appear on the right side.
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button located on the bottom of the panel. This deletes the selected log. Do this only when you’re sure you The Systems tab on a station lets you refit your
won’t need that log anymore! For example after you have passed a certain mission of the campaign, you can ship. It is divided into several fields. On the left
delete all logs from that mission. After deletion, a log can no longer be retrieved. you can see your ship’s schematic displaying all
installed ship systems. To remove a system
from your ship first select it on your schematic
MAP and then click on the Unmount button located
The Map button takes you to the Global system map. Here you can see the entire Gemini system and its sectors in the middle of the panel. The system will
positioned in three dimensions. Press and hold the middle mouse button to rotate around the map and the appear below the schematic in the System
mouse wheel to zoom in and out. You can see two arrows on the map. The green arrow points to the sector storage field. Here you can find all ship
you’re currently in and the yellow arrow points to the sector currently selected on the sector list. systems you have onboard your ship that are
not installed. You can only mount systems
You can find the Sector list in the bottom right from your System storage. Select a system on
of the screen. To see the name of a sector on the list, then select a slot on you ship
the map, simply hold your mouse cursor over schematic and click the Mount button.
it. A panel on the bottom left has two buttons.
One is for closing the Global map and the other Not all systems can be installed on all slots. Every type of system has its own slot on the ship. When you
brings up an Overview map of the sector you’re select a system in the System storage, keep an eye on which slots turn green. You can only install the selected
currently in. To close the Overview map, simply system on those slots.
click on the Overview button again.
The right side of the Systems screen shows which systems are sold on the station at the moment. Every time
you dock on a station, different systems will be available. To buy a system, select it on the Station storage list
and click Buy. A small panel will open to let you choose who many units of the selected system you want to buy.
Selling systems is also simple. Click on a Ship system in the System storage field and then click the Sell button.
Again, the small panel will open so you can decide how many units you want to sell.

CLOSE There are two more buttons in the middle of the Systems screen. FixHP button repairs all structural damage on
Close button closes this set of panels. If you’re docked on a station, it reopens station interface. If you’re your ship’s hull, for a price, naturally. The Repair button is used for repairing individual ship system, currently
traveling through space, it simply closes the Ship Computer panels. selected on the ship schematic.

You can upgrade you ship with over 300 various ship systems. There are eleven different ship system types and
STATION INTERFACE each type naturally has a unique purpose, but let’s tackle some common properties.

DOCKING
Docking action is used for several objects. Both stations and TGates for example have docking as a primary
interaction. Stations can be docked on in several ways. You can Hail the targeted station and request docking
approval. If the station accepts and grants you docking, then your autopilot will lead you in. The second way is
to press the Dock button on the station schematic and there is always the shortcut. On TGates , you can dock via
the Dock button and the shortcut. Docking can be denied if all docking ports are in use. If that happens, your ship
will wait until a docking port becomes available. Station interface opens up when your ship docks on a station.
System class is very important. Each ship system slot on a ship is limited by maximum class. If a slot supports
only class 3, then only class 3 systems and lower can be installed on that slot. Also, it is important what the
slot in question is actually for. You can only have one power core installed on a ship, since there is only one
power core slot per ship. It is the same for most ship systems. Weapons, shields and additional equipment are
different in that respect.
Every ship has four shield slots and five additional equipment slots. Number of primary and secondary weapon
slots depends on the ship in question.

Every ship system needs energy to function, with the exception of power cores. Power cores produce energy for all
other systems so it can be said the power core is likely the most important single ship system. If your installed ship
systems need more energy than your installed power core produces, you will not be able to leave the station.

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 The three small buttons on the left side of your ship’s schematic enable you to switch the view on your SHIPYARD
schematic. The middle button switches to standard view displaying system icons on your schematic. The button Whenever you want to buy a new ship, you come to this screen. The left side is reserved for your ship. The
above it switches to Firing arc display, showing effective firing arcs of your weapon slots. The button below it schematic is on top and ship properties are right below. In the upper right corner you can browse through ships
switches to Max class display. This replaces the icons on the slots to show the maximum class of any slot on the that are available on the current station. The lower right field shows the properties of the selected available ship.
ship. These buttons are very useful when upgrading your ship with new systems.
The small green squares on the system icons displayed below represent the class of the system. It makes it Not every station sells ships. The trade button
easier to see which systems you can install on your vessel. in the middle trades your ship for the selected
available ship. The difference in price is also
calculated into the final trade price. All
Power core - provides energy for your entire ship and all its systems systems from your current ship are transferred
to your latest acquisition.
Sensors - provides info on your surroundings (other vessels, stations, asteroids etc.)

Thrusters - your ship’s maneuverability depends on this system

Engines - affect maximum speed of your vessel

Beam accelerator - primary weapon; deals energy damage COMMODITIES

Commodities button brings up the Commodi-
ties trader screen. All commodities trade is
Railgun - primary weapwon; deals projectile damage done via this panel. On the left is the list of
commodities in your ship’s cargo hold. A bar on
Plasma cannon - primary weapon; deals plasma damage the top left tells you how full your cargo hold
is. The right side shows all available commodi-
ties for buying. You can sell any commodity
Shockwave generator - secondary weapon; deals energy damage anywhere, but a station doesn’t have to sell all
commodities. Large stations, like trade ports
usually sell and buy all commodities, even
Missile launcher - secondary weapon; deals projectile damage
contraband. Transporting and trading in con-
traband can be very profitable, but be careful.
Fusion torpedo - secondary weapon; deals plasma damage If local authorities scan your ship and find con-
traband, you will be in a world of trouble.
Hull plating - provides resistance to all types of damage

Energy shield - provides basic regenerative protection from all types of damage

Grappling beam - grabs and holds the target, preventing it from escaping

Transporter - enables teleportation of commodities, ship systems and personnel

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 To buy or sell commodities, select it and then click on the appropriate button located on the bottom middle of
the panel. Commodity prices change constantly, so don’t expect to find a golden trade route.
Oxygen recyclers Light arms

Silver Nitrogen Power magazines Heavy arms

Silicon Xenon Body implants UniGlass

Iron TerraCocktail Hydroponics parts Utility droids

Gold Ionized gas Protective wear Relay satellites

Thorium Vegetables Holotech parts MultiOps droids

Uranium Fruit TitaNova plates Utility rovers

Diamond Meat Solar panels Heavy robotics

Ice (H20) Medical supplies Superconductors Station composites

Crystal Rift dust Aluminum foils Prefab shelters

Argon Ammartan algae Jewelry CryoTech parts

Hydrogen Sleep suppressors Textile Industrial robotics

Helium Computer parts Energy cells Engine parts

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 OFFICERS FREE-ROAMING
To hire or dismiss officers from your ship, Gemini is a large star system and it can be
navigate to this screen. Here you can see all ruthless. To survive all threats, you must be
officers you have on your ship, on the left side, prepared. A good vessel and an experienced
while all officers available for hire can be captain can do wonders. The road to that has
found on the right. its own perils however, and here are a few
pointers to get you started.
Each officer has his basic info displayed with
him. Pay attention to this info. Officers have
to be paid some credits in advance, but they
are also paid periodically as well. To dismiss an
officer from your ship select him and then click
the Dismiss button. To hire a new officer, select
him and click the Hire button.

TRADING
COMMISSION Trading can be very profitable. It is a simple
The Freelance commission or just Commission process of buying a commodity on one station
for short is a Freelancer’s heaven. All missions and then selling it on another station that offers
that are currently available in the sector are more credits for the same commodity. Prices do
listed here with all the info you need. The field change however, so when you find a good deal,
on the left lists all available missions. Select don’t expect it to wait on you forever.
one of them to view more detailed info about
it. The info is displayed on the right. Basic need
to know information is shown on the top right,
and a short description appears right below
the basic info section.

To take on a mission, select it and click the

Accept button.
MINING
Gemini has an abundance of ore-rich asteroid
SHIP COMPUTER fields. Prospecting and mining that ore is also
The Ship computer button closes station interface and brings up the Ship computer interface so you can review a simple task. Come close to an asteroid and
all information about your captain and your ship, your mission and so on in peace and security of a station. scan it. That will reveal what type of ore and
how much of it is there in the targeted
asteroid. You will notice the Transport button
EXIT switches into a different button depending on
When you’re ready to leave, click on the Exit button to leave the station. what is targeted. In case of an asteroid, this
button becomes the Mining button.

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 Simply click on it and you will start mining the asteroid, if there is anything in it to mine. The mined ore will
automatically appear in your cargo hold. You can then sell the ore on any space station. You must have Mining
Equipment installed on your ship to mine ore from asteroids.
DERELICTS
You can explore the sectors searching for
derelict ships to salvage some equipment or
cargo and sell it or use it if you wish. Derelicts
appear randomly, so passing through an
asteroid field and salvaging some equipment
from a derelict doesn’t mean another derelict
won’t appear in that same asteroid field the
next time you enter the sector.
You only need to approach a derelict, scan it
to see what there is to salvage, select what
you want to transport to your ship using
the derelict’s schematics and then click the
Transport button. You must have a Transporter
ship system installed on your ship to salvage
equipment and cargo from derelicts.
ANOMALIES
If you’re more of a scientist than a scavenger,
then a scavenger, then searching for and
scanning spatial anomalies should be your
choice. You only need to find an anomaly,
come close to it, target it and then click the
Scan button. Then just wait for the scan to be
completed and you will receive your well
earned experience points and credits reward.
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PIRACY
If you like freightliners, especially targeting and
firing on them, you can always go into
privateering and piracy. That way you’ll see
destruction and earn a bundle, but don’t be
surprised when police and military ships start
attacking you. They won’t hold a grudge
though. You only need to tip the balance back in
their favor by clearing some of their opponents’
ships. That will always patch things up.
FREELANCE COMMISSION
Freelancing is very popular in Gemini. Space
stations have Commissions that deal out
freelance job contracts. When on a station,
click on the Commission button. That will open
the Freelance Commission screen. There you
can view all available freelance missions in the
sector. Choose whichever you like and click on
the Accept button.
A mission log will be added to your Personal
logs and the target of the mission will be
flaged so you can find it more easily. It is then
only a matter of solving the mission to gain the
Credits reward. After you solve a Freelance mission, you can delete the mission log from your Personal logs if
you wish. Higher tier freelance missions, meaning more difficult only become available when you have fulfilled
all prerequisites. Revisiting a sector in later stages will offer more Freelance missions to take on and solve.
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 COMBAT MODE
Combat mode is activated by clicking on the
Combat mode button on the middle console.
This automatically activates shields and
weapons and prepares you for battle. Clicking
on the button again deactivates combat mode.
BONUSES AND PENALTIES OF COMBAT MODE
When your ship is in combat mode a lot of energy is transferred into shields and weapons for them to operate
as efficiently as possible. But what happens to all that energy once combat mode is deactivated? That energy is
used to boost engines and thrusters during safe travels. So don’t be alarmed if you notice that your ship goes faster
when you’re not in combat. If you want to boost maneuverability and speed during combat, use the Reroute power
maneuvers. A good captain knows when and how to balance all available energy from one system to the other.
SUB-TARGETING
When you encounter something of interest, you have to lock your ship’s
targeting systems on it, before you can actually do anything with or to it.
Targeting is done by simply right clicking on the object in space. You’ll
immediately notice its schematic appeared on the right. What you can do
with the targeted object depends on what it is exactly.
A ship has all its systems shown on the schematic. You can select any of
these as sub-target. That means your tactical officer will do his best to
inflict as much damage as he can to the selected system. This is very useful,
since different tactics should be used for different ship classes. It is always
good to knock out smaller ship’s thrusters and engines so it would lose that
as an advantage and stop bothering you when you’re dealing with bigger
fish. Sub-targeting is essential for some maneuvers like System hack that
knock out the system temporarily.
SHIELDS AND RESISTANCES
Energy shields or just shields for short are your primary defense. Shields regenerate over time, unlike hull which
needs to be repaired. Keep in mind that you only have shields around your ship if you have Shield emitters
installed on your ship. Erebus squadron Launches a squadron of fast fighters armed with energy beams.
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Shield emitters are ship systems that when installed on the appropriate slots, create the energy shielding
protecting your ship. Every ship has four shield emitter slots: front, rear, left and right and create shielding
on their respective sides. There is one more thing that you should keep an eye on when deciding what shield
emitters to install on your ship. Every shield emitter generates shielding that is more resistant to a certain type
of damage, but that resistance only comes into play when all four shields are resistant to the same type of
damage; like a set.Resistances are passive defenses. As an example: If your ship is 5 percent resistant to Plasma
damage then all incoming damage from weapons that deal plasma damage is reduced by that 5 percent.
A very important thing to remember is sub-targeting. To maximize efficiency, focus on certain ship systems on
your target. In other words, use the target schematic to target its systems otherwise your tactical officer will do
that on his own. He is only concerned with hitting the target in any way possible. That usually means most of
the dealt damage goes directly to the target’s hull. Sometimes that is useful, but at other times you will need to
use tactical judgment and choose carefully what part of the hostile ship you will attack the most.
SHIPS ABILITIES
Every ship comes with its own special ability. Abilities don’t require energy to function. They only need time to
recharge after each use. Use abilities carefully. They can change the course of the battle.
Jamming Temporarily reduces target’s accuracy by 50 percent.
Disabling beam Drains target’s weapons forcing it to reload again.
Ion discharge Discharge temporarily disables engines and thrusters of nearby enemy ships.
Power burst Temporarily reduces weapons reload time by 50 percent.
Stasis field Invulnerability. But you can only control your ship’s movement.
Stasis hit Temporarily reduces target’s speed and maneuverability.
Forward batteries Fires forward built-in cannons on the target dealing projectile damage.
Trojan squadron Launches a wing of Trojan fighters, carrying shockwave weapons.
Plasma stream Fires a 5 second plasma stream directly in front of the ship.
Sigma torpedoes Special torpedoes that, when hit weaken all shields.
Temporal jump Instantly moves your ship forward for a limited distance.
Flak cannons Defensive flak railguns shoot down enemy fighters and drones.
Kamikaze drones Launches several suicide drones that deal plasma damage on collission.
Missile barrage Fires a barrage of missiles directly in front of your ship.
Nova beams Cannons that deal damage and temporarily disable engines and thrusters.
Crescent squadron Launches a wing of missile carrying bombers.
Ion cannon A massive EMP beam cannon firing in front of your ship.
Scorpio squadron Launches a squadron of heavy fighters armed with powerful plasma cannons.
Helix squadron Launches a wing of powerful interceptors armed with railguns and missiles.
Tachyon cannons Two large front-based built-in rail cannons that deal damage to the target.
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There are several things you should have in mind concerning this part of the gameplay. Becoming familiar with
these sections will make it a lot simpler to get “in the game”.
Boarding master - Trooper strength increased by 15%

EXPERIENCE, LEVELS AND RANKS

You gain experience by solving quests, both side and main, but it is very important to know that Mercantile - Sell price increased and buy price decreased by 10%
that is only a part of it. Almost every action you do in the game grants you some experience.
Destroying ships, researching anomalies, repairing satellites, salvaging equipment from derelict vessels and
even using maneuvers all grant some experience as a reward. TDrive expert - T-Drive activation and energy cost decreased by 10%

Increasing experience eventually leads to promotions. Every five levels up to level 30, you gain a new Rank.
That gives you an additional maneuver point to distribute, but more importantly it grants you a Perk.
Evader - Evasion increased by 15%
Perks are special passive bonuses. There are 18 perks to choose from, but choose carefully. You cannot have all
perks with a single character profile. You can only choose some of them. After level 30, you only increase levels
(up to level 70) and gain maneuver points, but no more promotions or perks. To receive a promotion, you must
dock on any station after you’ve fulfilled the requirements for the promotion (character level). Weapons master - Accuracy increased by 10%

Energy efficiency - Maneuvers cost 10% less Energy Space wolf - EMP and Radiation resistance increased by 15%

Weapons efficiency - Weapons reload is 10% faster Luck - Improves Evasion, Accuracy and defense against Critical hits by 5%

Shields efficiency - Shields recharge is 10% faster Beam acc. expert - Increased damage of Beam weapons by 10%

Sensors efficiency - Sensor radius increased by 15% Railguns expert - Increased damage of Railguns by 10%

Navigation - Maneuverability and speed increased by 10% Plasma cannons expert - Increased damage of Plasma cannons by 10%


Shockwave gen. expert - Increased damage of Shockwave gen. by 10%

Missiles expert - Increased damage of Missiles by 10%

Fusion torp. expert - Increased damage of Fusion torp. by 10%

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Every time you gain a level, you also gain a free maneuver point. You can distribute these points on various
available maneuvers. This is done through the Captain Information panel. First tier maneuver costs 1 point to
upgrade, second tier costs 2 and third costs 3 points. So altogether, you need to spend 6 points to upgrade a Calibrate beam acc. - Increase critical hit chance
maneuver to its maximum. Some maneuvers require a certain type of weapon to function, while others are
defensive in nature. Also, some maneuvers are “toggle” maneuvers, meaning you can activate and deactivate
them. Or if you run out of Energy, they will shut down automatically. Calibrate railguns - Increase critical hit chance

Distress call - Emit a distress signal and call for help Calibrate plasma cannons - Increase critical hit chance

Defensive tactics - Defend against incoming missiles and torpedoes Calibrate shockwave gen. - Increase critical hit chance

Power to shields - Strengthen shields at the expense of engines and weapons Calibrate missiles - Increase critical hit chance

Power to weapons - Enhance weapons at the expense of shields and engines Calibrate fusion torp. - Increase critical hit chance

Power to engines - Boost engines at the expense of shields and weapons Multitargeting - Fire all weapons on multiple targets

Evasive tactics - Increase evasion Overload - Fire weapon with significantly increased damage

Gunner - Increase weapons accuracy Burst - Fire multiple volleys from a single weapon

Maneuverability - Increase ship’s maneuverability Precise shot - Fire weapon with increased range and damage

Sustained thrust - Increase speed and acceleration Pierce shields - Shot from selected weapon ignores shields and deals extra damage

Diagnostics - Speed up ship system repairs Anti-shield calibration - Primary weapons can pass through shields

Hard turn - Make a sharp turn EMP shockwave - Shot deals additional EMP damage

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Disabling shockwave - Drain target’s weapons
Draining shockwave - Steal target’s energy to heal your shields
Seeker missile - Fire a missile that cannot miss
Missile swarm - Fire several missiles from one launcher
Nuclear warhead - Missile damages all target’s systems
Fusion blast - Torpedo deals extra radiation damage over time
Shield fluctuation - Hit makes target’s shields easier to pierce by any weapon
Repair - Repair your ship’s hull. Requires Nanobots to work
Sensor jamming - Confuse your enemy and lower their accuracy
Cloaking - Make your ship invisible
Anomaly detection - Detect anomalies and cloaked ships
Science - Increase resistances and unlock special bonuses in nebulas
System hack - Disable targeted system for awhile
Scramble projectiles - Turn projectiles on the shooter
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CAPTURING VESSELS
It is possible to capture other vessels to drag them to a nearby station and sell them. First and foremost, you
must have troopers on your ship. They will be doing a lot of the work. Every ship can have troopers onboard.
They serve as the main attacking force, as well as ship security if the ship is being boarded.
To capture a ship, it is always good to damage it severely. Damaging a ship also diminishes the number of
troopers defending it. Then use the Transport button on your right HUD console to teleport your own troopers
onto the targeted ship. Your troopers will then do their best to fight their way through the ship and take it over.
You will see the ship’s Hull slowly dropping. That reflects the fighting going on inside the vessel. The sargeant
of your troopers, Xavier Morse, will notify you over commlink when they have taken control of the ship. The
unfortunate vessel will then simply float in space. Then simply use the grappling beam on it and drag it to a
nearby space station to sell it. You can earn a hefty profit by doing this.
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When contacting us, please be sure to include:
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