Play Tutorial

Starting

Position Creation

Game Options

1. Sagittarius: Standard Experience
2. Centaurus: Standard Gameplay, Extra Starting Resources
3. Perseus: Fast Progression, Extra Starting Resources
4. Orion: Slow Progression, Extra Starting Resources

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User Interface

Information Bar

• Empire Name
• Federation Name
• Federation Rank
• Home
• Messages
• Quadrans
• ExoCredits
• Preferences
• Email
• Messages
• Color Alternatives

Navigation Bar

Empire & Federation

1. Heraldry
2. Player’s Empire Info
1. Dashboard
1. Government Ethos
2. History
3. Items Available*
1. In Use
2. Available
3. Purchase
4. Ranking
5. Achievements
6. Federation Medals
2. Beacons
3. Flags
4. Pins
5. Leaders
6. Heraldry
7. Federation - Create
3. Other Empire Dossier
4. Federations
1. Medals*
2. Ranks
3. Heraldry

Primary Leader

1. Traits
1. Adaptable
2. Brave
3. Charismatic
4. Creative
5. Cunning
6. Intimidating
7. Kind
8. Lucky
9. Moralistic
10. Paranoid
11. Reckless
12. Ruthless
13. Seductive
2. Other Leaders
1. Commission/Decommission
2. Clone*
3. Extend Life*
3. Artifacts

Map – Galactic Map

1. Star Name
1. Visitation Status
1. Never been there: medium grey & italics
2. Been there physically: white & regular
3. Agents there: blue (overrides 0-1)
4. Fleets in orbit: green (Overrides 0-2)
5. Own areas in system: green, bold 2px larger font (Overrides 0-3)
2. Flag
1. empire only
2. empire & federation
3. federation only
3. Scan Radius
4. Jump Radius
5. Moving Between Stars

Virtue Vault

• Consumable (light green)
• Trade Good (burnt orange)
• Crystal (light red)
• Research (purple)
• Infrastructure (light grey)
• Population Modification (light blue)
• Plague (black)*
• Leader (yellow)
• Diplomatic (dark blue)**
• Event (dark red)*
• Ship (Space) Modifications (dark grey)*
• Unit (Military) Modifications (dark green)*
• Unique (rainbow)
• General Actions (blue and red)

Worlds (Objects)

• Flag
• Atmosphere & Temperature
• Market/Trade Route
• Status
• Fleet
• Army
• Military Base
• Shipyard
• Spaceport?

R&D – Lexicon

1. Research & Development
1. Research Points Available
2. Nodes Owned
3. Leader with Highest Science Skills
4. Current Design Points
2. Lexicon
1. Node Types
1. Biology
2. Energy
3. Physical
4. Social
5. Theoretical
6. Universal Star
7. Universal Solo Star
8. Universal

Diplomacy

1. Diplomatic Relations
1. Actions
1. Mutual Defense
2. Trade Agreements
3. Sanctions
4. War/Cease Fire
2. Relation Rating
2. Agents
1. Agent Statistics
2. Status
1. Available
2. Occupied
3. Dead
4. Block
5. Debrief
6. Furlough
7. Deploy (action only)
8. Extract (action only)

Armies

1. Army Details
1. Location
2. Units
1. Unit Type
2. Fire Power
3. Health
2. Reserves
1. Location
2. Unit Numbers
3. Unit Designer and Customization Options
1. Insignia
2. Crystals
3. Race Statistics
4. Movement Points
5. Total Hit Points
6. Total Amor
7. Total Shield
8. Fire Power

Fleets

• Fleet Details
• Jump Strength
• Jump Distance
• Scan Strength
• Cloaking
• Tonnage
• Transport Capacity
• Hangers
• Ship Designer and Customization Options
• Speed
• Jump Strength
• Jump Distance
• Scan Strength
• Sensor Distance
• Cloaking
• Total Health
• Total Shield
• Exocredit Costs
• Industrial Units
• Design Points

Controls

• Back
• Sound Levels
• + Zoom Out
• – Zoom In
• Help

System Map

Basics

Marquee & Recent Events

System Name & Sector Coordinates

Sun(s)

• Binary suns are often found, but only the Sun on the left is in play
• Fleets always enter or leave system from Sun’s orbit

Planets, Moons & Asteroids

• 12 Orbits
• Temperature, Atmosphere and Atmos Density

Orbiting Fleet Icons

• Relationship colors
• Fleet Actions
• Change Control Orbit Stance
• Move Fleet In-System
• Split Fleet and Move In-System
• Hide Identification of Empire
• Leader Actions
• Unload Leader to Planet
• Place Flag
• Place Beacon

Sun Map

Fleets

Types

Attack Transport without troops Orbital Orbital without troops Transport with troops Orbital with troops Debris Leader in pod

Orbitals

Space Debris

With & Without Leader Pod

Object Map

Area

Population

Technology Level (Epoch)

Infrastructure

Organics Manufacturing Mining Research Population Infrastructure Epoch Antiquity Enlightenment Industrial Spacefaring Modern Advanced Transcendent

Military Base

Active & Inactive Unit Queue Unit Blueprints

Shipyard

Active & Inactive Ship Queue Ship Blueprints

Space Port

Active & Inactive

Exotics

Crystals Anari (Red) - anti-matter (cold worlds) Fozite (Grey) - light/photon (any world) Grazite (Green) - magnetic/gravity (any world) Malgorn (Orange) plasma - (hot worlds) Oranian (Brown/Gold) - dimensional (any world & governed by theology) Vamulite (Purple) - dark energy (any world) Xorian (Dark Blue) - particle/mass (any world) Zavarian (Light Blue/Aquamarine) - psionic (any world & governed by psionics) Flora & Fauna Events* Global Area

Specials

Ruins City Temple Tomb Battlefield Wonders Portal

Local Agents

Agent Actions Evolve Recruit SEI (population complacency) Block Broker Diplomatic Sabotage Assassinate Procurement (theft) Health Stealth Reduce Belief Increase Belief Religious Agent Types Spy Saboteur Thief Assassin Counter Intelligence Missionary Prophet Cleric Inquisitor

Zealot
Firebrand
Sentinel
Specialist
Diplomat
Broker
Observation Post

Local Armies

Unit art and bases

Army Actions 

Move to Area Split Move Embark to Fleet Claim Plunder Raid Missile Infrastructure Missile Strategic Buildings Weapon of Mass Destruction Air & Missile Infrastructure Air & Missile Strategic Buildings Air Infrastructure Air Strategic Buildings Attack Infrastructure Attack Strategic Buildings Attack Population Attack Army Missile Units Air & Missile Units Air Units Attack Units Move Leader Use Portal Settle Abort Move Place Pin

Leader Missions

Link to Ground Battles & Simulations

Orbitals – Link to Orbitals in System Map

Debris

Space Debris Space Tomb

Economic View

Population Complacency

Green (happy) Grey (neutral) Orange/Yellow (unrest/unhappy) Red (angry)

Production

Working organic farms Working mines Working manufacturing Working research Working trade goods Building Population Infrastructure Building Organic Infrastructure Building Mining Infrastructure Building Manufacturing Infrastructure

Building Research Infrastructure
Building Shipyard
Building Military Base
Building Spaceport

Markets

Trade Goods

Manufactured Crafted Goods Bio-consumables Exotic Metal-Alloys Luxury Advanced Electronics Pharmaceuticals