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== Q. Whats the best way to make money at first? ==
 
== Q. Whats the best way to make money at first? ==
  
Trading. Buying goods at space stations and selling at other space stations for profit, A good 2 to 3 hours of this will get enough credits to get the next class ship for double the capacity.
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Trading. Buying goods at space stations and selling at other space stations for profit, A good 2 to 3 hours of this will get enough credits to get the next class ship for double the capacity.
Passengers. Picking up passengers and taking them to another system will get a few coin on the side. check your map and take the short runs for best pay.
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Passengers. Picking up passengers and taking them to another system will get a few coin on the side. check your map and take the short runs for best pay.
Delivering Packages. Always grab any package that needs delivering. They take up zero cargo space so there's no rush to get to the destinations.
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Delivering Packages. Always grab any package that needs delivering. They take up zero cargo space so there's no rush to get to the destinations.
Planetary Production. The Ceres deed obtained from Susan Steele will allow you to build a grain farm on Ceres. 8000 grain a day is not an unreasonable expectation.
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Planetary Production. The Ceres deed obtained from Susan Steele will allow you to build a grain farm on Ceres. 8000 grain a day is not an unreasonable expectation.
Asteroid mining. Mining asteroids is a nice way to get rare minerals that sell for high prices, the problem can be getting sales for said rare minerals, you have to run around a bit looking.
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Asteroid mining. Mining asteroids is a nice way to get rare minerals that sell for high prices, the problem can be getting sales for said rare minerals, you have to run around a bit looking.
Gas Mining. Mining the gas giants for rare gases to sell on the galactic market. Collection quantities may not be high unless you get a bigger ram scoop. Again, getting the sales may take a bit of running around.
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Gas Mining. Mining the gas giants for rare gases to sell on the galactic market. Collection quantities may not be high unless you get a bigger ram scoop. Again, getting the sales may take a bit of running around.
Pirate hunting. Janus A has a guardian you click on to get contracts to hunt the pirate baddies for rewards. Upgraded Rank will get harder contracts with greater rewards.
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Pirate hunting. Janus A has a guardian you click on to get contracts to hunt the pirate baddies for rewards. Upgraded Rank will get harder contracts with greater rewards.
Space Station production. Costly to set up, enables manufacturing of robots, Space ship modules and whole space ships.
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Space Station production. Costly to set up, enables manufacturing of robots, Space ship modules and whole space ships.
  
 
== Q. How do I control the ship? ==
 
== Q. How do I control the ship? ==

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Hopefully you can find answers to your queries in here..

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Q. How do I save the game?

The game is auto saved every time you jump or dock/undock

Q. Whats the best way to make money at first?

Trading. Buying goods at space stations and selling at other space stations for profit, A good 2 to 3 hours of this will get enough credits to get the next class ship for double the capacity. Passengers. Picking up passengers and taking them to another system will get a few coin on the side. check your map and take the short runs for best pay. Delivering Packages. Always grab any package that needs delivering. They take up zero cargo space so there's no rush to get to the destinations. Planetary Production. The Ceres deed obtained from Susan Steele will allow you to build a grain farm on Ceres. 8000 grain a day is not an unreasonable expectation. Asteroid mining. Mining asteroids is a nice way to get rare minerals that sell for high prices, the problem can be getting sales for said rare minerals, you have to run around a bit looking. Gas Mining. Mining the gas giants for rare gases to sell on the galactic market. Collection quantities may not be high unless you get a bigger ram scoop. Again, getting the sales may take a bit of running around. Pirate hunting. Janus A has a guardian you click on to get contracts to hunt the pirate baddies for rewards. Upgraded Rank will get harder contracts with greater rewards. Space Station production. Costly to set up, enables manufacturing of robots, Space ship modules and whole space ships.

Q. How do I control the ship?

W = steer down
S = steer up
A = steer left
D = steer right
Q = roll left
E = roll right
Space bar = fire thrusters
B / Left mouse button = fire lasers
Left Alt / Right mouse button = Turn gravity anchor on/off
1 = First person view
2 = Third person view 
mouse wheel = zoom in/out
H = help menu = above instructions

Q. How do I mine asteroids?

First you will need to get close enough to the asteroid and match its speed, gravity anchor on and thrusters on
Then click and hold left mouse button on the asteroid to fire your laser. 
The asteroid will heat up and change colour. practice will get the best colour of a deep blue. 
Not enough lasering will not heat it enough and the message will tell you so. 
Too much and it explodes without getting any minerals. 
A reported heat of 2200 k is the aim for good results.

Q. How do I mine gas giants for gas?

You must first find a suitable gas giant for harvesting, Vestra has a nice one for Hydrogen, Ubertus for Oxygen.
You basically fly into the gas giant at speed and your gas mining scoop does all the work.
If you don't hit the right part of the giants, impure gas mixture message come up and you get nothing 
If you don't have enough speed a similar message comes upp telling you so, Gravity anchor off (left alt) and start at a distance
In Vestra, 
  start at the Apollo Gate, press 1 for first person view, 
  turn around to line up your cross hairs with the white band in the middle of the giant.
  press left alt to turn off gravity anchor, press and hold space bar to constantly increase your speed.
  Careful adjustment of direction to ensure you hit the whitest part of the giant at maximum speed. 
In Ubertus
  Again, start at Apollo Gate and go for the light green band half way between the equator and the poles
  See the wiki section on gas mining for pictures
The standard gas scoop on any ship is class 1 and will get you 3 tons of gas
To get a bigger gas scoop, either buy one from a friendly player in the galactic market or
  Build your own after much expense building a space station, research lab, and ship yard

Q. What are the Janus A trading posts for? I have actually started to engage in combat and still can't get into the trading site .Are they not functional yet?

No way to gain access at the moment.
It is currently just used for escort missions, they either start or end there.

Q. How do I use the Mail? I see a button for it.

The Mail currently only delivers messages from stock market transactions. Players can not send mail to each other at this point.

Q. How do I repair?

First you must take your ship to one of the non combat systems. If you are in Janaus A, use the warp gate to Apollo. Next dock at a Space Station, such as SS Plato in Apollo. Once docked you should see a 
repair button to the left of the screen.


Q. I bought a ship/item from the Galactic market, but I can’t find it, where is it?

When you purchase a ship/item from the Galactic market (GM), the ship/item remains at the space station where the seller posted it. When you click on a ship for example on the galactic market a list of 
information comes up. Line 3 says “Location: SS Example”. After buying the ship/item you will have to go to that location to pick it up. If you did not read where your new ship/item is click on your character 
button > Assets > Select location, and then go through the list until you find it.

Q. How do I get to a sellers Starbase?

Go to Apollo and you will have a Autopilot way point to their Starbase after you buy something from them.


Q. Can you please tell us exactly how mining yields change with mining beam class? And if possible how mining skill interacts with mining beam levels?

Mining beams add to yields as follows: Asteroids reach peak size after 7 days of accretion. Mining a 7 day old asteroid with a class 1 beam gives you the same yield as a 3 day old one with a class five beam. That's probably the simplest way I can put it. Skill modifies yields in a more complex fashion. A skill of 5 gives just under a 5% boost, but a skill of 50 gives about 33%. A skill of 100 would give a 50% boost, and a skill of 1000 about a 91% boost. Ergo, diminishing but still significant returns. That same skillmod formula is applied to other stuff such as gas giant harvesting, trading profits etc.

Q. How do I land on a Planet?

Fly to Janaus A space. (Ceres to Vulcan to Apollo to Janaus A.)  
Then warp to the planet in the system, and fly down to land. 
Once you get a Hyperdrive on your ship, you can fly to outer systems and land on the planets there.


Q. How do I get all of my ships in the same location?

You will have to dock at the location you want to have all of your ships located. Then buy a low cost ship from the local ship yard. Get in the new ship and fly to the space station where the ship you want to 
pick up is located. Get in the ship you want to move, and either leave the ship you just arrived in, or sell it on the Galactic Market. Then fly back to where you want your ships biased at and repeat this 
process, until you have collected all of your ships to one place.


Q. How do I tell what blueprints I have?

If you have a space station and a Research Lab built, you can click on your Lab and hit the "select research target" button. This will Give you a list of all of your Blueprints. 
When viewing the contract board, Blueprints that you already own will be denoted by a red Astrix *


Q. How do I cancel a Contract?

First dock at a NPC space station. 
Next click on the character button (bottom left)
Then click on the contracts button. 
After that click on cancel a contract. 
Select the contract you want to cancel and a confirmation box will pop up. 
Hit Yes to pay the penalty fee and the contract will be canceled. 


Q. How can I optimize cargo space

Waervyn's Optimizing Cargo Space Video


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