Controls
You can pilot your ship using either the mouse or the keyboard. To use the mouse, hold down the Right Mouse Button and drag to pitch (nose up/down) and turn your ship. Otherwise, the core flight controls are shown below:
Flight (Pitch & Roll)
A
Dive
<
Roll Left
Z
Climb
>
Roll Right
Engine & Throttle
Increase Speed
Enter
Decrease Speed
Right Shift
Cycle Engine Mode (On, Off, Auto)
Tab
Secondary Keyboard Shortcuts
Below is the full list of supplementary keyboard actions and function keys to manage your ship processes and menus.
| Key | Action |
| B | Activate Energy bomb. |
| C | Centre the Galactic Map. |
| D | Launch MB4 Mining machine. |
| E | Activate ECM/Naval ECM |
| H | Enter Hyperspace (target must be set). |
| L | Show/Hide labels. |
| M | Launch missile/mine in battle mode only |
| N | Run Navigation computer. |
| R | Show Remote Orbital Map. |
| T | Set target (Navigation or Battle target). |
| U | Raise/Lower the undercarriage. |
| X | Launch Escape Capsule |
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| Space | Fires your laser. |
| Esc | Once:Pause the game. |
| Again:Show the Preference list. | |
| ? | Run Hyperspace Cloud Analyser. |
| Page Up/Down | Scroll the message area. |
And the function keys:
| F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | |
| [View panel] | [Inventory panel] | [Map panel] | [Communications panel] | |
| F5 | Battle to Navigation | Journals | Galactic Map | Launch Request |
| F6 | Front view | Ship equipment | Orbital map | Shipyard services |
| F7 | Back view | Commander profile | Data screen | Bulletin board |
| F8 | Turret view | Crew roster | Galactiv view | Stock market |
| F9 | External view | Passenger Roster | Economy | Police |
| F10 | Missile view | Cargo in hold | Social structure | N/A |
| F11 | Combat computer | Outstanding fines | Zoom in | N/A |
| F12 | Escape capsule | Mining installations | Zoom out | N/A |