You’re the best pilot in the fleet, so you’re the natural choice for a top-secret mission that requires operating an experimental starship all alone. Surely nothing will go wrong...

PIECE OF SHIP!

COMMAND A BEVY OF SHIP SYSTEMS FROM THE BRIDGE!

MOD YOUR SHIP IN ENGINEERING WHEN THINGS GO SOUTH!

JUGGLE FUSES AND AMMO IN INVERTED GRAVITY!

BRAWL WITH SPACE PIRATES!

made by @acgaudette and @loosegrid (in a week and change) for 7dfps 2022

Controls

RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON (hold!) : grab stuff
LEFT MOUSE BUTTON : throw stuff
SPACE : jump
CONTROL : crouch

Controller is fully supported!

RIGHT TRIGGER (hold!) : grab stuff
RIGHT STICK BUTTON (R3) : throw stuff
LEFT TRIGGER : adjust posture (crouch)
X (PS) / A (XBOX) : jump

PILOT HANDBOOK

AKA 'how stuff actually works'. You probably don't need this -- how long have you had this job, anyway?

THE WARP DRIVE

• Push the lever to go to warp speed. It's that simple. Unless it's broken. Or uncharged. Or if there's space debris blocking your way.
• Fixing this thing and warping out of dodge is your highest priority.
• It won't charge unless it has power.
• It requires massive power to trigger (once fully charged).

• This is the warp drive core. Gravity is weird here.
• That indentation over on the left is the fuse box. You might want to make sure there are fuses in there, otherwise this thing isn't gonna work.

THE THRUSTERS

• Warping is great for long distance travel, but sometimes you need to get somewhere local.
• Also, your warp drive isn't going to work unless the ship is in clear space. There are asteroids everywhere!

THE TACTICAL CONSOLE

• Your point defenses can make short work of most interceptors -- as long as you keep them powered and full of ammunition.
• If your targeting computer isn't up and running, your defenses won't work -- that needs power too.
• Want more lasers? Turbo boost your turrets.

• This is the turret pit. Both of your point defenses are mounted here, on the belly of the ship.
• You can replace ammo just outside. There should be some spare energy capsules in a crate nearby. Right? That's where we left them, I think.

THE ELECTRICAL ROOM

• This is the electrical room. It can get messy in here.
• If a system has unfilled fuse slots, it won't be able to attain maximum power.
• Most systems operate well at 20 units of power, ''fine'' at 10 units of power, and do terrible things (or nothing at all) when unpowered.
• Some systems can do exceptional things above 20 units of power.
• Try not to run out of fuses.

• You need the chunky yellow fuses for 20 unit fuse slots. If you try to put a small fuse in there, you'll probably blow it.
• Don't try putting anything other than a fuse in a fuse slot. Just a helpful tip.

THE REACTOR

• All that stuff sure takes a lot of power. Unfortunately, your reactor isn't quite up to the job, so you'll have to make sure to balance your power draw.
• Most systems need at least 10 units of power to function.
• If you request full power from everything, you'll probably just end up underpowering everything -- not good.
• Don't pull the lever.

THE SHIELDS

• Incoming laser fire damages your shields.
• You can recharge your shields, given enough power.
• If you run out of shield charge, your hull will start taking damage... which can't be repaired. So keep your shields up.

THE REST

• Remember that you need oxygen to live. That's why we made sure it's definitely not possible to disable life support!