Aim of the game is to destroy the entire Arduitrons enemy force

the galaxy is made of 64 sectors, there are 20 enemy ships spreaded into the galaxy and one planet that survived the invasion, but quickly!!!
when the stardate counter reach 1000 that planet will destroyed and the game end.. during hyperjumps and when ships is docked the counter will not advance

you can move through the galaxy using your hyperdrive with a Hyperjump (key J, acces to the starmap system with M key), but remember: hyperjumps consume lot of energy!

starmap show your position in the galaxy, position of enemy ships and free space. at start of the game the presence of aliens in the galaxy and the position of the survived planet is unknown, you need to use your long range scanners (L key) to check the nearby galaxy setcors and reveal their content..

before start a battle or jump to an infested sector is better use your Battle computer (B key), to check shields, hull integrity, energy and enemy ships left
when battle computer is activated you can set shields power (with S key), but beware, shields consume energy!

you can check the ship damages even with the quick damage report (D key) this show your ship hull integrity and systems damaged

when you're low on energy and suffered too much damage better jump to the planet and dock with the repair station, your ship then will be repaired and fully charged (the operation is automatic)

when engaging enemy all system works and can be accessed with their respective keys except the long range sensor because energy is redirected to the laser beams and enemy analisys system.

the game end if:
1) you run out of energy, without energy you can't set shields, fire weapons or jump to the starbase, so you're destined to float in the universe forever...
2) you suffer too much damage in battles and hull integrity reach 0 then you're destroyed!
3) stardate counter reach 1000: the last planet with the repair station will be destroyed and you remain without a place to return to..
4) you destroy all invading force! when you destroy all enemy ship you MUST return to the station orbiting the planet and you will be the hero of the galaxy!!

looking at the help.jpg image you find:
1) energy&shields
2) sector condition
	GREEN =no enemy in sector
	RED   =enemy in sector
	DOCKED=ship docked at repair station
3) the main view window
4) stardate counter
5) multi info window, it can show long range sensor scanning, quick damage report and system messages
6) enemy analyzer: it report the enemy damage, when it reach 100 enemy will be destroyed!

Have fun
Juri