User Guide

COLONIZING PLANET
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• L on the ZOOM button when selecting a base from the Locate Base screen
(accessed via the Map Menu, p. 32).
A TOUR OF THE BASICS
The Base Control Screen allows you to control your base to a minuscule level,
but if left alone the base can do a pretty good job of running itself. Most of
the time, you’ll be checking the Base Control Screen just to take a quick look
at the current status of a base—what it’s building, how its citizens are doing,
and so forth. Below is a quick guide to reading the most important data from
the Base Control Screen (you can also : on any part of the Base Control
Screen for a short explanation of its function). Many of these readouts also
provide advanced control functions, which are described below this section.
GOVERNOR
This command bar allows you to automate management of the base, based on
one of four broad priorities. L on any of the four choices (Explore, Discover,
Build or Conquer; see Governor, p. 69) for specifically tailored development.
BUILD ORDERS
The Build Orders Window shows the base’s current
build orders, a graph indicating how far along it is
(each square represents one mineral of cost—filled-
in squares are saved minerals, empty ones remain to
be collected), and an estimate of time to comple-
tion considering the base’s current production rate.
You can also L on the
CHANGE button to establish
new build orders (see Production Readout, p. 78).