User Guide

CURRENT ORDERS

The window to the left displays a picture of the unit or the facility currently

under construction.

The

CHANGE button brings up the Production Readout (see Production

Readout, below), from which you can select new orders.

The

HURRY button allows you to expend extra energy credits to complete a pro-

ject more quickly. The game displays the amount of energy necessary to com-

plete the project, and you have the option of paying enough to complete the

entire project on the next turn (if you have sufficient energy to do so), or of

making a partial payment to speed up construction. You may only make one

partial payment per turn.

QUEUE

The window to the right allows you to plan your development up to nine pro-

jects in advance.

If you L the

QUEUE

button, the Production Readout appears. Double-L a selec-

tion from the readout to insert it at the top of the queue. You can L a cur-

rently occupied slot in the queue, then double-L a selection in the Production

Readout to insert the order at that slot (orders currently in the queue are not

erased, they are just shifted down one slot each below the newly inserted

order). For more information, see Production Readout, below.

PRODUCTION READOUT

This vitally important window can be

accessed with the

CHANGE or QUEUE buttons

on the Base Control Screen. It includes a

complete list of units, facilities and Secret

Projects that your faction is currently

capable of constructing. To order the con-

struction of a unit or facility, double-L on its name to place it in production

or into the queue.

COLONIZING PLANET

CHAPTER 4