User Guide

OVERVIEW OF SHIP STATIONS
All controllable submarines have the same stations.While each class has a different look and feel,
the functionality of the stations is basically the same.What follows here is a brief description of the
ship stations available in Sub Command. For detailed information on how to use each station, see
the Ship Stations beginning on p. 34.
TASK BAR
The Task Bar is available at the bottom of all ship stations and provides a pop-up Stations Menu for
switching to other ship stations and a pop-up Orders Menu for issuing common ship commands. In
the Task Bar, you can also change depth,course and speed, and see a history of crew reports,
radio messages and multiplayer chat messages.
NAVIGATION
You begin the game at the Navigation Station. It is here that you see a map of the battle space (The
Nav Map). (You must scroll to see the entire space.) Once a contact is detected it appears as a
symbol on the Nav map.You designate a contact’s classification from the Nav map using the
contact’s right-click menu (Contact menu) although you must determine the correct classification
from the Narrowband, ESM or the Periscope/Stadimeter stations.The Navigation screen also
contains the 3D window for viewing selected contacts, and known information on selected
contacts is available in the Data Display Indicator (DDI) area of the screen.
Using a combination of auto crew,the Task Bar, and voice and mouse menu commands it is
possible to play much of the game from the Nav Screen. Information on playing the game from the
Nav Station and using Voice Commands is found in this section.
SHIP CONTROL
In Ship Control you change and view the actual as well as the ordered depth, course and speed of
your sub.The towed arrays are deployed in Ship Control and it is from here that you conduct an
emergency blow, rig in the bow planes,ventilate, charge air banks and open and close the main
ballast tanks.The trim display is also located in Ship Control. (You can change your course, speed
and depth from any station using the Task Bar, Ownship menu and voice commands.)
SONAR: BROADBAND
Broadband is the default sonar function. It is used to detect and track broadband frequency noise
emanated from surface ships and submarines. Biologics such as whales and shrimp can also be
detected in broadband.
SONAR: NARROWBAND
The Narrowband function is used to detect and track narrowband frequency noise emanated from
surface ships and submarines.The Narrowband Station is also used to classify contacts.The sound
signature of a selected contact is compared to a library of known sound signatures. Only sources
with similar signatures are presented to help determine the most likely sound source.
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