User Guide

Tactical Tip: To head toward a target, select the dot on the radar display that represents that target.
Maneuver your ship until that dot is centered in the inner-most circle of the display. A dot centered in the
radar display represents a ship directly ahead of you in your viewscreen.
Left VDU (Video Display Unit)
On the left VDU is a profile of your fighter, showing its current status. This display has two
modes, for weapons and for other components.
Pressing
W
or
G
brings up the weapons display. The text at the top of this display tells you what
guns and weapon systems are currently active; the graphics below show where the weapons are locat-
ed and how many remain undamaged. Repeatedly pressing
W
cycles through the available weapon
systems (missiles, torpedoes and/or chaff pods);
G
(for “guns”) cycles through the available combina-
tions of blasters. A fighter’s blasters can include laser cannon, mass driver cannon, neutron guns and
particle cannon. For maximum firepower (and power consumption) the “Full Guns” option fires all
of a ship’s blasters at once.
For more about blasters and weapon systems, see Weapons, page 10.
Repeatedly pressing
D
cycles you through screens displaying damage your ship has taken. Most
undamaged systems appear in green. Damaged systems are in red, with a description of the system.
Note. The first ship you fly, the Ferret, is a primitive patrol fighter and has no left VDU. On this
fighter, the
W
,
G
and
D
keys have no effect.
Right VDU
The right
VDU displays the Targeting screen, the Navigation screen and the Communica-tions
screen.
Targeting Screen. Press the
T
key to display the Targeting screen. This screen gives the status of
the ship you are currently targeting and appears automatically when you fire your ship’s guns.
Navigation Screen. Press the
N
key to display Navigation information and to see how far to the
next Nav point.
Communications Screen. Press the
C
key to bring up the Communication screen, showing both
your communications options and, on computer systems with enough expanded memory, incoming
video from other ships when they communicate with you.
Note. The Ferret’s one VDU, in the center, is considered the “right” VDU.
For more about the right VDU functions, see In-Flight Systems, beginning below.
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Radar Screen
Set Speed
Shields and Armor
Blaster Energy IndicatorFuel
Right VDU
Current Speed
Left VDU
Rapier Cockpit