MAP DISPLAY

The Map display shows all sectors that your team has discovered so far. A line between two sectors means that an aleph connects them. Note that if the game owner selected Reveal Map in the Game Settings screen, all alephs will be revealed at the start of the game.

To toggle the mini or expanded Map display

The Sectors --In the actual map of the Map display, color-coding and various border styles around the sectors indicate the current status of each sector.

Sector in a Team Color: Indicates the team that has control of that sector.>

Sector in Black: Indicates that no team has control of that sector.>

Gray Border: Indicates the sector you are currently in.>

Green Border: Indicates that sector is the location of your command objective.>

Red Nonflashing Border: Indicates a sector that you can teleport to. When you access the Teleport display (F8) in the hangar, all sectors you can teleport to will appear with this border in the Map display. When you are in-flight and press and hold the R key, the sectors you can teleport to will appear with this border in the Map display; the sector you will teleport to will have a heavier red border. To change the sector you will teleport to, click the sector you want to teleport to while holding the R key; your teleport countdown will be reset.>

Red Flashing Border: Indicates that a conflict is currently underway in that sector.>

Red Flashing Star Border: Indicates that an enemy bomber is in that sector. This star border will alternately flash with a plain red border if the sector also has friendly fighters.>

Yellow Flashing Star Border: Indicates that one of your miners or constructors is at risk in that sector. This star border will alternately flash with a plain red border if the sector also has friendly fighters.>

Red/Yellow Flashing Star Border: Indicates that one of your stations is at risk in that sector.>

Sector Name --Pausing your mouse cursor over any sector in the Map display will display that sector's name at the top of the Map display. If you click a sector in the Map display while in the hangar, that sector will then become the sector shown in your Command view. If, as commander, you need to provide a command to a player and the command objective is in another sector, select the player, then the command in the Command bar, then the objective sector in the Map display, and finally the objective in the main Command view display.

Sector Icons --The row of icons below the sector name indicates the types of craft and objects currently in that sector. For a list of these peripheral radar icons, see the Survival Card that game with your game.

Station Icons --Beside each sector is an icon for each station you have located in that sector. This is limited to a maximum of 10 icons, even though you can have more than 10 stations in a given sector.

Player Icons --A small dot near a sector represents a player in that sector. The color of the dot indicates the team the player belongs to.

Total Helium3 Amount --(Expanded map) Shows the total amount of Helium3 that your team has mined within the selected sector.

Asteroids --(Expanded map) Shows the number of each type of asteroid your team has located within the selected sector.

When the actual map becomes larger than the Map display can show, you can scroll the map. When you move your cursor off of a sector at the edge of the map, the cursor will turn into a hand, allowing you to "grab" the map by selecting the hand on the map and dragging it in the direction you want.