FLIGHT DECK / FIELD NOTES

Take the long way home.

Pick a planet, ease onto its surface, and see what you find. There’s no score to chase—just a solar system to explore.

Your first landing

Press P to let autopilot find a planet and land. Touch down to reveal its contour map. Hold thrust to lift off; the surface fades back as you leave.

Take the controls

W / ↑ / Space

Fire the engine.

A D / ← →

Turn the spacecraft.

S / ↓

Turn against your motion and brake.

Touch or mouse

Drag to steer; drag farther to apply thrust.

P

Switch autopilot on or off. Steering takes control back.

Set your view

Scroll or use Z / X to zoom; 0 resets it. Dyn Zoom adjusts the camera as you approach a planet. Manual zoom takes priority.

R starts a new galaxy. Seed revisits a numbered system. M toggles sound; H hides the toolbar.

Use Return to portfolio to leave the cockpit. Autopilot carries on in the hero.