Starting a New Game

The game start menu lets you create a new game, or load a previously saved one.

Select [New Game] to bring up a window to select your initial fleet.

For the first game, a fleet size of [Adequate] is recommended. Larger starting fleets may seem like the obvious option, but are designed for intermediate players who can rapidly bootstrap a civilization across multiple worlds at once. When learning the basic concepts of the game it’s best to stick to a smaller fleet that will be used to concentrate on developing a simple bootstrap economy, without being lumbered with idle ships that need maintaining.

The various kinds of ship type and their purposes within the fleet will be covered in later sections. For now, note that not all ships have a [Jump] capability, so once they have reached a system they will be unable to leave it unless docked into a larger craft that does have a jump capability. Click [Accept] to move to the next stage, choosing a cluster