Orbit Forge

HOW TO PLAY

1. Move the cursor with the arrows (or point at a slot), cycle the build palette with M, and press Enter to build. Modules only operate once connected to the core hub: press L on a built slot, then on an adjacent slot, to lay a docking link.
2. Mind the grid: solar collectors generate power — most in daylight, almost none in the planet's shadow, and LEO sits in shadow longest but costs station-keeping fees. If consumption beats generation, your newest modules brown out first.
3. Crew run everything. Habitat rings house them, shuttles arrive each sol while life support holds, and refineries, labs and turrets each need a crew complement to come online.
4. Meteors streak in toward the lattice. Turrets shoot down anything in range — wrecks yield salvage ore — or press E for an evasive burn that deflects the nearest rock for 25 credits. An undefended hit destroys the module; three hits on the core ends the station.
5. Accept contracts with C and stock the goods before the deadline sol: fulfillment is automatic, rewards fund expansion, and failures cost a penalty. Labs bank research — 40 total unlocks Mk-II modules with double output.
6. Space holds the sol clock while you plan; 1 and 3 set the speed. Campaign wants five contracts by sol 30, Crisis wants the core alive at sol 20, Sandbox certifies the forge at 3000 credits.

Controls

• Move cursor along ringArrowLeft / KeyA · D-pad / left stick
• Move cursor along ringArrowRight / KeyD · D-pad / left stick
• Cursor to outer ringArrowUp / KeyW · D-pad / left stick
• Cursor to inner ringArrowDown / KeyS · D-pad / left stick
• Cycle build paletteKeyM / Tab · Gamepad RB
• Build module at cursorEnter / KeyB · Gamepad A
• Demolish moduleKeyX / Backspace · Gamepad X
• Route / sever docking linkKeyL · Gamepad Y
• Evasive burn (deflect meteor)KeyE · Gamepad LT
• Accept oldest contractKeyC · Gamepad LB
• Hold / resume sol clockSpace · Gamepad Start
• 1x speedDigit1
• 3x speedDigit3
• PauseEscape / KeyP · Gamepad Start

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