Parties
Forming a party
Section titled “Forming a party”Open the Party screen (along the top). The leader invites pilots by nickname, up to four in a party; invites last a minute and only reach pilots who are online. The Party screen shows where each member is and what they’re doing, and the galaxy map marks their systems with a mint double ring.
Party chat is the only chat in the game. Y opens a one-line message field over the game; the Party screen holds the conversation. Nothing is kept once the party breaks up.
Flying together
Section titled “Flying together”In the same system you see each other’s ships, marked in mint, and their shots. Land near a party member and you see them walk about; dock at the same station and you meet in the concourse.
Boarding each other’s ships
Section titled “Boarding each other’s ships”- On the ground or docked: stand under a party member’s lift and Use it to ride up into their ship. At a station, the concourse door to the hangars lets you pick whose hangar to visit.
- In space: on a spacewalk, float to a party ship’s roof hatch within your tether’s reach and Use it to climb in.
You walk round their ship as they do yours. If they take off or leave, you step off first.
The Give button by a member on the Party screen hands them credits, fuel, goods or module kits, when you’re close: both docked at the same station, landed within 3 km of each other on one world, or within 1 km in space. An Oiler can keep a whole party flying.
Fighting together
Section titled “Fighting together”Two or more party members in one system fight the same pirates, run by the server so everyone sees the same fight. Whoever lands the finishing shot gets the bounty.
On the ground, party members at the same machine site fight the same machines. Each member who woke the site gets the bonus for clearing it, and each machine’s experience and drop goes to whoever downed it. A Longboat’s armoury mends the whole party’s suits.
Distress calls
Section titled “Distress calls”Every pilot online sees distress calls, party or not, on the Party screen. See Damage, power and getting stranded.
Your look
Section titled “Your look”Your look on the Party screen picks your pilot’s face, hair, eyes, glasses, beard and suit colour. Random look rolls them all. Other pilots see you as you chose.