LIGHTCONE — The dark answers slowly.

MULTIPLE STARS AT THIS POINT

MISSIONS

A PROBE IN TRANSIT IS OUT OF CONTACT. ITS REPORT RETURNS AT LIGHT SPEED FROM WHEREVER IT REACHED. UNTIL IT ARRIVES, THE CALENDAR IS THE ONLY DATA.

NO MISSIONS ON THE BOARD.

◎ THE LENS

DRAG: PAN · SCROLL: ZOOM

◉ DOMAIN — WORLDS THAT ANSWER TO YOUR MIND ▹ REACH — SKIES YOUR PROBES HAVE REACHED · OBSERVED — LIGHT THAT HAS REACHED YOUR INSTRUMENTS

ATLAS

EVERY SYSTEM OBSERVED, BY PASSIVE OBSERVATION, DEEP-SURVEY OR PROBE. CLICK A ROW TO FLY THERE.

NAME	SPECTRAL	DISTANCE (LY)	OBSERVATION	TX	PROBES

◈ THE BRIDGE

COMMAND OVERVIEW · CLICK A ROW TO OPEN ITS DOSSIER

▣ WHAT IS HERE▾

INSTRUMENTED — MID-FLIGHT TELEMETRY

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≋ ARRIVALS▾

NOTHING INBOUND TO THIS SYSTEM.

TERRESTRIAL GAS GIANT ICE GIANT ASTEROID BELT HABITABLE ZONE

BODY

◆ THE MIND

READING THE SKY…

⚙︎ SETTINGS

TARGET

YARD

SHIPS

ADD SHIPS

NO SHIPS.

ORDERS

⛏︎⌌ IF THE SITE IS WORKED ⏚ BUILD & HOLD AT THE DOCK — NO HEADING; ORDERS LATER

DOCTRINE

⚔︎ DOCTRINE ✎ EDIT

BENEFACTOR — GAVE YOU AN INSIGHT CORRESPONDENT — AN OPEN THREAD STRANGER — NO EXCHANGE ON RECORD YOUR OWN DRIFTED CHILD

ENGAGE ONLY IF ESTIMATED ODDS ≥ 1.5×

⛨︎ SCREEN THE CIVILIANS — ESCORTS COVER THE RETREAT, AT THEIR OWN LOSS ⚑︎ MAKE THIS CARD MY STANDING DOCTRINE — EVERY CONVOY AFTER THIS ONE (THE MIND'S OWN INCLUDED) LAUNCHES UNDER IT

STRIKE GRADE — WHAT A WAR CONVOY DOES IF ITS LAW SAYS STRIKE AND IT WINS. WARSHIPS, SUPPLIERS, SCOUTS AND ENVOYS ONLY: A SETTLER, WORKS OR SPY HULL ABOARD VOIDS THE GRADE. RESETS TO RAID ON EVERY NEW CARD

FALLBACK WAYPOINT (THE GILGAMESH CLAUSE, +8% ENERGY)

ODDS-ESTIMATE ACCURACY DEPENDS ON THE INSTRUMENTS ABOARD. SCOUT IN THE CONVOY: σ≈5%. NO SCOUT: LOW-CONFIDENCE ESTIMATE. A SCOUT ABOARD DOES NOT VOID THE STRIKE GRADE.

COST— OP

SPEED—

DISTANCE— LY

ETA—

RISK—

THE DOME · YOUR ANCESTRAL SKY

LOOKING UP

PERCEIVED LIMIT 6.0

RATE 1× DAY 0 · 00:00

DRAG: LOOK AROUND · SCROLL: ZOOM · CLICK A STAR: OPEN ITS SYSTEM · ✎ DRAW: CONNECT STARS INTO A FIGURE · PLAY + RATE: THE SKY ROTATES; STARS AND WANDERERS RISE AND SET

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MISSIONS

◎ THE LENS

ATLAS

◈ THE BRIDGE

SYSTEM

▣ WHAT IS HERE▾

≋ ARRIVALS▾

BODY

COMPOSE A FLEET

CAST A SIGNAL

THE DOME · YOUR ANCESTRAL SKY

⇝ SEND COMMAND