PILOT BRIEFING / WULF BLITZER
Listen up,
rock jockey.
Wulf Blitzer here. Your sponsors want a return on their investment. You want a fortune and a story that makes you sound good. Let’s start by getting you out of the berth and back with something worth banking.
Mine. Collect. Bank. Steal the lead.
- Start Steam and sign in. Launch the current playtest build, select START, choose your syndicate and Online sector, then ENTER THE RIFT. Choose Practice to learn offline. To find friends, use FRIENDS IN THE RIFT; use the same syndicate if you want to be teammates. Friends should be Online in Steam, not Invisible.
- You start docked. Press F / X / Square to undock.
- Shoot rocks, then their smaller fragments. Fly close to loose gems to collect them automatically. Small fragments sometimes contain a rich pocket.
- Find your home port on the radar. Approach a free berth until docking is offered, then press F / X / Square. Docking sells your cargo; wait for unloading to finish.
| Action | Mouse / keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Steer | Mouse | Right stick |
| Increase / decrease throttle | W / S | Left stick up / down |
| Roll | A / D | Left stick left / right |
| Brake | Space | LT / L2 |
| Fire | Left click | RT / R2 |
| Dock / undock | F | X / Square |
| Switch camera | V | Y / Triangle |
| Menu / settings / quit | Esc | Menu / Options |
Throttle stays where you set it; brake to slow down. Mouse steering acts like a virtual stick: move back toward its center to stop turning.
Cargo is at risk until banked. Online menus do not pause the game. If stuck, R or hold View / Create for one second recovers your ship but drops your cargo. Please report the problem first if you can.
That’s your briefing. Try to come back richer than you left. The sponsors will. — Wulf Blitzer