• ApparentName: The name of the item as it remains unidentified
• RegularName: The name of the identified item
• ActiveName: Reflects information about an active item that is hidden from the regular name, only known by whoever is using it.

Above the tile, background takes color of foreground and fades to white with altitude. We keep track of the lowest occupied point and update if the tile is occupied

• Fall Back: Holds in place, moves to player when they are 50 spaces away
• Lookout: Patrols around the player at a radius of 50 spaces, and notifies of enemy ships/stations spotted.
• Stay Close: Returns to player if more than 20 spaces away
• Aim With Me: Aims at the cursor, and fires when the player fires

When the player takes near-critical damage (i.e. more than half of remaining health), the game slows down for 3 seconds and the screen becomes tinted red. This only happens three times, after which the effect no longer happens.

The player presses V to bring up the Voice menu. To invoke a power, the player must hold down the key for that power for a few seconds; a progress bar charges up as that happens. When the progress bar is full, the power invokes successfully.

• Silence: A light-purple-background shockwave that pushes back all ships caught in it.
• Unnamed power that moves the player forward at great speed

• Numbers Stations

• Wow Signal

• Item sprites

• Starlight cannon (with particles)

• Website

• EMP

Turn-based movement

Persistent Characters are those who live across multiple save games and are aware of the player's presence. For some of these characters, the player has the option of killing them permanently at some climactic point in a story arc.

• Benedict, an important member of the Sisters of the Orator, may be killed via dialogue option.
• Arnold replaces Benedict, giving the player more dangerous missions.

Using the Backdrop

Mission Tactics

Right now, missions are quite simple. Every militia has practically the same purpose. You get paid to destroy something. Usually, the only consequence is that the enemy gets destroyed, or (if you're reckless enough) you get destroyed.

A lot of the time, stations only get destroyed because the player did it.

A living universe would be a lot more complicated than that. Suppose missions had more overarching tactical consequences. An enemy faction might become more defensive as a result of your attacks. A mission too far could push a powerful enemy into direct aggression towards the Commonwealth. Friendly stations don't just get destroyed because an enemy spawned close enough, but maybe because the player took a mission (i.e. Heretic)

The Commonwealth Maybe the station manager you're currently working for is corrupt, and wants you to commit piracy for a huge sum, and promises to frame you for war crimes if you kill a certain enemy outpost.

• Segments deal damage upon collision with anything else
• Need to be disabled when docking