Landing your ship

Approach

If you want to fly to a planet, the easiest way is to select the name of the city as your destination in the mobiGlas.

To do that, press F2 and type the name into the Search Locations field at the top left, for example Orison. Click Route to set your destination, and you’ll also see whether you have enough quantum fuel for it.

Or you fly to the planet directly. To do that, look for your destination in NAV QT mode. Planets are shown as full circles.

Once you’ve arrived at the planet, look for the QT marker on the surface that shows a pentagon. That’s the planet’s main landing zone. Then jump there.

Spaceports

Once you’ve arrived at the capital, you have to find the spaceport. That’s the hardest part, since the cities are very big. And for once, night time gives you an advantage here, because the spaceports have one or more bright flashing lights.

Orison

On Orison, look for this star-shaped structure. You can see it from far away. Fly towards it.

Area 18

In Area18 you’ll see this red-glowing takeoff and landing area, especially at night. It’s not just one light glowing here, but lots of bright lights forming a vertical line at the spaceport.

Space stations

Stations aren’t that difficult, you only have to get roughly close to them.

Landing

1. 1

   Approach the landing site

   Fly to the landing site in NAV mode.
2. 2

   Turn off NAV mode

   About 5 to 10 km before, hold the B key to turn off NAV mode. That should slow you down.

   In space, you generally brake a bit earlier, since there’s no atmosphere to help you slow down.

3. 3

   Slow down

   If you’re still too fast, use X to brake with the help of your afterburners.
4. 4

   Request landing clearance

   When you’re only a few kilometers from the landing station, press L-Alt + N to get landing clearance.
5. 5

   Wait for confirmation

   You’ll hear a short greeting from the ground crew and the message Hangar Request Completed appears at the top.
6. 6

   Find the hangar marker

   Look for a marker labeled [Your Name]’s Hangar.
7. 7

   Approach slowly

   Fly slowly towards this marker, at about 100 to 150 m/s to start with, bigger ships rather slower. Once you can judge your ship better, feel free to go faster.
8. 8

   Extend landing gear

   When you’re in front of it, press N to extend your landing gear.

   That also limits your maximum speed to 30 m/s.

   If you still want to fly a bit faster, you can briefly tap the L-Shift key. That ignores this limit.

9. 9

   Touch down

   Fly in and set your ship down.

   

   Tip: Hold the N key and your ship lands automatically.

10. 10

    Turn off engines

    Press I to turn off the engines.
11. 11

    Use landing services

    Now you can open your mobiGlas and use the Landing Services there to refuel and repair your ship.

    

12. 12

    Get out

    Finally, leave your pilot seat with Y.