Your journey into the vast reaches of space starts here. This is not meant to be read from top to bottom. Find what your looking for in the menu and follow the link. Remember this is only a guide. As the game develops we will have to make changes to this work. It will evolve as the game evolves. I hope it helps you all. Main Menu Dark Orbit Introduction Backpage — Gold Info Bar — Main buttons — Info Blocks The Hangar Overview Equipment Ships Drones Weapons Ammo Generators Extras Boosters Designs Tech Center Space Map Buttons and Functions Galaxy Gates Outfits Honor The Raw Materials Account Security List of Aliens The Bonus boxes, and cargo boxes. Intergalactic connections and Battle Maps Ingame Chat Happy Hours The Football Betting System Jackpot Battle Game Terminology Everything you need to know about getting started is in here. The Bible is a continuous ongoing project. Buried in Black and Whitelazer have both created versions of the Bible and some of their hard work is still contained in these pages. I hope I have been able to gather the information in a manner that is easy to read and to follow. Dark Orbit During the third century, Earth witnessed massive upheaval. Not only did the climate change drastically, but the very nature of the planet was slowly and inexorably altered. But the dramatic change in climate forced mankind to seek out new habitats. Naturally their gaze turned to the stars. In outer space they found a large abundance of raw materials and were able to establish colonies on planets far, far away, adapting quickly to the alien conditions. There followed a time of prosperity. These three mighty companies have been waging war in outer space for centuries now. The stories you heard growing up inspired you to enroll in the Space Academy and do your bit to end this war. Serve your company well and fight bravely for power, energy and resources. The fate of the universe rests in your hands! Gold Information Bar This contains all important info about your account. UID This is YOUR User ID. It is the best information to give support so they can help with your account. Experience How do I receive experience points EP? Why should I level up? What do I need EP for? Level As you increase in levels you get access to more maps. More maps means more quests. This is outlined in the table above under Experience. The levels continue to increase by doubling the EP points. There is no limit. Jackpot Refers to the number of dollars you have accumulated to date. Once a month, a Jackpot Battle is hosted. This is a PvP battle Player vs. Player Anyone can participate and the winner is awarded the accumulated jackpot dollars from their user account Credits Credits are game currency earned, by selling ore, killing aliens, doing quests and picking up bonus boxes. This is the basic standard of currency in the game. Uridium Uridium is the second currency type in Dark Orbit. This is also acquired the same way as Credits, and can also be purchased with cash. Users online This is the number of users currently connected to your server. Some servers are much busier than others. Logout When leaving the game always logout. Help This will launch a small window with links to useful resources Main function buttons HOME This is where you begin when you first log in to the game each time. As you navigate through the back page, this button will bring you back to where you started. HANGAR The hangar is one of the most important places on your back page. This is where you buy ships, extras, weapons, ammo and much more. You also equip your ship with your gear and set up your drones. In the main menu there are links to each section of the hangar. TRADE This is the auction site where you can bid on items for credits that would normally cost Uridium in the Hangar. The Auction is based on the All Pay system of auction. If you lose the bid you will still pay for the bid. This image shows the trade screen. SKYLAB From the Skylab, you can control and administer all installations and modules. There are more modules in the Skylab. Some will need to be built before you can use them. For more information, please review the CLAN Clans are all over the orbit. Some of them work together some work against each other. Clans are great support networks, usually they offer assistance with doing quests, some help with credits for bidding in trade. While life can be profitable on your own it is usually easier and more fun in a clan. Clans are a great way to find help or friends. URIDIUM Uridium — This link takes you to the banking area. In here you can buy uridium with cash, do cash for action to try for some free uri, you can also check your account balance in here to see what you have spent uri on or what you have received it for. There is also an Exchange tab in here that will allow you to trade uri for credits if you find yourself really short on credits. QUESTS The quests button opens up the quests window. This is where you can select the quests you wish to work on, up to three at a time. Once you get used to where aliens are you will be able to keep three quests running most of the time. HELP This will launch a small window with links to useful resources GALAXY GATE GENERATOR The Galaxy Gates are another very important area. The gate area looks like this: The energy button will cause the materializer to make either a gate piece, repair credit, ammo, xenomit or even log disks. As gates are built you can open them on your home map and enter them. Gates are a test of your mettle, they are wave after wave of increasingly harder aliens. If you succeed, the rewards are great. PILOT BIO The pilot bio is another critical section of the backpage. This allows you to add certain skills that will benefit you in the future of your career. You will want to spend some time studying before you start building this. Make sure
