Welcome to the Star Control Origins: Fleet Battles BETA!  Here is a quick guide to get you started! 

Important for Steam users: Make sure you are using the "Star Control Origins - Fleet Battles BETA" product. 

Crafting

Fleet Battles comes with pre-built ships that we feel are pretty cool.  You can also build your own ships through the Crafting screen.  

• Choose "Crafting" from the main menu
• Choose "copy" to modify an existing design or "new" to start fresh
• Click on a part from the left-hand menu and click in the 3D view to place it.  
• After the first part placed, parts are attached to the red "hard points"
• Use the transform sliders to adjust the position, rotation, and size
• Use the color tab to change the part colors
• You need to add mounts for weapons, engines, and thrusters before outfitting your ship
• Outfitting allows you to choose what modules to place on your ship.  Each module affects what the ship can do.  
• Once you've designed and outfitted your ship, you can take it into battle!
• You can upload and download ship designs from the Steam Workshop

Gameplay basics

• Choose Super Melee from the main menu and then "single player"
• Choose what ships you want to take into the battle with you.  You can use your own custom ships here  
• Optional: Click on the robot to change AI difficulty
• Press "Click to Battle"
• Each battle "round" is a one on one match between one ship in your fleet vs. another ship in the enemy fleet. If your ship is destroyed, you pick another ship to keep battling.  The first player to run out of ships in their fleet loses!
• If your ship takes too much damage, it will be destroyed and you'll have to pick the next ship in your fleet.
• Using weapons drain your ship's energy.  If you don't have enough energy, the weapon won't fire.

Gameplay Controls

• W - Thrust
• A / D - Turn Left and Right
• Left Mouse - Primary Weapon
• Right Mouse - Secondary Weapon

You can remap these controls on the options screen.  Fleet Battles also supports controllers.  

Multiplayer

Note: Custom ships are not allowed in multiplayer!

• Local: Two people play against each other on the same computer
• Unranked: Play against a random human player.  
• Ranked: Play against a random human player of similar skill level.