Hangar Console
Hanger Console
The hanger console is like any other console to use (to access a console see this). The hanger console UI however is far different than other consoles and can be quite confusing at first.
Launching A Small Ship
To launch a small ship from the Hanger console, simply select the ship you want to launch by clicking it and then click the large "launch" button bot left of the UI. You cannot launch a ship that has already been taken (by player or AI) or a ship that is reconstructing (after being destroyed). Ships that have already been taken will have a launch icon (
) displayed at the bot left corner of the ships icon, while reconstructing ships have a countdown timer displayed over them.
Launching your small ship from one of the hanger consoles on the left side will spawn your small ship on the left side of the Battlecruiser and the inverse for the right side. This spawning on specific sides is important during battles where you want your small ships to safely launch and not be under enemy fire. Newly launched ships are always at full hull and only have a small amount of stored energy, this is because when ships dock with the battlecruiser they are instantly repaired and there stored energy is drained to the battlecruisers core. After launching, your small ship gains no collision while close to your Battlecruiser and there is a 12second wait time before you can dock.
- PICS OF LAUNCHED SHIP & FREE SHIP IN HANGER UI
- PIC OF CD MSG FOR LAUNCHED SHIP TRYING TO DOCK
Loading/Unloading Items into Small Ships
To load and unload items into small ships you first need to know what a loading pad is. there are 6 load pads for each hanger console, they are represented by the blue circles.
- ADD PIC HIGHLIGHT LOAD PAD
Loading and unloading items from small ships is done from the hanger console. items to be loaded onto a selected ship are dropped on top of one of the hanger load pads, then from the hanger console the option to "Deposit all items on the pad into the currently selected ship" is clicked (next to the launch button bottom left of the UI). To unload items simply click the items in the ships inventory from the hanger console UI, or to unload all items click the "Withdraw all items from the ship. You can withdraw individual items by clicking them" button (also next to the launch button bottom left of the UI).