There are buttons in the bottom right. You can use these to access documents.

S turns the music on and off.

? brings up this help menu.

T brings up the treaty you signed. Read it.

From your main viewer, you can view all the planets in the sector. They are color coded by who has the rights to that planet.

	These are us, but I'm sure you know that.
	These are our allies. They had more fronts in the war than we did and we have to help them rebuild.
	These were our allies until they backstabbed us. We crushed them but now we have to help them rebuild.
	We don't know much about these guys. We never fought them.

Most of the planets have had some damage to their infrastructure.

Planets might be starving, surviving, living comfortably, or overproducing.

Planets that are at least comfortable will rebuild their infrastructure.

Every planet is capable of supporting itself once its industry is rebuilt.

Negotiation time between different species depends on the species.

You can communicate with a planet by single-clicking it.

You can travel to a planet by double-clicking it.

You can set up trade between a planet you are on and a planet you are communicating with by clicking on the "trade" button.






The grey marker shows where this planet would be if all trade ceased between these two planets. (It takes into account trade between other planets; it is not just self-production.) The black marker shows the effect of trade. You can drag it left or right to balance trade.

That should help. Try not to mess up.