Welcome to the Manual of Space Civilizations.

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1. Introduction
   • Overview
   • The Very First Steps
   • Initial Goals
2. The Map Window
   • Controlling The Camera
   • Selection And Orders
   • Ship Commands
   • The Radar
3. The Main Window
   • The Statusbar
   • Filtering And Sorting
   1. The Planets Screen
      • Governors
      • Governor Examples
   2. The Planet View Screen
      • Food Storage Size Calculation
      • Production And Queuing
      • Stationed Military
      • Assigning Ship Crew
   3. The Ships Screen
      • Fleet Handling
      • Admirals
   4. The Ship Design Screen
      • Creating New Ship Designs
   5. The Scanning Screen
   6. The Recon Screen
   7. The Diplomacy Screen
      • Propose A Treaty
      • Change Empire Color
   8. The News Screen
   9. The Research Screen
   10. The Overview Screen
   11. The Battle Calculator Screen
4. Combat
   • Combat Preconditions
   • Combat Overview
   • Ship Vs. Ship Combat
   • Planetary Defense
   • Conquering A Planet
   • The Battle Report
   • Score, Reputation And Rank
5. Game Mechanics
   • Corruption
   • Science Wastage
   • Influence of Stationed Military on Loyalty
   • Player Ranks and Galaxy Fame Points
   • How is a tick processed?
   • Ending the game
6. Stat Tables
   • Ship Components
   • Planetary Facilities

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