Pardus/Gameplay

The basics
The basics of Pardus are similar to other games, but have some points that are drastically different such as attacking other players. Here are the main things to keep in mind when you play.

AP
AP's (action points) are the lifeblood of pardus. Almost everything you do will require that you use some of these. You will get 24 every six minutes, coming to 240 an hour and 5760 a day. Free players can hold at max (no advanced skills) 5000 at a time, reccomending that you log in about twice a day. Some equipment and skills can reduce the amount of AP it takes to do something such as buy a better engine or a teleporter, and using drugs can increase the amount of AP you have (albeit very little).

Fuel
Fuel, one of the commodities, is one of the necessities of pardus. It is one of the resources that can be harvested, it can be harvested from open space. You will use up some fuel whenever you move, the amount depends on how much your engine consumes. Your ship should have an auto-refueler and a fuel scoop to be fully prepared for it. If you don't have an auto-refueler, you will need to click on the Refuel button and waste 5 AP. The fuel scoop allows you to harvest it from open space. To do this, you put your ship on an open space tile, and click on the "harvest fuel" button (15 AP). Depending on how much fuel is in the tile and your fuel harvesting skill, you will recieve some fuel. Players generally despise players that harvest fuel from tiles under 250 fuel because the less fuel in a tile, the longer it takes to regenerate back. In homeworld areas, fuel will be hard to get by because of the many people passing through and needing fuel, so you will probably need to buy it from a fuel collecter there.