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This game is controllable completely with PC Mouse.png, and it is highly suggested that you use one if you intend to play. The controls of the game are infinitely more difficult to manage without a mouse, but it is doable. Without the mouse, numlock should be turned on.

The following hotkeys are of use:

Key Action
F1 Displays help and instructions for the current screen
F2 F3 Cycles between next/previous colony
F4 F5 Cycles between next/previous newly created fleets
F6 F7 Cycles between next/previous fleets
F8 F9 Cycles between next/previous colony with inbound enemies
F10 Quick save

The primary means of adjusting things in the game is through the use of slider bars. These bars always have to total 100% of spending. Any increase of one category must result in a reduction of spending in a different category. This applies both for planetary build queues and research spending.

Scrolling the map is done either by clicking an empty region in the map, or by holding Ctrl while using the keypad.