Game+Manual

=Game Play Manual=

Goal
You play as an interstellar mining tycoon expanding your territory into enemy turf. Your goal is to mine as many minerals as possible, as quickly as possible. Your base will be attacked by pirate enemies, so you will also need to build defenses. While your enemies are mobile, your defenses are static - so you need to consider how this will affect your strategy. Each successive wave of pirates will be stronger than the last. It will be up to you to decide how to balance expansion with defense -- expand too timidly, and you will not have the incoming resources available to fend off the later waves. Expand too boldly, and you will not be able to defend all of your costly structures. Good luck!

Resources

 * Minerals**: Collect these from asteroids. Minerals are used to build your stations and also for missiles.
 * Solar Energy**: Collect these using solar power stations. Energy is used to fuel your stations, particularly your defenses.

Stations (Buildings)

 * Solar Power Station**: Use this to collect solar energy to fuel your stations. Buildings without energy cannot function.
 * Power Relay Station**: Use this to connect your buildings with energy.
 * Mining Station**: Connect this to an asteroid to mine the asteroid. Once an asteroid is out of minerals it cannot be mined.
 * Energy Store**: Immensely increases the amount of energy you can have on hand. This is good to have in case you come under attack and need extra energy.
 * Basic Laser**: A cheap, effective, short-range defense.
 * Missile Launcher**: An expensive, long-range defense. Each missile fired costs 5 minerals, so be mindful.
 * Repair Hub**: This station sends out repair ships - within its range - to repair your damaged stations.

Defending your base
Your defense stations automatically attack enemies once they come into range.

Upgrades
Nearly every building can be upgraded to increase its efficiency and efficacy; it is generally more cost-effective to upgrade one building than to build several low-grade buildings.