- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Interstellar Empires
- Scenarios
- StarSystems
- StarShips
- StarSystem Orders
- StarShip Orders
- Impulses and Movement
- MultiPlayer Games
- Customizing SV5
- Programming SV5
StarSystem Orders
When you click on one of the StarSystems that you own, you can give it a variety of orders.
Build Shields
Click this button the build Shields around the StarSystem. The number of Resources it costs to build a Shield is equal to the StarSystem's current Shield rating plus 1.
Auto-Shields
Click the red "auto" button next to the Build Shield button to turn on auto-building of Shields. All available Resources will be spent building Shields until auto-build is turned off.
Build Scanners/Auto-Scanners
Scanners allow you to spot enemy StarShips within range. The same rules described above for building Shields apply to building Scanners at your StarSystems.
Build StarShip/Auto-StarShip
When you click the "Build StarShip" command you are brought to the Build user interface where you select the type of StarShip to build, the Engine rating, the Primary System rating (if available for that StarShip type), and whether or not the StarShip should be cloaked.
Keep an eye on the Cost of the StarShip. You will only be able to build the StarShip if the Cost is within the current Resource level of the StarSystem where you are building.
Assuming you have enough Resources, and there are empty spaces around your StarSystem, you will see a number of directional arrows. These indicate the positions where you can place the newly built StarShip. Click one of the arrows to execute the Build order.
The link below the "Build StarShip" button that reads "WarShip E8 W4" describes the type of StarShip that will be built at the StarSystem if you turn on auto-building of StarShips. You can click this link to change the StarShip type. Changing the auto-build type also turns on the auto-build for the StarSystem.