Distress Signal

Information
Crews in distress can send out a distress signal to call for support from an aligned faction. When receiving a signal a pulsating red circle on the Starmap, this indicates either ship combat or a planetary rescue mission.

Sending
To send out a distress signal find the engineering panel "Distress Signal" under coolant. Every ship has a General Distress signal which warps civilian ships and neutral drones. Civilian ships can be hailed to buy 2 fuel capsules at 600 credits. FB and CU aligned ships have the 'Colonial Union Signature', spawning in CU drones. WD aligned ships have 'W.D. Corp Signature' spawning in WD drones. AOG ships have both signals allowing them to ambush vessels coming to assist.

Occasionally components can be found that contain one of these signatures. They can be installed by left clicking on them if the signal isn't already owned.


 * 200 MHZ (General)
 * 400 MHz (CU)
 * 580 MHz (WD)

Ship Combat
When a signal is picked up not from a planet (a sector id with the sector number having a sys at the end), it tells that combat between different faction is partaking in the system. Warping into the sector shows ships from differing factions engaging each other.

Planetary

 * Thermal Regulator
 * Stormproof the base