Description
| This panel on the Main Window displays general information about your empire. | ||
Controls
| Empire Flag | This is your empire's flag. | |
| Empire Name | This is the name of your empire. | |
| Emperor Name | This is the name of your emperor ("you"). | |
| Game Date | This is the current date in the game. All games start at date 2400.0 and proceed upwards. Each turn is equivalent to one month or 0.1 year. | |
| Resources | This displays the current amount of Minerals, Organics, and Radioactives that your empire has in storage. These resources can be spent on various items such as new ships or facilities. |
| Tutorial | If you are playing the tutorial game, a small button with a "T" on it will appear in the upper-right hand corner of this window (just to the left of the Minimize button). Pressing it will cause the Tutorial window to be redisplayed. | |
| Minimize | This small button in the very top right of the Status Panel, looks like a Windows minimize icon. Its function is just that. When you press it, the entire Main Window will be minimized on your Windows desktop. To bring the game back up again after minimizing it, just click on its button in your task bar for windows. |
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