Jackal

Introduction

First of all, you need to know that you will pilot this mech blindly. Such decision was made in favor of aesthetic appearance.

Hardest thing you need to do in the beginning is to find terminal in the rear section of the mech. Then you should type:

Toggle markers

Now you have some marks to orientate. You can check the image above to understand position of every piece of interactable things. After playing for some time, you will memorize (or not) placement and functions of everything. At this point you can try to turn off markers or toggle simplified markers by typing:

Simple markers

They look much more appropriate and show only periscopes and monitor position. It my personal preference to play with these.

Controls

You can pilot this mech in two ways:

• By upper right periscope (by default)

• Via navigation terminal

  Periscope controls:

• Hold: mech will go to the position of your cursor

• Double click: change steering to laser chaingun control

You can change steering mode by pressing corresponding button on navigation terminal.

Terminal commands

All available commands:

Toggle markers

useful for better orientation

Simple markers

Toggle laser auto mode

when a creature gets in the line of sight of the laser beam, lights will glow up and you need to hold it on a target for a few seconds for weapon's activation

Toggle shock

this option was made only for a fact that this mech doesn't have any measures to attack enemies in the back (all of the weapons are directed to the front side and have limited rotation angles) (I don't recommend playing with this)

FIX , Fix , fix

(such variety exists for situations when you in a hurry and everything falls into the chaos) activates detonators with fixfoam grenades or with whatever you put in them (must be reloaded manually: one can be reached from inside and for two others you must leave the mech and do it outside)

Lost planet fan

show off mech's charge via dynamically changing numbers for better understanding of the power supply needs (also it refers to a videogame "Lost planet", from where I took some inspiration)

This was one of my favourite childhood games.

Weaponry

Laser beam cannon Powerful long-range armament, capable of destroying most of the natural threats of Europa. Takes few second to charge up. After shot requires some time to reload its capacitor. (limited rotation angle)

Missile launcher (railguns) / Double flak cannon Upper weapons, useful for eliminating armored threats or dealing with big groups of enemies. Can be changed via navigation terminal. Missile launcher must be reloaded manually. Loaders (4) are accessible from outpost when docked. Double flak cannon doesn't require manual reloading. (limited rotation angle)

Chaingun Standart chaingun, loaded with shredder ammunition boxes. Doesn't require manual reloading. Shares its capacitor with laser chaingun. (limited rotation angle)

Laser chaingun Mid-range energy weapon. Doesn't require manual reloading.

My first work. Feedback appreciated.