Commanding a Planet
<tooltip text="Obtaining a Planet Summary">Obtaining a Summary of a Planet, Fleet or other Object
To just obtain a summary of a specific planet, fleet or other object, left-click once on the object in the Scanner. A small yellow selection arrow appears under the object you select. The status bar under the Scanner pane displays the name of the object, and the distance from the object in the Command pane. The Selection Summary pane changes to display what you know about the selected object.
You can also use the View (Find) menu item to locate a fleet or planet and display its summary.</tooltip>
The Command pane is the command interface for each of your planets and fleets. When you select a planet to command, tiles for assigning planet-specific orders fill the pane.
To learn more about a tile, click on the picture.
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Planet tile

This tile displays the planet currently under your command.
Click on Prev and Next to scroll through your planets in the order they are listed in the Planet Summary Report. Hold down on the SHIFT key while clicking on Prev or Next to scroll between planets that have a starbase.
Minerals on Hand tile

The upper half of this tile lists the amount of each mineral available for immediate use. The lower half tells you how many mines and factories are in operation out of the total number the population can operate. Left-click on items in the tile for more information.
Status tile
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Fleets in Orbit tile

The fleet dropdown lists all fleets and other objects in orbit. Fleets you own are listed in black. Fleets belonging to other players are listed in red.
Click on Cargo to transfer cargo between your fleets and the planet.
Click on Goto to bring the specified fleet under command.
Small screen layout: click on the Cargo button to display the cargo list.
Production tile
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Starbase tile
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