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<sect1 id="starchart-ops">
<title>Starchart operations</title>
<para>The Echo Cluster is a square of 2000 by 2000
light-years, the starchart provides the player an extra
view, a margin around the Echo Cluster of 500 LY wide. It
has a grid, with 100 LY between lines.</para>
<para>To scroll the starchart you can use the arrow keys, or
drag it with the mouse. Also, you can toggle the grid by
pressing <keycombo> <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> <keycap>G</keycap>
</keycombo> and zoom in and zoom out with <keycap>+</keycap> and
<keycap>-</keycap> from the keypad.</para>
<para>The planet names are automatically hidden when you zoom
out below 100%, but if you want you can turn them off using the
<guimenuitem>Planet names</guimenuitem> entry on the
<guimenu>View</guimenu> menu. Similar actions you can make with
minefields and ion storms.</para>
<para>On the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu, you also have the
<guimenuitem>Scanner area</guimenuitem> option, when activated
will paint a shaded area on the starchart showing the sensors
range that is covered from your ship and planets. You can use
this feature with the
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>
keystroke too. This feature is disabled by default.</para>
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