Airlock

"It's the only window on a space ship that opens"

The airlock is an important part of your ship, It allows you to dock with stations and other ships, without it, you're either stuck on the ship until you die, or you cant even board the ship you've made. =Placement=

The airlock can be placed as long as it's two middle tiles that represent the door touches the outside of the ship. There should be also at least 2x2 empty tiles in front of the airlock for it to work properly.

=Docking= Pressing shift will turn on the docking mode.



Enemies usually have locked airlocks. Making sufficent damage to the ship should override the lock systems, turning them white, allowing you to dock. You will have to deal damage until the ship mass on target lock UI reaches approximately 80% of "maximal" hull mass (undamaged ship mass + crew mass) to open any locked airlocks. Ship editor will show you the ship mass without the crew.

If maximal mass of the ship is under 3000 to begin with, you will only have to fire one shot for unlocking the airlock.

To dock, align with your airlock opposite to the other airlock, and press "x". To undock, simply press "z" and you're away. Or forget about that and slam the pedal until you rip your airlock apart, idiot. I've got a conversation prepped for if when that happens.