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The bridge is where you decide

Sunholo
Sunholo
Stapledon's Voyage team

Clocks, speed and distance stay visible as you travel. Course plotting and journey commitments now live at the bridge consoles, while M opens a read-only star chart wherever you are.

The navigation station, with the two clocks above the helm

What's new​

  • A quieter HUD. Both clocks share the status strip with your speed, phase and distance. Transit, arrival and gravity cards appear when relevant and keep the central outlook clear. PR #193.
  • Decisions at the consoles. Plot and commit at the navigation station, start a guided voyage at the Voyage console, and read the physics codex at the Archive terminal. Walk there, click to walk, or use the keyboard's Walk-to list; a press-twice confirmation option accompanies the hold. PR #195.
  • A chart you can open anywhere. M shows the neighbourhood without planning, committing or pausing. Tour pause and skip controls stay instant; the decisions have no countdown. PR #195.
  • Sizes for more stars. Catalogue stars without measured radii now get estimates from their brightness, distance and temperature, labelled as inferred. Barnard's Star becomes a visible disc at its stop. Body cards also explain synchronous orbits, including when no such orbit is possible. PR #194.

Not yet​

The first-journey slice still needs its complete console-based playthrough audit and remaining visual acceptance gates. Real interstellar clouds and individual dust impacts are being built on a separate branch and still await validation and render review.

This is a progress update between releases. See the new captures in the gallery.