Holliday

We might just be able to drag each other kicking and screaming up the learning curve. Thanks for the heads-up on the documents. Why it didn't occur to me to look in the game folder I'll never know, but it might be because I'm blonde.

The manual has no appendix or FAQ. But I am impressed that there IS a manual and it has more than 20 pages. To answer the original question, you can save by using the ALT-G keys and then picking a slot to save. You will have to reload. I have pored over the manual for hours and still have gotten next to no where. I managed to land on Earth, but that is it. I have no idea why my weapons no longer work, or what STS means and why it relentlessly flashes on my HUD. I have no clue why I canÔÇÖt find a target, any target, on the planet to home in on. I just want a destination to fly to, but no joy. I would settle for a Wal-Mart to target. I did manage to land and take off again. And that is the sum total of my accomplishments to date; after about three hours I successfully made planet fall and then lifted off the surface again, flying east. So far I havenÔÇÖt hit sunrise, I assume the planet still orbits a star. As for the six billion people and the infrastructure that supports them I have seen no evidence.

I have both Freelancer and X2, and enjoyed them both. I am very interested in UC, but I know virtually nothing about it or any of the previous titles. I am slowing piecing together an idea of what the game is about by reading the threads here. I canÔÇÖt seem to find a synopsis of the game as it seems like most everyone in the gaming world but me already knows all about it. And I am not being factious either; I really must be the only man on earth without a clue. I have gleaned enough to convince me to buy the game however.