✳ ASCII SPACE / FIRST FLIGHT
COCKPIT / PRIVATE PROTOTYPE Starting instruments…

Hold thrust to begin. Steer with arrows or the pad.

SPEED / m·s⁻¹0.0COAST
HEADING000°PITCH +00°
NEAREST ROCK—METERS / CENTER
STEER / ARROWS · WASD

SURFACE-ANCHORED ASCII / MANUAL FLIGHT

PILOT BRIEF / 006

Find your bearings.

You're seated in the cockpit. The green characters belong to the asteroids' actual 3D surfaces. Fly past one and watch the parallax.

Steer
W pitches down, S up; A/D turn left/right. Arrows: Up pitches up, Down down; Left/Right turn. On a phone, drag the unchanged left pad. Release to stop turning.
Thrust / brake
Hold Enter to thrust, Space to brake, or use the right-hand buttons. Brake wins if both are held. Release thrust to coast.
Find the field
The double-diamond HOME beacon stays among the rocks. Follow its LEFT/RIGHT and UP/DOWN cue until AHEAD · LEVEL, then fly toward it. Behind you? Turn in the indicated direction. Range is real distance, not a quest target.
Pause / reset
P pauses. R returns to the start, stationary. No collisions or damage.

Keep steering gentle. Reduced-motion preference disables cockpit sway and asteroid rotation, and starts paused.

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