Обзор и туториал Space Pirates and Zombies [Зомби теперь и в космосе]

Overview and Storyline

Space Pirates and Zombies is a space-combat and fleet-building game set in a galaxy contested by the UTA Federation, civilian factions, and bounty hunters. You control a small pirate fleet, take on missions, gather resources and ship blueprints, and gradually advance through the campaign.

Later, a spreading zombie infection begins taking over ships and threatening every faction. The opposing sides eventually unite against it.

Gameplay Highlights

• Manage three resources:
  • Rez is gathered from asteroids and used to build and upgrade ships.
  • Crew helps with repairs, shield recovery, combat, and boarding or defending against boarding.
  • Data earns research points for improving ship systems and weapons.
• Build and customize a fleet: Ships vary in class, durability, speed, maneuverability, crew capacity, cargo space, and weapon slots. Blueprints can be acquired from bases or by destroying ships.
• Equip ships thoughtfully: Choose weapons, armor, reactors, engines, shields, and bonus modules to suit each ship. Weapon slots limit what can be installed, and equipment involves trade-offs such as damage, energy use, range, and firing speed.
• Research upgrades: Spend research points on weapons, hulls, crew capacity, armor, engines, shields, and other systems. Further research levels unlock as the mothership improves and the story progresses.
• Explore and manage factions: Bases offer blueprints, resource exchanges, and access to other star systems. Helping one faction can damage your standing with another. Some routes are blocked by hostile forces or opened through good faction relations.
• Fight and complete missions: Missions include destroying enemies, escorting ships, and raiding convoys. Combat rewards resources, data, and sometimes new blueprints or specialists.

Tips and Strategies

• Use the Space bar to open the tactical panel and issue fleet orders. Defensive behavior keeps allies close; aggressive orders send them after nearby enemies.
• Use R to change or direct your targeting reticle. This is especially useful for aiming automatic weapons at a selected enemy.
• Destroy zombie ships and infection-spreading units quickly. Infected ships can spread the infection, and zombie enemies may keep appearing until their source is eliminated.
• Keep enough crew aboard to resist boarding, and avoid spending all your crew on other uses.
• Use repair orders carefully: a ship may be vulnerable while it travels back to the mothership.
• If a ship is overloaded and slow, press B to jettison excess resources. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
• Check a ship’s weapon mounts before refitting it. Weapons that cannot traverse may require manual aiming.
• Keep your distance from exploding ships, as their explosions can damage nearby vessels.
• Smaller galaxies can make blockades harder to pass. You may need to improve relations with the controlling faction or defeat its ships.

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