Orders

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	Last updated for version 0.12.0.2 Last mentioned in changelog 1.4.4.1 The current game version is 1.4.6.0

Orders are instructions used to direct the AI-controlled crew. While the crew will take initiatives on their own, orders help them react in more intelligent ways.

Usage

• The Orders radial menu is opened with the Middle Mouse Button (or Mouse 3) by default.
  When using the Orders key on a crew member directly, or on their name top-left of the screen, any selected order will be given to them.
  If the menu is opened by clicking anywhere else, a list of the crew may be displayed by right-clicking an order; left-clicking on a crew member will issue the order to them. When left-clicking an order directly, the first relevant crew member will be automatically selected.
  Holding the Shift key and then using the orders key on certain installations, the radial menu will only display orders relevant to that specific installation; for instance, doing so on a weapon's periscope will display the Operate Weapon order.
  Crew members can be dismissed from an order by right-clicking the order, next to their name in the top-left crew display.

• If an order requires using a specific item, such as a screwdriver to repair a junction box or a Diving Suit to fix leaks in a flooded room, they will first try to find it within the submarine's containers or laying on the floor. If no required items are found or if they are in another crew member's inventory, they won't take it from them and will be unable to complete their order, stating so in the chat.
• Issuing an order can be done preemptively: for instance, if ordering a crewmember to Fight Intruders when none are in the submarine, they will answer that they can't find any, but will remain assigned to this task and when intruders arrive they will fight them.
• Up to 3 orders can be saved for quick re-assignment; when giving a new order to a crew member, their previous order will be moved to the right and its icon made smaller; left-clicking one of the previously dismissed orders will issue it again, letting one quickly cycle between orders depending on the situation. Preparing these quickly accessible orders at the beginning of a round may save a lot of time afterwards.

Emergency

Assault Enemy

• Requires: Handheld Weapon, Abandoned Outpost
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: Security Officer
  • Skills: Weapons
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will board the docked outpost and kill enemies.
Order is disabled when not docked to an abandoned outpost.

Extinguish Fires

• Requires: Fire Extinguisher
• Quick Access
  • Reports: Fire
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will put out fires in order of closest to farthest.

Fight Intruders

• Requires: Handheld Weapon
• Quick Access
  • Reports: Intruders
  • Jobs: Security Officer
  • Skills: Weapons
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will fight any intruders inside of the submarine.
Security will prioritize attempting to arrest human targets before killing them.

Find Weapon

• Requires: Non-stun Handheld Weapons or Tools
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 100

Ordered AI will acquire a Handheld Weapon or Tool, prioritizing items with higher combat effectiveness.
Order is automatically dismissed after AI acquires an item.

Heal and Rescue

• Requires: Specific Medical Items
• Quick Access
  • Reports: First Aid
  • Jobs: Medical Doctor
  • Skills: Medical
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will heal non-light injuries with medicine.
If better medicine is not available, AI will use other medicine depending on it's healing effectiveness.

Movement

Follow

• Requires:
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will follow the crewmember who ordered them.
Order icon becomes discolored when the ordered AI is not following the controlled character.
The followed character will be shown when hovering over the order icon.

Prepare for Expedition

• Requires: Any Diving Suit, 5 Oxygen Tanks & an Underwater Scooter
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 100

Ordered AI will acquire diving gear.

Return

• Requires: N/A
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will attempt to return to the submarine from outside using level waypoints.

Wait

• Requires: N/A
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will be prevented from idling, therefore forcing them to stand in place.

Maintenance

Cleanup Items

• Requires: Dropped Items
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: Assistant
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will store dropped items in their appropriate container if there is room.
If there is no room, they will find a different container or, if none found, drop the item next to its preferred container.

Fix Leaks

• Requires: Welding Tool with any type of Welding Fuel Tank
• Quick Access
  • Reports: Hull Breach
  • Jobs: Mechanic, Engineer, Assistant
  • Skills: Mechanical Engineering
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will seal hull breaches with a Welding Tool, in order from closest to farthest.

Load Items

• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: N/A
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Recharge battery cells

• Requires: Any non-full Battery Cell or Fulgurium Battery Cell

Ordered AI will recharge Battery Cells in Charging Docks.

Refill oxygen tanks

• Requires: Any non-full Oxygen Tank

Ordered AI will refill Oxygen Tanks in the Oxygen Generator.

Reload ammo

• Requires: Ammunition Boxes & Empty Loaders

Ordered AI will reload Turret loaders with ammunition.

Repair Electrical Systems

• Requires: Any type of Screwdriver
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: Engineer
  • Skills: Electrical Engineering
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will repair electrical devices using a Screwdriver.

Repair Mechanical Systems

• Requires: Any type of Wrench
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: Mechanic
  • Skills: Mechanical Engineering
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will repair mechanical devices using a Wrench.

Repair Damaged Systems

• Requires: Any type of Screwdriver and/or Wrench
• Quick Access
  • Reports: N/A
  • Jobs: Mechanic, Engineer, Assistant
  • Skills: N/A
• Priority: 90

Ordered AI will repair mechanical and electrical devices using Screwdrivers and Wrenches.

Operate

Operate Reactor

• Power up
  Power up and operate the Nuclear Reactor. While this order is active, the crew member will replace any exhausted Fuel Rods if more are available in the submarine, and drop the exhausted rod on the floor. The AI will always place rods one by one, and will remove any additional rods that were placed in the reactor by a player. When dismissed or given another order, the AI will switch the reactor to Automatic mode.
  If the crew member is an Engineer, this order will be directly accessible in the quick access section at the bottom of their Orders radial menu. If the reactor is off, it will be there for all crew members.
• Shutdown
  Shutdown the reactor. Useful to reduce the noise emitted and attract less attention from Creatures with high Hearing; auxiliary power (Batteries) may be used to power the submarine's systems by clicking the Backup power array button in the Navigation Terminal.

Operate Weapons

Clicking on Operate Weapons brings up the submarine's layout and the weapons locations. Clicking on one of these weapons will order the targeted crew member to operate it. When the weapon is out of ammo, they will seek any available in the submarine and reload it.
If the crew member is a Security Officer, this order will be directly accessible in the quick access section at the bottom of their Orders radial menu.

Steer

If the crew member is a Captain, this order will be quickly accessible in the contextual section at the bottom of their Orders radial menu.
If the submarine has a Shuttle Navigation Terminal on board, clicking on Steer will first bring up the submarine layout, and display both the submarine's Navigation Terminal and that of the shuttle, both with the following 3 orders.
Note: NPCs steering the Submarine will not avoid environmental hazards such as Ice Spires, Piezo Crystals, or Ballast Flora.

• Navigate back
  Travel back to the last Outpost or location visited.
• Navigate to destination
  Travel to the current mission objective, or the destination Outpost/location if the mission has already been completed or no mission was selected. Considering the AI will "see" obstacles as if the sonar was active even when it's passive, this is useful to reduce the noise emitted whithout having to slowly steer along cave walls. Their Helm skill will still impact the delay between the input and the effective pump and engines ajustments.
• Maintain position
  Maintain the current position using the autopilot.

Other

Dismiss

Dismiss a crew member from their current assignment. This order can be given through the Orders radial menu only when using the contextual commands, by holding Shift and using the Orders key anywhere while at least one crew member has an assignment. Right-clicking their assignment at the top-left corner of the screen is faster and more practical.