THE DECK

W / S

more sail · less sail (furled → reefed → full → press)

A / D

helm to port · to starboard

SPACE

sweeps — oars, to claw out of irons

MOUSE

point at a ship to lock her — lead and range are worked out for you

LEFT CLICK

fire the broadside that bears (guns are on the sides)

Q / E

fire port · starboard by hand

1 2 3

round · chain · grape shot

Z X C V

crew stations: quarters · sail · repair · lookout

R

lay a mine astern

THE FLEET

T hold

signal wheel — attack, defend, help, powder

Y hold

talk to the fleet: what to push, what to buy

G

quick "attack here" on the cursor

ENTER

say something to your own fleet

TAB

roster — and where you take or hand over command

ESC

close the roster · disarm an order

IN COMMAND

CLICK

buy a level in the Admiralty · right-click sells it back at 60%

SHIFT 1–5

arm an order, then click the water to place it

READING THE SCREEN

GREEN ARCS

where your guns can reach — bright means loaded and bearing

RED BRACKET

an enemy. GUNS ON YOU means her broadside is lined up

RED ARROWS

enemies off the edge of the view, with the range to each

DASHED RING

a hostile shore battery's reach — do not loiter inside it

WINNING

Hold more of the eight Holds than the enemy and their Colours bleed away. Strike them to nothing, or simply be ahead at the bell. A battery must be silenced before anyone can land.

H hides this · M tactical chart · F1 or ? full ship's orders