Space · Goal
Earth ↔ station shuttle
Pick your ship as the rocket's destination: the rendezvous autopilot brings it nose-in to a free dock.
In the game
How to get it
On the rocket screen (or N in flight), choose your ship; "Rejoin your ship" says the time; Space. Near the ship, pick a dock (J or K) and let it dock; "Depart" leaves.
What it is for
Come and go between the Earth and your station, carry crew, cargo and dewars.
Why it exists
A station is only useful if you can reach it.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
Rendezvous
"Rejoin your ship · 18 min" (or "Not enough fuel"), Rejoin, Space: "Approach...", "Docking at dock 2 in 0:08 · J: another dock". Within 2 km a mooring card shows the docks (green free, grey taken) and whether you are slow enough (20 m/s at most). All docks taken: the rocket waits at 200 m.
Docked
Both hatches stay open: float through the top door, the tunnel and the airlock into the ship. Depart moves the rocket 100 m away.
On the progress path
ST4Space stationMain path
- BeforeST3 · Ship
- This stepST4 · Earth ↔ station shuttle
- NextST5 · Navigate in orbit