Space · How it works
Landing on the launch pad
Accept the "Pad" checkpoint at take-off; later choose it as the destination: the rocket comes back onto it.
In the game
How to get it
At take-off, answer "Checkpoint + take-off": a checkpoint called Pad is placed. To come home, choose it as the destination (or "Land here" on it in the map): the autopilot lands within a few metres.
What it is for
Your rocket comes home to its fueling tower: refuel by conveyor and fly again.
Why it exists
Precision is beautiful, and a spaceport needs its rockets to come back.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
How to do it
Taking off from the ground with no checkpoint of yours within 150 m, two buttons appear: Checkpoint + take-off and Take-off. Choose the first: a checkpoint "Pad" ("Pad 2"...) is created. Later, choose it as the destination: the autopilot brakes and lands on it.
On the progress path
VT2Rockets on EarthSide quest
- BeforeVT1 · Reusable rocket
- This stepVT2 · Landing on the launch pad
- NextVT3 · Earth-to-Earth flight