Communication
Operators talk. Some of them even tell the truth.
Chat
The chat bar at the bottom of the screen follows you everywhere; the CHAT page opens it full size. Three kinds of channel:
- Global: everyone online.
- Faction: your side of the Nexus war, once you join one. See Nexus Control.
- Corporation: your corp only, from the day you joined. See Corporations.
mail.app lives in /usr/bin on every host. Send a message to any player by name, keep an inbox, archive what matters. The envelope in the header shows your unread mail and opens the app in one click.
The Community Hub
COMM gathers the rest: the forum (sections, topics, replies; subscribe to a topic to be told about new posts), the news, the list of corporations you can apply to, and useful links.
Push Notifications
The game can ping you when the tab is closed. Ivy asks during the tutorial; you can switch them on any time from the settings (the gear in the chat bar). You get one when:
- an upgrade finishes, or you reach a new level;
- someone empties your miner;
- your corporation answers your request, changes your role or rank, kicks you, or pays you;
- someone asks to join your corporation (owners and managers);
- a module is assigned to you, or its license is revoked;
- a forum topic you follow gets a reply.
While You Were Away
Come back after a while and a summary greets you: attacks you held off and the ones that got in, upgrades that finished, what your miners piled up, new mail, how the factions moved, hexes you lost, corporation news and Bits Packages you received.