You
can see all your holdings on that single screen and it is a pretty
sobering thought. You have spent a lot of money getting set
up and now you only have 40,000 credits to your name, the ship and the
basic kit they installed for you. You think about buying a
few items that might come in handy, for certain you want a
Mining/Tractor beam, or you won't be able to pick up the ore's from the
asteroids, planets and rings you are going to mine. Then you look
on your navigation map and zoom out a little to look for a likely
looking asteroid field. Once you find it you select the jump and
leave the station easing into piloting for the first since you
left the academy. You set your autopilot and jump away using your
basic Fulcrum drive to get there. Once there you find your are
surronded by asteroids and realise you don't really know what to do.
After a few false tries you realise you have to be within about 140 of
an asteroid and you find the way to toggle the mining beam on, then you
sit back and watch the ore flow into your cargo bays ready to travel
back and sell your first load of cargo for almost 100% profit.