Key Shortcuts

You will need to know these keys fluently if you hope to survive a MultiPlayer game and to Pause-Command-Pause play a SinglePlayer game

Key Function Key Function Key Function Key Function
Managers
L Launch B Build R Research SPACE Sensors
Tactics
F2 Evasive F3 Neutral F4 Aggressive
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Formations
F5 Delta F6 Broad F7 X F8 Claw
F9 Wall F10 Sphere F11 Custom
SHIFT-TAB Previous TAB Next
Orders
S Scuttle Z Ship Special K Kamikaze D Dock
F Focus M Move H Harvest J Hyperspace
CAPs toggle Tactical Overlay E Select All Visible Ships
CTRL 1-0 assign Control Group 1-0 select Control Group

I have found that ˜ (tilde) is not effective for "Cancel Orders". It can be reconfigured. I set it to 'O'