Standard Operating Procedure
Follow this flight plan to activate a 2300AD campaign: session clock, hulls, crews, counterparties, costs, income, mortgages, and the annual budget strip.
Step 01
Name your campaign, add a brief description, and set the in-game session date (a real Gregorian calendar date). Referee Authority: You have full control over the session clock. The system shows advisory warnings for timeline conflicts but never prevents you from saving.
Step 02
Enter your Ships, Bases, or Teams. Mandatory Wallet: Every asset is automatically linked to a Financial Account (its wallet). JIT Cargo Capacity: If you haven't defined the ship's tonnage yet, the system will prompt for it the first time you accept a freight or trade contract.
Step 03
Add the patrons, banks, brokers, and starport authorities your crew deals with. Companies are shared across all campaigns — register a trading house once and reuse it with its Local Law data in every contract.
Step 04
Assign each ship, base, or team to the campaign so their dates are synchronised with the session clock. The session date drives mortgage installments, contracts, and all exported PDFs automatically.
Step 05
Add crew members, assign roles (Pilot, Navigator, Engineer, Steward, Marine…), and link them to their ship or base. Salaries are automatic: The system calculates pay every 28 days, including pro-rata for new hires.
Step 06
Record all ship expenses: Fuel, Life Support, Maintenance & Repairs, Berthing Costs, and anything else your crew pays during the mission. Location is picked via a searchable Star System / Colony selector. Trade Goods: Trade purchases stay in the Cargo Hold until you sell them.
Step 07
Record all incoming Livres: Freight proceeds, Passage fares (High/Middle/Basic/Low), Trade sales, Salvage, and Patron payments. Signing location is picked via the same Star System / Colony selector. Mail: Mail tonnage (5 tons per container) is auto-calculated.
Step 08
For Ships and Bases purchased on credit: register the mortgage with the financing bank, interest rate, and insurance. The system tracks the 28-day payment schedule automatically. You can link an existing Financial Account or create a new bank account on the spot.
Step 09
Signed assets change only via Amendments. Link each amendment to a technical cost with payment date; that date becomes the effective amendment date.
Step 10
Define Star Route waypoints by picking real StarSystems from the network. The system calculates Stutterwarp jump distances in light-years and tracks coil discharge per leg. The in-app 2D/3D map view redraws live as you plot and travel the route.
Step 11
For each ship or base: aggregate Trade Income, Running Costs, Crew Salaries, and Mortgage payments for the current fiscal year. Read the balance strip to check whether the ship is solvent before the next Stutterwarp jump.
Step 12
Use integrated filters and pagination on all modules — assets, crew, running costs, trade income, mortgages, budgets, campaigns, and star routes — to keep the session moving at the table.
Step 13
When a job is ready, export the contract PDF and keep counterparty and local law visible at the table. Each PDF carries a template version marker for audit and reprints.
Step 14
Activate the Star Route on the ship's navigation console for real-time Stutterwarp transit. Each jump advances the session clock by the real transit time (leg distance ÷ Stutterwarp efficiency), gated by coil discharge. The Cargo Hold stays accessible during transit for trade tracking. Referee Only: Jump controls are restricted to the campaign Referee.
Step 15
Access the Cargo Hold from any asset's Tactical Card. Register acquired goods (Trade lots, Salvage, Loot) with their system of origin. Sell/Liquidate at the destination system to convert cargo into Livres and free up hold space for new freight contracts.
Nav-Fi³ is designed around the principle that the Referee has final authority. The system shows advisory warnings when dates seem out of sequence, but every record remains fully editable at any time. The Referee's word is law — the system just keeps the books.