| Gamepad | Keyboard + mouse |
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| Move / camera | Left stick / right stick · LB/RB zoom | WASD · hold right mouse to orbit · hold middle mouse to orbit and turn · wheel zoom |
| Interact (board, gather, sell, pads, contracts, workshop) · stand up | Ⓐ · Ⓑ | E · B |
| Menus · lift home when stranded | LB/RB select · Ⓧ lift | Z/C select · X lift |
| Jump to station | D-pad ↑ → ↓ ← | 1 2 3 4 |
| Voice · ping what you point at | hold LS to talk · click RS to ping | hold T to talk · M mic mode (push to talk, open mic, off) · G ping |
| Pilot | LS pitch/roll · RS yaw/elevation · RT/LT throttle · Ⓧ zero · hold Ⓨ level · View weapons free | W/S pitch · A/D roll · Q/E yaw · Space/Shift elevation · R/F throttle · X zero · hold V level · P weapons free (fight other ships) |
| Gunner | RS aim · RT fire · LB/RB weapon | Mouse aim · click or Space fire · Z/C weapon |
| Engineer | LB/RB camera · RS look · Ⓐ repair, then the shown buttons · Ⓧ boost the system in view | Z/C camera · mouse look · E repair, then arrow keys · X boost the system in view |
| Copilot | LB/RB select contact · Ⓐ mark for crew · Ⓧ voice channel (ship, radio, hail) · Ⓨ hail the selected ship | Z/C select · E mark · N voice channel · H hail |