Ship repair and fire: prepare, diagnose, recover

Buy the missing pieces

Shop kiosk > item > Choose Destination

Open a suitable shop kiosk. Inspect the complete tool, attachment and canister names, quantity and total, then choose where the purchase goes. Use a small practice supply and keep credits for servicing.

Expected result: The purchase lists the intended items and destination.

If it did not work: An empty canister is not repair material. If the shop lacks a matching item, leave it on your shopping list; this lesson does not promise stock or a price.

Equip, then check what is carried

Storage Access > item > EQUIP

At Storage Access, locate the purchases. Right-click and choose EQUIP, or drag each compatible item to its equipment slot. Equip your undersuit and helmet, fit the tool and check its canister. Move the reserve into carried storage.

Expected result: The tool is equipped; the reserve is carried rather than left in Local Inventory.

If it did not work: If the utility slot is missing, inspect leg armor. If an item rejects the slot, compare its full name and compatibility before buying another.

Inspect your saved firing and interaction inputs

Options > Keybindings > your device > Advanced Controls Customization

Select Keyboard/Mouse or the device you use. Locate the on-foot firing and interaction actions. Read their assigned inputs without replacing the whole profile. Return to the game and identify the equipped repair tool.

Expected result: You know which inputs your saved profile actually uses.

If it did not work: A keyboard example does not configure a controller. Change only an intended action, and preserve your existing profile.

Rehearse the extinguisher, then put it back

Extinguisher holder > interaction; then displayed use input

At an accessible holder, use the available take interaction. With clear space and no player in front, confirm which assigned use input produces a short discharge. Stop and return it to its holder; CIG describes the holder as its refill location.

Expected result: You have observed a working input and know the nearest holder.

If it did not work: If you cannot produce a discharge or return it, record the prompt and binding before departure. There is no source-verified universal extinguisher shortcut on this card.

Locate the fault before walking away

Engineering console > Rooms / Engineering (Config), or available MFD

Interact with the available console. Select the reported system and read its location, health, power state and temperature warning. Say what you can actually see before choosing a repair.

Expected result: You can name the affected system and the evidence for the fault.

If it did not work: No interior access? Stay with the available MFD workflow and service plan; do not leave a working pilot seat searching for a console the hull does not have.

Choose one response, then check it

Diagnosis drill > one changed condition

Ask: is the system powered, is it hot, or is its health damaged? Agree one next action with the pilot, such as inspecting its power setting, allowing it to cool or visiting the damaged component. Recheck the same reading afterward.

Expected result: The crew can connect one intervention to an observed result.

Low output is a symptom. It does not by itself prove that a component needs replacing.

If it did not work: If the reason remains unclear, preserve flight and life support and return to services. Randomly toggling several systems makes the cause harder to identify.

Repair the identified target

Equipped Cambio tool > repair input

Aim at the reachable damaged component or hull area. Note its starting condition, apply a short repair burst, then release the input.

Expected result: The target condition improves while available RMC decreases.

A visible beam alone does not prove that you repaired the intended system.

If it did not work: If neither changes, check the fitted canister, target, reach and repair limit. Stop if you are stripping material instead of repairing.

Ask for a function check

Crew check > affected system

Tell the pilot which component you worked on. Compare the same condition reading, then ask whether the affected function works. Record a partial result as partial.

Expected result: The crew can distinguish an improved health reading from a working system.

If it did not work: If health improved but the function still fails, return to diagnosis. Do not empty every canister into the same target merely because the first burst helped.

Account for people before opening the room

Crew voice or text > room and exit callout

Tell the pilot where you are going and ask who is inside. Identify the door you will return through. Approach only while you can retreat; have the pilot seek a safer operating position.

Expected result: Someone knows your location and the crew has an exit plan.

If it did not work: If you cannot identify a safe approach or anyone is already incapacitated, prioritize withdrawal and rescue rather than sending the whole crew into the same room.

Use the extinguisher control you rehearsed

Extinguisher > use input confirmed during preparation

With the extinguisher in hand, apply it toward the fire using the input you tested. Watch the discharge and whether flames diminish; pause to reassess your exit and suit warnings.

Expected result: There is a visible discharge and the fire is reducing.

If it did not work: No discharge? Retreat to inspect the extinguisher and its supply. Fire still spreading? Call that result and withdraw; holding the input indefinitely is not a recovery plan.

Confirm the compartment and recovery plan

Engineering console > Rooms view > selected compartment controls

Before any vent command, name the selected compartment and confirm everyone affected has left or has suitable protection. Identify how you will restore the room afterward. If you cannot verify both, use the withdrawal plan.

Expected result: The room and people affected are known before the state changes.

If it did not work: Do not click a nearby door or life-support toggle while guessing. This guide does not invent a universal Vent button label for every ship.

Check the room before normal use resumes

Rooms view and doorway > pressure, atmosphere and fire checks

After suppression, reassess the room, the damaged system and the route through it. Confirm the intended life-support state and atmosphere indication before telling anyone that normal access is restored.

Expected result: The crew gets an explicit all-clear or a continuing restriction.

If it did not work: If pressure, fire or temperature remains uncertain, keep protection on and arrange service. Flames disappearing does not establish that the room is ready for unprotected occupants.

Request and verify the service

Landed pilot seat > Landing Services > Repair > Confirm

Land at a location offering maintenance and remain in the pilot seat. Open Landing Services, inspect the repair offer and select the services you need. Confirm, wait for the result, then compare the ship condition.

Expected result: The repair is acknowledged and you have checked the affected system afterward.

If it did not work: If the offer is unavailable or the result does not match, recheck the landed state and current advisory. Keep the partial repair in your crew handoff rather than announcing a full restoration.