This is a brief tutorial on how to view the dynamic map. It follows a basic premise: it shows geographic features as RPers explore it, revealing more of the map, but hides areas that you have not visited in a while - though showing you what HAD been there. Upon a second visit, you refresh your knowledge.
Each of the following images show you what might happen over a course of a few weeks or months of gameplay.
Figure 1: You awake to find yourself on the ship. After a survey for food in the general region, you find another dome with some Terran plants, and some alien.
Figure 2: You find a secretive group of sentient aliens who disappear when approached, climbing vertical walls. You note some entrances to other domes.
Figure 3: Going through one of the domes, you find an incredibly tall dome, so tall that you can't tell where the fake sky ends. Rocky cliffs dominate.
Figure 4: You find a race willing to help you, although you don't understand each other, you can tell they won't try and harm you.
Figure 5: Leaving the area, you head south and find a huge dome in a desert like environment.
Figure 6: After exploiting the resources in the undetermined zone, you do not visit the friendly aliens in a while - the area is greyed.
Figure 7: Uh Oh. Turns out that the desert sentients turned out to be burrowing - and after coming to the surface, they attack! But after trying to reach the friendly aliens for help, it looks like they've moved out - and winged carnivores have come down from the aerial dome. With enemies on two fronts, what will happen?
... And that's it!
It's that simple. The map itself will be more detailed with actual geographic features, but for this tutorial, it was best to keep it simple.
