How do you align stations ?

[Hanni79]

Greetings everyone,

 

when placing stations I notice their orientation is all over the place, which I dislike for one and which can be somewhat impractical, especially inside of asteroid fields.

 

How do you align your stations ? Any tips or tricks how to properly place them ?

 

(On that note, it would be cool to have an ecliptic fot that purpose)

[DivineEvil]

Well, the way I do it, is while I pilot the Station Founder ship, I:

- First, mark a sector directly up (North) for jump and align the ship to the jump direction.

- Then mark a sector directly to the right (East), and align the ship so that jump direction is exactly to the right (roll only).

- This makes the ship aligned exactly to the galactic plane looking North, so then I found a station.

- You should make sure the station has a large mass and comfortable docking bays so that you won't knock it off by any means. Sadly If you do, there would be no way to correct it accurately.

 

Honestly, I think stations should at least have Gyros operational if you place them.