PATROL PROTOCOL
Defend the colony. Raider darts strafe structures, heavy bombers carpet them, and interceptors hunt you. The colony's sentry guns fight beside you. Burning buildings lose integrity until doused with your beam.
Answer dispatch: rescues, cargo and geo surveys in the wastes, freighter escorts, meteor clusters, checkpoint circuits — and when recon finds the raider nest, flatten it.
Land on the launch pad to repair, cool down, and buy upgrades U.
If the Colony Hub falls — or half the colony burns — the watch is over.