Recruit a Meek
Hire a candidate off the Astronaut Center's board and put them on your roster.
Use this when you need a second pilot, when you have lost the one you had, or when you want a scientist aboard to make your readings pay more.
Before you start
- You are in the shared world. In sandbox the same steps sign on sandbox's own crew instead, for free and up to 5 (see The Meek in sandbox).
- You are signed in. Off the network the sheet says so and the buttons will not tap.
- You hold at least the candidate's price in credits.
- Your Astronaut Center has room. Its level is the number of Meek you may keep at once.
Steps
- Tap the Space Center button in the hangar (the dome on the bottom bar). The Space Center opens on Earth, where every building stands.
- Find the Astronaut Center on the strip and tap it. Drag the strip sideways, or tap ALL in the top right to see every building at once. Its sheet opens below.
The Astronaut Center's sheet. Open the Meek is on the left along the bottom. - Tap Open the Meek. The sheet titled The Meek opens on the Roster tab.
- Tap Recruit. The board fills with candidate cards, each with a price and a Hire button on its foot line.
Each card's green bars are the stats that trade is judged on; the price is on the same line as the G limit. - Tap Hire on the card you want. The button reads "Signing…" while the game signs them.
What you should see
The card leaves the board. The line under the tabs reads the Meek's name followed by "signed on.", the count above the tabs goes up by one, and your credits drop by the price shown. The new Meek is on the Roster tab and can be seated in a pod straight away.
Why Hire won't tap
| What the sheet says | What it means |
|---|---|
| "The Astronaut Center holds 3 Meek at a time. Let one go, or extend it." | Your roster is full. Dismiss a Meek, or upgrade the building. Passengers a contract lent you do not count against this. |
| "No Astronaut Center to sign them at." | Nothing to hire at. This should not happen: the building stands from the start. |
| "Nobody on the board right now." | The board is empty. It refills on its own; come back. |
| "Offline — the server keeps your roster." | You are not signed in. Nobody can be hired until you are. |
| "Sandbox Meek live on this device: up to 5, signed on free, and one signs on for each one lost." | You are in sandbox, and this is sandbox's own crew, not your account's. See The Meek in sandbox. |
| "A sandbox keeps 5 Meek at a time. Let one go first." | Sandbox's roster is full. Dismiss a Meek there first. |
| "Waiting for your record…" | The game has not finished loading your account. Wait a moment. |
A greyed Hire with no message means you cannot afford that candidate. Their price is on the foot line beside their G limit.
Note
Offers expire and are replaced. The note above the first card names the trades the board is drawing at your Astronaut Center's level, and the trades the next level would add.