To the right, Jump Drive recharging (red) Premature Jumps Image description for the above: To the left, Jump Drive charged (blue). During the recharging of the Jump Drive the icon changes colour and goes from red to solid blue. There is a 10 (real-time SETA won't help) minute cooldown before the Jump Drive can be used again, but this can be skipped by using the inventory item Jump Drive Coolant (a very rare drop from enemies and lockboxes). In order to use the Jump Drive it has be to charged, which is indicated via the cockpit icon displaying a solid blue ring (on the lelf-hand side). NB: If the map window is closed after beginning a jump, you must navigate the displayed map zone back to the target destination before the Abort button will be visible. If, in this time, the "Jump" button is clicked again, the jump will be aborted. The Drive has an approximate fifteen second charge time before the jump takes place. Clicking the button once will start the Jump Drive. If a zone contains a Jump Gate or Jump Beacon, selecting it in the zone map will enable the "Jump" button in the bottom-right of the UI element. With the Experimental Jump Drive, the player can jump to any known (visited) Jump Gate or Jump Beacon via the map. When the icon is blue, the Jump Drive is ready to use. It is the left icon (the left ring) at upper left on the shield monitor. When the Jump Drive has been installed (automatically) on the ship, the Jump Drive icon becomes visible. The Experimental Jump Drive can be acquired by completing the "X-perimental" mission chain, available from Omicron Lyrae from X Rebirth Version 4.0. These items are rare drops that can be found in lockboxes around the universe. The items below are needed to craft a SETA. Some conditions will cancel the SETA time acceleration, eg when the ship gets too close to stations, or a message is being shown on the event monitor While SETA is active time is accelerated by 6 times and the SETA icon will rotate. When the SETA icon is lit, you can press J to activate it. There are many reasons for this: eg too close to a ship or a station you will have to move the Skunk's position. When the SETA icon is greyed SETA is not currently available. To the right, no SETA nor Jump Drive installed) Usage (To the left, both SETA and Jump Drive installed. The SETA icon (right ring on the upper left of the ship status monitor) will then appear.
In order to get the SETA the player must find the appropriate items to be able to craft it after successful crafting, SETA will end up as an inventory item and can be found in the inventory menu (enter-2-1-3). SETA can be used by the player to increase in-game elapsed time: when SETA is active time is speeded up by 6. Singularity Engine Time Accelerator (SETA)