Hey Yank,
Its such a huge game, theres no way you can learn it all quickly.
If you have installed the package via the Mod Manager, then its ready to run.
* Bring up your Command Console menu (dark gray or black, bring up via Shift-C when 'un-docked' )
* Click / select 'Special' and then Cheat, and then Add Wares, Upgrades, and Equipment
There, you can now select Shields and select add max quantity of shields. You can add Equipment, and select 'Add Cargo Lifesupport. Transporter is also in there.
There is also a Mod for hyper jumping. Well, 2 actually. I downloaded both, and they are now in my Command Console / Navigation menu. I 'hot-wired' my quick jump to my ~ key and now if I want to jump somewhere, I use that key. But I need Jump Drive for it to work. I always purchase my jump drives. I usually only cheat on things I cannot normally buy or obtain.
Quick Jump will not require batterys. One version of this Mod though will deduct the amount of cost of batteries for each jump, so you at least have some realism to it.
Yep, hanging out by a gate will sometimes have bad results...
I was watching a Xenon J pick off people as they came through the Xenon gate. Each time a ship came through, it barraged them with a huge wave of weapons fire, lol... Bumms...
Bill