How do I leave the hangar / start a run?

Open the Overworld map at the top of the screen and choose a breach.

You'll need

a fitted ship, such as the free starter
Seraph

In the hub, check your build rating (the fitting screen shows it as Ship Build Rating). It adds up the hull, fitted modules, affinity points spent and 25% of your cargo.
Open the Overworld map at the top of the screen.
Choose a breach whose build-rating range your ship falls inside. For a first run, pick one of your faction's lower-tier breaches, which the enemy faction cannot enter.

Tip

Deeper tiers open only after you have cleared the tier before, which you do by extracting from it.

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Speaker	Tier	Said on
phyzixteacher	Developer	30 Sep 2026

Paraphrased from the Citadel Discord. Developers and official documents are named; other players by trust tier. Last verified 30 Sep 2026 for Beta 1 (wipe 1).

Also drawn from

Citadel Wiki: Seraph: every new captain is issued a Seraph, already fitted
Game reference: Fitting: build rating = hull + fitted modules + affinity points spent + 25% of cargo
Citadel Wiki: Build rating: the fitting screen shows it as Ship Build Rating
Citadel Wiki: Breach tiers: to leave a hub for a breach, build rating including cargo must be within the tier's limits
Answer: Where is it safe? Can I avoid PvP?: each faction has lower-tier breaches the enemy faction cannot enter
Citadel Wiki: Breach tiers: deeper tiers need the tier before them cleared, which is done by extracting from it

Collected from the Citadel Discord and added on 3 Oct 2026.