What do all the Orders do? [Updated for 4.0 Beta 2]

Orders are what make all AI and NPC controlled actions work, the second you jump out of the pilots chair your ship is in the hands of the orders you give it. Orders can further be broken down into two subcategories: Queued Orders and Default Behaviours.

Queued Orders are the instructions you give to your ships on the fly and stack up sequentially with the most recent order given being done last.

Default Behaviours are the broader roles you give ships and aren't things you change particularly often.

In this guide you will learn which orders do what and how to give your ships the best possible combinations of orders.

Select the ship (left mouse click) that you wish to give an order to either on the map or by selecting the ship in the property owned or objects menus. (for certain few orders you can also target the ship if its nearby)
While in the map interface hold down shift and the left mouse button and drag the transparent box that appears over the ships you want to give the order to. Once you've covered all desired ships you can release the left mouse button and shift key.
While in the map interface hold down control and then left click all desired ships (which should now be highlighted in blue in the property menu)

Selected ships have a white outline like

For Navigation commands right-click the object or position you want your ship to fly to/explore/dock at/etc

For Trade commands hover over the station/ship with which you want to trade with and right-click on the ware you want your ship to trade with and adjust the slider that appears to buy or sell goods.

For "Assign to" commands right-click the ship/station you want as a commander and select the role you want your selected ship to perform in the context menu

For Fight commands right-click the enemy object you want your selected ship to attack and select attack or right-click the object you want to protect and select protect.

Select the ship that you wish to give an order to either on the map or by selecting the ship in the property owned or objects menus. (for certain few orders you can also target the ship if its nearby)

Press the "information key" (default is the i key). This should bring up the selected ships information menu

Select the "Behaviours" tab and click on the blue box underneath "default behaviour" with "hold position" written on it. An order menu should then pop up and you may now select the desired order.

"Assign Role For" orders are another way of setting up Default Behaviours that require a commanding ship or station and allow the player to give an assignment to multiple objects simultaneously.