I've only been on ZE for about 10 days but somehow I've lost 1 ruby. I did buy 100 and used most but can't figure out how or why 1 ruby's disappeared.

Also, my message centre shows -1 unread messages.

Any idea or explanations?

Thanks

The minus 1 message is because of recycling missions. You get 1 when the recs make it to the DF, but it registers as 2 new messages.

And I can't help you with the missing ruby. The merchant uses a ruby, if you used that

nuts! I totally missed that otherwise i wouldn't have wasted a ruby for a few K crystals.

Questions answered, thanks.

now, i don't suppose someone might be able to tell me what the green box around a debris field means.

It means that there are a good amount of debrees in that spot. I'm not sure, but I believe the green box means there are 200k debrees in that spot. I think yellow means 500k (or near), brown means a million, and black means 5M+. I'm not sure, but I think that the numbers are close to that.

brown and black are not DF colours

100.000 - 999.999 debris = a green border
1.000.000 - 9.999.999 debris = a yellow border
10.000.000+ debris = a red border