Howdy all, a quick compilation of very basic game mechanics not covered by the in game tutorial or interface.

Battle Engine:
Pressing B while in orbit over a planet, I.E. after warping there, will bring up the locations on the planet surface, from there you can lock on to a specific location and warp as normal rather then flying around.
Holding B while engaged in a space battle such as for a station will allow you to travel quickly between the various add-ons, such as the docks, turrets, ETC. This will allow you to assist as needed or to knock down the shields in case the battle plan got messed up.

Foot Combat:
Assault rifles fire single rounds from the hip, aiming down the sights enables full auto

Mining:
Tab will ready the mining laser (on foot), aiming down the sights allows the laser to fire constantly
Mouse wheel (by default) will change the mining laser between power and efficiency

Space Weapons:
Changing the power allotment between engines, weapons and shields is controlled by the arrow keys (by default)
Allotting max power to the weapons lets them do more damage and not overheat as quickly
Tabbing to turn off weapons allows for much faster travel around stations and points.


Space Loot:
Pods are the enemy pilots ejection pods...They can/have to be stabilized for retrieval, along with having mounted pod catcher components from the shop. They will disappear if they are not caught and stabilized, using the pod catchers on them will capture the enemy pilots to be ransomed or turned in at the stations for a bounty.

Destroyed ships will sometimes leave behind crates. Press H to enable the mouse, then click on the little crate icon in the upper right of the screen. If there are any, they can then be scanned and have a probe sent out to retrieve the loot.

Just a quick compilation of mechanics I had to learn/look up or figured out by accident, figured it might be handy for any new players looking for any information about the above. Hope it helps.