Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-104.148.255.119-20170625022935/@comment-454133-20170625045227

Ah, those only matter if you buy one of the fancy dial upgrade kits. You put the ship token in the back so you can tell which dial is which when they're turned face-down. If you don't buy the kit, you don't need to worry about those tokens (you can just store them somewhere in case you ever decide to buy the upgrade kit).

The fancy dials can be convenient because you can see the whole dial while choosing your maneuver, and they look nice, but they're far from necessary.