[DID] Best Served Cold - APR Book 2

Sabrina Bergin · Post by **Sabrina Bergin** » Thu, 28. Feb 13, 23:06

Nice to see you back in the game so to speak looking forward to the next installment.

Regards Shaun.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Fri, 1. Mar 13, 00:23

Working on it, but I've got a head cold and it's hard to focus on not dying.

banjaxo · Post by **banjaxo** » Mon, 25. Mar 13, 08:21

Aaaaaaaaaand... I've caught up! Damn, I'm going to have to wait now instead of getting my daily fix.

Keep up the good work, Triaxx2.

PS Posting the asset list must take as long as writing a chapter, ye gods that's some empire you've built up!

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Mon, 25. Mar 13, 12:56

Yeah that's about right. It's easier though since I can sit somewhere and do the necessary research.

I'm trying to play, but I keep lagging out. I've narrowed it down so I should be able to finish the chapter.

banjaxo · Post by **banjaxo** » Mon, 25. Mar 13, 13:24

I hope so, especially after reading of Scion Drakhar's Steam problems and his indefinite shelving of Prodigal Son. To have both stories die when I'm so invested in them would be awful!

Looking forward to the next chapter.

PS I've clicked on the "watch this topic" button at the top of the page, any idea what this actually does? I've never used this function before and I don't see a "view watched threads" button anywhere when I log on.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Mon, 25. Mar 13, 15:51

I believe it sends an e-mail when there's a new message. I've never used it either.

Sabrina Bergin · Post by **Sabrina Bergin** » Mon, 25. Mar 13, 19:58

Ref : Watch this topic.

This used to be the case but I have been watching several topics for sometime but since the site upgrade or maintenance thing a month or so back I haven't received any notifications and at one point my inbox was full of them. ?.

banjaxo · Post by **banjaxo** » Mon, 25. Mar 13, 21:10

I was about to agree with you shaun, I checked my email account and saw nothing despite two posts to this thread since I clicked on "Watch this topic".

However... I suddenly had a thought... it was many years ago that I first signed up to these forums, back in the X2 days. So I checked my profile page and sure enough, the email address was listed as one that hasn't been active since perhaps 2005/6! D'oh!

I've reset it to my current address so I'll see if anything happens.

kgkosio · Post by **kgkosio** » Tue, 26. Mar 13, 04:06

Watch this topic will send a single email to the email address associated with your account for any and all updated to the thread. It will not send additional updates until you have visited the thread since the last email notification.

Especially useful for threads like this which are not updated frequently.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Tue, 26. Mar 13, 14:44

So, technical confession. I've actually 'died' a couple of times making this chapter. Mostly due to lag, except for the end of the chapter, which was a complete blue screen of death that completely caused my computer to restart. So that's what that line is about. The next one should be longer.

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Chapter 16: Getting into the Swing of Things

Okay, okay. Don't harp. I overslept, just a little. Well. Maybe more than a little. I mean, who wouldn't? I've been pulling all nighters to ensure that my complexes are producing and my empire is moving. If I look away for five minutes, it all goes straight to hell, and it takes hours to sort it out again. Not to mention constantly dealing with the little fires that crop up, like Xenon, and Kha'ak and Paranid. And one particularly annoying Fish. Yes, it seems Mahi Ma is getting all fired up because I've finally started getting Ore delivered, and now he's becoming impatient.

Guess what. I really don't care. Not only do I not care, but I don't care to the point where I'm ignoring his calls. Also on the ignore list? Generally not F'juny, who's been informing me that there's a mission waiting for me. I'm sorry, but what you keep asking me to do isn't a mission. It's baby sitting, and I don't like baby sitting.

I think I'm going to go visit the Duke and see what I can 'negotiate' away from him. Aggressively if need be. There's a very pleased Teladi in Freedom's Reach who's told me of a great deal if I can bring him 300 million credits. If all else fails, I'll start stealing pirate ships as well.

A stop over in Light of Heart to refit some ships nets me a defense of the local Shipyard and the unexpected bonus of a Carrack who's crew bails. Unlike the usual occurrence which sees the ship then destroyed by rounds in the air, this time the ship survives with just a few percent of it's hull remaining. Assigning the Revenge to escort it to the Shipyard, I transferred to the Lance and jumped to Avarice North beacon.

From there, with nothing to do for the Hub until the convoy reaches PMP again, I jump to M148 to see what Mi Generale wants. I have a suspicion it's another baby sitting mission. Turns out however, that what he wants is actually for me to defend an outpost in Kha'ak 841.

Which is certainly easier than baby sitting. The 'attackers' consist of a single Kha'ak Corvette, so calling Gunboat Diplomacy for back up turns out to be considerable overkill. From there I jump back to Avarice then call for my Personal TS and jump up to pick up some Laser Towers. I'm going to reinforce the sector west of Unholy Descent, since it contains my CODEA supply complex and guards my southern energy complex.

I'm thinking 40 towers arranged in groups of five should be sufficient firepower to chew up anything that decides to show it's self. They end up in a horseshoe shape around the gate, which is just fine by me.

Upon returning to PMP however, I notice an issue. I have several Lasertowers hanging around but all my SQUASH mines are missing. According to my sources, it seems that I never activated the majority of them and some pirates came through and stole them. Sigh. Seems you can't even trust pirates. What IS this universe coming to? Heh. Oh well.

As I'm on my way to CEO's Sprite to discharge some extra SQUASH mines, the world suddenly goes dark.

Sabrina Bergin · Post by **Sabrina Bergin** » Tue, 26. Mar 13, 21:33

Ky:

I check this site every evening or early am after work still no emails and I've had the same email address for the last ten years.

Maybe I should check my profile as I do have another email address but I have never used it in regards to egosoft its a friends family only address (stops all sort of junk mail).

Edited

No just checked my profile same email address.

banjaxo · Post by **banjaxo** » Wed, 27. Mar 13, 14:59

@Triaxx2 - Yay new chapter! Oh, and that's not actually dying, more like technical issues.

@shaun bergin - Having reset the email address to the one I actually use, the "watch this topic" function now appears to be working fine for me.

Sabrina Bergin · Post by **Sabrina Bergin** » Wed, 27. Mar 13, 20:26

banjaxo:

I think I'll try resetting my email address using the same address and see if this updates the site.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Wed, 27. Mar 13, 22:02

Well, mostly it's because I couldn't stop while lagging and so I plowed into gate superstructures a couple of times. And at least once I was attacked by missiles and lagged so badly that they destroyed the ship, I jumped to another sector, popped up and then got the game over screen in the next sector.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Wed, 10. Apr 13, 14:53

UPDATE: Okay, so I've had a very significant power issue. I had power surge and the computer shut off. I have not been able to get it back up because of the power issue. However, I do know enough of what I did that if all else fails I will use the cheat package to restore myself to chapter 11, which is where I last had an asset list. If that happens it may be some time before I can do anything. I will keep you updated however.

banjaxo · Post by **banjaxo** » Thu, 11. Apr 13, 02:00

Good luck.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Thu, 11. Apr 13, 02:49

So, it seems we're getting surges of 220, instead of the smooth 110 we should be having, so while I have some power again, I haven't turned on the computer again. (I'm on my laptop.) I'll let you know what's going on when the issue is permanently fixed.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Fri, 12. Apr 13, 14:25

So, it seems Anki owes her life to the power of surge protector. The entire computer survived because of it. So I'll continue the story as soon as the power is fixed.

banjaxo · Post by **banjaxo** » Mon, 15. Apr 13, 06:05

Well, that's good news. Hope the power's sorted soon.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Mon, 15. Apr 13, 18:19

Okay, power is officially sorted, and I played a chapter. One minor nuisance is that the power surge took out my speakers. So I have to play tucked up against the computer, which is annoying. So I can't do long sessions. Fortunately, this was a short chapter anyway.

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Chapter 17: Atmosphere Lifting

Ow. So it seems, that I've been working too hard. The doctor on the Revenge has told me that I need more sleep and less stress. So I'm going to annoy the Terrans. Completely stress free endeavor, right?

Of course it is. Or rather it would be, if Jupiter which is where I normally go capping, wasn't crawling with carriers. Two Tokyo's and an Odin. And naturally, in addition to the fighters they're carrying, they're also escorted by M6's. Vali's and Katana's. One of them seems to be on it's way out, leaving only one Odin and one Tokyo. I'm about to move to intercept the Atmo lifter when a Skirnir shows up. Seriously?

Patience is key, so I sit and wait for a few minutes. But they seem completely content to do nothing more than sit and have coffee. The Atmo fades into the distance and I decide to try my luck in a less populated sector. Naturally, this doesn't work too well because less populated sectors all have a serious lack of Atmo lifters. I'm not sure if I'm really interested in trying it in Mars, but I'm going to have a go. Mars has an Atmo lifter. Unfortunately, it's fully equipped with the Trifecta of Death. Deciding Atmos are not to be, I head south, hoping to pick up something in the southern territories.

Only to run into something fun on my way through Asteroid Belt. There just happens to be a Tyr who has become separated from his escort. On top of that, it's not even fully shielded. However, at only 9 GJ of shielding it does present a minor issue in knocking those down without destroying the ship or too badly damaging it. Let's see, one barrage of Hammers does 3.2 GJ, which means two is 6.4, so roughly 20 hammers. Then Flails to control the shields. It is however, escorted by a number of Thors, who don't seem to have died to the same problem that dealt with it's capital class escorts. I'm not really enthused about getting attacked by those, but perhaps I can deal with those using flails. It's worth a shot. Okay, new plan:

Operation: Tyred of this nonsense.

Okay, so the first thing to do is deal with the escorting fighters. This isn't as easy as it sounds however, and they prove particularly tenacious. However, enough Flails in the air do the trick and eventually the last few catch up and go down in a hail of Flak from my FAA. With that done, I launch the jarheads. They get through, though a few fail the hull cutting. It seems the ship had an HPD that I didn't see, but the rest of them make it. I'll swing around and pick the others up after we take the ship. It doesn't have an Advanced Firewall though.

They get the ship and the Terrans open fire on me. They seem perturbed, but flails deal with the incoming missiles easily enough and I jump up one rank just as a carrier drops in. I'm back at Citizen, thanks to a timely trade by my local Economy and Supply Trader. The military is still annoyed with me, but the rest of the Terrans are friendly. I decide that one near death experience is enough and decide to have a rest before I have any more 'fun'.

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[DID] Best Served Cold - APR Book 2