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Le Baron

Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 4809 on topic

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Posted: Wed, 8. Apr 09, 17:12 Post subject: |
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| shdwdrgn wrote: |
Is there any trick to finding the Aran? I've done UJD multiple times and can never find it...is it generally in front of you, behind you, random?
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! |
I had to jump more than 135 times until I finally found it (and every jump I was searching accurately for it (select a Big (!!!) Asteroid, press F3, zoom out, several 3D turnarounds))
Finally I found it and with 5* marines it took me approx. 18 attempts until they could break the hull and finally boarded it!
And from time to time I had to kill some Xenon (M, N, L, P and K). So I defenitely had to invest some more time than just 2 hours
I don't know how often you have tried it so far, but I have heared from several other people, who have tried as well more then 100 times. But there are also some people who found it after a few jumps.
Good luck!
PS: In worst case be carefull with the hull. Maybe you need to repair it a little bit longer, otherwise your Marines will abort the boarding because of too much hull damage. Here you can use the SETA trick to speed up the process in real time:
- drop the SETA from your ship
- exit the ship and collect the SETA in your space suit
- now target the ARAN with your repair laser and press "CTRL" and "j" simultaneously
--> Have to point out, that after returning to the ship the SETA of your space suit will be lost and there is no way to drop it from space suit or transfer it back to the ship (at least no known way for me)
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palm911
 
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 674 on topic

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Posted: Wed, 8. Apr 09, 18:29 Post subject: |
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the hull of the aran can go up to 30 % if you get lucky as i did and found one with 10% you really neeed maxxed eng. on then.
i am at 52% of the aran R.E process.
the mats required for this will most likely fill up 90% or more of the space availble in your PHQ.
my plans is to build a couple , and use it as outposts
a bit off topic
outpost should be available to player with the ability to only repair and Scraps ships in the same manner as the PHQ, alo should provide at least 1 docking bay for M1 or M2 or M7. there you have another possible mission reward. an outpost 
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tacotaco
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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Posted: Fri, 10. Apr 09, 20:50 Post subject: |
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It took me only a few jumps to find my first Aran which was a feint glow off in the distance (~30km?). After a dozen or more tries I gave up on it because its hull was so low that it kept going critical even though my marines all had 5 stars in engineering. Blowing it up took only a handful of ISRG shots.
It took me something like 75-100 more jumps to find one that was visible from the jump-in point and that one was only like 3km from where I came in and it capped on my first try.
I hope they don't take this away in a future patch because it would be nice having at least one ship with its docking capabilities, even if it is too slow for most uses. I figure this is the real reward for the Gonar plot. I felt jilted the first time around, given how useless the UFJ is otherwise in practical terms.
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palm911
 
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 674 on topic

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Posted: Sat, 11. Apr 09, 01:15 Post subject: |
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RE yours.
im building mine now 
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StarBJ
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 on topic

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Posted: Sat, 11. Apr 09, 17:13 Post subject: |
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Can Aran dock Aran?
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palm911
 
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 674 on topic

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Posted: Sat, 11. Apr 09, 18:13 Post subject: |
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no idea. i heard there might be issues.
(bug) so it is hard to tell. (got 1, RE, and now rebuilding)
there is a few peeps with 2 of then.
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StarBJ
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 on topic

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 05:58 Post subject: |
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Since the Aran is a M1 class ship that can dock other M1 class ship, then theoretically, may be we could dock unlimited number of M6/Fighters and Arans in a single Aran.
Somebody gotta try this 
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1muvwndr

 
Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 1258 on topic Location: Koper, Slovenia

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 13:24 Post subject: |
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Just curious, why would you dock an Aran on an Aran (or any M1/2 for what it matters)? Having jumdrive/fuel shortages?
There's nothing in the universe so threatening that would require more than one single M7M to destroy it. And if you really want to fight with a fleet, you can just jump the entire fleet at once. The game allows this.
I don't understand the hype about the Aran. OK, it can dock M6s and M8s, but that's about it. Being able to dock bigger ships isn't really useful IMO. Just another pretty toy, like the Truelight Seeker.
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someone else
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 2970 on topic Location: Italy

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 16:44 Post subject: |
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whoah! I finally saw the Aran! In my random UFJD sector it spawned very very far from scan range (triplex) but with the asteroid trick and a bit of luck I spotted a yellow light ... no Xenon ship has yellow light... I killed all small xenon pests and took the couple of K's for a ride far away from it.
Saved and now ready to board it with my 5* marinez!
the standard Egosoft boarding command is crappy! My marines are ejected but did not move or move in random directions.... annoying!
Can someone of the scripters around figure out how to restore the Aran back to normal without having to RE it? (that requires the PHQ and is waaay far from most players)
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Since the Aran is a M1 class ship that can dock other M1 class ship, then theoretically, may be we could dock unlimited number of M6/Fighters and Arans in a single Aran.
Somebody gotta try this Smile |
you can do it yourself with not much effort, spawn two with Cheat Package and give them the order to dock.
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maphys
 
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 5447 on topic Location: UK

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 16:44 Post subject: |
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| Just curious, why would you dock an Aran on an Aran (or any M1/2 for what it matters)? Having jumdrive/fuel shortages? |
Super fleet of doom? The Aran undocks lots of Arans which undock more Arans which undock a ready made fleet of a hundred M1/2/7/6s which undock a thousand M3s!
Not of any practical use but a great visual gag to amuse yourself with.
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someone else
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 2970 on topic Location: Italy

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 16:49 Post subject: |
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| The Aran undocks lots of Arans which undock more Arans |
nope! the Aran has only 1 bigship docking port, so docked arans are like a chain Aran1-Aran2-Aran3-Aran4-M1/2/7
so this way you can dock thousands of M6 and lesser but only one bigship.
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maphys
 
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 5447 on topic Location: UK

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 17:07 Post subject: |
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| nope! the Aran has only 1 bigship docking port |
Awwww.... I had hoped for an effect rather like the clowns getting out of a car.
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Carlo the Curious

Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 15622 on topic Location: London, UK

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 23:40 Post subject: |
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Get your Aran Multipack at your local superstore now! Hurry while stocks last!
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Last edited by Carlo the Curious on Fri, 7. May 10, 00:09; edited 1 time in total |
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someone else
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 2970 on topic Location: Italy

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Posted: Sun, 12. Apr 09, 23:46 Post subject: |
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Get your Aran Multipack at your local superstore now! Hurry while stocks last!
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hahahahahaha!!!
now you have a FPS-murdering fleet of Arans!!!
This image will end the discussion over "can Aran 1 dock at Aran 2?"
hahahahahaha!!! 
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palm911
 
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 674 on topic

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Posted: Mon, 13. Apr 09, 02:13 Post subject: |
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MY NEWLY built aran just undocked from my HQ,.
working perfectly well!!!!
no BUGs
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