[TC] Terran Campaign : Walkthrough

Bannon_Grey · Post by **Bannon_Grey** » Tue, 5. Oct 10, 00:36

Greetings... I just got X3TC and started playing the Terran Campain. I'm having a LOT of trouble making money. I'm flying the missions, killing occasional Xenons, but my bank account isn't moving. It's also hard to know what to trade when you can't even afford the best/buy upgrades.

I can't afford the MK1 combat software either. Do I not get paid for the Xenon I kill until the end of several missions? Any commodities you recommend trading (I tried energy but only made a whopping 58 credits... the other two trades I made I actually lost money!)

Just making the wrong trades I guess.

Help would be appretiated

Post by **Nanook** » Tue, 5. Oct 10, 01:24

Bannon, you should start a thread in the main X-Universe forum to ask general gameplay questions. You'll likely get a lot more help over there. This thread is for help doing the various missions in the Terran plot.

rpetiger · Post by **rpetiger** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 20:44

About mission 7: You MUST have at least 240 Ecells in your cargobay (If flying the Venir M6 you just aquired) If your just flying a fighter, you still need 120 Ecells (Haven't tested) Otherwise, you WILL end up stranded. Nothing in Aldrin sells Ecells, and the only way in and out is by jumpdrive!

StarTroll · Post by **StarTroll** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 21:24

The ship is a Vidar, and there are stations selling E-celld in Aldrin.

rpetiger · Post by **rpetiger** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 21:45

I only found the one food station.... That area is so vast, it can be hard to spot things.

StarTroll · Post by **StarTroll** » Wed, 6. Oct 10, 23:46

I's the biggest sector in all of XTC and is actually quite filled with stations, they are just hundreds of kilometres apart. Anyway if you can't find them / don't want to bother and don't have enough E-cells to go back, just jump a ship in to gorege yourself of the precious energy.

Bannon_Grey · Post by **Bannon_Grey** » Thu, 7. Oct 10, 21:45

Thanks everyone...

I finally figured out that I didn't get paid until I completed "All" components of the mission... I thought that I would get paid after "each" individual effort, not the whole mission.

Things are working much better now... I've been able to get funds from kills now, buy a few upgrades, and now I've moving on my way to profitability.

silentcreep · Post by **silentcreep** » Thu, 28. Oct 10, 01:15

I am at the final mission. All I have to do is bring the people back to earth from Aldrin. The problem is: I used my cutlass, got them in, until I came to neptune it said u need 24 cargobay space and life support..and the people dissappeared. So I went back, this time with my vidar. This time as soon as I get them on board, I undock, and the message comes again and they dissappear. Then I tried with the scabbard they gave me >.>. Same as the vidar!!! HELP!!!!

Nightwatch · Post by **Nightwatch** » Thu, 28. Oct 10, 04:51

Sometimes the missions don't recognize ships with in built Cargo life support as having it and can refuse to complete with them.

You need to get a ship to a pirate station and buy a CLS from there. I used the Cutlass you were given earlier and it worked fine. There are other places that sell them but a pirate station is the fastest for you to get to right now. There's a pirate station south of the east gate in Profit Center Alpha, which is west of PTNI headquarters and that should be on your map from earlier in the Terran plot.

SirDeity · Post by **SirDeity** » Fri, 29. Oct 10, 06:31

Creston wrote:- In the Unknown Sector, watch the Nova dock with the Pirate Base. You are ordered to scan it. To do so, you must fly within 500 METERS of the Pirate Base. If you're close enough, a counter will start at the bottom of the screen. If it doesn't, you must not be close enough. Get a little closer.

***Note - it seems random whether or not this pirate base will attack you once you get close. I've played the mission 3 times, and only once was I attacked. If you ARE attacked, either kill or ignore the attackers. Once done, fly or jump back to Heretic's End and talk to Mark Jackson in the Orbital Patrol Base.

I followed him safely to the Unknown System without any problems but as soon as I entered the system I saw a fleet of at least 6 pirate ships flying toward me to intercept. The pirate I was supposed to follow just flew right past the pirates sent to intercept me. Among the pirates intent on destroying me were at least 2 or 3 Elites (same ship as I fly). Needless to say, I died before I was even able to kill two of them. Is that fleet of 6 powerful pirates supposed to be there? How am I supposed to kill them or tank their fire with my starter Elite ship? I already fully upgraded my engine optimization and rudders for enhanced maneuverability, but it didn't seem to matter. Suggestions? Was it just a weird fluke that they showed up and destroyed me or should I expect to have to deal with them every time I try the mission? To clarify, these pirates attacked and destroyed me way before I ever got close to the pirate base (or any station structures for that matter - I was still within 10KM of the stargate I entered through).

atari42 · Post by **atari42** » Sun, 5. Dec 10, 17:29

Got the same problem as the above poster... any ideas?

sheeptar · Post by **sheeptar** » Tue, 14. Dec 10, 01:15

yes they always spawn ... buy a better ship with high shields, 3x 200mj works well

, u can just ignore all scan it and jump out, otherwise ull have to kill them all

Bash425 · Post by **Bash425** » Sat, 25. Dec 10, 23:01

Any way to get by mission 6. I've stop playing the game some time ago and now back to it. My mission way point tells me to go to argon prime and nothing else after that.

Thepeon · Post by **Thepeon** » Mon, 27. Dec 10, 12:28

I must say I find the Terran campaign useless and boring ass hell and harder than it says to be and giving you to little info on anything also the mission that I read I could get from Exterminator in Omicron Lyrae does not work at all I don´t get any mission from him even if I have a high standing with Argon and all other factions.

im on mission 5 but it sucks I don´t know what to do and even with high standing to Tilade when I kill that weed pirate I get kill on site from the police so I can do nothing with out dying. I say campaign is bull and boring and the rewards I got so far sucks.

ZanThrax · Post by **ZanThrax** » Mon, 27. Dec 10, 19:28

***Note - it seems random whether or not this pirate base will attack you once you get close. I've played the mission 3 times, and only once was I attacked. If you ARE attacked, either kill or ignore the attackers. Once done, fly or jump back to Heretic's End and talk to Mark Jackson in the Orbital Patrol Base.

How do I kill the attackers? I get a nova, a buster, and an elite, along with three xenons. The xenons would be okay, but the pirate ships have ten to thirty times my shield and hull numbers each & if I try to hug the base to scan it, they get behind me and kill me almost as quickly as if I try to fight them.

BDK · Post by **BDK** » Mon, 27. Dec 10, 20:44

ZanThrax wrote:
***Note - it seems random whether or not this pirate base will attack you once you get close. I've played the mission 3 times, and only once was I attacked. If you ARE attacked, either kill or ignore the attackers. Once done, fly or jump back to Heretic's End and talk to Mark Jackson in the Orbital Patrol Base.
How do I kill the attackers? I get a nova, a buster, and an elite, along with three xenons. The xenons would be okay, but the pirate ships have ten to thirty times my shield and hull numbers each & if I try to hug the base to scan it, they get behind me and kill me almost as quickly as if I try to fight them.

You could do other missions to get some cash and purchase some ships to help you out. Eventually you're gonna need to do that anyway so you may as well start now.

You don't have to do the terran plot as soon as possible, and trust me, it gets much harder than scanning a simple pirate base

ZanThrax · Post by **ZanThrax** » Mon, 27. Dec 10, 21:42

Seems pretty unintuitive that the plot missions in the first campaign choice are too hard to do without ignoring what seems like it ought to be an introduction to the game. Bought it yesterday during the Steam sale and am completely lost so far.

BDK · Post by **BDK** » Tue, 28. Dec 10, 04:20

ZanThrax wrote:Seems pretty unintuitive that the plot missions in the first campaign choice are too hard to do without ignoring what seems like it ought to be an introduction to the game. Bought it yesterday during the Steam sale and am completely lost so far.

That's quite normal, I didn't know what the *bleep* I was doing in the first couple of days. None of the plots are introductions to the game though. You can start as a humble trader and still be able to do all the plots - Just with a ton more money

Ten · Post by **Ten** » Wed, 26. Jan 11, 16:59

I'm working on the seventh mission, and it seems to have a very high percentage of failure.. Did it for about five times already. Is this normal?

I never knew boarding cost so many attempts...

//Edit:
I found the problem =)

thecrazybear wrote:If i remember correctly as of v2.5 boarding was made more difficult so the marines that you are given are next to worthless and aren't able to cap the vidar. the problems with the boarding is due to a number of issues with the boarding script and the AI they have major issues and you are unable to launch marines or the TP crashes directly into the target vehicle the easiest way to do it is to use the TP yourself and when you get within 1000m eject them , you'll need to have a fighter with the attack sheilds command to keep the shields low

So I'll just wait untill the time passes and continue the mission. Don't want to go back and get marines myself.

cmdnenad · Post by **cmdnenad** » Wed, 26. Jan 11, 17:06

You don't have to board it. Just wait a while and they'll give you the ship.

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