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Post by TTD » Sun, 26. Feb 12, 15:39

Upon return he destroyed a few light fighters ,but left the M7s etc to the Argon fleet.
There was so much Spoils of War, after the clearance ,that he decide to sell all he could at the EQ dock and start collecting again.

A report came in that heavy losses had been suffered on both sides.

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Post by TTD » Sun, 26. Feb 12, 19:03

Now came a report of something different.
A meeting taking place between Jonferco and the Paranid had to be monitored secretly.

He was given an Advanced Discoverer did his best to get as much information as possible until he was detected,at which point he was to return to AS M148.

Once docked at the second Military Outpost , he was then free to do his own bidding for a while....Time for a long deserved mug of Julian's best .While there he sold his two 2nd hand ships at the shipyard.

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Post by TTD » Sun, 26. Feb 12, 19:25

Soon there was a new mission.
Escorting a ship for Jonferco.

He was now given a Centaur,which was fairly well rigged out.
Still, a few extras wouldn't harm...

There were a few Terran Ships to deal with,but when most were cleared,the Jonferco Cerberus gave the all clear to just patrol the sector until further notice.

Time to collect Spoil of War.
Soon more Terran ships tried to block the South gate.

Warned to stay clear of Tokyo,but later mission brief says to destroy it.
Mission over,he resumed his collecting.

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Post by TTD » Sun, 26. Feb 12, 21:17

Next he was asked to assist protecting Jonferco HQ.
Did not go well, but he did enough to be ordered back to M148.
This was followed by a simple escort mission.

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Post by TTD » Sun, 26. Feb 12, 23:10

This was followed by a patrol mission,Lasertower installations and a few deliveries for the Beryll ,who rewarded him with three M3s which they have developed.

Then came a message about Pirates trying there hand at illegal scrap metal salvage.
(Seems it not just railway cables in Britain that gets stolen...lol )

When he completed this task he got an indignant remark from another fighter pilot who asked him to leave...well not in those words,anyway.

So he was recalled to M148,yet again.

Told to aid the war effort.
Did some more attacks on Terran vessels in War zones.

Requested to return to base ,M148.
Requested meet a contact.
required to protect Argon ship while discussions go on.
Here he discovered a plot which he was asked to assist in thwarting.
Headed to Albion Beta to protect a station.
After that episode was over,told to collect a reward at Beryll...
the Aemon Prototype M3 Fighter.

Changing to his new ship , he sent all ships,except those first two in Zyarth's space , to dock at the Millitary Outpost,from where he was getting briefed.

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This I believe is the end of the main plot.
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Post by TTD » Wed, 29. Feb 12, 16:23

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At this stage he could continue with the Hub Plot,but although there is a unique opportunity to link this plot with my story,it is too early.
He needs to get the PHQ and it seems he does not have enough trade rank to get it.
Cycrow's Cheat package does not have a direct tool to adjust this,like it does for the Race ranks.
So unless someone can recommend a tool for this,I will get Sakuriko to continue to build up a trade empire.
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From another thread...

HUB:
AP Main Plot complete
Boron Rank 5
Atreus HQ known (as in found)

HQ:
AP Main Plot complete
Teladi Rank 5
Min 1 Station Build (EDIT...This station has to be built by YOU.not Heph Corp or cheated in)
PMC HQ known
NNMC HQ known

The UFJD

is given to you during PHQ plot



MFG

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Post by TTD » Wed, 29. Feb 12, 16:43

Sakuriko sat with his small crew of pilots.
They all addressed him as "Sergeant Kalvin" now.

"Well," he thought, "at least I am losing some of my identity. I bet there are many Sergeant Kalvins around the commonwealth !"

"Indeed there are young friend," came a voice in his head. "Table 2 o'clock,by the way."

He glanced around casually ,so as not to be obvious to his crew.Sure enough the was an almost familiar figure sat at a table.The Fokari nodded and then feigned casual.

"No I am not he whom you know,but I have been sent to advise you to build your own station for your ships,to avoid congestion here.We have supplied you a Mammoth for this task."

"Thanks," Sakuriko thought.And with that the Fokari left the lounge.

"Well,ladies and gentleman,fellows fighters in the cause.You have your ships.I may call upon you for assistance at some point but for now you are free to engage in whatever activities brings you fortune.Just remember who actually owns these ships,ok?"

There was a loud cheer and they all shouted "Thanks sergeant!" at the same time.
So as not to cause too much attention he deliberately said quite loud ,
"I understand we have the Terrans on the defensive again.Good work there !"

The following day,he went to his ship,the Aamon Prototype.
There was much preparation to do.
He wanted all components in fit order before he left the sector.
When all was done he took a quick visit at the federal Shipyard for final inspection,found the Mammoth , complete with an Argon SPP XL.

This he duly place south in the sector and instructed his pilots to use that at a local HQ for now.
He deposited credits and set the station to trade .That should bring in some credits and have a healthy supply of e-cells for him when needed.Then he left to explore .
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Post by TTD » Wed, 29. Feb 12, 17:28

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Due to some new info., I changed the story slightly in the previous post.

I was going to send him trading but will try something else first.
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Post by TTD » Wed, 29. Feb 12, 18:22

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ok,PLOT MODE
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sector...PTNI HQ
when he arrived,having discovered his Passport had also been upgraded,he got a message asking if he would like to assist the Teladi.
obviously he needed to avoid missing anything profitable so he agreed and commed...
station..NMMC HQ

where he was asked to build a Teladianium M , which just so happened to be available at the local shipyard. sometime later he placed the newly bought station at the defined location for substantial reward.

Having done that he was requested to dock at PMC HQ.
Then sent back to NMMC HQ.
Here he was given the Unfocused Jumpdrive to assist him in then next delivery mission.
"Hmm.My grandfather worked on this UJD. I wondered where it had got to.Only one ever made and made by us Goners.Well,what goes around ,comes around.Welcome home buddy.Hope you like your new partner.Ok,it's still experimental,like you were,but between you you'll make a great pair." he said as he inspected his new gift. :)

"Now to find that Nividium and who knows what else is out there?"

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Post by TTD » Wed, 29. Feb 12, 19:22

He search for and went to the SPP in Two Grand.
This is when he found out he cannot take his TL into UFJD sectors :!:
(edit...This problem gets solved. So don't worry)

A little peeved by this he transferred all all three jumpdrive EQs to his Aamon and gave it all some good testing.

After some few jumps and some experimenting with various facilities at his disposal he gained enough Nividium and even saw a fabled Aran.(second jump,too ! )
Unfortunately he did not have the means to claim or board it. Still plenty of time for that.

He docked at the EQDock to what was wrong with his UFJD
On closer investigation he realized he had not installed the JD properly.
Having it on the ship that is docked to the mother ship,instead of the mother-ship stops the UFJD from working.
Having been a long day and realizing his mistake,it was time for some relaxation.
After that,he was request to protect a station,followed by destroying a Pirate base.
Thank goodness he had kept some of the missiles he'd collected and not sold all. :!:

He had to deal with several pirate ships before he could get near the base.
whittled down the shields and use missiles to finish it off.

Then he was request to return to NMMC HQ where he would have some interesting stock to buy in a warehouse clearance sale....
An Albatross(complete with Marines and a Personal HeadQuarters for the knock-down bargain-basement price of just under 47M :!:
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Post by TTD » Wed, 29. Feb 12, 23:58

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The Albatross was in space ,in sector near the West Gate.

This concludes the PHQ missions.
Next up is the Hub Plot.
You may want to build some missile complexes for this,if you are playing vanilla.
Not as much work as the TC version,from what I see in other threads and my previous
playthrough in another game start.

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Seargent Kalvin docked at his Solar Power Plant.
As he arrived ,he could see there were a few extra ships there,but thought nothing of it.
"Hey Sarj !" came a voice from a crew member vying for attention.
"yes?"
"Thanks for these facilities,Sarj. We even decked out a cabin for you.All modcons,you know?"
"Well done. Please lead the way."
"By the way Sarj,there's a rather tall almost human gent waiting in your personal lounge.
Hope you don't mind,as you have not been here before,"

..."That can mean only one race," he thought.
"Correct my young friend." came the words in his head."I await our meeting.Sorry I could
not stay last time....busy-busy.you know.Much to do these days after so many millennia of
inactivity"

....

He was in the process of discussion with the Fokari...

"So,Sarg! We suggest that you accept any blueprint sales you can get once you have
installed you first Ship production units. We will take care of the erm.. 'cloning'..
of your TL.By all means keep one station as your Personal HeadQuarters."

"So I am to set up base in that UK sector your colleague mentioned before I left Twisted Skies.
I have heard rumors that a Boron has rediscovered something of importance.Do you know of it?"

"Yes ,indeed I do,and our knowledge of it shows that it will be an important tool,not just
for the War effort,but for the plight of the Fokari's neighbors too."

"Thanks for the heads up. I'll dock with the Mammoth and purchase the new improved EQD for first
installation in our uk sector.Then I'll send the Albatross in there for you to work your 'magic'."

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Post by TTD » Thu, 1. Mar 12, 22:08

So that is what he did.

He selected the uk sector ,south of the Xenon Sector that connects to Segaris.

Plenty of Silicon and some Ore which will support some complexes for ship-build supplies .

Bottom sw corner of the sector he place the EQ Dock,now able to dock 12 Capital ships.
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I have linked this custom build with the s/m list on first page.
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Next to that,after the cloned Albatross turned up,he place the PHQ next to and slightly above the EQD.
Then he ordered the cloned Albatross to dock at the PHQ.
The Mammoth allowed the best marines from the original Albatross to take up residence and the best from the cloned Albatross were also collected.
Then the PHQ staff were allowed to Reverse Engineer the newer Albatross.

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There is a new menu item on the PHQ ,which I will explore later.
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Having set these up and seeing his SPP at M148 beginning to produce e-cells,it was time to consider installing mines on the roids and clustering them together.
At the moment he had only enough credits to buy 3 Argon Silicon Mines L.
As these were not totally needed at this point in time,he did not expect his employers to forward any funding for these.
It was time to start building a trade loop in Argon Sectors.
He was told that the sectors around Argon Prime were safe to start, so he decided to go there.Hopefully Angelique will have traded enough for him to buy another ST or two by the time he gets there.

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Post by TTD » Sun, 4. Mar 12, 13:05

Having set up a few Sector traders he explored those Argon sectors for training grounds and then Explored the nearby Boron sectors.
While doing that,he took boron missions to improve his rep with them.
Buying , repairing and then selling ships he did not want to keep also helped to boost his credits.
So it was time to improve his home sector with more mineral mines etc.

So he proceeded with the mines...
4x Ore Mines L
10x Silicon Mines L

All above 25yield
The highest Silicon was 51 yield.

Time to hunt down the Tractor Beam.
For this, he called upon the services of his Centaur and headed to Third Redemption , as this was rumored to have the only source.

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Post by TTD » Wed, 7. Mar 12, 02:05

Having got the Tractor beam and towed the 'roids off to the West of the sector,he called upon the complex construction group , the Hepahistus Corporation .

Consulting with Xadrian's Complex Calculator , he ordered a number of factories.
When placed he used high tech compression systems to squeeze all the factories including the Silicon mines into a cube like construction,which he then connected to the Ore Mines via Complex Construction Kits, placing the hub fairly central in the sector.

When complete,and enough resources had been produced,he tested the Buster production at the PHQ.
This was almost instant production !

Then a ship was picked up on scanner.
"This cannot be !" said the radar operative."That ship has been sought after by the Goners for centuries.It was rumored that Julian Gardner had assisted them at some point,but I thought that was just story telling!"

Sakuriko asked what it was.

"Sarg.It looks like the AP Gunner !"

"Comm the captain." replied Sakuriko.

"YM6NH-10 , AP Gunner. Captain Jo Jovi , piloting . Carrying a VIP to visit Sergeant Kalvin ."

"Hello Sarg." Came the now familiar voice in his head .

"Very well," said Sakuriko,via audio channel, "Dock when ready."

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Post by TTD » Wed, 7. Mar 12, 02:39

".... so you see , after much negotiation ,we persuaded them that this was a fitting ship for you to have under your personal command . I hope you like it. We have refitted it . as much of it had been very derelict for some time.
It has undergone a thorough rebuild and checked out by Argon Supreme Command,who were a little reluctant to return it.Apparently they thought it would help the war effort," the Fokari finished explaining.

"Thankyou.As a former Goner,I will cherish this ship." he said,as he looked in the screen to view it.

"Also,you can expect a steady flow of ships from Twisted Skies soon." the Fokari continued. " They are all the gifted and some of the captured ships from the old Twisted Skies Navy,including the Xperimental Shuttle.We have kept them away from the Split and will send them anonymously via unused ship lanes,to avoid detection. They will be safe ,once here.Plenty of Reverse Engineering for your team."

....."Just one more thing..." added the Fokari,as he was about to leave," don't do anything about that Hub mission until you have a good battle fleet ready."

And with that ,The Fokari headed to his passenger shuttle that had just docked.

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Post by TTD » Thu, 8. Mar 12, 20:45

Sakuriko was sat looking at the progress report when he was interrupted by by someone in the comms room.

"Yes...What is it?" he asked.

" I think you need to come and listen Sarg."

...

He was in the comms room listening to radio 'noise'.

"That is just noise young man.why did you call me?"

"No sir,listen at different pitches of the sound.You should find something interesting."

Sakuriko attuned himself to the fluctuations at different levels of tone...
"You're right ! There is something more meaningful than usual static. Try your decoders and see if you can filter out the noise . When you can get a meaningful translation,call me again."
He went back to study his reports.

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Post by TTD » Thu, 8. Mar 12, 21:01

After testing the production units,he had asked the technicians to try a simple reverse engineering project.
It had worked well enough so all ships that were free of special tasks were reverse-engineered and reproduced once .
He had bought some blueprints since acquiring the PHQ,so he had them produced too.
This gave him an assortment of ships which were clogging up space,so he arranged for another PHQ to be deployed.
This way he could have the blueprints and production at one PHQ and the ships docked where appropriate.

One of his pilots had managed to gain a K , which was then jumped to the sector under remote.
This caused a stir for a while,having a Xenon sector to the north !
Obviously the pilot thought it was quite a joke as he was laughing while transmitting the data burst.
Sakuriko had it RE'd and the first off the production was fully fitted for gate sentry duties under control of the pilot who was not laughing so much ,now that he had his wings clipped.
He knew that next time,if he get another chance,he should forewarn before delivery.

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Post by TTD » Thu, 8. Mar 12, 21:09

Now all these ships had been reproduced once, he started to receive the ships from Twisted Skies.

It was considered safer to start small and work their way up with the delivery,so as not to be too obvious for the Split to discover.First came a small group of M5s.
Then M4s and so on until the biggest surprise came...

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Post by Nathancros » Fri, 9. Mar 12, 03:55

0_) how'd you get a K!?
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Post by TTD » Fri, 9. Mar 12, 10:14

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The K was probably one of the random spawns,from Apricot's mod package.
It appeared on my UK sector when I booted up the game.
So I was going to just delete it,but I thought it would be good to use a Xenon ship to protect against any Xenon incursion.

So far though,I have noticed only one piloted ship visit my stations there.
And That was Paranid M5.

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