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AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :evil:

bloody typical... the Moment things seem to be going right, nice fabs complex set up, a TL fully upgraded and kitted and repaired from battle and a Treading Station (YES a Trading Station) all located in Presidents End what Happens???????? The P*****g Karrk invades with 3 destroyers, a Carrier and Lots of Clusters (7 actually) :shock:

OMG........they rampaged through the sector (again :roll: ) wiping it out in less 3 minuets........ Mind you the station explosions are nice :wink:

But let’s see how much this has cost me (feel free to correct):

well a Mammoth, fully kited out plus weapons including Pulsed Beam Emitters, mass drivers, ion cannons, AHEPT and missiles costs approximately say 45 million

the AHEPT complex consisting of a Solar Power Plant M, Crystal fab M, the AHEPT plant its self also an M, a Bakery plus the connecting components M.....hmmmm....just shy of 30 million

The Trading station around 25 million

Assorted fighters and TSs' fully kitted out. 8 Nova Vanguards, 3 Buster Rangers and 4 Mercury Tankers..... Maybe 13 million

So the total approximate cost comes to 113 million...."all ways look on the bright side of life, de dum, de dum, de dum de dum de de, ....."

ar well you can only laugh :rofl: ............. :( .......... :cry:
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withar wrote:ar well you can only laugh :rofl: ............. :( .......... :cry:
I must admit, reading your tale, I did just that :rofl:
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:lol: :lol:

wish I saw that one :P

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Post by L_B_P »

There where a reason I didn't build any factories or complex before I have added patch 1.3, as my traders was doing a great job.

Clean out the khaak and most of pirates first with my fleet before I started building, not seen khaak since :wink:

Sry to hear what you lost, but :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by bomb#20 »

Presidents end eh? Maybe I should get some more forces set up and patroling in there, before the same happens to me :D
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Post by apricotslice »

A question about the attack....

Did the Khaak jump into the sector randomly, or did they use the gates ?

I'm wondering if my gate based defenses are adequate, or if I need to place defensive grids all around my complex.

So far, I havent seen a Khaak in my home sector since I took out the 1 cluster in there before I started building.
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Post by withar »

Well I'm pleased that my loss as brought a smile to others :P :wink:

Actual I'm quite happy...the problem with X2 is that after a while it went stale and boring. But in X3 you can never be off guard.... keeps the game fresh and I like that

What is actually needed I think is ACTUAL INSURANCE....not a save game but a method of compensation for losing ships and stations by buying a policy.

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They just jumped in. a set of defences around a gate would only stop pirates and roaming Xenon. A good method I was going to try as setting up "Hard Points" within the sector around valuable assets. A single “Hard Point” could consist of a group of 20- 30 lasertowers in a wall layout along with SQUASH mines this would at least buy time for you to make a response.SQASH mines.
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The premiums are going to be prohibitive !
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What is actually needed I think is ACTUAL INSURANCE....not a save game but a method of compensation for losing ships and stations by buying a policy.
That sounds like a job for the scripters! Maybe you should mention it to LV? :thumb_up:
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esd wrote: That sounds like a job for the scripters! Maybe you should mention it to LV? :thumb_up:

:roll: hmmm, i think I'll do just that
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esd wrote:
What is actually needed I think is ACTUAL INSURANCE....not a save game but a method of compensation for losing ships and stations by buying a policy.
That sounds like a job for the scripters! Maybe you should mention it to LV? :thumb_up:
Hmm, so, that sounds like an interesting idea for an oficial patch. It would add a new dimension to the game. Of course if you made bad defence choices and lost lots of stuff, the premiums would be horrendous. That sounds like a decent incentive to me.
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Also replaces the lottery as the universes money sink which it apparently needs.
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Assorted fighters and TSs' fully kitted out. 8 Nova Vanguards, 3 Buster Rangers and 4 Mercury Tankers..... Maybe 13 million
.....er sorry dude. This lot costs a lot more than 13 million :lol:
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L_B_P wrote:There where a reason I didn't build any factories or complex before I have added patch 1.3, as my traders was doing a great job.

Clean out the khaak and most of pirates first with my fleet before I started building, not seen khaak since :wink:

Sry to hear what you lost, but :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Course you did. Were you riding Shergar at the time? :P
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Post by withar »

The Black Vegetable wrote:
Assorted fighters and TSs' fully kitted out. 8 Nova Vanguards, 3 Buster Rangers and 4 Mercury Tankers..... Maybe 13 million
.....er sorry dude. This lot costs a lot more than 13 million :lol:
ho thank you for pointing out that i have lost more mony than i had thorght :wink: :P

your right thou :roll: .......lets put the figger at.......20 million, maybe higher....

anyone care to lend me 120 million, yu'know, get me back on me feet........ :wink:
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anyone care to lend me 120 million, yu'know, get me back on me feet........
Hmmm not sure about lend. But I could do you a loan at a very reasonable rate, say 40% APR? :twisted:
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withar wrote:
The Black Vegetable wrote:
Assorted fighters and TSs' fully kitted out. 8 Nova Vanguards, 3 Buster Rangers and 4 Mercury Tankers..... Maybe 13 million
.....er sorry dude. This lot costs a lot more than 13 million :lol:
ho thank you for pointing out that i have lost more mony than i had thorght :wink: :P

your right thou :roll: .......lets put the figger at.......20 million, maybe higher....

anyone care to lend me 120 million, yu'know, get me back on me feet........ :wink:
or buy a cup of tea, guv :-)
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Post by Skillers »

Well, each Nova will cost 4mil, busters 1/2mil each and 2mil per mercury I would say. 41.5mil then.
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I would say. 41.5mil then
Bummer :lol:
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sounds impossible, but....

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Insurance companies need underwriters and that
falls to banks. I think I already read where someone
wanted banks in the sectors. That would let the player gain
interest on his stash even before he buys that 10Gj shield factory
and all of the supporting facs.

Disaster insurance would be a good thing.

However, most (real)insurance doesn't cover losses due to war.

What to do? :o

Teladi would likely sell insurance, for great profffitttttsss.
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