Neglecting the storyline and the Khaak

microcentaur · Post by **microcentaur** » Wed, 11. Feb 04, 19:08

I've just started the game and the first time round, as soon as I got the Mercury from second mission, I went off happily trading, and got carried away... So eventually, after setting up a SPP with two frieghters serving it in Kingdon End, and buying a nice Mako, I head off to brennan's triumph to resume the story but it looks like the Khaak may have overrun large portions of the galaxy!

So what is it with the Khaak? is this supposed to happen? Will they eventually destroy everything? And do ships/stations they destroy ever respawn?

I started the game again and this time was much quicker and am about to head to B's T in my original discovery, hopefully the sodding Khaak won't be all over the shop!

Benj · Post by **Benj** » Wed, 11. Feb 04, 22:10

I hope this doesn't count as a spoiler, but... From what I've been reading, it looks like the Khaak *will* attack and destroy at least one sector. There are ways to postpone this, but not while continuing along the storyline after mission 2. There's a lot of good info in this forum - try Search.

baddogFOG · Post by **baddogFOG** » Wed, 11. Feb 04, 22:15

I bet you're the type of guy who reads the last few pages of a book first aren't you!

**Hunter** · Post by **Hunter** » Wed, 11. Feb 04, 22:15

Spoiler

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Everything in 'Presidents End' will be whiped out by the Khaak

Isn't it so that when this eventually does happen u can clear it out and use it as your 'home' so to speak? In any case, would 2 centaurs and 4 Nova's be enough to clear it? I'm thinking of trying that, but i wanna know how much firepower i should use.

Holliday · Post by **Holliday** » Wed, 11. Feb 04, 22:39

A single Centaur will take it and hold it. Don't send in any Novas unless you don't want them anymore. I took the sector with a single Centaur (I sent it in by itself and let it do it); I use two to keep the sector clear but that is over kill.

kashin22 · Post by **kashin22** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 00:23

So if I am just tooling around for along time doing my own thing after the 2nd mission then I could be getting myself into trouble?

VincentTH · Post by **VincentTH** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 00:38

Yers that happened to me, only with patch 1.2 (1.1 worked fine). If you receive a message from Ban Dana about the Khaak 's invasion, then the cut scene at the start of mission 3 will not play (after you are asked to Dock with Argon One, but docking does not trigger the cut scene), and you can no longer progress with the story line.

Bug report submitted in Tech Forum, but so far no words from Egosoft (an acknowlegement is all I ask)

thrangar · Post by **thrangar** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 01:09

microcentaur wrote:I've just started the game and the first time round, as soon as I got the Mercury from second mission, I went off happily trading, and got carried away... So eventually, after setting up a SPP with two frieghters serving it in Kingdon End, and buying a nice Mako, I head off to brennan's triumph to resume the story but it looks like the Khaak may have overrun large portions of the galaxy!

So what is it with the Khaak? is this supposed to happen? Will they eventually destroy everything? And do ships/stations they destroy ever respawn?

I started the game again and this time was much quicker and am about to head to B's T in my original discovery, hopefully the sodding Khaak won't be all over the shop!

nope I can tell you they will be thicker than space flies on your hull plate..should I say again... yes I will!

Khaak should have been made an option!

Darquies · Post by **Darquies** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 07:24

I have over 20 Auto Traders and NO FACTORIES, As far as I can tell, the Khakk don't show up, until you have Factories, or after you do the third mission. My current game has been going on for weeks

Lutzie · Post by **Lutzie** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 08:57

What is an autotrader?

I have 1 factory and 3 ships supporting it and no Khaak yet.

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 09:00

'Lutz' wrote:What is an autotrader?

I have 1 factory and 3 ships supporting it and no Khaak yet.

Autotradres are just ships going around trading on their own, without a homebase factory.

Lutzie · Post by **Lutzie** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 09:02

How do you do that!?

I've been wanting to do that for ages, but I had to keep manually controling my cargo ship (Fly to station, buy goods, fly to next station, sell goods etc) and I couldn't figure out how to make it trade itself!

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 09:04

'Lutz' wrote:How do you do that!?

I've been wanting to do that for ages, but I had to keep manually controling my cargo ship (Fly to station, buy goods, fly to next station, sell goods etc) and I couldn't figure out how to make it trade itself!

Check the downloads, looking for Trade Software Mark III and also have a look in the Scripts & Modding forum for more details

Lutzie · Post by **Lutzie** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 09:05

Trade Software Mk3? Cool. Thanks Abyss.
I take it it will install itself into the game and then I can just purchase it at an equipment dock?

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 09:06

'Lutz' wrote:Trade Software Mk3? Cool. Thanks Abyss.
I take it it will install itself into the game and then I can just purchase it at an equipment dock?

Absolut

salusa · Post by **salusa** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 09:59

I thought the MK3 autotrading modification required you to own at least one factory to set to 'Homebase' for your gatherer, or the money earned dissappeared into the cosmos !

Pyre · Post by **Pyre** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 10:14

actually, the autotrader automatically uses the money that u have in your main account, so there isnt a need for a homebase setting =)
its really good to give it to your Mercury at the start

gilly6666 · Post by **gilly6666** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 11:06

sweet ill have to get that myself, so im on mission 3 now myself, got a factory going with support ships, so does it mean if i leave it like this in awhile the khaak will appear or do i have to complete mission 3 first and then go meet up with brennan?

gilly6666 · Post by **gilly6666** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 13:14

sweet ill have to get that myself, so im on mission 3 now myself, got a factory going with support ships, so does it mean if i leave it like this in awhile the khaak will appear or do i have to complete mission 3 first and then go meet up with brennan?

Chea · Post by **Chea** » Thu, 12. Feb 04, 13:55

OK, so can we take it that there is no flexibility in the story line? I was kinda hoping to take over the entire universe.

[/slightly in character]I don't like the Argon lot since I crashed into the battle cruiser thingy and had to pay out all the cash I had at the time in repairs. Also, if my Dad is mega rich then I am also miffed that he hasn't just handed over the cash.[/character off]

I have just got myself established as a trader (getting some missions that pull in up to 50k per trip) and was thinking about waht to do next. The plan had been to start my first factory, but if that triggers the story line to move on then perhaps I should look at the 'autotrader' option.

What you think?

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Neglecting the storyline and the Khaak

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