[X3TC] A productive labor day weekend thus far! (warning: pictures galore)

rwhiteruff · Post by **rwhiteruff** » Sun, 4. Sep 11, 17:58

So since I finished off the Duke's Buccaneer's chain I just started blitzing through stuff. Hoo boy. First thing I started tackling was Bala Gi's legacy, helping the Boron defend Bala Gi's property from Yaki raiders.

During the mission where you blow up the Yaki base, I managed to pick up this cute little penguin lingering around the sector. Turns out he's a Suzanuwa prototype. He looks derpy but man he's got some pretty boffo stats. I may have to outfit him and take him out for a spin sometime. I'll just have to put a bag on my head first.

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This is me running away from the base in my vacuum suit. You can just barely make out the base exploding behind me in the background if you squint. I didn't want to hurt my long-term business relations with the Yaki (the benefits of will be apparent shortly) so I jumped in a peregrine of mine, fired about 10 salvos of tomahawks just to be sure, then ejected and flew back to my Boreas while my peregrine jumped out. No harm no foul.

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At last I captured the orca containing the player HQ, though I've yet to deploy it. I did a simple cobra flail swarm operation, and used way too much ordinance because the orca's invincibility allowed me to be sloppy.

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This is just a glamour shot of the Orca back at my fleet rally point, pregnant with the still undeployed player HQ.

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Of course that wrapped up Bala Gi's legacy so what next? Well I have to help those Goner fellers build their Temple, that's what. For the most part it was an easy mission chain, but I reserve a special place in Kha'ak hell for this particular mission. Oh yes, it was a pleasure to blow up this pirate base after the chase I was led through those hostile pea-soup fog sectors. I'm friends with the pirates! But that didn't stop them from attacking me with a fleet led by a carrack, and me in a little hyperion vanguard all on my lonesome. Eat SQUASH mines, freebooters!

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Something interesting I learned is that receiving the Truelight Seeker seems to be a time-delay reward from the mission in which you capture it. The reason I say this is that I got the TLS before finishing the last few missions.

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But at long last...

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The Goner sure do love their videoscreens, don't they?

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So that's a load of happy hippies and... hey, what's this they put in my inventory? Unfocussed jumpdrive. Well there's only one thing I can do with that, isn't there? Oh yes, my droogies. What's that I spy in the distance?

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I happened upon it in a 'dark' sector, and I deploying advanced satellites in sectors to get an overview with the 'k' key, but even at maximum zoom the sector map didn't pick up this baby. I'm glad I was still scanning around using my eyeballs. One trick I was using was to target a nearby asteroid and then use F3 to get a better zoom out. In a dark sector though, this baby glows like a christmas tree.

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Yes, that's the Goner Aran! I went in with my Hyperion Vanguard and a contingent of 5x five star marines. Did a space walk, of course, after tickling it with my repair laser. It was a bit tricky to get the marines to all attach to the hull at the same time. I couldn't get it to work by being near the side in the middle, but I had much better luck when I went out in front of the Aran's nose. After a few reloads...

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What follows is completely gratuitous. I apologize.

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Okay, I got that showing off out of my system.

Moving on, I got a notification from the Terrans. Seems they wanted me to survey some new sectors for the Aldrin! Yes, the next thing I tackled was the Aldrin expansion. Let's show these Xenon how we do things downtown.

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Yeah I knew that arrangement with the Yaki would pay off. KABOOMS!

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And yes, I completed that chain as well. Now I have access to the shipyard in TUS1 so I can actually experiment with maybe a shadow production complex or something.

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And I'll just end the post by buzzing you all with a UFO I spotted in Aldrin 2. Ciao!

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Callidus Thorn · Post by **Callidus Thorn** » Sun, 4. Sep 11, 18:03

In a word: wow.

Vim Razz · Post by **Vim Razz** » Sun, 4. Sep 11, 18:10

That's a fast Aran -- grats! How many jumps did it take?

Digital-Implant · Post by **Digital-Implant** » Sun, 4. Sep 11, 18:12

A busy day indeed. Great story & pics

rwhiteruff · Post by **rwhiteruff** » Sun, 4. Sep 11, 18:17

Vim Razz wrote:That's a fast Aran -- grats! How many jumps did it take?

I didn't actually count, and I was reloading because it was slightly faster than chain jumping, so I can't check my stats. I'd hazard a guess that it was around 20-30. Not bad for something with around a 2% spawn chance.

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Sun, 4. Sep 11, 22:09

That must have been a well planned day !

I kept looking on the forum etc,and did not get too much work done in TC.

Building up my Ship-Building Resource Complex in Twisted Skies.

Found...

Asteroid Fusion V4

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0

So had a little tidy-up in Twisted Skies,the UK sector below it and amalgamated several Ore 'roids in Savage Spur.

Masochisto · Post by **Masochisto** » Mon, 5. Sep 11, 00:14

Very nice weekend rwhiteruff! I am envious!

I haven't played at all this weekend, have posted on the forums quite a bit
tho. I spent about 6 hours over the course of Thursday night hunting for an Aran and could not spot one - I suspect that my eyes just are too bad!

Good find on Asteroid Fusion... that would have saved me about 4 game days.... Aldrin would be a nice place for that!

rwhiteruff · Post by **rwhiteruff** » Mon, 5. Sep 11, 14:22

And on Sunday, I rested...

...thanks for the encouragement, everyone. Today being labor day, maybe I'll put in some more X3TC.