[GAMESTARTS - 3.60 RC2 TO] Post-plot game start

[Sparky Sparkycorp]

Hello,

The following vanilla, Teladi Outpost save stems from a plot game started in Rebirth 3.50 that has been played periodically through various betas until 3.60 RC2 (today's beta). The 3.60 beta contained a fix for the plot NPC CVs that deploy and so this save game was started in the 3.60 beta from just before before those CVs were deployed, and was carried through to plot completion.

Fully deployed, plot NPC CV-built stations (discussions of which can be found here)
Glaring Truth/Forty-Two: RoC Wheat Plantation (Wheat).
Molten Archon/Vapour Stream: HoA Staples Farmery (Food Rations).
Molten Archon/Extinct Torch: RoC Shipyard (S and XL ships).
Molten Archon/Fiendish Moloch: RoC Water Distillery (Water).

Player stations
Intergrative URV Forge in Radiation Belt (Steel; Wafer; URV Wharf x2; Radar; Defences) - if playing modded, check out SMUPS.
Construction Shop in Darned Hot Air (Plate; Chem; Radar; Defences).
High Tech Fab in Darned Hot Air (Chip; Bio-Optics; ScannAr; Radar; Defences).

Player ships
Skunk with high-end, non-crafted equipment and 750,000 Credits arriving from trade.
Stations have various ships (not all their wares needed are in DV yet).
Plot Taranis on patrol around Heartache Mist jump beacon.
Captured Light Sul on patrol around Lava Flow jump beacon with 2 Balor escorts.
Plot Rahanas (unique: Container & Energy), Rahanas Container and 2 Titurels to command.
HoA CV waiting for some love (maybe you fancy some more materials, or a Recharge Fac in Molten Archon?).

Main standings
RoC love you (+24).
HoA are their typical grumpy selves given the love we give in the plot (+13).
Argon Government tolerate you (+14; don't complete their plot unless you have +25 or risk losing reward license).
The Teladi Union are naive to your profits potential...go get'um! (+2).
Plutarch have softened their stance but still mistrust you...feel free to prove them right (-13).
Family Ryak are a wise bunch but stingy as hell (-1...they probably still think we're Argon spies).

Map
Each Sector of the five systems have been visited but Fields of Opportunity is ripe for exploration.
There are Trade Agents in friendly, ship/station construction-related stations.
Abandoned Large ships are untouched.
The unique treasure hunt item in Cryptic Heart was collected before it could get nuked by the plot

Save file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByP1Gu ... sp=sharing

Suggestions for making it more useful and/or interesting welcome. I have various saves from earlier points during the plot if someone wanted a particular starting point PMing to them.

Enjoy!
Sparks


Change log
12.08.2015: Uploaded a replacement save where the High Tech Fab's under-construction Defence extension is complete.

[birdtable]

Thanks Sparky, found this to be invaluable starter/refresher to the game after an absence and return in expectation of new patch/DLC..... Needed a big Notepad to record who was who and where stationed....Cheers.

[Sparky Sparkycorp]

You're most welcome, thanks very much

Be warned, this was an early venture into stations for me and they are missing several subordinates and some lack some drones

[birdtable]

No problem,,, added to the X Rebirth refresher course (plenty of missions) and it helped UK business by me buying a large Notepad ....

[Snafu_X3]

This save (started in 3.61 release, but currently played in v4.00b2) is specifically for ppl wanting to save the automated plot CVs. There is the (Plot) Taranis in ET already awaiting CV protection orders; the other significant CV (Albion, for a Staples Farmery (booze!) in MA|Vapour Stream IIRC won't be deployed for a little while.. & if you wish you can redeploy a couple of Tits to protect that area

This save is (ofc) PRE-PMC OVERWATCH so (if it runs through as my other 3.6x playtesting does) you may want to hold off from that sector until the local Rievers kill it..

BE AWARE that /as soon as/ the Plot CV /deploys/ (/not/ upon finishing its first stage) the (Plot) mining expedition will get under way (& you'll have to put up with the chat; expect interruptions to your manual flying control (or local orders if docked) )

[EDIT: this above may not be fully correct. As soon as I entered the Plot CV's zone /after it had built the first module/ a CV automagically appeared in Extinct Torch.. & other builders appeared elsewhere, so this part may be plot (cutscene)-related.. I'll check on the HoA CV shortly, but I don't expect it to appear at this stage in the plot.. ADDENDUM: the HoA CV still hasn't appeared yet..[/EDIT]

I can't remember if there's anything useful (ie boarding PMC capships) other than random dropped loot to be gained from that part of the plot, but it /will/ auto-complete if you ignore it!