[TC] How do I do a ship delivery mission?

yaggaz · Post by **yaggaz** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 00:44

Hello am new to X3 Terran Conflict.

It's early in the game on the Terran side and I chose a mission where I have to deliver a ship to Jupiter. I put on the quest tracking guide and land at the space station but I can see no other ship anywhere, no options to leave my ship or continue the mission.

Any help appreciated. I spent about an hour searching the net for answers and found nothing in an FAQ about how to do ship delivery missions.

Deadbeat_Spinn · Post by **Deadbeat_Spinn** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 00:47

You have to buy the ship in question at a Shipyard and then send/dock it to the station that requested the ship.

Ship Delivery missions are under the "Think Missions" section in the FAQ.

perkint · Post by **perkint** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 02:46

Buy it or acquire it in any way which suits...

Tim

Bobucles · Post by **Bobucles** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 12:20

Ships can be claimed by ejecting, getting in very close (~30m) and using the 'claim' command to hack the ship.
For really slow ships, keep them in tow with the tractor beam. For fast ships, repair them and send them loose.

EDGE N7 LT · Post by **EDGE N7 LT** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 13:44

Or if it's an M3-M5 put it in your carrier (i use elephant...

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Novia Star · Post by **Novia Star** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 18:42

With the go get me ship missions Ide use a Tm I like the split one its fastest.

A few tricks is have a jump drive, System Overide Software, The mask for the overide software(get it a the Dukes headquarters), OH and map out the whole universe.

Post by **Nanook** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 22:18

That's all well and good, but he's in Terran space, and hence no jumpgates.

And that very fact is why I rarely do the ship delivery missions there. The only ones I've successfully completed, except in very rare cases, are those for the M5 Rapier. Even then I have to give it max engine tunings for it to reach its destination in time.

Orion1632 · Post by **Orion1632** » Wed, 17. Mar 10, 22:53

Agreed, don't do ship delivery or ship recovery in Terran space without tons of time.

Bobucles · Post by **Bobucles** » Thu, 18. Mar 10, 14:11

Terran delivery missions are quite possibly the easiest missions to do. They only want Terran ships. Buy the ship, max out the engine tunings, and run it on over.

Has anyone seen a mission where they ask for a carrier or TM? Do you get full payment for all the ships in the hold?

Allan F · Post by **Allan F** » Thu, 18. Mar 10, 14:14

No, only seen the small figthters. Rapiers are so easy - and cheap. You can cruise along with a few M4 and M5, and just drop them off when somebody need one.

Baddieus · Post by **Baddieus** » Thu, 18. Mar 10, 18:50

A side note in addition to all the good advice above.

Wether a recovery or purchase mission, the following 3 apply:

1 - You can rename the ship your delivering and it will remain that name.
2 - The person asking for the ship, will fly that ship eventually.
3 - If your on a short timer remember that ships have no collision detector when you are OOS, so get out of the sector the delivery ship is docking in, or you might run out of time.

As much as I appreciate finishing a mission, I prefer to deliver fully armed & equipped ships as if I were purchasing for myself. This has proven beneficial, as I delivered 4 total ships to Elysium of Light, which was invaded by a single Kha'ak Cluster, then later by a Kha'ak Corvette, for which 3 of the 4 delivered ships took part in the sector defense. Also, you can suddenly see ships you've delivered in your Sector Menu & it adds to the immersive factor for the game knowing you delivered it.

Also, I once retrieved an abandoned Heavy Centaur, outfitted the ship completely before returning, and a game day later the Pirate who had accepted delivery was flying it & doing Pirate things with it. Naturally, I got paid for disposing of it once the trouble started.

To do these missions, I keep an extra Chokaro on standby with 1 & 5 Mj shields stocked up, along with some IRE's, PAC's, and a few PRG's. I always purchase the ship requested from a station with an adjoining EQ so that I can equip software upon purchase. Then I send the purchased ship to the nearest gate, jump the extra Chokaro to that gate, dock the one with the other & jump both to the delivery point.

Personally, I've only been asked for the following ships:
TS's
TP's
M4's
M5's

Has anyone ever been asked for an M3, or M6 or more ?

yaggaz · Post by **yaggaz** » Fri, 19. Mar 10, 01:59

Thank you for all the answers I appreciate it. I get the impression I need to earn some real cash before I can buy ships to deliver them.

Catra · Post by **Catra** » Fri, 19. Mar 10, 02:25

naw, most of the time its deliver a cheapo m5 / m4 / TS / TP, so youll need anywhere between 100k - 500k to get going.

Orion1632 · Post by **Orion1632** » Fri, 19. Mar 10, 02:25

I've had to fetch and abandoned heavy dragon..... it's didn't make it home

but M7's and M7M also turn up

tonedog · Post by **tonedog** » Mon, 6. Dec 10, 20:12

i assume you get the full price you pay for the ship plus the reward?

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[TC] How do I do a ship delivery mission?

How do I do a ship delivery mission?