Wanton use of nukes and the path to galactic conquest!

mayan · Post by **mayan** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 03:55

You want to avenge someone who committed suicide???

Tiedyeguy · Post by **Tiedyeguy** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 04:35

mayan wrote:You want to avenge someone who committed suicide???

Hell yeah we are! Spectral you better watch out because we are coming to kick your ass for blowing yourself up!

Blown · Post by **Blown** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 08:30

[quote="mayan"]You want to avenge someone who committed suicide???

[/quote]

No, He was conned into firing a NUKE at short range, and it blew up in his face... most dishonorable....

MasterChief096 · Post by **MasterChief096** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 17:27

Is there a page jump feature?

I want to pick up where I left off like a week ago but don't feel like clicking through 40 pages to get there.

Powwel · Post by **Powwel** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 18:10

other than the one at the bottom of every page that says 'go to page x'?

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 18:40

Start with :

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

And replace the 0 on the end with [(pagenumber-1)*15] so for like page 50 you do 49*15=735 so the link is:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=735

masrock · Post by **masrock** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 18:42

The problem is, if you are catching up and only mid way through the story.

The page option at the bottom only gives pages 1-3 then last three pages. not say page 40 out of 78.

The only way I overcame the problem was to save the page I was up to as a fresh bookmark on my browser, then you can jump to where you left off.

Masrock

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 18:43

Masrock : see my post above.

Llama8 · Post by **Llama8** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 20:18

NUKLEAR-SLUG wrote: I've hired myself an architect to design and build my missile manufacturing masterpiece.

His name wasn't Dali was it? Or M.C. Escher?

Not to put a cloud over such an awesome complex, but isn't it using more crystal than it makes (granted, less than 0.5% more, so it'll take quite some time to run dry, but still)?

Fragile Ego · Post by **Fragile Ego** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 21:13

Llama, a single M5 (with M-class cargo) could supply the little bit he needs.

KongRudi · Post by **KongRudi** » Sat, 15. Aug 09, 21:31

Great story you are playing and writing.

I think a good name for the complex you are building is 'New Manhatten Project'.

freddiel · Post by **freddiel** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 11:32

Apocalypse Now!

Blown · Post by **Blown** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 11:59

Bang-Galore!

perkint · Post by **perkint** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 13:15

masrock wrote:The problem is, if you are catching up and only mid way through the story.

Since you've now posted in the thread, you should receive emails telling you when it's received more posts. If you follow the link in the email, that'll take you straight to where you last read

Tim

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 14:16

Only if you subscribe to the thread.

NUKLEAR-SLUG · Post by **NUKLEAR-SLUG** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 15:19

chelo_boga wrote:I see that u intend to put a couple of Ore mines in asteroids with only 3 roids in it

Is that advisable? Will they produce anything at all with such low roid?

They will, but not as much as larger yield asteroid obviously. What they do provide tho is additional storage capacity say for example for a large project later that had a ridiculous ore requirement for example..

Llama8 wrote:Not to put a cloud over such an awesome complex, but isn't it using more crystal than it makes (granted, less than 0.5% more, so it'll take quite some time to run dry, but still)?

It is, but it's also using less energy cells than it requires so at some point the energy storage will top out, at which point the crystals won't be being used at full rate, which will negate the problem.

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61 - 0001

Well this isn't good, but I suppose it could be worse, there could be, err.. two K's.

The immediate threat for now tho is the rapidly encroaching P's as they're almost on top of us but four P's isn't a major threat, I've encountered forces of three to four in the past and handled them just fine so while I target and head for the lead P, 'Slimoblitz' drops his defensive Lastower to cover the area and everyone else sets up to defend their current position. The N's have split up and spread out a bit which is a mistake as it provides Green wing the perfect opportunity to hunt down and destroy them one by one.

The K however is another matter. It's not an immediate threat to me, but it is a threat to the local pirate base, which is where all my elite troops are currently stationed and training and not in a position to evacuate. If it decides to head that way I've got big problems. 'Pu239' has already demonstrated a talent for things that explode so time for his wingmate to show whether or not he's as famous as he claims and take down that K. Hopefully so as currently he's the only one with sufficient firepower to even make the attempt. Bombs away!..

http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/61-1.jpg
http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/61-2.jpg

.. and that's that taken care of!

Unfortunately that now means I'm almost completely out of Tomahawaks, 'Pu239' has about seven or eight left in the tubes, but that's not going to be enough against another capital ship showing up so I'll have to source some more as soon as possible. The P's go down to Guass fire as effectively as expected and that just leaves mop up of the remaining fighters which Blue wing has a handle on nicely and the odd straggler N/M which Green wing chases down in short order.

All in all that went a lot more smoothly than I'd expected, but it seems my troubles aren't over yet, my freighter fleet operating in PTNI is sending out emergency assistance requests, apparently there's a second Xenon force in the area. For the sake of ease of deployment I decide to leave the wing leader TM's here as I've sufficient docking slots to handle both Blue and Purple wings so ordering them to dock with me we make the jump to PTNI west gate to aid the Teladi..

http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/61-3.gif

.. More P's and escorts. Five this time which is more than I've had cause to attempt to handle in the past and might normally give me pause for thought, but there's a Phoenix in the area which is slowly moving to intercept and the NMMC shrike is already involved and mixing it up with the Xenon so that will draw a lot of the fire away from us as we move in and by the time we get within firing range the NMMC Shrike and its wing has taken care of half the problem already, which just leaves us to help out with mop up operation..

http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/61-4.jpg

.. Last L down and that looks to be the end of things, but no, more jump signatures forming to the north. Nuts.

Assets
1x Shrike 'Preemptive Shrike'
1x Gannet 'Providence'
1x Ares 'Storage'
1x Kestrel 'Flash'

1x Caiman 'NMMC Storage'
1x Iguana Vanguard 'Suicide Taxi Services'
2x Toucan 'Dropship 01-02'

7x Vulture Miner ' Miner - 01,07'
4x Vulture Super Freighter
'Red Wing' 4x Falcon Hauler

Time: 4-15:03
Credits: 612,343

5c0rch! · Post by **5c0rch!** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 16:04

Why the heck are the Xenon on a rampage all of a sudden? It seems that the RNG gods are out to get Steve once again. Time to show them whos boss!

masrock · Post by **masrock** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 17:08

Anyone remember "Xenon Alley" in X² the threat? The path between the two main xenon sectors through Split and Boron territory including Ocean of Fantasy? That's where I'd set up my first base not realising that it was a Xenon Highway.

NS may have a similar problem being based in Teladi space so close to Xenon 347.

Perhaps NS will have to consider adding to his defences as regular Xenon rampages and atrocities may be the norm in his base region.

Or he could seed the jump gate in X347 with Squash mines or a regular basis.

Masrock

Lord Dakier · Post by **Lord Dakier** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 17:13

You did well General Stevie. I gave my soldiers the day off work after that last one hope you didn't mind

Now that the Xenon are abit on the weaker side now I think we should be ready for Khaak

TBV · Post by **TBV** » Sun, 16. Aug 09, 17:43

Nice chapter.

I've not tried Tomahawks before. They would appear to be quite effective.
I think I'll have to try them, what a result.