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Post by Hartzaden »

Lycoris repoting in sir. lets bring some death. keep the Money. lets fight untill Telos comes to take us.
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Post by Limbo365 »

Mockingbird-UK wrote:Hurrah!

I got a ship. Now to crash it into a planet.
Youd think a ship with enough shielding to stop Several thermonuclear weapons would be able to withstand one silly little atmosphere.

But noooooooooo :evil:
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Post by NUKLEAR-SLUG »

1muvwndr wrote:OMG, I'm the only one in Orange Wing?
Well, at least I can say that I'm the best in my wing. 8)
And the worst. :P
Limbo365 wrote:
Mockingbird-UK wrote:Hurrah!

I got a ship. Now to crash it into a planet.
Youd think a ship with enough shielding to stop Several thermonuclear weapons would be able to withstand one silly little atmosphere.

But noooooooooo :evil:
I think it's more what it comes wrapped around. Your average planet has a fair degree of stopping power.


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67 - You Want It Where?!?


Well it's a thought, but I'm fairly sure going after that Python is an operation that is pretty likely to result in some substantial casualties unless it's done right, so for now I've put that one on hold while I contemplate..

Meantime then, back to PTNI, as my standing with the Teladi is quite high these days and the NMMC Corporation would quite like me to come work for them. Seems a pretty sweet deal to me so far, just basic product acquisition missions for which I task 'Mockingbird'. The amounts aren't substantial, but the pay is pretty decent considering the minimal effort involved as I've got a lot of what they want kicking around on my Elephant already for one reason or another, or can easily source it from the PTNI area. If this is all they want me to do then I'm quite happy to be a corporate gopher, pays well enough anyway.

Down in my manufacturing sectors I've invested in a ten-strong mining fleet that shipped down all the way from Ianamus Zura and managed not to get offed by anything on the way, (which is always nice) and I've currently got them scouring the sector for all the mineral debris they can hoover up. Anything they collect that I can't directly utilise in the manufacturing complexes I'll load up on my Elephant and ship out to the Paranid sectors in the vicinity and offload at a profit, or even further away if the need is there.

Other than that, haven't really accomplished a whole lot today as spent most of it supervising 'Bloody Mary' while he tows asteroids around into a position I find pleasing to the eye. It all links quite nicely so far..

http://dbbr17626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/steve/67-1.gif

.. Still got more to add of course so we'll have to see how the rest fits together.

I'm not one hundred percent for certain, but I'm starting to get this vague suspicion that my 'Left a bit.. left a bit.. right a touch.. back a smidge. Actually no, I don't like it there. Can you put it back where it was?' is causing a certain degree of consternation over on 'Bloody Marys' flight deck. It's something about the mottled purple face and clenched teeth on the comms channel that's making me wonder..




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1x Shrike 'Preemptive Shrike'
1x Gannet 'Providence'
1x Elephant 'You Want It Where!?!
1x Kestrel 'Flash II'

1x Caiman 'NMMC Storage'
1x Iguana Vanguard 'Suicide Taxi Services'

10x Vulture Miner ' Miner - 01,10'
2x Vulture Super Freighter


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Post by Venarti »

Could just be the result of depressurisation. Get him to check the airlocks. Maybe he thought his crew were marines and chucked 'em out, then left it open a crack? Just a thought.
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Post by Knetter_Gek »

NUKLEAR-SLUG wrote:It all links quite nicely so far...
Yes it does!. Especially if you like... Italian food...
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Post by Idleking »

N-S, considering the pictures of your "complex-rows" of factories, is the placement and orientation of the respective factories done by a script?
I can't imagine getting this done by hand....
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Idleking wrote:N-S, considering the pictures of your "complex-rows" of factories, is the placement and orientation of the respective factories done by a script?
I can't imagine getting this done by hand....
You can use a key- 8 on the numpad I think- To align a factory straight on top of any existing object. After that, it's quite easy.
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Post by ajsarge »

Key 5. And then move it from there.

And are you ever going to get to any of the plots? You've been approached for the hub plot, and probably the terran plot, but are you going to do them?
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Lord of Nothing wrote:
Idleking wrote:N-S, considering the pictures of your "complex-rows" of factories, is the placement and orientation of the respective factories done by a script?
I can't imagine getting this done by hand....
You can use a key- 8 on the numpad I think- To align a factory straight on top of any existing object. After that, it's quite easy.
Num5 aligns the factory to the closest object. Using the Up/Down keys you can pick an object from the sector map to be the alignment target. I usually Target my previous factory in the chain and use F3 to get an external view of that station. Using these methods I can get my stations mere cm apart, usually without some other bit touching and clanging.
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Post by tidurlagi »

Hi N-S, been trolling this thread for weeks. Your story is very good and this is like a great manual to understand the X universe.
I have been eager to join your adventure and today i saw an idle Skate Prototype needed a pilot.

Pilot - tidurlagi
Race - Boron
Ship - Skate Prototype "Skate n Kill"
Loadout - 4x HEPT and/or 4x PRG, PAC for other turret
Missiles - Tempests, 30% probability
Purpose - Fighter/Bomber

Looks like there is no smell of war here, so lets shoot some debris.
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Post by kerDajan »

Woah! Careful using this as a manual - no-one has the 'slugs luck!
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Post by Olterin »

kerDajan wrote:Woah! Careful using this as a manual - no-one has the 'slugs luck!
That's why you don't plan for all things to go well... :wink:

I began using the rough ideas behind N-S' actions in my recent game, however having a backup plan or two up my sleeve. Works like a charm, most of the time - and when it doesn't, well, the first backup plan is yet to fail :D
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Post by jubjuby3 »

Well, i figure if everyone and their mother is signing up, i may as well add my total lack of TC knowledge and chuck my name in as well :P

Pilot - Maskell, Jovi (honestly, that's my actual name, it gets weird seeing your first name repeated in the game quite a bit as a last name)
Race - Argon
Ship - Peagasus Raider
Loadout - 4x Alpha IRE
Missiles - Wasps, maybe, 10% probability
Purpose - Scout

What can i say, i like my ships fast , it means i can run away from novas and falcons, but i can still kill the small stuff, with a bit of luck and some good flying (i highly suspect I'll last 2 seconds if i get caught in OOS combat :P)
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Post by chelo_boga »

jubjuby3 wrote:Loadout - 4x Alpha IRE
Alpha IRE :?

What game are u playing?
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Post by Poobah »

X:BTF, X-T, X2 or X3:R I'd guess... :roll:
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Post by jubjuby3 »

No IREs in TC?

Dear god, does this mean i'd have to learn how to use something...heavier? :P
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Post by Doc Quixotic »

There are IRE's, but the various variants have been removed. An IRE is an IRE is an IRE: there are no differences in rate of fire, damage or cost.
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Post by KipperTheFish »

Also reporting for duty Sir (Clicks heels, sharp salute)
Any of those spare ships will do, with a loadout I like to call "Gillette" (the best that man can get)
Ship to be named after one of the greatest men that every lived, who sadly shuffled off this mortal coil last week.
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The figure raised his head out of a pool space fuel.
Why was he on the bridge of an elephant?
Why was the collision alarm going off...again.
Hazily, he remembered speaking to a man who refused to come into focus, despite switching between eyes. He remembered a brag that he could put a any station, anywhere, innsssh perfect. He also vaguely remembered a problem about gamblers but the thought refused to solidify.
But it was a job and any job was a good job. Although his last thought as he passed out again was that this was going to end badly.

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Post by jubjuby3 »

Doc Quixotic wrote:There are IRE's, but the various variants have been removed. An IRE is an IRE is an IRE: there are no differences in rate of fire, damage or cost.
oh thank the priest king, i was starting to panic, a lack of IREs would have totally put me off TC :P
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