[TC] Terran Campaign : Walkthrough

kreit · Post by **kreit** » Mon, 3. Aug 09, 18:26

One thing that occurred to me when I was doing mission 2 of the Terran plot is that the xenons L "Pilots", when their nova chief is gone, have a strong tendency to bailing, and furthermore don't use their weapons (as of version 2.0, that is).
I netted a couple million credits, at the beginning of my game, just by selling them at the closest shipyard.

whitewolf007 · Post by **whitewolf007** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 10:18

This is just frustrating as hell. I am on mission 7. I have my cutlass and the vidar and scabbard. I've tried being on board the scabbard and ordering it to board vidar. I've tried being in the cutlass and told the scabbard to board. I sit there and whittle away at the vidar's shields and tell the marines to board

not a damn thing happens except the stupid scabbard flys around hovering and ramming the vidar until it explodes. I don't see any marines I can't even get ship boarding to work. I even tried manually ejecting marines out and they dont do crap but float around. WTF this is my fifth time trying this. I target the vidar I get its shields down I target the scabbard. I go to the command console tell it piracy board ship. It's not working. Jesus this game is buggy WTH

talk about frustration!

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 10:22

Are you using v2.1 ?

RainerPrem · Post by **RainerPrem** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 12:53

whitewolf007 wrote:the stupid scabbard flys around hovering and ramming the vidar until it explodes.

Hi,

skip this mission, take your marines to the training, enjoy living. Then come back and take your shiny new undamaged Vidar.

cu
Rainer

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 12:55

The mission does have a time limit, so if you do nothing, you get a couple of warning messages and then the plot goes on anyway.

whitewolf007 · Post by **whitewolf007** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 20:22

yeah im using 2.1 I also use Shawn's cockpit mod and one other mod that gives ships and missile particle trails.

I just went ahead and timed it out and am roaming in the vidar trying to get my rep up enough to get some 200mj shields. I swear this ship reminds me a little of a white star from B5.

I have not shown up yet for the final terran mission because I want to equip my vidar first.

I did try 2 more times though and scabbard just rammed it. I even selected some marines to stay on ship etc. If you are supposed to launch a boarding pod or anything the scabbard didn't have one of those or at least when I tried to load missiles I didn't get a boarding pod. As yet I haven't seen boarding in action so I don't know what it is supposed to look like. Is there an indicator of some kind that says boarding ship 54% or something?? Do little astronauts launch from the ship and attach to the hull of the ship you want to board? If using a boarding pod does a cylindrical object leave your ship and land on the ship you want to board?

whitewolf007 · Post by **whitewolf007** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 20:23

no wait I think it's not 2.1 .... It's the steam version that is updated to the latest patch.

whitewolf007 · Post by **whitewolf007** » Wed, 7. Oct 09, 20:26

Another question is how are you supposed to whittle away at shield strength while boarding is going on. I had to use my cutlass and remote manage the scabbard so I could keep the vidar's shields down.

So on boarding do you typically have to use your ship to shoot at ship you want to board and also initiate the boarding... if so a scabbard is not very well equipped for this since it only has one back facing turret.

When I was in scabbard and remote managed the cutlass to attack target the cutlass killed the vidar faster then I could order it to stop shooting.

whitewolf007 · Post by **whitewolf007** » Thu, 8. Oct 09, 00:54

Well I don't know if my marines did a thing but the deca got capped. I still don't think I have seen a boarding action happen yet. Unless you just sit around and wait pushing seta. Please someone describe what you see visually when a boarding action happens...

On another note I got to dock at earth torus first time thru dropping off dignitaries... Came back to it shortly after and the auto dock says negative on docking. Found out the hard way that you cant use auto pilot in this area because you end up going out of bounds and getting shot at. How do you successfully dock at Earth Torus? I get to Comm range and ask to dock only to be denied now. Does it have anything to do with me having a brand new bomber ship sitting there from completing Terran plot. Maybe I can't bring another ship in till I undock that one. I dunno but everytime I turn around after hailing to dock and getting a negative there are auto turrets deployed so I must not be following the right approach or something.... Bout to just hang it up and forget about Earth but a jumpdrive would be nice.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Thu, 8. Oct 09, 07:38

Docking at the Torus is just a straight run in. After jump, just go to full speed and keep going straight until your almost about to hit something, then hit the docking computer. If it goes autopilot, switch it off immediately and keep going ahead until docking actually docks you.

If it wont let you dock, your ship might be too big. Nothing to do with the M8.

I did the vidar capture fine with v2.1 on the first go, so you should check if your steam version is fully updated or not. I suspect it isnt, as 2.1 did put in a major fix for boarding (although it still has problems).

The deca mission is easier, you just do nothing and let the terrans do the boarding.

whitewolf007 · Post by **whitewolf007** » Thu, 8. Oct 09, 08:56

I think there is a two step process to boarding according to another guide I read. It has to do with first setting up the marines I guess to prepare to board then the ship gets into position. Then you have to select the ship again and say begin boarding procedure? It's not very clear how exactly it is done I wish the manual would just tell you exactly what to do and what to expect while it happens... IE progress indicators or something to let you know that you are boarding a vessel.

Crawdaddy79 · Post by **Crawdaddy79** » Sat, 16. Jan 10, 01:58

I had to use my Scabbard multiple times to get the boarding mission to work. I didn't know what was going on... But the Terrans definitely were a fail pie - I turned on the SETA, walked away, did a load of laundry, came back and nothing had changed. I did the boarding command and disabled all but one marine, and that seemed to work where previous boarding attempts did not.

I found this thread looking for a walkthrough, to see when the next Terran mission would pop up after bringing the scientist onto the Torus. How disappointed I am to find that I have completed the Terran campaign, long, long before I was ready to.

kissmejulie · Post by **kissmejulie** » Sat, 16. Jan 10, 21:19

I need help here. I can not start the Terran plot.
No matter how long I hangout in or enter Omicron Lyrae
I am not contacted to start any missions and I have
talked to everybody aboard the equipment dock.
I started as a Humble Merchent

Wholesaler
Harmless

Argon Trusted Ally
Boron Trusted Courtier
Split Shameless Creature
Paranid Unholy Nomad
Teladi Profit Opportunity
Terran Citizen.

Never mind just found out I am using mod to enable plots in custom game. It removes plots from other games.

Legion564 · Post by **Legion564** » Sun, 17. Jan 10, 23:16

on the third mission i found a xenon q and 7 p and a couple fighters. there was a titan nearby so it handled it perfectly since mine was in the shop or ship shop. and the first mission does ask you do it again if u don't do it.

dragonblue14 · Post by **dragonblue14** » Wed, 20. Jan 10, 03:19

I have some trouble with mission 5.
I have a Vulture with 200 teladianium docked at the military outpost. It's been hours and no sign of Heywood docking there or undocking.
Do i have to be in the vulture or do i have to wait some more?

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Wed, 20. Jan 10, 13:06

Yes, you need to be in the ship that's carrying the Teladianium.

jwigeland · Post by **jwigeland** » Wed, 20. Jan 10, 17:16

I made a long post in this thread: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=266659

Hopefully this will give you some idea of how the boarding process works. It is never fully explained in the game and both Terran plot missions that feature boarding are not done particularly well...

Oversee · Post by **Oversee** » Sat, 23. Jan 10, 05:52

I'm stuck on mission two, the pirates keep coming out and blowing me up. I only have a mildly upgraded start ship (scout?) - should I painfully trade and side mission my way up to a better ship first?

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Sat, 23. Jan 10, 10:58

If you're in the starting Sabre you don't need another ship--just upgrade that one to its maximum speed (275m/s). The pirates don't have anything that can both catch you and significantly hurt you at that speed.

UlteriorModem · Post by **UlteriorModem** » Sat, 23. Jan 10, 14:28

Its hard to 'run' from pirates when your supposed to scan the pirate base.

Im stuck on this mission as well and every time I approach the base I'm set upon by 4 or 5 rats and a few xenons.

I actually got the scan up to 80 on one try by placing the base between me and the bogeys before I got blasted to bits.

I tried going in swinging a couple of times with no joy.

So I figure I'm going to have to raise some credits and upgrade a bit.