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What Do You Think I Should Now Focus On?

Giving the Split what they deserve
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26%
Holding back the Xenon
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10%
Creating a Trade Empire of infinite riches!
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16%
Completing the HUB and getting a HQ
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34%
Letting the Pirate Guild rule the galaxy!
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13%
 
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Post by EmperorJon »

Thanks!

You'll get an Osaka probably. How good are they OOS? I need to know... Because if a Boreas would function much better, you'll have one of those I'm afraid.

I've got a clever idea of how to setup sector defences...
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Name: X1000
Race: Boron
Ship: Heavy Centaur (If unavailable, Blastclaw Prototype. )
Equipment: Duplex, max shields, and the best weapons you can find. :twisted:
Other notes: none
Preferred position: Support, Recon.

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Post by EmperorJon »

Yay!
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Post by Olterin »

EmperorJon wrote:Thanks!

You'll get an Osaka probably. How good are they OOS? I need to know... Because if a Boreas would function much better, you'll have one of those I'm afraid.

I've got a clever idea of how to setup sector defences...
The Osaka is, as far as I know, the one buyable ship that can survive the dreaded Q OOS first strike volley, with 12GJ worth of shielding. The only downside of the Osaka in OOS combat is it's average speed. And those PSPs... well, they're not a PPC, but you don't need PPCs for OOS combat :P (not in the ungodly amount that a Boreas provides you with anyway). Other than that, I've had very good experience with the Osaka, both IS and OOS - It's still on the patrol assignment I've given it recently, and it had survived quite a few close engagements before that as well.
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Post by X1000 »

A note about PSPs, the AI does not charge them. :wink:
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Post by EmperorJon »

A note about PSPs, the AI does not charge them.
I know. Which is why...

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Dear Applicant, Olterin Fire

We have decided to refuse your request, on several grounds:

1- Our current reputation with the Terran race means you could be a spy.
2- Our current reputation with the Terran race means we cannot get either of your preffered ship.
3- We don't believe it would be in our best interest to get either fo those ships.

Please reconsider and reapply.
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Reapplying for the ... ah whatever.

OOC note: the Osaka is the only destroyer that I have successfully used IS during large-scale combat without it incurring hull damage. Yes, those PSPs aren't being charged by the AI, yes they deal less damage over a long time period, but from all the combat I could observe, the Osaka in question never fired more than 3 volleys (at which point the difference between PSP and PPC is minimal). All other destroyers (and I mean all, including the Boreas) managed to get themselves killed. Usually by the barrage of hostile PPC that was still in the air after the hostile capital ship was dead.

A note on Osaka usage: for IS combat, I've stuck it into a group with two Yokohamas for escort duties - although not needed, the two M7 ships provide excellent fighter cover and additional firepower when facing a hostile destroyer. I also found that due to the comparatively small size of the Yokohamas, their shields lasted much longer than I expected them to. Haven't lost either of those, too. The Osaka always got there in time to finish the job.

Ok, that's the end of my OOC rant, now for the IC part...



IC:

If my skills as a Terran starship captain are not going to be appreciated and respected by providing me with a Terran ship, I can still settle for an... inferior Commonwealth design. As much as it pains me to admit, OTAS is almost on par with us with regards to several technological aspects, so if anything, I'd prefer one of their ships.

However, I have no way of discrediting your fears of my being a potential spy but one - I have no idea why you would have the cause to believe that my government does not trust you. As far as I'm aware, we are slowly opening diplomatic channels towards the Commonwealth, and even if some elements within our government do not like the idea of "aliens" interacting with us as equals, I see no way that we can be part of the interstellar society whilst completely shutting ourselves off from the Commonwealth. It is thus my firm belief that cooperation should be encouraged, which is why I insist on you reconsidering my application. I am risking my position in the USC by merely submitting my application, let alone submitting it multiple times.

I am looking forward to our future cooperation... if it ever takes place. I would be deeply saddened if your rejection of my application were to be final, and I'm afraid such an act might reinforce the isolationists' position, thus further deteriorating the relationship between the Terran people and the Commonwealth.
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I have no idea why you would have the cause to believe that my government does not trust you
Remeber me entering Terran space in a Skiron an barbequing a Yokohama and escort whilst sighteeing, then picking on a handful of Hi-Tech transporters, battering an Orbital Defence Station and jumping out when they found me.

Yeah, I have no idea why your government hates me...

:wink:
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EmperorJon wrote:
I have no idea why you would have the cause to believe that my government does not trust you
Remeber me entering Terran space in a Skiron an barbequing a Yokohama and escort whilst sighteeing, then picking on a handful of Hi-Tech transporters, battering an Orbital Defence Station and jumping out when they found me.

Yeah, I have no idea why your government hates me...

:wink:
Trying to keep that in-character... and that particular guy wouldn't know anything about that incident.
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Post by EmperorJon »

Anyway, I would say update tommorow.

But I'm going on holiday.

So to find out about completing the HuB you'll have to wait a week at least... :lol: :cry:

I expect to find some convo on here when I get back, mor submissions for places, suggestions on what to do next, areas to try and... claim... I'm thinking 347 here... :wink:

Factories to build, ships to buy... If anyone can come up with a decent Hammer+Flail complex for less than 600M I'm happy. (Not using stuff I've alread used! Unless you're reusing part of a previous complex...)
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Post by hedge0035 »

just read the whole thread over the past two days, very good story so far.

i would like to apply.

Name: Jack "Draco" Randle
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Equipment: Hepts up front, PRG turret
Other notes: Fighter pilot for the Argon military up in the North east Fleet before it was destroyed by the Xenon. I refused to take my wing into certain death attack a K with 2 discos and my Nova Raider. Been on the run since for Mutiny.
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About time for a Birthday Update. :wink:

I'll get on it later!

Don't worry!
Name: Jack "Draco" Randle
Race: Argon
Ship: Nova Raider
Equipment: Hepts up front, PRG turret
Other notes: Fighter pilot for the Argon military up in the North east Fleet before it was destroyed by the Xenon. I refused to take my wing into certain death attack a K with 2 discos and my Nova Raider. Been on the run since for Mutiny.
Likes Sushi: Ive had Tuna before imported from Earth a year back, it was really nasty stuff.
(please use your Forum name, easier...)

Your position has been denied. We currently have no real need of M3 pilots, and wiuld prefer pilots for M6/M8 patrols. Please reapply if you would accept that role.


Notice to all pilots:

Any Pilot wishing to fly an M7 or above will spend some time in a smaller ship until they have proven themselves.

To that end, Olterin Fire is now an M8 pilot, until proven, when he will be flying a nice new shiny Boreas I bought just for him.
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Post by fairywhipper »

ok, i heard you were looking for someone to do a few clearance jobs. i likes clearance.
name : fairywhipper
contact :you pay, i clear.
shipname : clearance
type : viper
prefered weapons : tomohawks, lots of
race : im a ghost, you dont want to know, its better for you.

sushi? you want me to cook you? i can do that

reasoning : you want them out, i launch they die, you pay.
i do the job. i jump in, i fire nukes, they all die, i jump out. you payme else i launch nukes at you.

other thingss, i can fly anything perfer venti with pbg, md, hept. anything bigger it better be a heavy hydra with ipg and hept. like i said i do vipers for clearence.
at the end of day, you pay, i kill. i like to clear things with nukes....
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Seriously, I heven't given in! I'm working on stuff, building up money, doing the boring tasks. Soon I'll release a chapter with the end of the HUB and some menial stuff, then we'll get back down to... business. :twisted:
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Just reached Battlemaster fight rank, and we have a second Boreas up and running, next step is to buy a fleet of M6s.

Most people use fighters as a main fleet weapon, I've decided using M6s instead will be better. Much increased survivability!

Then, after that, (or before) spend my ~500M credits on a good investement...

Yeah, you know what I'm talking about... ;)
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Post by EmperorJon »

I don't lie.

Chapter 18: Happy Ma

You should have seen the look on his face. It only took a few more days, and the Chips had finished. I personally handed over the last one, and he burst into tears.

‘Bali Gi would be so proud! If only we could find him and Julian and tell them, we’d fixed this!’

‘Fixed!? I thought you were suddenly going to request half a million Quantum tubes to get it working again? Or maybe an energy injection of a Billion energy sells and coating the external structure with a hundred thousand XL Solar Power Plants! You mean, it’s actually done!?

His head bobbed happily.

‘Finished. Done. Completed! Well… there is one more step…’

I groaned.

‘We have to turn it on, the 3rd gate set.’

Ah. That wouldn’t be too hard…

‘What? What’s wrong?’

He looked at me.

‘If this goes wrong, if the generator overloads… that star there that this thing is plugged into… will go Nova... You don’t want to be next to a star during a Supernova.’

‘Ah. Oh well.’ I said, slamming a tentacle on a rather cheesy looking button which said ‘On’ in big red letters.

‘What are you doing!?’

‘Turning it one, duh!’ I smiled, laughing, slightly maniacally.

There was a hum and a ding noise.

‘Gate-set three successfully activated. Linkage: Argon Prime – Home of Light’

It worked.

I dropped Mahi Ma of in Kingdom End, where he went to notify the Boron government of Bala Gi’s disappearance.

I hurried off to make more money and set everything straight. More assassinations, more Xenon Genocides, more cash in the bank. Set my 2 Complexes producing Microchips to sell, I knew the market was huge, and soon they’d reeled in 25M a piece. I had over 700Mcr on hand in the accounts and in individual stations, so I set 2 craft to jump from the HuB buying up Heavy Weaponry and prepared to outfit a second Boreas.

I cleansed Xenon from Bright Profit and Bluish Snout, held them off in Eighteen Billion, defended several factories and soon had my personal account back to ~500Mcr.

Time for a permanent investment. I’d built about 5 Spacefuel fabs in LooManckStrat’s Legacy only to see the Boron turn up, capture the sector and destroy them.

It was time for a larger operation, somewhere safer. Not just Fuel, but Weed as well. And maybe a few Disintegrator Rifles. And SQUASH Mines.

I could see it now. ‘LV’s Drunk and Stoned Weapon Shop’

What good I was doing for the universe.

It wouldn’t be long before the Boron Government cottoned on to what LV stood for… They weren’t idiots. Sooner or later I’d pay for my new life… and I knew it.



500,000,000cr
2x Boreas ‘Mostly Harmless’ ‘Wrath of the Storm’
1x Mamba Raider ‘Reddy-Brown and Dangerous’
1x Buzzard Vanguard ‘Beyond Sell-By Sate’ (Forgotten once again)
1x Mercury (Broken a bit)
1x Kestrel ‘Third Time Lucky – Max’
1x Falcon Hauler ‘XL Size Please 2’
1x Shrike ‘Is It A Bird?’
1x Pirate Falcon
1x Scorpion
1x Barracuda Raider
1x Heavy Osprey ‘One Big PBE’
1x Elite
1x Hades ‘Don’t Fallout With Me’
1x Orca ‘The Guilder’s Builder’
1x Mammoth ‘Tug’
1x Nova
2x M
1x Mamba
1x Mamba Vanguard
1x Scorpion Raider
5x Mercury LTs.
1x Pelican (Spacefuel sales)

A lot more unlisted M3 and suchlike. Tons of TSs from the HuB Plot…

5 Wheat farms (All L). (LooManckStrat's, used to be SF Complex)
4 Silicon Mines, 3 Crystal Fabs, 3 BoFu Chem. , 3 Bio Gas, 1 SP(XL) (All others L). (2nd US from Unholy Descent) (AND A LOT OF CHIP FABS ETC.)
1 Free Argon Trading Station (1st US from Unholy Descent)
The Antigone Memorial complex. With lots of Ore. Really can’t be bothered to list the lot.
10x L Teladianium in Herron’s Nebula.
6 L Silicon in Spring of Belief
The Mines of Fortune Chip-Plex
4x L Crystal fabs and 3x L Silicon mines in Herron’s Nebula
All encyclopaedia data.
All HuB Gates now fully operational.

~8 assorted Marines.

Several angry crewmen.

18 Days, 1 hours playtime.

Ooer! The Property list is almost as long as the story!
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The new complex is coming along nicely, and the Argon moved in after I clained the sector and built a Military outpost, then the Teladi turned up and started building stations.

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx22 ... 1271522036

And Olterin has his Boreas and is undergoing... the M2 Pilot initiation test... :twisted:

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx22 ... 1271522114
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Post by EmperorJon »

Right well!

I've got to take advantage of the situation now! :)

So, I was waiting for New Home before I tried to get hold of the HQ, and I wa ssure New Home would be out with 2.6, which it is. Plus I'll probably be using some of the bonus pack material from now on.

Happy epic win update day guys!
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Post by TTD »

Thanks for the info.
Just checked and installed.

I expect Ego will tell me it's available now :lol:
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Post by creidiki »

Good read!

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