Squiddy McSquids possibly short life - {Possible spoilers inside}

Post by **CBJ** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 16:25

Given the prominence of missiles in this story, how about a game involving a lead character with a pathological fear of missiles who refuses to use them under any circumstances?

JamieKnowles · Post by **JamieKnowles** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 16:33

Or, a savage Split start, where the split government will sell you ships, but only if you drop captured Boron pilots off at some Split research station first so a mad split scientist can figure out how Borons work

Say, 5 Borons for a M5 or M4
10 Borons for a M3 / M3+ / TS / TP
etc

Mouseco · Post by **Mouseco** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 16:57

I'd love to see squiddy round up all his resources and make a play for the Pirate M2.
It'll be a hardfight, so he'll need all his ships for support and fighter supression, maybe even his freighters ... (if hes going to gainen star).

It was the dream, the goal ... and Since hes been cut short on his life, seems only fair, what he has now, is used to try to complete his task

tuman78 · Post by **tuman78** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 17:22

Great story, it is a shame that it has ended.

For a new start how about the Terran Defender start, the only ships you can buy
are the second hand ones, equipment has to be acquired not brought;

Spoiler

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If you hadn't noticed, after taking your cash the ex-owner of said ship
will just jump in his space suit and jet off oblivious to the fact that you have a
cargo hold and some gaffa tape that's currently unused ;p

Failing that I think someone needs to make a custom Squiddy start - start off in
the Maelstrom with a under equipped Galleon and a few pirate m4's/m3's no
cash with everyone but the pirates and yaki hating you.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 17:56

CBJ wrote:Given the prominence of missiles in this story, how about a game involving a lead character with a pathological fear of missiles who refuses to use them under any circumstances?

I can see it now. You're playing as a Tormented Teladi...as far as you're concerned, you might as well be stuffing buckzoids into those missile tubes rather than missiles! The darned things never hit anyway, so the only time you even have them aboard is when you've picked up a few from a fight and are taking them to an equipment dock for sale...

Tycow · Post by **Tycow** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 18:14

Thank you for the many entertaining reads you've provided us Slug, my condolences for your loss.

Squiddy, you shall never be forgotten! /salute

Magnu · Post by **Magnu** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 18:16

Thanks, NS

A shame it had to end. Even my wife and kids were tuning in daily for an update.

ascmesomething · Post by **ascmesomething** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 18:22

tuman78 wrote:Failing that I think someone needs to make a custom Squiddy start - start off in
the Maelstrom with a under equipped Galleon and a few pirate m4's/m3's no
cash with everyone but the pirates and yaki hating you.

no no, make it more relevent: friendly only with boron, HCP with CIG, IonD, and PBE or PRG, one M7M with ~20 boarding pods and a full of half trained mercenaries, and an Elephant"Fatboy" full of assorted missiles

BeidAmmikon · Post by **BeidAmmikon** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 19:12

This story deserves to be "sticky" and promoted by everyone of us, that is we KNOW these games and HAVE TO promote them in our own ways, like NS understood and effectively acted in this spirit. NS did more for Egosoft on the moral level than all the money from us buying these formidable games did, in the material one.

shilhi · Post by **shilhi** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 20:18

BeidAmmikon wrote:This story deserves to be "sticky" and promoted by everyone of us, that is we KNOW these games and HAVE TO promote them in our own ways, like NS understood and effectively acted in this spirit. NS did more for Egosoft on the moral level than all the money from us buying these formidable games did, in the material one.

Agreed. This should be stickied. This would be good for many things. It serves as a tutorial and a promotional tool for X3:TC.

jordan kirwan · Post by **jordan kirwan** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 20:23

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LupusX · Post by **LupusX** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 21:15

Excellent series N-S! I too was coming by for daily updates in this thread. Thank you very much for entertaining me! When I acquire my first Minotaur I'll have to rename it to "Squiddy's Retort". Before this I was just giving them names like the ones you would find in an Ian M. Banks novel. (Excession is highly recommended to all you Sci-Fi lovers out there!)

Again, thank you very much for the great story. If you are a professional writer, please let us know, so I can go out and support your bad habits with a purchase.

LupusX

NUKLEAR-SLUG · Post by **NUKLEAR-SLUG** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 22:41

A few have asked so this is the most recent save I had going at the time. I've resaved it in slot 1 so it's easy to find but be aware if you drop it in your X3:TC save folder it'll overwrite your first save slot so consider that fair warning.

http://rapidshare.com/files/184518920/N ... ug-X01.zip

No scripts running so it should work on most peoples machines and it'll let you have a nosy thru my complexes 'n' stuff.

The Happy Trucker · Post by **The Happy Trucker** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 23:23

Thanks for the entertainment NS, I look forward to more.

The sad passing of Squiddy means I now have to rename my EQ dock from 'The Squiddy Pirate Rehab Centre' to 'The Squiddy Memorial Pirate Rehab Centre'...

Arcturas · Post by **Arcturas** » Fri, 16. Jan 09, 23:35

Thank you for the entertaining story.

Demolisher 2 · Post by **Demolisher 2** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 00:21

NUKLEAR-SLUG wrote:A few have asked so this is the most recent save I had going at the time. I've resaved it in slot 1 so it's easy to find but be aware if you drop it in your X3:TC save folder it'll overwrite your first save slot so consider that fair warning.

http://rapidshare.com/files/184518920/N ... ug-X01.zip

No scripts running so it should work on most peoples machines and it'll let you have a nosy thru my complexes 'n' stuff.

Great idea!

MoriaOrc · Post by **MoriaOrc** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 01:43

A terrible shame about the mishap there, but it's true that the Carrack has terrible shielding for an M7 (just caught up on what Squidy had been up to).

For a new start, I've got myself a humble recommendation.

I've been playing a "Pacifist" game where my special rule is absolutely minimizing my combat rating (Boring Boron start seemed most appropriate, though it can be done with any obviously). I have about 60M at the moment, a decent fleet (including an M7 and several M6), and am just starting up Ore deliveries to the HUB. Combat Rank is Rookie (60%) with a kill sheet of 10 asteroids and a single Blastclaw Prototype. Other then the BCP (who was killed under such exceptional circumstances that I made an exception), all kills triggered a reload from the last save point.

It makes combat (which I still get plenty of) considerably more interesting.

Chealec · Post by **Chealec** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 01:47

Surely for a pacifist the "Goner Witness" start would make most sense? Although the Goner HCP in Elysium of Light seems to pack a very un-goner like level of firepower.

Creston · Post by **Creston** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 05:32

workshop wrote:This was a triumph, I'm making a note here HUGE SUCCESS...

But there's no sense crying over every mistake, you just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake!

Creston

Creston · Post by **Creston** » Sat, 17. Jan 09, 05:39

The problem with Pacifist games is that they probably make for a pretty boring read.

"Today I traded silicon to twelve stations. I made 100,000 credits!"
"Today I decided to dabble in computer components. Saw some pirates, ran away quickly."
"I bought a factory today, set it up in Herron's Nebula. Great stuff, credits are pouring in."

One thing I've thought about what would be fun to play is to start a game in a wing, and play everything with that wing. You can pretend you're just a member of this squadron of pirates or military dudes or something. Might even write a decent story.

Obviously you have to cheat a bit to get that wing going. Think I might do that tonight, see how that goes.

Creston

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Squiddy McSquids possibly short life - {Possible spoilers inside}