This is a Did game i decided to document. Im doing it because i want to focus on certain goals. I was often distracted and forgot all about DID part, i usually decided to play hero attacking overwhelming forces. Since anything besides DID is not interesting anymore, ill do my best to stay alive long enough to make it worth your while. I apologize for bad grammar and foul language, any corrections will be welcomed.
Rules:
Dead is dead, and no reloads after loosing precious property
No buying ships(not even 2nd hand ships)
No laser repairing - except personal ships(no laser repairing capital ships also, even when flying them)
Start:
boring boron
Version:
X3 TC, Vanilla 2.6 version, with bonus pack
Personal goals:
Invade at least 5 Split core sectors and wipe them out
Complete at least 2 plots including hub plot
Gooey Goo will have his revenge! (DID story)
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Prologue
My name is Giggley Goo, but everyone is calling me Gooey. My parents died when i was just a little squid. I hardly remember them at all. They told me it was an accident, but now i know the truth. They were very important scientists working with the military. One day Split fleet destroyed their secret research station. In fact, it was so secret, military told us they died in an accident aboard some trading station. But my grandmother knew it was a lie. But she kept the secret for herself. Until the last week..
After my parents died, military felt they had some obligation, so they offered to take care of my education. My grandmother didnt have too much money, so she agreed. Oh, how i wish she didnt.. It would be hard enough to be the only boron in the class, but i was in the military school full of argons and teladi kids. Most of them parents sent there because they couldnt discipline them at home, so they let military to do so! My life became a living hell. Everyone was taller then me, stronger than me, more aggressive then me..
I liked spending weekends with my grandmother. She was always telling me stories. My favourite was story about Squiddy McSquid. Oh, he was so cool. I wanted to be just like him.
On coledge, things started to look bit better. Space fuel became more popular than shoving my head in the toilet. Now everybody started shoving their own heads in the toilet.
I liked history and piloting class. But i wasnt really good at it. Lieutenant Stanley told me one day i might even become military analyst.
On my final year of coledge my grandmother became really sick. I decided to leave coledge to take care of her. Lieutenant Stanley way really upset. But she is my only family. I got noone else. She died couple of months later. On her dying bed, she finaly told me the truth about my parents. Oh, how i was angry.. I wanted to kill every Split in the universe!
Grandmother didnt have much money. After i take care of her burial, i was left with 2000 credits. But her lawyer told me there is something else she wanted me to have. I couldnt believe when he showed me the ship. Apparently, it was my father's ship, and she kept it all these years. She hoped that one day i will become a pilot. It was just an old, rusty Octopus with barely anything on it. Just 1 MJ shield and SETA device. I know i dont have much but i swear i will make Split pay for everything they did to my family. Sooner or latter..
My name is Giggley Goo, but everyone is calling me Gooey. My parents died when i was just a little squid. I hardly remember them at all. They told me it was an accident, but now i know the truth. They were very important scientists working with the military. One day Split fleet destroyed their secret research station. In fact, it was so secret, military told us they died in an accident aboard some trading station. But my grandmother knew it was a lie. But she kept the secret for herself. Until the last week..
After my parents died, military felt they had some obligation, so they offered to take care of my education. My grandmother didnt have too much money, so she agreed. Oh, how i wish she didnt.. It would be hard enough to be the only boron in the class, but i was in the military school full of argons and teladi kids. Most of them parents sent there because they couldnt discipline them at home, so they let military to do so! My life became a living hell. Everyone was taller then me, stronger than me, more aggressive then me..
I liked spending weekends with my grandmother. She was always telling me stories. My favourite was story about Squiddy McSquid. Oh, he was so cool. I wanted to be just like him.
On coledge, things started to look bit better. Space fuel became more popular than shoving my head in the toilet. Now everybody started shoving their own heads in the toilet.
I liked history and piloting class. But i wasnt really good at it. Lieutenant Stanley told me one day i might even become military analyst.
On my final year of coledge my grandmother became really sick. I decided to leave coledge to take care of her. Lieutenant Stanley way really upset. But she is my only family. I got noone else. She died couple of months later. On her dying bed, she finaly told me the truth about my parents. Oh, how i was angry.. I wanted to kill every Split in the universe!
Grandmother didnt have much money. After i take care of her burial, i was left with 2000 credits. But her lawyer told me there is something else she wanted me to have. I couldnt believe when he showed me the ship. Apparently, it was my father's ship, and she kept it all these years. She hoped that one day i will become a pilot. It was just an old, rusty Octopus with barely anything on it. Just 1 MJ shield and SETA device. I know i dont have much but i swear i will make Split pay for everything they did to my family. Sooner or latter..
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Chapter 1
Loot or die
Kingdom's End. I have 2000 credits in bank and one rusty octopus. If i want to defeat the Split, ill need some money. Or at least survive long enough. Getting some scaners seems like a good idea. But even if i could afford it, how the hell im supposed to fit triplex scanner on my ship? Oh well, duplex will have to do. I heard argons are selling them.
On my way to equipment docks in Three worlds, i see Paranid transporter. And seems hes not very fond of me. I should learn to get out of his way.. at least until i get some weapons and shields.
Selling off my shields is not very good idea, but i desperately need the money. Getting duplex scaner and some speed and cargo upgrades left me with little over 1000 credits. What could i do with 1000 credits? My coledge buddies liked to brag how they were buying their booze really cheap in Herron's nebula. Maybe i should check it out.
After ariving there, i find couple of distilleries. But they are not really full. One of them is selling booze for 500 credits per unit. I bought 2 and head over to trading station. 1400 credits profit! Not bad.. maybe i should upgrade my cargo a bit. Dozens of runs latter, i managed to get enough money for quite a few upgrades. My cargospace is now astonishing 15 units, and i upgraded my speed a bit. Hopefully enough to get out of troubles if necesary. Oh, and i found some dragonfly missile. Seems someone dropped it. Well, im not complaining.
My customers told me pirates are causing big troubles in the south sectors, so i headed there, hopping to find some good deals, or even more of that missiles.
Entering Elena's fortune, my map turns red. Split, paranids, pirates.. and all of them ready to kill me. Fortunately, seems they wont stay for long, argons are already all over them. If im lucky, maybe they will drop some presents.
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3064 ... n00014.png
After short battle, there are couple of firelance missiles left, so i pick them up and sell at military station. Not much, but I can afford getting some shields now. They wont stop anything bigger than a space fly, but i feel bit safer. Safe enough to visit Split Fire.
Wow, seems pirates are really dominating the sector. A galleon and bunch of blastclaws. And they are not after me, yee. Soon things are starting to look even more interesting. Another galleon enters the sector, and in the same time heavy osprey and hydra along with their escort! Looks like i gonna see some fireworks!
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4083 ... n00018.png
Unfortunatelly, both osprey and hydra ran away, so i have to settle with few fighters being destroyed. But night is young, and theese galeons have lot to offer.
After picking up few missiles and even 1 guided warhead, i sell them at military outpost in Elena's fortune. Too bad i cant carry M sized cargo. Now i finally have some credits to buy me a weapons.
I finally found some IRE at equipment dock up at teladi's space. They are kind enough to sell me some fight software aswell. Time to test this babies.
Split! I spot some split courier, its a scorpion. Now its time to learn split a lesson. I position myself just behind him and target him. After 2-3 shots his shields are no more, and hes begging for his life! He abbandoned the ship leaving it for me. Hehe, this will be nice upgrade.
Few seconds latter, im so happy i got new ship, that i almost accidentally destroy it together with myself inside. I hit my octopus trying out engines. Scorpion is now only on 20% hull.. luckily, docking computer onboard is still intact. This will come in handy. After transfering my equipment and repairing it, i send my octopus to the shipyard. Im sorry father, but i need the money. Maybe ill buy it back when i become rich and famous.
I decided i should go back to Spit Fire to check on that galleons. Seems one of them decided to move to Elena's and now is blasting local trading station. Argons are now pissed. Colosus and cerberus are after galleon and i dont think he will survive very long time. He takes out cerberus, but one more centaur somes to play. Finally, he goes down, leaving me with few missiles, including 1 hammerhead.
I decided its time i get a new ship. Scorpion was nice upgrade from octopus, but with only 5MJ shield, im really squishy. I've been browsing around, and buster or a buzzard seems like a nice option, 3x5MJ shields with 200 m/s speed and 6 weapon slots. Capable of equipping, IRE; PAC, PRG and mass driver, together with usefull missiles like silkworms and wasps. Capturing one might be a bit of a problem though.. Ill have to find lone pirate or break the law and try capping one from the argon police.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7436 ... n00023.png
I got 3 drones MK1. They will come handy in my next mission, patroling sector cloud base south east. Seems Xenon sent few scouts. Its 5 N's and 1 L. My drones are doing excelent job, totaly confusing larger craft while i kill the shields. 6X IRE im currently using isnt really powerfull but i can fire them constantly, and wasp helps me finish the job. Smaller crafts die very fast under my fire. I got 45k for the effort. Not much, but better than nothing.
Assets:
1x Scorpion
1x5 MJ shields
6xIRE
70 000 credits
Loot or die
Kingdom's End. I have 2000 credits in bank and one rusty octopus. If i want to defeat the Split, ill need some money. Or at least survive long enough. Getting some scaners seems like a good idea. But even if i could afford it, how the hell im supposed to fit triplex scanner on my ship? Oh well, duplex will have to do. I heard argons are selling them.
On my way to equipment docks in Three worlds, i see Paranid transporter. And seems hes not very fond of me. I should learn to get out of his way.. at least until i get some weapons and shields.
Selling off my shields is not very good idea, but i desperately need the money. Getting duplex scaner and some speed and cargo upgrades left me with little over 1000 credits. What could i do with 1000 credits? My coledge buddies liked to brag how they were buying their booze really cheap in Herron's nebula. Maybe i should check it out.
After ariving there, i find couple of distilleries. But they are not really full. One of them is selling booze for 500 credits per unit. I bought 2 and head over to trading station. 1400 credits profit! Not bad.. maybe i should upgrade my cargo a bit. Dozens of runs latter, i managed to get enough money for quite a few upgrades. My cargospace is now astonishing 15 units, and i upgraded my speed a bit. Hopefully enough to get out of troubles if necesary. Oh, and i found some dragonfly missile. Seems someone dropped it. Well, im not complaining.
My customers told me pirates are causing big troubles in the south sectors, so i headed there, hopping to find some good deals, or even more of that missiles.
Entering Elena's fortune, my map turns red. Split, paranids, pirates.. and all of them ready to kill me. Fortunately, seems they wont stay for long, argons are already all over them. If im lucky, maybe they will drop some presents.
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3064 ... n00014.png
After short battle, there are couple of firelance missiles left, so i pick them up and sell at military station. Not much, but I can afford getting some shields now. They wont stop anything bigger than a space fly, but i feel bit safer. Safe enough to visit Split Fire.
Wow, seems pirates are really dominating the sector. A galleon and bunch of blastclaws. And they are not after me, yee. Soon things are starting to look even more interesting. Another galleon enters the sector, and in the same time heavy osprey and hydra along with their escort! Looks like i gonna see some fireworks!
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4083 ... n00018.png
Unfortunatelly, both osprey and hydra ran away, so i have to settle with few fighters being destroyed. But night is young, and theese galeons have lot to offer.
After picking up few missiles and even 1 guided warhead, i sell them at military outpost in Elena's fortune. Too bad i cant carry M sized cargo. Now i finally have some credits to buy me a weapons.
I finally found some IRE at equipment dock up at teladi's space. They are kind enough to sell me some fight software aswell. Time to test this babies.
Split! I spot some split courier, its a scorpion. Now its time to learn split a lesson. I position myself just behind him and target him. After 2-3 shots his shields are no more, and hes begging for his life! He abbandoned the ship leaving it for me. Hehe, this will be nice upgrade.
Few seconds latter, im so happy i got new ship, that i almost accidentally destroy it together with myself inside. I hit my octopus trying out engines. Scorpion is now only on 20% hull.. luckily, docking computer onboard is still intact. This will come in handy. After transfering my equipment and repairing it, i send my octopus to the shipyard. Im sorry father, but i need the money. Maybe ill buy it back when i become rich and famous.
I decided i should go back to Spit Fire to check on that galleons. Seems one of them decided to move to Elena's and now is blasting local trading station. Argons are now pissed. Colosus and cerberus are after galleon and i dont think he will survive very long time. He takes out cerberus, but one more centaur somes to play. Finally, he goes down, leaving me with few missiles, including 1 hammerhead.
I decided its time i get a new ship. Scorpion was nice upgrade from octopus, but with only 5MJ shield, im really squishy. I've been browsing around, and buster or a buzzard seems like a nice option, 3x5MJ shields with 200 m/s speed and 6 weapon slots. Capable of equipping, IRE; PAC, PRG and mass driver, together with usefull missiles like silkworms and wasps. Capturing one might be a bit of a problem though.. Ill have to find lone pirate or break the law and try capping one from the argon police.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7436 ... n00023.png
I got 3 drones MK1. They will come handy in my next mission, patroling sector cloud base south east. Seems Xenon sent few scouts. Its 5 N's and 1 L. My drones are doing excelent job, totaly confusing larger craft while i kill the shields. 6X IRE im currently using isnt really powerfull but i can fire them constantly, and wasp helps me finish the job. Smaller crafts die very fast under my fire. I got 45k for the effort. Not much, but better than nothing.
Assets:
1x Scorpion
1x5 MJ shields
6xIRE
70 000 credits
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Chapter 2
Nice ship, Ill take it!
I decided it was too risky to take sector patrol missions. If i come near enemy ships they will probably all engage me and having 5-6 ships targeting me is quick way to get killed. Now, in station defense missions all of them have target already and if i attack one, rest of the group will still focus on the station enabling me to pick them one by one. Seems cahoona bakery in Elena's fortune needs some help with the pirates.
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This is nice payoff, so i can expect real challenge here. Minute latter, there are 1 pirate nova, 1 buster and 3 discoverers coming my way. m5's and m4 shouldn't be a problem, and maybe i even get lucky and capture something. I pick off 1 discoverer heading in my direction and quick burst of my IRE's cuts him to pieces. I target the next, but he is already ahead of me. Being faster than me, he gets out of my weapon's range. Looks like ill have to pick some slower target. I target the buster. His shields goes down quickly, seems pilot decided to go with the ship, screaming in a ball of fire. Time to catch up with the rest of the group. While busy attacking the station, discoverers don't notice me until its too late and they are no more. Now, nova could be a bit of a problem. I decided to make some use of my MK1 drone. I launch one and set it to attack my target. Some argon police comes to help also. Multiple targets totally confuses nova pilot so i can dodge his plasma without much trouble. Few dragonflies help lowering his shields and soon he is stripped. Boron pilot is determined to destroy me even though his ship is damaged. Combined fire from police, MK1 and myself destroyed him few seconds latter. Oh well, not my day, people are not very willing to part with their ships. Getting bigger guns might make them reconsider. I head over to military outpost to sell few extra missiles. With this last payout, that nets me cool 180k credits. Enough to buy me a jumpdrive!
What the hell just happened? While undocking, Pirate blastclaw and 2 busters suddenly appeared in front of the station and started shooting at me! Apparently, they didn't liked their friends got killed and they are after me. Plasma is bursting all around me, my hull is already on 39 %! No way i get out of this alive, not with my current speed. Then i realize, quickly target the outpost and quick dock. I just hope they didn't destroyed my docking computer... They didn't. Moment latter im safe. That was close, too close. I should probably wait a few minutes and give police time to react. And few minutes latter, police is really after them. Now is payback time. Although, my speed is crippled, i still have my lasers. I target one of the busters same time he targets me. Police already damaged his shields. Quick exchange of fire, and he is down. Argons sent centaur and few fighters to deal with the pirates and missiles are being launched all over the place. Before i even get to damage it, missile finishes the job. In the meantime, 2nd buster goes out in flames also. Argons really like the fireworks, five or six missiles are still in the air, selfdestructing few seconds latter.
I decided i need more firepower and range instead of jumpdrive, so i bought 4xPAC. Maybe i get lucky and capture the jumpdrive. And with IRE's its very hard to capture anything bigger than m4. Ill be using 4x PAC to kill the ships and 2x IRE for the drones. In home of light i found couple of defend station missions. 20K each + bonus for any ship i kill. Its not much, but im broke after buying weapons and expanding my cargo space. First mission goes smooth, nothing bigger than m4 and PAC fire eats them in a matter of seconds. On the seconds mission i got lucky. Managed to capture a scorpion. Im flying one already, but it should bring me few extra credits. After i claim it, im back in my ship. I make a turn and speed away from the new salvage, moment latter my ship is shaking and my shields are down.. Oh no, i did it again. U would think i will learn something from my last mistake, but no. This time im flying bigger ship and crash totally destroys my new scorpion. So much trouble for nothing..
I head to the Red light. There i find one more station defense mission. Only 7k payoff, this should be easy. Easy my ass, 6 m5's and Yaki susanova. Luckily, local police helps me out and we make short work out of this pirates. There is one more mission available, assassination mission for 180k! I could sure use the money, but im not really into risking my life, no matter how well payed i am. I spot paranid transporter passing by. I could use one of these. And i bet argons wont mind if i give it a try. They kinda hate paranids, but seems like they are allowing their traders into argon sectors. Probably someone in the government is making lots of money out of this deal. My PAC's quickly strips his shield but seems pilot is not very keen on abandoning the ship. I maneuver my ship staying ahead of the transporter so he cant use his back turret on me and wait for my weapons to recharge. One more volley and his ship is seriously damaged. But still not wanting to jump out. I repeat the maneuver determined to finish him off. His hull is barely holding, when he decides to save his life and jump out. Not only that, but he left me nasty present.. 6 MK1 drones are in the space and firing at me. Unfortunately, volley of plasma i sent towards his ship blows it to pieces. But that is not least of my problems now. This drones already stripped my shields and chewing into my hull. I quickly switch to 2xIRE and start blasting them. I manage to take out couple, but rest are still damaging my hull. Few seconds latter, i kill off last of them. If there was 1 more drone, i would be dead now. I quickly jump out of the ship and do my job patching the holes. Seems lately im spending more time fixing my ship than fighting Split. Next time maybe ill be more careful and use freight scanner.
Just minutes latter and i cant resist making the same mistake again. Paranid meat transporter. He is carrying 8 drones. Oh i can take him, i know i can.. just.. ill have to play smart. I quickly strip his shields( seems he can afford only 5MJ shields) and he is releasing the cargo. Of course, together with the drones. In a matter of seconds, they strip my shields. But this time i was ready and quickly docked on the nearby station. This really confuses the drones. When my shields recharged, i undocked and all the drones were scattered all over the sector. I just had to focus on them and one by one they go down. After little negotiation with my PAC's, paranid pilot decides to give up the rest of the cargo. But i want your ship u fool! In the end i was forced to destroy him. Now i have meat scattered all over the sector. And what the hell im supposed to do with it? I dont have any ship i could use to store it, so it will go to waste.
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In the cloudbase northwest i found interesting mission. Argons want me to recover some ship. With over 1 hour timer, im confident i can do it. It appears ship is located in Argon prime. How the hell can u loose your ship in argon prime? It appears to be discoverer raider. Really nice m5, fast, with built-in triplex scanner and fighter software. I could really use one of these to scan some areas for me. Im in a pretty good relations with the argons(federation guardian), how mad could they get if i accidentally forgot to return their ship? I got a plan, ill send it to Pirate base in ore belt and hope they will believe pirates stole the ship. In the meantime, im going to help them out with some pirates. Maybe they will be more willing to forgive. Mission goes smooth and argons love me even more, but i just realized i have a problem. Seems police destroyed pirate base in ore belt. Closest pirate bases i know of might be in priests pity and brennan's triumph. Although, they are letting me dock, pirates will shoot me on sight, unfortunately, Paranids dont like me either. With only 37 minutes to go, i decided to return the ship after all. I dont see how can i hold on to it. Owner seems happy and now im argon federation marshall. He wouldn't be so happy if he knew what i was planning to do with his ship..
I head over to Elena's fortune to check pirate activity in the area. There were few pirates roaming around, so i made argons happy removing them. I didn't have a bail long time now and im wondering what im doing wrong. Hm maybe i should change my weapon setup a bit. I decided to go with 2xPAC and 2xIRE. It will enable me to keep constant fire much longer than 4xPAC setup, but will still be much more effective than 6xIRE. I head over to Priests pity hoping to meet some pirates on the way. There were a few M3's organized in a group. It would be suicide to try and take them out, so i picked on one paranid transporter. He refused to hand over the ship so i was forced to finish him off. Finally i spotted some smaller group entering the sector. One elite and a couple of harriers. I decided to kill off the harriers, so i can focus on elite, but they were too fast. Oh well, they will come back after i attack their friend. Quick burst of fire and my new weapon setup strips the shields giving pilot just enough time to think things through and he decides ship's not worth loosing his life. His friends looking pissed now. I hear missile warning. I set the course through the gate. Seems missile is very slow at catching up with me. Any missile slow as that definitely is packing some serious power. But i still have few klicks before i reach the gate. Finally, im through. I wait a minute or two and head back. Harriers gave up the chase and are back to their business. Now i can claim my brand new Elite. Its hardly damaged and still have its shield! Wow that was lucky. Although very slow for a M4, it have powerful generators. Able to equip 1x25MJ shield, that's 5 times more than my scorpion, and with almost double my current weapon energy capacity. It even have back turret and is capable of holding L size cargo. More looks like M3 than M4. I decided to sell scorpion for 300k. Good deal. Now i can afford jumpdrive, so i head over to terracorp HQ.
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After the purchase, i decided its time for a little combat test. Local station needed some help with the pirates so i accepted. And ship showed to be great. Not only i completely dominated over the pirates, but i even managed to capture 1 scorpion(which i immediately sold for over 140k). Only low side of my new ship was its speed. I wasn't able to catch up with m5's, but local police took care of them.
Seems it was my lucky day. Just minutes latter as i was heading to get some energy cells in the wall, i ran across paranid super freighter. After 2 short bursts, pilot gladly agreed to give up the ship. That was just what i needed. I think i gonna use it as a supply ship. My elite is great fighter, but its still m4 class ship and have really miniature cargo space, only 114 units. Having personal supply ship will come in handy.
Assets:
1 x Elite "Sting"
1x Demeter super freighter "Personal supplier"
480 000 credits
Nice ship, Ill take it!
I decided it was too risky to take sector patrol missions. If i come near enemy ships they will probably all engage me and having 5-6 ships targeting me is quick way to get killed. Now, in station defense missions all of them have target already and if i attack one, rest of the group will still focus on the station enabling me to pick them one by one. Seems cahoona bakery in Elena's fortune needs some help with the pirates.
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3038 ... n00024.png
This is nice payoff, so i can expect real challenge here. Minute latter, there are 1 pirate nova, 1 buster and 3 discoverers coming my way. m5's and m4 shouldn't be a problem, and maybe i even get lucky and capture something. I pick off 1 discoverer heading in my direction and quick burst of my IRE's cuts him to pieces. I target the next, but he is already ahead of me. Being faster than me, he gets out of my weapon's range. Looks like ill have to pick some slower target. I target the buster. His shields goes down quickly, seems pilot decided to go with the ship, screaming in a ball of fire. Time to catch up with the rest of the group. While busy attacking the station, discoverers don't notice me until its too late and they are no more. Now, nova could be a bit of a problem. I decided to make some use of my MK1 drone. I launch one and set it to attack my target. Some argon police comes to help also. Multiple targets totally confuses nova pilot so i can dodge his plasma without much trouble. Few dragonflies help lowering his shields and soon he is stripped. Boron pilot is determined to destroy me even though his ship is damaged. Combined fire from police, MK1 and myself destroyed him few seconds latter. Oh well, not my day, people are not very willing to part with their ships. Getting bigger guns might make them reconsider. I head over to military outpost to sell few extra missiles. With this last payout, that nets me cool 180k credits. Enough to buy me a jumpdrive!
What the hell just happened? While undocking, Pirate blastclaw and 2 busters suddenly appeared in front of the station and started shooting at me! Apparently, they didn't liked their friends got killed and they are after me. Plasma is bursting all around me, my hull is already on 39 %! No way i get out of this alive, not with my current speed. Then i realize, quickly target the outpost and quick dock. I just hope they didn't destroyed my docking computer... They didn't. Moment latter im safe. That was close, too close. I should probably wait a few minutes and give police time to react. And few minutes latter, police is really after them. Now is payback time. Although, my speed is crippled, i still have my lasers. I target one of the busters same time he targets me. Police already damaged his shields. Quick exchange of fire, and he is down. Argons sent centaur and few fighters to deal with the pirates and missiles are being launched all over the place. Before i even get to damage it, missile finishes the job. In the meantime, 2nd buster goes out in flames also. Argons really like the fireworks, five or six missiles are still in the air, selfdestructing few seconds latter.
I decided i need more firepower and range instead of jumpdrive, so i bought 4xPAC. Maybe i get lucky and capture the jumpdrive. And with IRE's its very hard to capture anything bigger than m4. Ill be using 4x PAC to kill the ships and 2x IRE for the drones. In home of light i found couple of defend station missions. 20K each + bonus for any ship i kill. Its not much, but im broke after buying weapons and expanding my cargo space. First mission goes smooth, nothing bigger than m4 and PAC fire eats them in a matter of seconds. On the seconds mission i got lucky. Managed to capture a scorpion. Im flying one already, but it should bring me few extra credits. After i claim it, im back in my ship. I make a turn and speed away from the new salvage, moment latter my ship is shaking and my shields are down.. Oh no, i did it again. U would think i will learn something from my last mistake, but no. This time im flying bigger ship and crash totally destroys my new scorpion. So much trouble for nothing..
I head to the Red light. There i find one more station defense mission. Only 7k payoff, this should be easy. Easy my ass, 6 m5's and Yaki susanova. Luckily, local police helps me out and we make short work out of this pirates. There is one more mission available, assassination mission for 180k! I could sure use the money, but im not really into risking my life, no matter how well payed i am. I spot paranid transporter passing by. I could use one of these. And i bet argons wont mind if i give it a try. They kinda hate paranids, but seems like they are allowing their traders into argon sectors. Probably someone in the government is making lots of money out of this deal. My PAC's quickly strips his shield but seems pilot is not very keen on abandoning the ship. I maneuver my ship staying ahead of the transporter so he cant use his back turret on me and wait for my weapons to recharge. One more volley and his ship is seriously damaged. But still not wanting to jump out. I repeat the maneuver determined to finish him off. His hull is barely holding, when he decides to save his life and jump out. Not only that, but he left me nasty present.. 6 MK1 drones are in the space and firing at me. Unfortunately, volley of plasma i sent towards his ship blows it to pieces. But that is not least of my problems now. This drones already stripped my shields and chewing into my hull. I quickly switch to 2xIRE and start blasting them. I manage to take out couple, but rest are still damaging my hull. Few seconds latter, i kill off last of them. If there was 1 more drone, i would be dead now. I quickly jump out of the ship and do my job patching the holes. Seems lately im spending more time fixing my ship than fighting Split. Next time maybe ill be more careful and use freight scanner.
Just minutes latter and i cant resist making the same mistake again. Paranid meat transporter. He is carrying 8 drones. Oh i can take him, i know i can.. just.. ill have to play smart. I quickly strip his shields( seems he can afford only 5MJ shields) and he is releasing the cargo. Of course, together with the drones. In a matter of seconds, they strip my shields. But this time i was ready and quickly docked on the nearby station. This really confuses the drones. When my shields recharged, i undocked and all the drones were scattered all over the sector. I just had to focus on them and one by one they go down. After little negotiation with my PAC's, paranid pilot decides to give up the rest of the cargo. But i want your ship u fool! In the end i was forced to destroy him. Now i have meat scattered all over the sector. And what the hell im supposed to do with it? I dont have any ship i could use to store it, so it will go to waste.
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In the cloudbase northwest i found interesting mission. Argons want me to recover some ship. With over 1 hour timer, im confident i can do it. It appears ship is located in Argon prime. How the hell can u loose your ship in argon prime? It appears to be discoverer raider. Really nice m5, fast, with built-in triplex scanner and fighter software. I could really use one of these to scan some areas for me. Im in a pretty good relations with the argons(federation guardian), how mad could they get if i accidentally forgot to return their ship? I got a plan, ill send it to Pirate base in ore belt and hope they will believe pirates stole the ship. In the meantime, im going to help them out with some pirates. Maybe they will be more willing to forgive. Mission goes smooth and argons love me even more, but i just realized i have a problem. Seems police destroyed pirate base in ore belt. Closest pirate bases i know of might be in priests pity and brennan's triumph. Although, they are letting me dock, pirates will shoot me on sight, unfortunately, Paranids dont like me either. With only 37 minutes to go, i decided to return the ship after all. I dont see how can i hold on to it. Owner seems happy and now im argon federation marshall. He wouldn't be so happy if he knew what i was planning to do with his ship..
I head over to Elena's fortune to check pirate activity in the area. There were few pirates roaming around, so i made argons happy removing them. I didn't have a bail long time now and im wondering what im doing wrong. Hm maybe i should change my weapon setup a bit. I decided to go with 2xPAC and 2xIRE. It will enable me to keep constant fire much longer than 4xPAC setup, but will still be much more effective than 6xIRE. I head over to Priests pity hoping to meet some pirates on the way. There were a few M3's organized in a group. It would be suicide to try and take them out, so i picked on one paranid transporter. He refused to hand over the ship so i was forced to finish him off. Finally i spotted some smaller group entering the sector. One elite and a couple of harriers. I decided to kill off the harriers, so i can focus on elite, but they were too fast. Oh well, they will come back after i attack their friend. Quick burst of fire and my new weapon setup strips the shields giving pilot just enough time to think things through and he decides ship's not worth loosing his life. His friends looking pissed now. I hear missile warning. I set the course through the gate. Seems missile is very slow at catching up with me. Any missile slow as that definitely is packing some serious power. But i still have few klicks before i reach the gate. Finally, im through. I wait a minute or two and head back. Harriers gave up the chase and are back to their business. Now i can claim my brand new Elite. Its hardly damaged and still have its shield! Wow that was lucky. Although very slow for a M4, it have powerful generators. Able to equip 1x25MJ shield, that's 5 times more than my scorpion, and with almost double my current weapon energy capacity. It even have back turret and is capable of holding L size cargo. More looks like M3 than M4. I decided to sell scorpion for 300k. Good deal. Now i can afford jumpdrive, so i head over to terracorp HQ.
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After the purchase, i decided its time for a little combat test. Local station needed some help with the pirates so i accepted. And ship showed to be great. Not only i completely dominated over the pirates, but i even managed to capture 1 scorpion(which i immediately sold for over 140k). Only low side of my new ship was its speed. I wasn't able to catch up with m5's, but local police took care of them.
Seems it was my lucky day. Just minutes latter as i was heading to get some energy cells in the wall, i ran across paranid super freighter. After 2 short bursts, pilot gladly agreed to give up the ship. That was just what i needed. I think i gonna use it as a supply ship. My elite is great fighter, but its still m4 class ship and have really miniature cargo space, only 114 units. Having personal supply ship will come in handy.
Assets:
1 x Elite "Sting"
1x Demeter super freighter "Personal supplier"
480 000 credits
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Chapter 3
Piece of pie
Today was a good day. Purchasing jumpdrive enabled me to accept some very lucrative missions. Simple taxi missions are already bringing over 100k per run and with my new superfreighter, im able to do some E. Cells delivery missions and this ones are already in a 300k+ range. But it seems i can spend money faster than i can make it.. Repairing and outfitting demeter costs me over half a million. But i think its well worth it. I am kinda short on 25MW shields, only factory that i know is producing them is in CBSE and its out of E. Cells. Not a problem anymore, one quick jump with my freighter and its stocked up. Now i only need to wait and buy them off.
In the meantime i took couple of station defense missions. With Elite they are piece of cake to complete and i even capture couple of ships, 1 buzzard and 1 disco. They were both rather damaged, but i decided to keep the discoverer. I will need at least one fast scout ship with M class cargo space. He can do some sector mapping, satellite planting or just delivering jumpdrives to any ships i capture. Well, at least until i capture myself TM class ship.
After few more missions, my funds are starting to look pretty impressive, despite me buying every single software or hardware i can find. U never know when u might need something. I decided its time to start the "Split hunt". Im still not ready to venture into Split controlled sectors, but i can at least keep boron sectors clear. I jumped in Kingdsom's end and spot couple of split freighters. One happens to be weapon trader. After quick scan, i cant believe what i see. He have maybe 1.5 million worth of goods, including 17 MK1 drones and lot of squash mines! Now, i think it is my civil duty to confiscate this goods. It is against boron laws to carry squash mines so i think police gonna back me up on this one.
He apparently even sold his shields to buy this cargo, so he has only 5 MW shields and my PAC's quickly eat his hull. I am ready to do some crazy maneuver and hide myself behind some big ship in the case he releases drones, but seems he decided that he don't want to piss me even more and releases hundreds of missiles, ammo and weapons all over the place. But i know he is hiding more. I make 1 more run but this time, he tries to sneak couple of active missiles together with the cargo. Thanks God on my back turret.. i would be toast if i didn't have one. After 1 more talk with the pilot, only things remaining in his cargo hold are some firefly missiles, 35 squash mines and 17 MK1 drones. I don't know what will happen if he decides to drop the mines, will they activate or not. I decided not to take that risk so i finish him off together with his deadly cargo. I don't want to create a mine field in the middle of Kingdom's end. Her majesty could get upset and we don't want that to happen.
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Few minutes latter, and price of my demeter just doubled. I picked up 9 mass drivers, and since i cant really find some use for them, i decided to sell them. Ion disruptor on the other hand, might be useful. I think ill keep that one, u never know when u will have to fry some flies.
Assets:
1 x Elite "Sting"
1x Demeter super freighter "Personal supplier"
1x Discoverer Raider "Sky"
328 000 credits + 9 mass drivers, 1 ion disruptor and 1500 firefly missiles
Piece of pie
Today was a good day. Purchasing jumpdrive enabled me to accept some very lucrative missions. Simple taxi missions are already bringing over 100k per run and with my new superfreighter, im able to do some E. Cells delivery missions and this ones are already in a 300k+ range. But it seems i can spend money faster than i can make it.. Repairing and outfitting demeter costs me over half a million. But i think its well worth it. I am kinda short on 25MW shields, only factory that i know is producing them is in CBSE and its out of E. Cells. Not a problem anymore, one quick jump with my freighter and its stocked up. Now i only need to wait and buy them off.
In the meantime i took couple of station defense missions. With Elite they are piece of cake to complete and i even capture couple of ships, 1 buzzard and 1 disco. They were both rather damaged, but i decided to keep the discoverer. I will need at least one fast scout ship with M class cargo space. He can do some sector mapping, satellite planting or just delivering jumpdrives to any ships i capture. Well, at least until i capture myself TM class ship.
After few more missions, my funds are starting to look pretty impressive, despite me buying every single software or hardware i can find. U never know when u might need something. I decided its time to start the "Split hunt". Im still not ready to venture into Split controlled sectors, but i can at least keep boron sectors clear. I jumped in Kingdsom's end and spot couple of split freighters. One happens to be weapon trader. After quick scan, i cant believe what i see. He have maybe 1.5 million worth of goods, including 17 MK1 drones and lot of squash mines! Now, i think it is my civil duty to confiscate this goods. It is against boron laws to carry squash mines so i think police gonna back me up on this one.
He apparently even sold his shields to buy this cargo, so he has only 5 MW shields and my PAC's quickly eat his hull. I am ready to do some crazy maneuver and hide myself behind some big ship in the case he releases drones, but seems he decided that he don't want to piss me even more and releases hundreds of missiles, ammo and weapons all over the place. But i know he is hiding more. I make 1 more run but this time, he tries to sneak couple of active missiles together with the cargo. Thanks God on my back turret.. i would be toast if i didn't have one. After 1 more talk with the pilot, only things remaining in his cargo hold are some firefly missiles, 35 squash mines and 17 MK1 drones. I don't know what will happen if he decides to drop the mines, will they activate or not. I decided not to take that risk so i finish him off together with his deadly cargo. I don't want to create a mine field in the middle of Kingdom's end. Her majesty could get upset and we don't want that to happen.
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1401 ... n00029.png
Few minutes latter, and price of my demeter just doubled. I picked up 9 mass drivers, and since i cant really find some use for them, i decided to sell them. Ion disruptor on the other hand, might be useful. I think ill keep that one, u never know when u will have to fry some flies.
Assets:
1 x Elite "Sting"
1x Demeter super freighter "Personal supplier"
1x Discoverer Raider "Sky"
328 000 credits + 9 mass drivers, 1 ion disruptor and 1500 firefly missiles
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Chapter 4
Upgrade?
It turned out i earned more than million selling all the stuff i got from that weapon trader. Just mass driver ammo brought over 100k. I even kept some of the missiles. Things were still looking good. I even captured 1 more demeter super freighter.
After a couple more E cells delivery missions i started thinking of buying some stations. I decided i needed a base for my operations in the area, and president's end seems perfect location. Fairly secure, with some m2 and m6 patrols and gates very close to each other. There are even some silicon roids to fuel my future factories. Argon core sectors are next door together with terracorp HQ and pirate sectors, my hunting grounds, are just over elena's fortune. I might start setting up some L sized silicon mine.
In the meantime, i took couple more sector defense missions, and captured a nova. U would think ill be excited getting my first M3, but it turned out to be really poor version. It has nice cargo space and 3x35MJ shields, but speed under 100 m/s and im not ready to settle with such poor performance. Second mission brought something interesting, Pirate Osprey. How the hell im supposed to kill that one in an m4? With 3 turrets, bunch of fighter drones and half a dozen of banshee missiles, it can kill me without much effort. Not to mention i simply cant penetrate 600 MJ shielding without some serious missile abuse. I think ill let police to do their job with this one.
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That osprey kinda turned me down, so i decided its time for a little rest.
Assets:
1 x Elite "Sting"
1x Demeter super freighter "Personal supplier"
1x Discoverer Raider "Sky"
1x Demeter super freighter(poor version)
1x Nova
1 700 000 credits
Upgrade?
It turned out i earned more than million selling all the stuff i got from that weapon trader. Just mass driver ammo brought over 100k. I even kept some of the missiles. Things were still looking good. I even captured 1 more demeter super freighter.
After a couple more E cells delivery missions i started thinking of buying some stations. I decided i needed a base for my operations in the area, and president's end seems perfect location. Fairly secure, with some m2 and m6 patrols and gates very close to each other. There are even some silicon roids to fuel my future factories. Argon core sectors are next door together with terracorp HQ and pirate sectors, my hunting grounds, are just over elena's fortune. I might start setting up some L sized silicon mine.
In the meantime, i took couple more sector defense missions, and captured a nova. U would think ill be excited getting my first M3, but it turned out to be really poor version. It has nice cargo space and 3x35MJ shields, but speed under 100 m/s and im not ready to settle with such poor performance. Second mission brought something interesting, Pirate Osprey. How the hell im supposed to kill that one in an m4? With 3 turrets, bunch of fighter drones and half a dozen of banshee missiles, it can kill me without much effort. Not to mention i simply cant penetrate 600 MJ shielding without some serious missile abuse. I think ill let police to do their job with this one.
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2897 ... n00030.png
That osprey kinda turned me down, so i decided its time for a little rest.
Assets:
1 x Elite "Sting"
1x Demeter super freighter "Personal supplier"
1x Discoverer Raider "Sky"
1x Demeter super freighter(poor version)
1x Nova
1 700 000 credits
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