I've decided to try one of my own DiD's.
I'll be setting up my game using Apricot-Slices' Apricot Mapping
Service Mod,X3TC, v 2.14 . however I won't be using any of the AMS
ships or hardware. As much as I enjoy AMS, for the purposes of a DiD
the Gunbus and the other ship you get might be a lil' OP. Let's face it; if I
did, somehow, manage to get myself killed by an ingame event in an
AMS ship,the local forensics team would have to declare my death an act of
suicide
I'll also be using some of Cycrows Cheat pak, primarily to have all the
sectors- minus the unlinked ones- known to my character.
So, the ships that come with the AMS start up, I sold the cap ships for
the cash I needed to bye the normal game ships I want my
character to have available at the beginning. The rest, I destroyed using
one of Cycrows cheats.
I'll list the start up hardware and the rules in a bit, but I wanted to
explain why I,m giving Cyrus Kreyja, my character, such a big
advantage.
When I first began my adventures in the X Universe, it was with X2-The
Threat. And event though I was playing as Julien Gardna, it was still
ME building up a small empire so that I could prepare for the
showdown with The Critters with the Unspeakable Name (the
Khaak)
. And it was alsoME that built up his combat rating so that he could rake in the millions when he got the kill shot on those
Xenon K's ( that was before that little exploit was patched out of
existence . But that's a tale for another time
). Jules got the credits but I did all the work.
So, when X3 came out, I couldn't, for the life o' me understand
Why I had to start out as a poor merchy ( my prefered start-I'm
too old to be chasing baddies around the galaxy anymore), in a bucket o'
bolts-2 buckets actually- and broke to boot. So, I decided that Cyrus had
similar experiences, at least so far as attaining his wealth was concerned.
However, as you'll read in the prolog to this story, Cyrus was wounded in
the Battle of Omicron Lyre and was in a coma for a long time. He had,
previously made arrangements to have most of his assets sold off if he
was incapacitated or declared MIA . I'll explain more in the prolog. So,
concidering everything Cy has been through, I figured he (we!)
deserved to hold on to some of his fortune..
OK, the rules
.
- 1-Dead is Dead-except for computer crashes or any other odd whim
ofthe rng deities.
2-I will be using salvage ins because this game has crashed to blue
screen at the most inopportune times in the recent past. So i'll be saving
a lot during big builds and just before major battles.
3-I may use a cheat or two, depending on weather I think I need to move
the game along some. I'll give a heads up before I do tho
post some screen caps of events and to keep track of Cy's portfolio .
In the mean time I'll save the opening screanies . I'll try to follow Scions
example here. It'll keep the game honest and will show some of the,
hopefully, cool things that happen.
Feedback is welcome, even if you think i shouldn't even bother
The prolog follows as soon as I rest my writin' muscle. I haven't written
anything this long since I last wrote up my families grocery list
.
