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Today still...


Kept going into Xenon sector 534 with my Nemesis, over.. and over.... and over..... and over and over and over............ and again.. and again...


I smell liked burned charcoal.. I feel drained.. I feel like a Klingon warrior! lol... I am beatup and wounded..


I even tried cloning my ship 10 times and went after the enemy.. It was a wild naval battle (several times in a row). I kept getting hit though, sliding into a Q.. arrgh.


I do believe the Xenon fighters keep appearing from no where.. I forget what the word is. It was like this in COD. Soldiers would spring up from no where..


Exhaustive......


Bill
 
I think the word you are looking for is Spawning, and you are right they do seem to Spawn endlessly. The mission I was on that I Cleaned out the Xenon Sector, I found the fighters were launching from a Xenon K and from a shipyard, once I took out the K the numbers of new fighters apearing dropped and once the shipyard went down it stopped completely. I forget which sector it was now but I dropped an advanced Sat before I left the space dust behind and checked back some time later and found the buggers had moved right back in, they are quick I think it was less than an hour after I clean out every ship they had retaken the sector.
 
Was poking around Two Grand tonight...

Picked up a Demeter Super Freighter for the price of a Hurricane missile and a few PAC blasts. Those Duke boys sure are generous. :icon_lol: They even threw in 4k e-cells to sweeten the deal. :applause:

Deployed my first advanced navsat just to see what it does for me. There's quite a bit of production in this sector, so it might not be a bad place to set up a freight run with the new Demeter.
 
gigabyte said:
I think the word you are looking for is Spawning, and you are right they do seem to Spawn endlessly.
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That is indeed the word Mike. They were spawning and that was a K in the system. Shoot. If they are going to just retake the system anyways, then I might only save the battles for when my stress levels need some fun time.



Craig,

Sounds like youre doing pretty good. I love NavSats. You can get prices in your sectors with those Sats. I have them in the important sectors. No use having them in the rough sectors.

I think you can set them to alert you when enemy ships come through sectors. Very nice feature if you are a hunter of the hunters.


Bill
 
Lionheart said:
I think you can set them to alert you when enemy ships come through sectors. Very nice feature if you are a hunter of the hunters.


Bill
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I didn't know about that feature. That sounds very handy! I bought six from OTAS HQ with the intent to place them where they can feed me key price data from out-of-sector.

Right now I'm approaching trading using the MORT method - Manually Operated Remote Trading. It's not too hard to manage with only 4-5 haulers running around. Each one is kitted with the best buy & best sell software upgrades. I send them to one sector to buy the cheapest raw materials, and then send them to a nearby sector to sell it to the highest bidder. With the software upgrades I check prices as soon as the ships arrive in sector. I can usually make between $30K - 60K per ship per run, depending on what's in the holds.

Once I get into the main story line, though, I may switch to the ST/UT method. I'm just not ready to let go of the reins yet.
 
Luckydogalog: Stardate 2009.12.17 Sector: Nyana's Hideout

Wing Commander's evaluations coming up soon. Eight folders are spread across my desk tonite for review..........

View attachment 23027 Commander Danel....Blue wing
Ship: Boron Shark "The Hammerhead".

View attachment 23028 Commander Dingi Jung....Green wing...
Supply & Logistics
Ship: Split Elephant "Dumbo II".

View attachment 23029 Commander Untor Deezil.....Red wing
Ship: Split Raptor "Bald Eagle"

View attachment 23030 Commander Tyra Arakiba.....Orange wing
Ship: Teladi Condor "The Black Widow"

View attachment 23031 Commander Axtash.......White wing
Ship: Paranid Zeus "Juicy Lucy"

View attachment 23032 Commander Smegma......Purple wing
Ship: Argon Colosus " Virus"

View attachment 23033 Commander Anne Oakley......Gold Wing
Ship: Terran Tokyo " Peace Maker "

View attachment 23034 Commander Uriel.........Silver Wing
Ship: Nemesis " Massacree"

These evals will probably keep me up most of the night...... :isadizzy:
 
Havent flown in two days...............

arrgh.. I feel like I am losing my Argonian accent. I feel like my eyes are turning white again and the blue is draining out of my system.. (Must have more spice Malange... MORE!!!!!!)

Hopefully I'll get my fix tonight. Might go through all my ships and see if they are all up to Lionheart Creations specs; full armament, full program systems and trading updates, proper shields..

Fleet checkup and shake down.. Rattle some cages.. Kick some tires.. (do any of these have tires??).

Send some to the local gas station for oil changes.. (or do you send them to the proper dealerships...? Boron shipyard for the Boranian ships?)

Soon find out, lol..


Bill
 
Lionheart said:
Havent flown in two days...............

arrgh.. I feel like I am losing my Argonian accent. I feel like my eyes are turning white again and the blue is draining out of my system.. (Must have more spice Malange... MORE!!!!!!)

Hopefully I'll get my fix tonight. Might go through all my ships and see if they are all up to Lionheart Creations specs; full armament, full program systems and trading updates, proper shields..

Fleet checkup and shake down.. Rattle some cages.. Kick some tires.. (do any of these have tires??).

Send some to the local gas station for oil changes.. (or do you send them to the proper dealerships...? Boron shipyard for the Boranian ships?)



Soon find out, lol..


Bill
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Two days, just two days..... Good for you,

I haven't flown in two weeks.... Eeeks... I can feel my skin drying up... maybe developing scales, my mouth thirst, I couldn't even walk straight and I slur my speech... my hair is getting curls turning green... :mix-smi:

Eeeeks something is really wrong, now! As you know I have been fixing my computers and adding rams just getting busier...

I miss launching my ships and attacking those Khaks.... from behind and blowing them to pieces.... jumping from sector to sector and just having fun..trading (no illegals now).. Dying and blowing my ship hundred different times, and YES, I survived! :jump:

I wonder what Akeela's Beacon's weather feels like now a days.... :pop4:
 
Chacha said:
Two days, just two days..... Good for you,

I haven't flown in two weeks.... Eeeks... I can feel my skin drying up... maybe developing scales, my mouth thirst, I couldn't even walk straight and I slur my speech... my hair is getting curls turning green... :mix-smi:

Eeeeks something is really wrong, now! As you know I have been fixing my computers and adding rams just getting busier...

I miss launching my ships and attacking those Khaks.... from behind and blowing them to pieces.... jumping from sector to sector and just having fun..trading (no illegals now).. Dying and blowing my ship hundred different times, and YES, I survived! :jump:

I wonder what Akeela's Beacon's weather feels like now a days.... :pop4:
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lolol... Man.. 2 weeks.. How do you do it Eli..?

Did you get your RAM installed ok?


Bill
 
Luckydogalog : Stardate 2009.12.18 Sector: Nyana's Hideout

Very quiet day..............spent most of it inspecting the ship.
Stopped by the ship's library ( one of the librarians is a real "hottie").
While pretending to search for reading material I stumbled across an old volume of poetry written by one of the early gate explorers:
Commander Alf Centauri......

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Checked the book out, and tonight, back in my cabin (minus the hottie),
I did some reading.
One of my favorites: (expand)
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That is a pretty cool poem LD.

Who did that? Was it you?


No flights for me lately. Ive been spending time trying to get things working in Gmax. Still having issues..

I miss space!



Bill
 
Luckydogalog: 2009.12.20 Sector: Midnight Star

Looks like laser tower blockade of Xenon forces from Scale Plate Green to
Grand Exchange is working out. Have yet to lose a ship since constructing the towers. As mentioned in a previous entry, the laser towers only slow down and distract.............allowing the strike force time to intercept.
Missions have consisted of nothing more than freight runs (energy cells)
and escorting egomaniacs here and there.

I'm back in my cabin tonite with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio and the book of poetry I mentioned in my last entry: "Alnilam" by Commander Alf Centauri.
(Alnilam is the middle star in the constellation Orion's belt - as seen from Earth).

Anyway..... I've come to a chapter consisting of a short "haiku" style of poetry written by Centauri.
A few of my favorites.....................View attachment 23456

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Bad News: It appears that someone has brought aboard the Yaki Igpay
Virus. The ship's medics are working over-time to diagnose and quarantine.

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Finally made it to Omicron Lyrae, where I accepted a job to escort a Terran to Heretic's End. Had to smoke a couple of pirates and some Xenon to fulfill my contractual obligations. The Terrans were suitably impressed with my work and have requested some additional support. I will consider their offer...

I also brought a portion of my fleet with me, and set my Demeter Super Hauler to sector trading nearby. I'm unsure how this works, so it will be an "interesting" experiment.
 
Love the Haiku's LD.

You never cease to amaze me with the wild stuff you find to post, lololol...

Surely you are already a writer..

That last photo was a bit eery.



Craig,

Welcome to Omecron Lyrae, A base location situated deep in a green nebulae, about 2 jump gates away from Terran space. There is a good shipyard there where you can buy the Mercury Super Freighters in L size (extra large)...

What do you think of the Terran stations?


Bill
 
DEC20_2009_AlphaDelta


Tonight I felt like making some money, so I went out and looked for side jobs. Found some delivering people, and one delivering medical supplies. I rejected the 'hauling nuclear waste'. Hard to clean out of the cargo holds, lol.. Besides, I was in my medium size, high speed, souped up Split Iguanna Vanguard, which is half people hauler and has some XL cargo pods built into the fuselage or hull. Great for running people around, but doesnt carry much cargo.

I came upon one job where I needed to pick up a abandoned ship. I figure why not. I go out and find it. Its a small, med. fighter. Very odd looking. Split design and called an Asp (snake?). I checked it out good in my space suit and thought, "Should I take it home? nah... " (bad thoughts.. . arrgh). So I called in my new Boa and loaded it aboard, then took it back to its rightful owners and collected the fee.

I liked the ship so much, I went out looking for a Split shipyard that had the Asps in stock. Found one for cheap and took that back home and outfitted it and took it out for a shake down. I kind of got carried away and did alot of updates to it, adding all the programs and equipment that a good Medium fighter would need. Then, I figured, why not take it to Xenon sector 534. :d So I did.. Had a blast trying to compete with Xenon.. (I hate it when they Bonzai me, running into my new ship.. ). I kept returning though, unable to give up. I tried some various lasers and found the Mass Drivers to work the best out of all the armament I tried against the Xenon. You have to pick up the ammunition from another station, and the guns you must get from a Special armament station, but well worth it. They are literally gatling guns and this thing holds 6 of them, and they do not use Laser generator power, so you just blast away till you run out of ammo. I could hold under 6,000 shells per gun, so I was good for a few Xenon..

Unfortunately, it was Bonsai night and they kept flinging themselves at me.. arrgh..



I feel the uncontrollable urge to go out for more.. argh.. Havent been up in a while. I think I must.. :d



LD,

Glad you found your laser weapons platform...



Bill
 
DEC20_2009_AlphaDelta

Mission two for the evening..

Journeyed around area's that bordered Xenon in my new Split Asp L. Found nothing, so I went into one Xenon zone and taunted them. After looking around in their sector for a bit, I decided to leave while I still could and went to another area to find bad guys that went outside of their borders.

Near the South in the middle of the Galaxy, I found some. Another Xenon sector. And when going in, to my dismay, while I was mapping their sector, some Kha-ahk came in and were whooping up on some Xenon. Yep.. Enemy versus Enemy. I took a screenshot to prove it.

I thought, why not see if this baby holds up well to Kha-ahk. It did.. Quite well. I went ripping into a Cluster craft and destroyed several of the ships attached, then finished them off. Felt good.

Decided to fly home without Jump Drive. A very long journey. About half way back, I run into pirates. I take one out in a Blast Claw, then bugger out as there are quite a number of them.

Several more sectors later, I run into 3 pirates. Well, after shooting the first one, the second one, half out, flies right into me.. I must say, I did the same thing, shooting at him all the way, hoping he would explode before impact...

No save... None..

:sniff sniff.... :

arrgh.

rats...



Bill
 
X-date 20dec09:

Disappeared into the x-universe after diner and dish duty! I'm using the Apricot Mapping Service Mod and X3Reunion (maybe 'sandy paws' will bring us X3TC)...

The Crazy Pied Corp Hqrts is in Profit Center Alpha, with outliers all over the place, currently the corporation has 40 stations and something like 135 ships to keep track of....

This evenings mission, planting another 'Complex Construction' this one to create warheads. The company planning geeks choose Antigone Memorial for the planting since it had an asteroid with a 90 yield of ore. Sent the Pied Masterdon out to collect the required stations, an ore mine l, a rimes fact, a wheat farm, and the weapons component fact (and the connections).

As part of running this galaxy spanning empire the Crazy Pied Corp has taken on the responsibility of keeping Xenon sectors 347 and 472 clear for domestic traffic, so I loaded the Gunbus into the Mother and went out to 'remove' any offending Xenon. As it turns out, it just is too much for one pilot. Previously we tried a patrol of a Battle Cruiser with 4 Gunbus wingmen, they lasted a short while in sector 347 but ultimately succumbed to 4 Xenon capital ships and associated fighters (135 million credits lost!).

Tonite they tried, 3 times, to plant a new station in 347, they just won't learn. My personal Gunbus, armed with Gamma Kyon Emmiters and Beta Flak Artillery, and the Mother, also armed with Gamma Kyon Emmiters and Beta Flak Artillery (as well as 15 M3+ wingies) were able to hold the line in 347. I've decided to be less active in 472, there just isn't enough of me to go around!

On to planting the new station because making credits is the purpose, right? Met the Masterdon in Antigone Memorial and started planting, got the station built and tried to dock with it, promptly lost the Gunbus and the staion due to collision! Thank goodness I hadn't saved as building, aah hubris! I was able to go back to a save after purchasing the factories, we contacted the planning wonks and decided that we needed a sector with fewer asteroids! Tried again in Sector Eighteen Billion, successfully planted and Pied Complex Construction beta is producing.

Checked the time in the real world, holy crap 2AM! Enough x-universe for this evening.

Talk about an addiction,

Pied
 
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