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X3 Patrol Logs

DEC29_09AlfaDelta


Traversing the South Central sectors and found myself in a Xenon sector, 347. Located a Q ship, alone from stations and fighters. Ship was attacking freighters going through the sector.

I returned to base to get Nemesis zero six. Activated ships/crews for the other 3 Nemesis ships at HQ and followed pursuit to Xenon sector 347. Attacked the Q.

Grim................

Upon dying about the 7th time, with usually most of the Nemesis ships already having been taken down by said Q ship, I decided a final stand against them with me in a small fighter, and called in the Tokyo, dispatched its onboard wing, and fought with the fighters against the small enemy fighters.

Died again.

Whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! Really gets the blood going..



Bill
 
JAN01_2010_AlfaDelta

Nothing but running people around and hauling small special freight jobs. made about 12 to 14 million. :d

Took down 3 pirates in the mean time.

I found that some planets where you appear to be in very low orbit, do have the 'atmosphere barrier' in it. To test this, go to Kingdom End, and fly straight at the planet in SETA engine mode. Hit your breaks as soon as you get the 'hitting atmosphere' warning.


:d



Bill
 
Star Date 764/11/01... [a total restart from scratch]

Got all gussied up with my little hotrod and headed out to CloudBase SW after a call for help. I nailed one Ka and got a medal. LOL Heading back I received another call for help and I'm on my way to see if I can get lucky again. I did buy the Jump Drive and 11 Mosquito missles. Can't hit squat with the missles yet but I'm working on that. Haven't seen any ships yet to claim, not even that elusive Firefly. Tho as soon as I can I'm off to the Boron Sector to look for it.

Live long and prosper.... so say we all. :salute:
 
I had a dream about flying my spaceship into the orbit of some planet last night. Wow very cool.

Lionheart, you WILL score more Qs in the future, I can smell their fear of you. :mixedsmi::icon_lol::mixedsmi:
 
GT182 said:
Star Date 764/11/01... [a total restart from scratch]

Got all gussied up with my little hotrod and headed out to CloudBase SW after a call for help. I nailed one Ka and got a medal. LOL Heading back I received another call for help and I'm on my way to see if I can get lucky again. I did buy the Jump Drive and 11 Mosquito missles. Can't hit squat with the missles yet but I'm working on that. Haven't seen any ships yet to claim, not even that elusive Firefly. Tho as soon as I can I'm off to the Boron Sector to look for it.

Live long and prosper.... so say we all. :salute:
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Hey Gary,

Make sure that when you fire missles, that you have the ship targeted and its in front of you.

I found the Mosquito missles to be useless unless you have brought down their shields sufficiently. Then the missles hit the hull pretty good. But until you get he shields down, they are useless. (Thats what I found). There are some bad butt missles out there, but some are so lethal that they will blow you up if you are anywhere near them. The Hammerhead for instance. its slow, but hillariously powerful. When it goes off, if there are ships surrounding it, it takes them out as well, and you if you are under something like 20 clicks distance.. lol..



Marlin,

Thanks for that. Lets hope so.. I do keep showing up, but man, they just keep hammering me... arrghh..



Bill
 
Yeah bill, I figured they were kinda useless, but seeing that's all I could buy at the time I figured I'd learn a little trying them out. At least I know how to load them up now and target with them.... practice helps they say. LOL Still have 8 left of the 11 I bought. Might sell them if I can and get something better.

I'm trying to find the group of fighters that called me back to Home of Light to give them a hand, but it seems they've gone off someplace else. And I've no idea where to. I was hoping to get a shot at more Ka to get rated at somethingf better than a Nuisance. LOL So until I find the fighters I've been buying and selling Cloth Rimes to get some credits back. I've got to get the Best Buy and Sell software asap and need the credits for that.
 
JAN01_2010_AlfaDelta

This evening, I needed to vent some energy and went into the Xenon sectors.

I ended up finding a band of Xenon raiders going through Getzu Fune', so I was off to attack. Several (5) fighters and one Q heavy cruiser. I was in my Nemesis and after a few passes, found myself drained on shields.. I warped away, and returned when shields were back up. Unfortunately, the Q's shields were back up also. This continues until I ram the Q by mistake.

This occurs about 5 times.

I finally decide to bring in the Tokyo, right when I am at 5% shields.. I warp to the docks at Ceo's Buckzoid, dock, transfer to the Tokyo, and warp back to Getzu Fune'. The Q is sitting there attacking more shipping as its waiting for my inevitable return. I dispatch my 4 fighter 'Blue Wing' after 'all' fighters. I go after the Q in the Tokyo.

Oddly, I have no forward guns.. Only turrets which are pre-programmed. arrgh... I am figuring things out, trying to launch rockets, etc, nothing happening. I engage auto-pilot/attack target, and what happens.. The tokyo drives right through the Q.

silence... grim..


It did blow up the Q, but it destroyed the Tokyo.

So, back I go in time, (scene from Space Quest, end, emergency back in time machine), and I am back into Getzu fune' in the Tokyo again, bearing down on the Q, loading my missles, checking turret assignments, and dispatching the blue squadron wing.


Off they go, all 4 fighters. I bring the Tokyo alongside the Q broadsides and let the turrets have fun. Before I know it, on pass number two, when I am almost upon the Q, she ignites like a star going super nova. My room lights up like a welding shop due to the Apple high output monitor. My eyes dialate. Junior wakes out of his puppie slumber to bear witness to a Q ship going up into adams...

One monster is taken out of the galaxy equasion. One less goon to torment people and more ships will get to their destinations..

I continue at slow attack speed past the blast site.. debris everywhere.. I am in shock. Its done....

I call back the Blue Wing. Only 2 ships left. Grim...

They are secured in the hanger disc section, and I give the command to do a hyper jump to Argon Prime. There, I will load all the small fighters I have been collecting on journeys through fights and bargains. I gather up enough to make 5 ships total in Blue Wing, and start Red Wing and place 4 birds in there. They are boarded onto the Tokyo and I return it to her sleeping births at Ceos Buckzoid.

I get into the battle ridden Nemesis, and hyper jump back to Argon Prime for head quarters. Upon debarkation, I assign the Nemesis to 'repair qeue' and it is put into the shops for repairs. A LOT of damage.. Bairly made it back.

Wheww... Time for a glass of Terran grapes!


:d




Bill
 
OUTSTANDING! I knew you could do it. :salute:
Thanks for the detailed description of tactics and whatnot.
Now I have to go and fly a couple of more missions and see it I can find the best buy/sell software and get a hand full of them.
 
WTG Bill, you are "takin it to them"! BTW have you ever tried the Heavy Nemesis? I came across one last week just sitting there with no pilot tucked away out of the way so I grabbed it (like I would leave it there...lol) it needed some work and I was in a hurry so I took it to the nearest shipyard and got the basics done. I have had it out for a few quick scouting trips but no battles yet, however it feels like it will be a real ship killer in the right hands.

If you can grab one you may want to super tune it if you plan on flying it like the reg Nemisis, but it does have some extra cargo space so it is worht trying. I kind of like it and I am bginging it along with me for a good shake down.

I have been having some ISP issues the past week so I have spent more time trouble shooting that than anything else, but hopefully I will be back in space tonight...
 
Well, the Black Swan has been out cruisin the sectors. Made it to Kings End, Boron space, and am traveling to find that Best Buy and Sell software. Well, not just that but to also make new trading alliances.

While in Three Worlds I came upon a firefight between Argon Military and pirates. Funny thing tho the pirates they were firing upon didn't seem like pirates. I got into the fray and targeted [targeting HUD turned red] what I thought was a pirate..... come to find out it was an Argon ship. So turning away for the mess I continued on and docked at an Argon Free Trading Station. Then moved on out to Kindom's End where I am now. Not much to report but the scenery sure is great.

After coming out of the gate and Kindom's End I happenend on what I thiught were to derilics. Moving in closer I found that did have pilots so I could claim either one. First was a Boron Shark and second was a Boron Ray. Beautiful ships that I'd love to have in a fleet of my own someday.
 
gigabyte said:
WTG Bill, you are "takin it to them"! BTW have you ever tried the Heavy Nemesis? I came across one last week just sitting there with no pilot tucked away out of the way so I grabbed it (like I would leave it there...lol) it needed some work and I was in a hurry so I took it to the nearest shipyard and got the basics done. I have had it out for a few quick scouting trips but no battles yet, however it feels like it will be a real ship killer in the right hands.

If you can grab one you may want to super tune it if you plan on flying it like the reg Nemisis, but it does have some extra cargo space so it is worht trying. I kind of like it and I am bginging it along with me for a good shake down.

I have been having some ISP issues the past week so I have spent more time trouble shooting that than anything else, but hopefully I will be back in space tonight...
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Thanks Mike,

I will certainly check it out. It looks alot meaner then the original Nemesis. The original is very clean, the heavy looks like a Q hunter, which is what I need right now. :d



Bill
 
GT182 said:
Well, the Black Swan has been out cruisin the sectors. Made it to Kings End, Boron space, and am traveling to find that Best Buy and Sell software. Well, not just that but to also make new trading alliances.

While in Three Worlds I came upon a firefight between Argon Military and pirates. Funny thing tho the pirates they were firing upon didn't seem like pirates. I got into the fray and targeted [targeting HUD turned red] what I thought was a pirate..... come to find out it was an Argon ship. So turning away for the mess I continued on and docked at an Argon Free Trading Station. Then moved on out to Kindom's End where I am now. Not much to report but the scenery sure is great.

After coming out of the gate and Kindom's End I happenend on what I thiught were to derilics. Moving in closer I found that did have pilots so I could claim either one. First was a Boron Shark and second was a Boron Ray. Beautiful ships that I'd love to have in a fleet of my own someday.
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They are awesome looking ships.

I took a job to return an abandoned ship once (a few days ago) and it turned out to be a huge Boron ship. I cant remember which one, but it was smimilar to size and shape. I was late and it was already in the sector. What does the station do? They call the feds and the police ships arrive and blast it to smitherines...!!! arrgh.. . If only I could have rescued it.

The thing was so big, it couldnt dock at their station. It needed the big docking arms like a ship yard has. I was taken. Too bad I cant send 'them' a bill, lol..



Bill
 
JAN02_2010_AlfaDelta


Well, upon Mikes reports on the Heavy Nemesis, I decided to find one, but didnt, so I cheated and made one via the Cheat/Create Ship route. But to figure in the cost, what I did is have it reverse engineered, and then when its done, I will stock up and produce one and then I can check it out. Something like 2 or 4 hours to disect!!!! arrghh.. Soon.. I didnt test drive it or even look at it. I am saving that till I have that one 'built' by my own group. arrgh.. (reward system).

In the mean time, I collected parts for the shops to build this thing with, and got into some furballs in sectors that had pirate activity.

Really odd.. Ships were pirates ships, but blue, not red, and they were saying that I was in big trouble with 2 races now for attacking them..

No survivors though.. Lots of left over debris like missles and weaponry.. :d

I took out a Khahk ship at one point, flying past it, I launched a missle. It was a 'cluster' unit, attached. Blew them all up at once! Never seen that happen before. Gave me a special feeling... :d



Bill
 
I love those Boron ships, they are so cool and evil looking they just have mean written all over them. Or in the case of the Skate, flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee. :applause::icon_lol:

I can't wait to see pics of your new Heavy Bill.
 
Well guys, & Chacha... I finally decided it was time to bring my fleet together all in one sector and set-up some orginazition... I have two main sectors I work from and all my ships are heading home, I plan to set-up a Trading group out of Esylum of Light, and a Mission group out of Legends Home. Many of the ships are not jump equipped yet so it will be awhile before they all get back and I expect it will take several hours to get them all equipped and wings set up but it should be fun. I hope to take a "Battle Group" through a few pirate sectors and do some house cleaning as my first mission so stay tuned. I will let everyone know when the campaign begins.

Now to sell off the junkers and fit out the light carriers with good fighters and some proper escorts and I will be off on the "GiGa" Campaign round one!
 
gigabyte said:
Well guys, & Chacha... I finally decided it was time to bring my fleet together all in one sector and set-up some orginazition... I have two main sectors I work from and all my ships are heading home, I plan to set-up a Trading group out of Esylum of Light, and a Mission group out of Legends Home. Many of the ships are not jump equipped yet so it will be awhile before they all get back and I expect it will take several hours to get them all equipped and wings set up but it should be fun. I hope to take a "Battle Group" through a few pirate sectors and do some house cleaning as my first mission so stay tuned. I will let everyone know when the campaign begins.

Now to sell off the junkers and fit out the light carriers with good fighters and some proper escorts and I will be off on the "GiGa" Campaign round one!
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Hey Mike,

That is a really cool part of this game is pure freedom to do with how you would. No rails to keep you on 'another' path, only your own. (Sweet Freedom).

I hope all your ships make it back home. I am paranoid about that as I have lost a couple that were coming back home on the long jaunts. I wish we had smaller HQ's. Maybe I will make one that we can put into the game, like a remote hanger base with all forms of docks for fleets that are stranded on other sides of the galaxy. (I think I can make stations... ).

(side note, I still need to figure out why my new Terran person launch craft isnt showing up in X3TC.. arrghh).


Bill
 
Restart with AMS Gunbus Mod for X3TC

Stardate: 2010-01-06

Well, after finally getting into Terran Conflict with the AMS Gunbus Mod I'm finally eeking out a living. I've been handed 18 pretty nifty ships in Argon Prime with a whole bunch of freight and some pretty potent weapons. ;) Then I built my own HQ in Argone Prime and have headed out to explore and get the feel of these new controls. And to top it off, I'm now piloting a brand new hotrod... the Apricot Vidarsaurus. You were right Mike, she is awesome.... What a ride!

I've already signed up for one mission from Red Light to Cloud Base SW to deliver some Microchips and make a whole bunch of credits. Yeah.... I'll believe it when I see the credit slip in my hand. TTFN.... time to ship out on this critical mission.

The New Ride....
 
WTG GT, I am sure you will be bring home the big bucks now, and that hot rod is just the thing for taking the fight to the bad guys, it handles like a sports car and is loaded with Weps like a Tank. Be careful though, I got in trouble last night I was not watching myself when I was docking with a weapons factory, I hit the docking pod and bounced around, I figured I was about to become space dust, but then :pop4: up went the station and I survived. Mind you I have some serious Reputation issues with the Argons now, they get a little testy when you take out an entire station, and there is no "I am sorry for destroying your Station Sir" button on the Comm menu...
 
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