Prime Directive - sort of a do no harm, don't muck with other cultures, give them new technology, mess around with thier beliefs, nuke their planets, rule that the Federation was supposed to follow. As someone said, it is a Star Trek thing...

They do... but not often enough. You CAN call any station or ship within range and ask for help. If you are on friendly terms, they will assist you, usually by launching a small compliment of fighters. Some stations only have a few ships to launch though.... I've gotten help against an M2 that went ...

For those with OOSD issues in areas with a HEN... Do what I did in Light Water. Hire a Teladi albatross. Place your stations to avoid having them fly through the HEN itself (high above or below the ecliptic, or use a Trading station or equipment dock as a middle man). Fly the Albatross up to the sta...

Scripts - Signed. Using 1.4 Difficulty - X-TREME. More fun to try and build up early on. Watch out for grabbing cargo containers, though... Path to Universal Domination - Piracy... Start out small... watch for the locals blowing away pirates and take the leavings. Once you have guns and shields, go ...

The 350 mil is from the GOVT. The rest of us are also giving individually. And trust me... people give. Some just a few dollars, some a few hundred, and some a heck of a lot more. We also tend to end up giving more over time. I heard Colin Powell say that from what he saw, if more were needed, the U...

Current Ships Include: 1st Xenon Containment Fleet: Stationed in Family Njy, this fleet takes out Xenon captal ships that get past sector defense. They have suffered only one casualty since pulling back to Family Njy, but lost five ships with all hands while stationed in Thynn's Abyss. XCF Command S...

Given several of the signed scripts, you CAN get an equipment dock to make money... or at least get it to help your other fabs in making money. Okay... set up freighters buying equipment, price to buy at equal to the average price. You will typically beat the competition to any factories that are se...

And when you reach the lofty height of Ace of Aces 1st... do not spend several hours sitting doing nothing while you place stations for your empire or read posts on this forum, or you might find yourself at Ace of Aces 2nd again (as I have done... GRRRRRRR). Gotta stop sitting around while I place f...

I use a mix of Caiman's and Demeters... more of the latter than the former. I also use some captured TP's for some duties (Iguana's make great crystal buyers). I use some Dolphin's and Vultures in SDS mode to deliver bulk goods to high end fabs (speed isn't as much an issue in those cases). Basicall...

I also think the Hydra looks very cool... too bad it isn't more effective (even some "light" turrets to the sides [PAC capable], or an extra front or rear mount would make it so much better... I also like the Centaur. Very aggressive and militaristic looking. Frankly... I think the Dragon and Nemesi...

I currently own a Mammoth and two albatross... I got the mammoth first (I can manage to put an awful lot of stuff in that ship). My albatross' are back ups for hauling stations (I run them on standard drives to pick up ore/silicon mines/spps and other smaller stations I need to create the backbone o...

Suggest if you want to place weapon forges that you try the area around Getsu Fune. I placed one of each weapon forge in Oceans of Fantasy and they are selling out... The fact that there are five equipment docks in Getsu Fune helps. Then there are the Boron, Split, and Teladi equipment docks that wi...

I've heard several suggestions before. Kingdom End, Red Light, Lucky Planets. Check for anywhere that there is only one SPP and 6+ factories and you can make a strong profit. Also, check to see if there are crystals in supply nearby. If the local dock buys, you are in good shape so long as there are...

429: Use him to power the Mk1 Engine Booster (You want faster you squiddy git! Here you go!). 430: Attach him to the end of a sturdy pole and mount him on the front of your ship. Use him to clear the mines in Loomanck Strats Legacy. 431: Have a New England Clam bake. Dig one large pit. Fill pit with...

Alternative to jumping out: If your Centaur (or other ship) gets attacked in-sector, make sure you left a spare set of "lighter" guns in the ship for its turrets. GPAC's still do good damage and are more likely to hit (and kill) KM5's than the HEPTs and still do enough to drive off a KM3 on a straig...

Euclid... stop picking them up to sell as slaves and you might see it happen... :wink: :roll: Actually, I have seen them dock back in my first game. I used to use PE as a pirate hunting ground. I had illegals fabs near each gate (I had a bunch of pirate bases spawn near PE in that game... made for g...

I too have noticed that the python seems to have nice gun angles. All its guns may not be supposed to be "front" but you seem to be able to keep more of them on target than some other M2s... As to the Dragon, I have killed Dragons in my Opsrey (the PSGs will fire out to greater than 1.7km... just ta...

Hybrid-Lord wrote:wow normaly i dont like to read, but, these story's are fun to read, really, entertaining and a learning source!

dont have any myself, exept for my recent turret going hawire and attacking the terracorp HQ

Worst part is, I gained 5% on my combat rank.... RAMMING SPEED!

Read some of David Weber's Honor Harrington series - he has proper physics in his books, and he's taken a lot of time to reason out the tactics and strategies necesary for that environment. Okay... I know this is off topic, but... HONOR ROCKS! Thanks... Actually... I love that series. The physics m...

Hrmmm... I am obviously a wierdo as I leave mine on. Its useful for helping me decide if I have pulled far enough away from the trade lanes during a fight to start using... indescriminate weaponry...