I never leave home without my Pirate Buster. Because really, it's all about looks and having a skull painted on your ship. (and the psgs and Ions are nothing to sneeze at either)

DrunkenPirate wrote:I like the Pirate Buster, 158 cargo and nice paintwork.

Aye that's my favorite ship in the game too. If it could mount 25MJ shields I'd never get out of it. (and even without I rarely get out of it.)

Its funny. No matter how many M3's, etc. I try I still have the most fun in my Pirate Buster , which was the very first ship I captured. I just love flying that thing. PSGs for Khaakbusting, Ions for capturing, speed and maneuverability, decent cargo space, and it looks great. Sure that aforemention...

What I did to start off things in PE was to build a Large Silicon mine on the 26 yield asteroid there. Its right near the west gate which leads to Home of Light. Nearly every factory there uses Silicon (3 CrysFabs for example) and are low on Silicon since the nearest mine is an overworked M one in H...

Those are same options that caught my eye as well. I'm in the process of rebuilding President's end, but have had my eye on that Unknown sector next to Montalaar every since I've found it.

I think he may have misread the shields on it. Just double checking mine and its 130 speed, 33 Accel, 76 steering and 374 cargo with 2x25MJ shielding. Not sure which variant it is since it loses that in the name after capture but I believe its the standard Pirate Falcon. Vanguard model is like you h...

Its a Pirate Variant of a Falcon. Common Pirate M3, and easy to take out but exceptional built up in the player hands. I love the one I use. Great weapon loadout...AHEPTs, Beta PSGs (Perfect for those pesky Khaak clusters), Ions for capturing. Huge cargo hold for an M3 (376) On the downside its a li...

I remember back in X2 after the BadStuff (avoiding spoilers) happens, President's End became a tempting sector to build in. But ultimately it was a bad idea due to near constant Pirate/Khaak attacks that forced you to listen to that damn computer voice constantly going on about your ships being atta...

Yup Equipment docks are the way to go for Arms dealing. They will always pay the unmodified price for any weapon/missile/shield even if they dont normally sell the item in question. But, they do have a limited number they can actually hold, so you may need to jump to a few different equipment docks ...

Well logic would seem to indicate they can dock since they use the exact same model as the Nova near as I can tell in X3. But I'm just guessing so I may be wrong. I haven't captured a goner or bought a 'bigship' yet. I definately used one in X2 as a supply ship to my M1 though for that very same rea...

You dont need to give it any money. The Sector trader will buy and sell directly from your personal cash...unless you assign the ship a homebase. In that case it will use the homebase's cash instead of yours.

A good rule of thumb when trying to track down your next stop of the plot is to use your com to talk to a passing ship or station. Usually asking for directions to your target is one of the options.

I just built my first X3 Factory and shortly after a few pirates attacked. No big deal, jumped in, killed one, captured the other. However, the ejected astronaut (whom I ignored since I never felt right about killing or picking up to enslave) decided to dock with my shiny new station, is taking up o...

Interesting! Did you loose much Goner rank after capturing their ship? Doesn't really matter anyway, as long as you can still dock with their temple. As long as you don't 'accidently' kill the pilot when he ejects, you should still have no problem with your rank or docking with them. The Goner seri...

As for the M3 issue - a pirate orinoco is about the best you can do (374 cargo) without having a TS or TL follow you. Actually you can do one better. It's a little known fact, But captured Goner ships can dock with M2s, which is like having a mini TS hybrid to refuel with (430 cargo) Extremely usef...

Since they beefed up BBS jobs in 1.3, my Harrier m5 is my best money maker. It used to be that the Harrier was just the sidekick for my Dragon. Now it's the other way around, with the Dragon following me all around like a big puppy while I use the m5 to make profitsss.

what would you say is the best ts in terms of speed, price and cargo space? In the TS class, the line of balance is Speed vs. Cargo space. The fastest TS has the least cargo (Pirate Ship), and the largest cargo is dirt slow (aka the Dolphin) My favorite is the Pirate Ship . 800 cargo is plenty for ...

I couldn't imagine owning a TL in Morrowind.

What exactly is the Thief series? I've heard good talk of it, but never played or seen it. Sounds kinda like Splinter Cell as you guys describe it, which is a masterpiece. I loved in Splinter Cell, throwing a bottle into a corner for a distraction, then grabbing one of the terrorists and using him ...

VincentTH wrote:The 15 mins is because you are in-sector and watfching isn't it? OOS combat should be complete in 1 second with the Pirate ship a winner.

In sector can be just as fast if you give the Pirate ship a few Beta PSGs to equip.