X3 Patrol Logs

[GT182]

Good luck Mike. May the Xforce be with you. :salute:

[Lionheart]

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!

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

[GT182]

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....

[gigabyte]

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 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...

[Marlin]

LOL
Damn thats funny

Thank you

[Lionheart]

JAN06_2010_AlfaDelta

Rained terror upon ship piracy in the lanes surrounding Danna's Chance sector, (I think that was the sector, it was late).

I came accross a swarm of pirates all grouped around a pirate Galleon class pirate destroyer. Man.. That was a dang difficult ship to take down. As a matter of fact, it kept taking me down. I even tried barraging it with the ultimate missiles, Hammerheads. They are lethal and if you are 2 to 3 clicks close to one going off, you die with it. Well, I hit side thrusters and moved sideways around this dang thing, shooting off a missile now and then, and it kept shooting down the missiles.

I finally ran out of idea's for shooting this thing down and called it a night, lol.. I think I died about 8 times. Good fun though.



Bill

[GT182]

It's good this isn't real life Bill. I'd hate to have to go to your funeral 8 times.

But I do know it's fun trying tp learn all this new stuff. Hope ya nail those pirates soon. :salute:

[GT182]

Stardate 2010-01-07 Earth Time.

Went out on a run tonight buying and sell Energy Cells and a couple other products. Made a few credits and jumped my profits up by 49,000 or so credits. Had a few job offers after all the buying and selling. Offer a job kill a pirate that didn't even pay a thousand credits. Another was to destroy a couple of freight haulers that paid just as bad. But the good one I took was to pick up a group of military personel at the Ammunition Factory Alfa in Cloud Base SW, and deliver them to the Argon Free Trading Station in Ringo Moon.... in 45 minutes time. That little run made me 4,785 credits. Not too shabby for an easy job. The one I had to pass up was to make a Station in Emoprers Moon that would have paid over 2 million credit. I didn't know how to so I had to pass on it. So now I'm docked at the Trading Station for the night after dropping the Grunts off. Time for some rest after a "long haul".

For those that haven't seen some of the effects in the AMS Gunbus Mod, here's a look at the Wormhole going from one Sector to another. Next is my Vidarsaurus heading in to dock at an Asteroid Mining Camp in Emporers Mines.

[luckydog]

Luckydogalog: 2010.01.07

400th Olympiad's Trans-Milkyway Yacht Sprint.......

Team Argon takes Gold...
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edging Team Venus by 2 parsecs.....
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[Lionheart]

Love the sailing yachts LD!

Your imagination is always bounding and in all directions..

[Lionheart]

JAN07_2010_AlfaDelta_3:54AM (LOL)


Took the Heavy Nemesis out to see what the Xenon were up to out by Manilaueses sector. No one was in the Xenon sector. I thought, well, perhaps I caused them to move out..

Nope...

I get into Manulauses sector and just out of range, the sector fleet is found cruising through the system. Grim... A fleet, lol...

I called in the Tokyo and two Nemesis ships. They hopped in from hyper space, flashes going off from portal entries. I activate blue and red squadrons from the Tokyo, and have the Tokyo assigned to the visible Q ship. I assign the Nemesis ships to attack all enemies. (There must have been 15 Xenon fighter ships and one Q).

The battle begins... I am waging war on this darn Q ship and trying to do strafing runs on it, and getting plastered. Suddenly, I almost bump into another ship. I think, dang, the Boron or someone is helping out with one of their capital ships... Nope! lolol.. Another Q ship and it pulls right up beside the other. Very grim.

I continue trying to ware down the Q's shields. At one poing, my shields are almost gone, and so I warp away, and then return, and have about 50% shields back up again. I continue the fight. Many ships are getting hit, and the fighters arent holding up to the Xenon ships well. I am still trying to wear down the Q. Finally I have its shields down and begin a few missle vollies. Not doing enough damage. My lasers work better, so I keep it up. My shields are pretty dang low. Finally, I am doing a strafe under its belly, pull up dangerously close, and nose away, and suddenly a piece of pipe flies past me, LOLOLOL... Bright flash, and plumbing fixtures... The Q goes to the bad place. :d

I then figure I need a break, and decide to pick off all the Xenon fighters. With the armament on the Heavy Nemesis, I can get fighters in 2 hits, usually. M's are a bit more, 4 hits.. Direct. So off I go, picking them off.. Down to one. I get it and think, this is two awesome.. One Q down, one to do, my shields are back to 100%, all the fighters and ships flying around me, just like a scene in Star Wars. I am literally getting exhausted. I decide to head for the nearest Boron trade station to 'save the game'. I am nearing it, fast as I can, when there is a bright flash.. Dang!!!! Q number two goes up! Battle over! I turn around and check out the scene...

Losses;
2 Nemesis ships (including zero six, my fave).
Blue wing; 1 fighter of four
Red wing; 4 of 5 fighters, gone.

It was an epic battle. One I havent seen before. Wild to see Nemesis ships and fighters (my own side) flying past in all directions, me going in after Q ships, narrowly missing the dang thing 'too' many times... (smacks self).


I return to HQ, send the fleet home, and begin figuring out how I will replace the lost ships. I put in a production queue for a Heavy Nemesis. I will purchase the Nemesis standard cruisers outright. Faster and cheaper as far as I am concerned. (My freighter fleet and myself combined have made 186Million and 194Million respectively). So I can afford that. I like to build them when I can. But dang, its going to take 9 game hours to make a Heavy Nemesis... Wooots oooop with that??


Dang... Its after 4AM now. eeks...


Bill

[gigabyte]

Lionheart the Xenon killer - WTG !

Bill, I found some great combat tips last night which I am compiling now, but here is a good one for attacking the big biys like a Q,

I believe it can be mounted on the Heavy Nemisis, and should make things faster. The other thing about those big boys, use the missles in vollies, don't just fire one, send off 5 at a time, especially with Cap ships, they can shoot some down but 5 at one time almsot always mean a few gett through, and stuff like the Auroa or fire staker can bring down the shields ona Q oretty darn quick.

Ion Cannon-

In a nutshell: a Big Gun. Long range, Incredible shield damage, relatively low hull damage. Can be charged like the PPC.

Found: Boron space.

Mounted on: Destroyers, more often Boron.

Uses: This is a good weapon to be mixed in with a battery of PPCs. It’s less spectacular on its own since its hull damage output is pretty wimpy, but paired with the PPC it can strip shields incredibly quickly. Load a frontal battery with IC’s and your side batteries with PPC’s- the IC’s will begin the fight, then when your target’s shields drop, swing your boat around and let the PPC’s finish it.

[Lionheart]

Thanks Mike,

Thats some great advice.


Bill

[Lionheart]

JAN09_2010_AlfaDelta

Went to the Paranid sectors and purchased 4 Nemesis ships. I was only going to replace 2 of the ones lost in yesterdays battle with the Xenon. I fitted each one back at Argon Prime, tuning their speeds, lasers, etc, independently. I did a dual turboboost tune to each craft, so they max out at 1400 MPS. I did this to all 6 Nemesis birds. I then created a Gold wing of 5 Nemesis ships so I can control them that way the next time I need them. They should be lethal in the next major Capital battle. One I kept free for my own use. (I love those things).

Then, later, I went through the Sectors far south of Argon Prime looking for transport jobs. Took the Heavy Nemesis out. Found some brilliant paying jobs transporting military personnel. Made about 18 Million.

Found some old wrecks for sale along the way that I purchased SUPER CHEAP! Sent them home in the Boa ship transporter. Found a couple of freighters cheap also, purchased those, and transferred hyper drives from the small ships on the Boa to the freighters so they could quickly jump home to Argon Prime where I can restore them there. The small ships I just put back on the Boa, take back to the HQ base I get Hyper Drives from, refit them, and keep the Boa ready.

One freighter was a Caimen Super Freigher 'Large'. :d Very nice purchase. It will hold something like 7,000+ energy cells, so that thing will quickly pay for itself and start pulling in a nice profit.

Meanwhile, the HQ station is producing a Heavy Nemesis in the factory hanger. About 7 hours to go.

No sign of the Ion Cannon yet. :d Should be fun to use that thing, lol..



Bill

[Lionheart]

JAN10_2010_AD


Stayed at home... No missions...

I hear the Xenon heard about it and threw a party. I guess I have been a little rough on them lately..



:d

[gigabyte]

JAN10_2010_AD


Stayed at home... No missions...

I hear the Xenon heard about it and threw a party. I guess I have been a little rough on them lately..

:d

If they think you have been tough, I wounder what they will think when you get 6 Nemisis Bad boys all tricked out and gunning for them...lol

[Lionheart]

If they think you have been tough, I wounder what they will think when you get 6 Nemisis Bad boys all tricked out and gunning for them...lol

<---- body in space suit, race; Xenon, adrift, rotating slowly, dangerously close to an asteroid, the sun of the Paranid system coming into the pilots perspex visor every 10 seconds...

Breathing, panting.. sweat floating in the zero gravity helmet. His suit scuffed up from the emergency ejection during a 12 G horizontal turn, just as the crafts mini-zero event horizon fision reactor went up with the blast of a shifted-dimensinal plasma burst from the LH Heavy Nemesis...

"dahm..! Why wont he take a day off.. arrgh... Come back and fight like a man! EEETS ONLY A FLESH WOUND!!!!"

[Marlin]

So I was sitting at a Boron shipyard looking at the menu (drooling) of stuff to buy. I saw one ship that I didn’t know what it was. The Thresher, so I dropped off the dock, opened the cheat menu and made one.

Wow what a cool ship, anyways it came with 6 Ion Cannons. I didn’t know what they did so I hold down the fire button and nothing happened, then I noticed the % of energy available going down down down till it got to 70%. Then these massive balls of energy went flying out and smashed into then destroyed my Skate. Boom, gone!!!!

It was really cool, the first ball of Ion sent that Skate spinning with the shields gone then the others hit it at the same time I guess. Vaporized it in one shot!!! Amazing. Thank God for the autosave

Then I picked up a protect my station from pirates mission. The first ten fighters were no problem for the Skate, but that last ship had a set of those ion cannons on it. Let me tell you that when you get hit by them they make one hell of a noise; then BOOM. Game over.

I have been following the story line and it is a blast!

I can picture Bills fleet of Nemesis’s loaded for bear with Ion Cannons, Photon Pulse Cannons, Point Singularity Projector and missile batteries galore. That would have to put the fear of Hades into the baddest of bad guys.

Bill, you have to take some pictures of your fleet of Nemesis’s (in Greek mythology, the goddess of just punishment or vengeance) on the move.

[Lionheart]

LOLOLOLOL.... lol... love it..

Yes..

Sorry you lost your Skate Prototype playing around. Glad you have it back.


I'll look for those Ion cannons.


I know the pirates I have been facing lately have something that makes a HUGE BANG. Its so loud, the desk vibrates, and surely the neighbors hear it next door.. (Police? Yes.. I want to report gun fire.. I think. I hear something going on next door. Its similar to a bazooka at times. . But more like a.. um.. well. I dont know.. But its scaring me.. I cant take it any more!!!!!!!'




Bill

[gigabyte]

EEETS ONLY A FLESH WOUND!!!!"

I just knew Monty Python would enter into this Universe sooner or later...lol

[Marlin]

I know the pirates I have been facing lately have something that makes a HUGE BANG. Its so loud, the desk vibrates, and surely the neighbors hear it next door.. (Police? Yes.. I want to report gun fire.. I think. I hear something going on next door. Its similar to a bazooka at times. . But more like a.. um.. well. I dont know.. But its scaring me.. I cant take it any more!!!!!!!'

Bill

Ahhhhhhhhhg, SOB

Dang, I guess that I can't do more than about 15:1 odds with that pirate floating gun turret firing off shots that kill his own guys but me too:isadizzy:

This guy is a flack lovin mother. I can't lure out the fighters, they know where the safety zone is at. I'm not sure if he is using ion cannons or what, but they are bright white and are ship killers for sure.

Damn

[gigabyte]

Ahhhhhhhhhg, SOB

Dang, I guess that I can't do more than about 15:1 odds with that pirate floating gun turret firing off shots that kill his own guys but me too:isadizzy:

This guy is a flack lovin mother. I can't lure out the fighters, they know where the safety zone is at. I'm not sure if he is using ion cannons or what, but they are bright white and are ship killers for sure.

Damn

I have not tried to take out a laser tower yet, but I am thinking a Hammerhead would be my wep of choice. If you are having problems with the Pirate Laser towers, trick out a couple of wingmen with hammerheads and grab about 5 yourself, order the wingmen to attack your target - make sure you have the laser tower targeted. Then fire off a volly of hammerheads, (5 is a nice number) and do a quick "Clean and jerk" - as in hard right or left and come at it from a slightly different angle, the laser tower will shoot down a couple of missles, but 5 at a time generally means at least 2 get through, and while it is working on the missles you should have a clear run at the bad boy. IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP - if you do use Hammerheads, don't get in close while they are tracking the target, they have a nasty blast radus and you are very likely going to get caught inside the "Hammer Zone"...

One other tip on wingmen, make sure you set the missle fire probability up for combat, it defaults at 5% and they rarely fire unless they are locked on something that is not moving, I set mine to 75% for a big battle then back off to 40% for normal patrols.

[Lionheart]

One other tip on wingmen, make sure you set the missle fire probability up for combat, it defaults at 5% and they rarely fire unless they are locked on something that is not moving, I set mine to 75% for a big battle then back off to 40% for normal patrols.

Nice to know Mike! Thanks for the tip.


Last night, I was out doing some runs and got back up to 200 million on my personal pilot account. Was nice. :d So I went out and purchased a Heavy Hydra. Marlin got me interested in that thing. Dang, 20+ Million, but what a wild looking bird, lolol.. Flew it through some sectors for a while looking for Xenon. Nice ship..


Bill
LHC

[gigabyte]

Well I think I am back in business, I have been having massive trouble with a system lock up only in X3, I have been working on it since just after Xmas and it is a PITA... I can get right in the middle of a big battle or just about to complete a mission and ZAP system locks up and reboots... I am going to give it one more go then I am installing in XPMode to see if that works any better. hopefully I will have an after action report later tonight.

[Marlin]

Oh man, good luck Mike. I hope it goes back to the way it supposed to be!!