X3 Patrol Logs

[GT182]

Stardate 2010 01 11

Just got back from a scenic voyage around 4 sectors this afternoon. Just out pausing the "job" market and dound a few that were interesting, a couple that paid really really well and then the run of the mill stuff. I had to pass up on one again that paid over 2 million credits and that made me wanna cry.

So after looking things over I took on an escort job in The Wall that went very well. I had to protect a Cattle Ranch(?) Alfa and scored on some Xenon raiders which paid well. Then I took on another job to patrol 3 sectors plus the one I was in, The Wall. The Wall patrol went well and after scoring on 3 Ka fighters I was paid well again.

Orders came in to proceed to Argon Prime. Back home and just thru the Gate I spy Ka going after a couple of stations. I target and attack scoring on 6 Ka. They are cleared out.

Orders come in to proceed to Ringo Moon. I get thru the gate and start my patrol and just look around. At my 8 0'clock low I spy another batch of Ka. I target and head on in. Thiis time I only score on a coulpe of them but it still pays well. Ka is cleaned up and I just ride around a bit.

Once again orders come thru to proceed to Cloud base NW. I get thru the gate and all is quiet... but not for long. At my 2 0'clock high I spot more Ka than I've ever seen before. These buggers are a royal PITA. They were hot onto something and would leave it alone. I target and move in. This time it one Ka after another. I scored on one of their big ships and chalked up more. Then as soon as it started it was over and Patrol finished.

The finall tally came on my screen saying I scored 18 kills and made 112,000 credits for these two patrols. I received a couple of promotions, the last being Professional Ka Ka killer. LOL Plus I sold some Meatsteak Cahonas to bring my total for one session to 148,000 credits earned. Man do I love killing Ka and selling meat. :d

I know it's not all that great but man it sure felt good.

 

[gigabyte]

Stardate 2010 01 11

I love killing Ka and selling meat. :d

I know it's not all that great but man it sure felt good.

What do you mean "Not all that Great" that sounded like a GREAT mission to me. It may not have paid millions in Credits, but the "Satsfaction Factor" was off the scale, you got to "Blow Stuff UP" - Ka

I think that is almost exactly the same as the mission I took last night, I was in Getsu Fune to start, and the enemy was mostly Xenon, but the rest sounded the very same. This one was listed as Very Hard and the pay was around ½ Million, plus a bonus per kill, I did alright my second time around, the first attempt was not pretty.... I was in a salvaged Expermintal Transporter - an M3, well armed but light on shields, I got one Xenon N and I was space dust... I decided to go back and bring a little help... I called in my Gunbus, changed over to it, and took the Transported along for the ride - a very short ride...lol I did fine in the Gunbus, it has good shields and regenerates fairly quickly, the poor Transporter well it got off a few shots, and claimed at least one kill then I watched it go up in a hail of Xenon fire... too bad I super tuned it just for fun and man could that thing move top speed is 2696KM no need for SETA with that puppy, gonna have to grab another one of those sometime.

I took out 4 or 5 Xenon L's & M's then I came face to face with an XL... these things are MEAN, they are not huge like a Q but they can move and they are well armed... I got lucky and got low on it's six, I must have found the sweet spot because the rear turret could not get at me, and I was able to blast him to bits. I was ordered to the next sector and flew right into a mess, 12-15 Xenon going after a power plant, that is always tough because you have a hard time hitting the enemy and not the friendly station. I must have been wearing the right colour socks because I was able to clean up without blasting the station or flying into it... and as soon as I thought I was done there was another XL, now wait 2 XL's... No sitting in a sweet spot this time that second one made sure of that. Then I remembered I had a Hammer aboard - God I love those things... A little shuck and jive, and I locked up XL #1 from under his mid section, I figured the missle defences would be lighter there, and I was right. I launched 2 Windstacker Missles just to keep the turrets busy and then loaded up the Heavy Hammer it is a slow Torp, but when it locks on be somewhere else... I think I just barely made it outside the blast radus, and I got real lucky the 2 XL's were in formation, remember what I said about being somewhere else... the second XL didn't listen - it was a 2fer

I patrolled the other 2 sectors and had some more fun , in the end I scored 26 enemy ships and the Kill bonus was almost equal to the mission pay, I topped out a just shy of a Million, mind you I lost an M3 that cost 4 million credits to replace - but DAM it was fun...

OH and as you can tell I am operational again, my issue is not resolved, but I got the game running OK using XP compatibility Mode, it has some studders that it did not have in Win 7/64, but it works so I am good for now.

 

[GT182]

You too had a fantastic flight. Congrats on the kills.

I don't have any missles installed yet so I can't try them out. I will soon tho. LOL I can't believe the fire fights I've seen so far. Those Ka really put up a fight and can kick some serious butt if not caught quick enough.

I do have to confess tho. I've found out that if you lock on an enemy and use the dropdown menu and select auto attack, your ship just goes crazy on kills, and doesn't stop until they're all gone. Hey, that's what computers are for isn't it? The software is there already installed and waiting for your command. Kill Ka! LOL

 

[Lionheart]

Sounds like you guys are enjoying the dogfighting.

:d


Gary, you have to get some missles man!

Some though are totally worthless. They do nothing to ships with full shields. Some are so volatile (like the HammerHead) that if you are near it when it goes up, you are toast. Its wild to see though. It makes a disc/doughnut explosion that looks interdimensional, (like in Star Trek when a huge ship goes up from a reactor breach).

On that russian site, there was a list of missles that had their speeds and kill ratio capabilities. I went through and found the ones I thought I could use most for the style of fighting I do. Great for when you go 'grocery shopping' for them....



I watched a short video on YouTube once. I guy shot one missle at a Kahk cluster ship. The missle (I think a Medusa) turns into many missles, and looks like spaghetti going into its target. All cluster ships destroyed in one fail swoop... Nice!



Bill

 

[GT182]

That's sweet Bill. I actually didn't even give them a thought untill after I was out on patrol. I'll have to get back to Argon Prime to my Homebase Station and transfer some over to my Vidar. Thanks.

 

[GT182]

Bill, I got missles alright. I should say had missles. LOL And what a run I had today..... I made about 5 million credits in 8 missions. I'll put up an AAR tomorrow. It's been a long day and my eyes aren't up to typing much tonight..... even with my specs on. Cyas all tomorrow. Master Chief out.

 

[Lionheart]

Fun, huh!

For me, its a mix of Battle Star Gallactica and launching torpedo's from a U-Boot in SH3. Cool to watch them running, their fire trail behind them.

Hammerheads are terribly slow, something like 57 M/S. Others can run at like 200+ M/S. One of my tactics, which doesnt always work, is to fly past a big Q at perhaps 500+ M/S, launch the torpedo as I am approaching, and hope I am far enough past it when it goes off. Unfortunately, that rarely works, lol...

I guess if they shoot down a HH missle, the just explode without the high yield detonation as compared to if they impact their target.



Bill

 

[GT182]

The good the bad and the ugly......

Yesterday's Patrols.... 2010-1-13

Here's the messages on what my patrols were and how much I made for each. They start, as in you game log, last to first. I've included a couple of other screenshots. One is of my starting mission in Argon Prime. The other is how I've accumulated so much in so little time. You might consider it a cheat but hey, it's there to use and use it I did. I started with just over 2 million credits and ended you with just over 7 million for this work, and traveled thru 18 sectors. But it sure was fun.

And as you'll see in the last entry, which is the top photo, where I made so many credits, I also lost my Argon Police License. Lesson learned.... know who you are dealing with, even if they are friendly. Hopefully I'll be able to get it back... in time. But for now they aren't bothering me as I'm back at my Base in Argon Prime.

Edit:
Just so you know..... Not all kills on this round of missions were with Auto Attack. I did get in some good licks were Auto Attack wouldn't or couldn't do the job. And I did pick up 3 Banshee missles that were left behind by some Pirate.

 

[Lionheart]

Nice going Gary! Man.. Thats a ton of credits and work you did.


For when you are fighting in manual flight mode, check out Auto-Aim. Use K key and look at the bottom left of the screen. There you will see AA register, Off, Semi, and On. I have mine on and I can usually get in some great shots. I almost think I can do better then AP now.




Last night, I was trying to bring my funds back up to 200,000,000 (200 M). I had purchased a few things that brought be down to 175 M, so I had to work my 'who who' off and get the balance back up. Whew.... At first, all I found was super basic jobs paying like 300K. Finally, I found some hard taxi missions that paid 7 M each. Tough to find. Took me a while to find the last one to bring me over 200 M. whew..... lol.. Hard work to have fun.



Bill

 

[GT182]

I've check that out Bill, but Auto Attack seems to work much better. When it's dead on it doesn't miss. and when one is destroyed it searches for a new target... and so on until there is no more. The ships computer might be doing the aim and shooting but it stll keeps you on the edge of your seat. Try it and see.

I did a taxi mission and ordered to pick up just plain people... so I thought. I was to deliver them to any station in Priest's Pity. I did as told and undocked... and then Kaboom, I was toast and Game Over. Well I went back to my last save and reran it.... same results at another station. Looks like I was carrying sabatours or at the least... terrorists. LOL Well I went back and and started over again but passd up carrying any passengers. Thank God for saves. Save and save often, you'll be glad you did.

 

[Lionheart]

JAN14_2010

After hearing of how much you guys were having fun doing jobs that required a fighter pilot only, I decided to take on that this evening. Man.. lol.. What a blast. Two jobs spying on traitors, 2 jobs returning stolen ships, (one blew up, lol), and another 2 jobs getting ships for stations. Found the stations that manufacture the fighters they wanted, brought them back on my Boa hauler, just in time, lol.. Man.. Time elements are rough at times..


Also kicked butt on some pirates and even had one give up his ship and bail out. I had my Boa pick it up and return it to Argon Prime.

Pretty good fun... A real high.

Screenshots of my Scropion Vanguard leaving a station. I have that thing maxed out on lasers. No room for anything else. I have my guns tuned pretty well also. My rail guns are on 3rd setting, only 2, and 1 setting has some plasma throwers. They do a pretty thorough job on Elite Pirate fighters.



Bill

 

[Marlin]

Outstanding sir!

I’m having the same problem with storage room as I’m filling up the ship with all the software and ect. There is barely enough room for those all important energy cells, he he he. It might be time to get a larger ship, like maybe that heavy hydra that I posted picks of if, you didn’t buy them all up that is. :violent:J

So I’m still waiting for a custom shot of your fleet of Nemesis’s out on patrol!! That just has to be an awesome site! Come on Bill, give up some of those outstanding shots.

I’m loving your patrol logs, and everybody else’s too. Keep em coming everybody!

 

[GT182]

Marlin, a good fighter that can hold a fair amout of cargo is the Vidarsaurus you have sitting out there with your other ships. I'm carrying 4000 E cells on mine right now and I still have froom for cargo. Give it a try... you can always switch to another if you don't like it.

Bill, those Wasp missles are a hoot to watch. They hit a few times and nailed Pirates but they're not all that effective... what a show tho. LOL

Stardate: 2010 01 14

Headed out after resupplying at mt HQ in Argon prime. I decided to take some help with me and go looking for trouble. LOL Trouble was the 2 small fighters I took... they destroyed them selves so I'm now down to 16 ships in my fleet. No biggie, I'll replace em.

The Battle Cruiser with us was ok. She did exactly like she should with my commands. I even jumped ship to give her a go..,. what a beast to manuver tho. I wanted to find a few ships to bring back and figured she'd do the trick. But all I found was debris in President's End. I thought you could claim all that and bring it back to sell, but you can't. Another day another sector.

I'm not a pilot for the Terran Corp and did a few high paying jobs for them that paid good. Also did a few Sector patrols protecting stations that paid very good. All in all I made another 2 million just flitting around picking the jobs that paid well and wouldn't get me killed. My account is now close to 9 million... not bad for a Militant Profiteer. LOL

Here's my Big Guns... don't mess with her. She can kick butt.... and did. LOL

 

[Lionheart]

Hey Gary,

That Vadarsaurus sounds awesome. We really need a medium fighter or heavy fighter with lots of cargo room. The ultimate fighter!


Marlin,

I dont have a good way of sending out my Nemesis ships in a fleet without them hurting themselves. For some reason, formation flying tends to get nasty. I wish there was a script that improved formation flying.

I wish I had taken more pictures of that Epic battle I was in with the 2 Q-ships and my fleet of Nemesis' and the Tokyo and her two fighter wings. There must have been over 20 fighter Xenon ships.. (that number will start going up as time moves on, lol).

Way wild though to see Nemesis around like fighters.

I have 6 of those things now hanging at the HQ docks.. Waiting for the next Epic battle..

 

[Lionheart]

On that picture set above of my leaving a station in the Split Scorpion.. I wish I had a smooth running video capture system. The photos do that scene no justice. The giant station is rotating, the clouds on that planet are gently moving accross a rotating planet. Its like watching a scene from a SciFi movie and you are in it, lol..



Bill

 

[GT182]

Yeah it is Bill, you gotta try it just once to see. It's one amazing and tough mid sized fighter. And the shields will keep ya all safe and snuggley. When you get zapped the lighting effects are really cool to watch too..... but you are safe.

 

[gigabyte]

Just a quick note the Vidarsaurus is only in the Apricot Mapping Service Mod, it is actually a "Pimped" up Terran Vidar. Regardless it is my fav ship so far, it has a nice size hold and can support a good selection of weps. The Vidarsaurus version is quite a bit faster so it is very much like a fighter, but with the right load out it packs the punch of Corvette or smal battleship. I am taking my personal Vidarsaurusand a wing of Enhanced Eletes into the Xenon Core tonight for a little "Target Practice" I am hoping to find a couple of Xenon Stations and if I do - "It's Hammer Time"...lol

BTW here is a tip, if you want to capture ships, grab a few Disruptor missles, they are very handy on everything under and M7, they basically shut down the systems and the ship goes dead in space, you can bring down the shields at your leisure and the pilot will bail then when you take control the ship will come back to life in a short time and you have a new proze...

 

[Marlin]

I have been thinking about picking up a corvette class something, then I just picked up a free unequipped Vitar. How F'in cool is that???? That will save me at least a couple of million bucks don't ya think?

Now I have to find someplace that will actually sell me 200MJ shield gens and the weapons. Or maybe, I'll deduct the proper amount of cash and trade the Vitar in for the gunbus mod one.

Oh by the way, I have to classify myself as a Q killing fool, LOL
My trick is to get in fast enough not to die then hover right at the bottom fin and blast away. That ship is so slow that I can strafe just as fast as it goes. It takes a lot of finger action with the w a s d keys to stay out of reach of those big guns, but my last kill I didn't even have to get out and repair my armor. :mixedsmi: (I did have to wipe the sweat off my forehead though, phew)

 

[Lionheart]

Oh by the way, I have to classify myself as a Q killing fool, LOL
My trick is to get in fast enough not to die then hover right at the bottom fin and blast away. That ship is so slow that I can strafe just as fast as it goes. It takes a lot of finger action with the w a s d keys to stay out of reach of those big guns, but my last kill I didn't even have to get out and repair my armor. :mixedsmi: (I did have to wipe the sweat off my forehead though, phew)

Lucky Person you!!!

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try that out. I have tried quite a few tricks trying to take those things out.




Tonight, I flew around looking for jobs and man, I hit jack pot several times. I think I made 10 million 3 times in a row. Then I checked out a building job which was to place a Solar Power Plant L in a system. I went and found one (hard to locate one that is Large), then placed it near/at the beacon, but the station kept locating far away.. I tried 3 times to get that darn station to place correctly. I tried tractor beams as well (I think) and that didnt seem to move it.. So I reverted my save point (again) and decided not to do that job. I sure tried....

Good fun.

 

[Marlin]

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