X3 Patrol Logs

[Lionheart]

LOLOLOLOL...

I was going to say, I'll buy some from yah Mike!

Yes.. Xbay.com, lol... That would be hilarious. Maybe someone at the main site could make a script for a Universal Ebay-Xbay, lol..


Bill

[GT182]

I've gotten so caught up playing X3TC/AMS Mod that I haven't been able to stop and make any patrol logs. This has been
a wild ride for the past few weeks. Who ever originally said you'll be adicted wasn't the least bit wrong. I'm not going to put in
any screenshots as it would take up too much room. Besides, I don't think attachments it working just yet. But as soon as it
is, I'll add photos of the enemy ships I've come across.

So instead of putting up every mission I've done, I'll give the highlites of the memorable well paying ones..... LOL Also I've been collecting wares all throughout the missions. Selling some and keeping others. Same with claimed ships.

As you know from the last time I put up a Patrol Log, I've been playing the mercenary role. I'll take any mission as long as it pays beaucoup
credits. If it doean't in one sector, I move on to where the credits are. And I've found out the more you get promoted, the more the
mission will pay in credits over and above what the Reward states.... if you're eliminating the enemy's ship, as in doing Patrols where
every ship eliminated pays. I do try to keep an accurate record of what's going on, along with screen shots to back things up that I put
on paper. Tho there are times it's hard to do with what all is going on at the time...... the enemy shoots to kill, so you gotta stay on yer toes.

And lastly I was recently "put into service" after contacting a passing mercenary ship (unknown to me at the time) and following him to a
far off sector I'd not visited before. And Bill, that Free Jump sure comes in handy to save yer bacon.

And an adimission of guilt. I didn't always keep trac of the sectors I was in. But I'm trying to fix that. LOL Tho the mission screenshots
might show what sector I was in. And I'm using Guidance and Computer Combat, maybe not kosher but still not as easy as it seems. I
also have been doing hands on combat. Tricky to say the least, but doable after a bunch time on the trigger.

Here we go...

2010-01-23
Mission 1: Kill a notorious criminal.... Reward: 1,994,939cr This paid out more than that but I was in too much of a hurry and didn't get the
final figure.

2. Mission: Patrol The Hole
Reward: 415,129 Paid: 722,449

3. Mission: Patrol Heron's Nebula
Reward: 1,226,411 Paid:1,531,098 for eliminatingh 7 Xenon ships

My account at the end of these 3 missions was 15,794,913 credits including the buying and selling of cargo and the sales of ships I claimed.

2010-01-24
10 missions upping my account to 39,868,754 credits
Mission 6: Protect Crystal Fab M alpha
Reward: 767,955cr Paid: 2,814,540cr


2010-01-27
8 missions
Mission 8: Patrol to Priest Rings
Reward: 204,138cr Paid: 1,686,863cr

2010-0128
5 missions, Account up to 58,819,479cr

2010-01-30
7 missions, one failed that was an escort mission.
Mission 5: Protect Cattle Ranch L alpha
Reward: 217,647cr paid: 4,736,420cr
Account: 67,579,911cr

2010-02-01
6 missions
Mission 6: Kill Sao t'lt in Get info from contact in Queen's Space. Fly on to Atreus Clouds and look for Pirate Osprey IM6-JD41
Reward: 3,406,885cr Paid the same amount even with eliminating the rest of his merry band of pirates.
Account: 80,472,711cr

2010-02-03
1 mission with a 16 minute time limit: Kill Fui lt in Ringo Moon
Rew: 1,401,736cr

2010-02-04
5 missions.
Mission 4: Kill Mulu Po in Tharak's Sun
Reward: 7,070,110cr Paid the same amount
Account: 98,771,348cr


2010-02-08
Mission 1: Protect Solar Plant M alpha in Cho's Defeat
Reward: 57,705cr Paid: 555,524cr
Claimed 4 ships
Account: 101,548,932cr


2010-02-12
2 missions to protect stations.
Rewards: 506,874cr and 1,006,925 cr
Paid: 3,007,255cr and 1,999,645cr
Account.105,805,313cr

2010-02-13
5 missions
Mission 2: Help Protect Teladi Trading Station in Scale Plate Green
Reward: 824,450cr Paid: 7,811,990cr
Sold claimed Xenon K for 26,473,755cr and repaired Vidar's hull
Account: 132,305,908cr
Promoted to Crusader

Mission 5: Patrol Omacron Lyre
Reward: 465,414cr Paid: 2,488,281cr for eliminating 46 Xenon ships
Account: 149,268,156cr
I sold off some additional claimed ships. Account up to 155, 047,672cr

Now the "fun" begins. This is the start of where I followed the "Exterminator" Jeson Nadina to wipe out the Kha'ak. He has taken me to Argone Sector M148 to dock at the Military Base for instructions from the Split's leader.... The Boss.

In between missions to wipe out the Kha'ak, there is time to get in a different mission to get a little rest.

2010-02-14
6 missions
Mission 1: Obtain an advanced satillite. Fly to Kha'ak Sector 931. Eject Satillite and sector center and scan Kha'ak Station.
Reward: 1.269,615cr Paid the same amount
Claimed Heavy Centaur

Mission 3: Patrol Circle of Labour
Reward: 1,666,367cr Paid: 5,552,384 cr for eliminating 36 ships
Account: 162,503,970cr

Mission 5: Protect Boron Orca
Reward: 1,846,863cr Paid the same amount
Account after 6 mmissions: 167,050,894cr

2010-02-15
4 missions, 1 escort mission failed
2 missions were in M148 eliminating the Kha'ak with one of those missions requiring me to follow a Kha scout and destroy it's base.
That completeted I saw no pay.

2010-02-16
3 missions. 2 to Kha Sector 841 and 1 misson to Kha Sector 931
All 3 paid well but the last mission paid 13,149,730cr. Highest pay to date.
Account: 187,466,875cr

2010-02-18
3 missions
1 mission to eliminate a criminal
1mission to return to Sector 931 to continue the elimination Kha'ah
Mission 3: Back again to Kha'ah Sector 931
Paid: 7,410,696cr
Account:211.356.891cr

2010-02-19
4 missions
Mission 1: fly to Unknown Sector to destroy enemy group
Paid: 7,370,064cr

Mission 3: Defend M148 from Kha'ak
Paid: 7,724,418cr

Mission 4: Fly to Kha'ah Sector 841 to destroy Kha'ah ships and Station
Paid: 6,537,772cr
Account: 234,555,760cr

2010-02-21
Mission 1: Fly to Kha'ah Sector 931 to destroy Kha'ah ships and Station
Paid: 8,759,190cr
Account: 343,439,828cr

2010-02-22
Mission 1: Defend M148
Apricot Camel taken as wing
Paid: 23,287,320cr

Mission 2: Fly to Kha'ah Sector 926 to destroy Kha'ah ships and Stations
Paid: 46,117,479cr
Account: 312,791,079cr
Lost Camel and Mammoth Battleship
Promoted to Battlemaster
Account: 312,815,400

Total Account with HQ included is now at: 350,426,890cr

[gigabyte]

Thanks for the update GT, you have been busy, and making some good coin in he process - WTG.

I was away for a couple of weeks and came back to "relearn" everything, what a mess I had, I was claiming ships and parling them everywhere, so I am selling them off and getting things organized, sloww proces but it is coming along. I did join a plot line the other day and had written up a nice big AAR for this thread, then like the mission I was reporting on I lost the whole thing when the site went down... Chet as Moe would say... I am not going to try and re create it, but the short story is, I took on a Khaak sector with a station and got my butt kicked, after a second retry I took in a carrier and a battle cruiser to do some serious Khaak A$$ woopin... The only problem was I misjudged the Hammerhead Torpodo shot and took out my own carrier - with a full flight deck of fighters still on board... can you say Chet, Chet Double Chet...

Moral of the story make sure you know where your carrier is BEFORE you fire that torpodo, I got half a mill for the mission and it cost me almost 100 Mil in lost lost hardware and some darn good pilots...

[GT182]

Yeah, I'm doing the same Mike.... getting rid of the claimed ships. At least there's good profit in it. If you're near your HQ then unload their cargo and keep it to sell separately, don't sell it with the ship.

My next venture is to setup another HQ out further in a sector like Bill has done. Tho it's a hard choice as to where, seeing I've visited over 70 sectors now.

Seeing I've lost one of my big cruisers, now I'll only take expendable fighters into battle with me. At least losing them isn't as hard to take. And I'll only use the fast ones, slow fighters will be sold off.

BTW. As of my last mission in M148, I've been turned loose. The battle was won... for now. :d

[whitehawk_2009]

I used the humble trader start a month or two ago. I had a nice fleet running before I started the Terran plot, and it payed off. I used my Iguana Vanguard and a Nova Raider I got in Legend's Home. I've got it decked out with 4x HEPTs, two PRG's and 2 PBG's. Those PBG's are GREAT against M5's! Finished the Terran plot a couple of days ago, and now have a bunch of Terran ships sitting at the Military base at the Moon.

While doing that set of missions, I've had 4 UT's running. I haven't gone into very many pirate sectors, so I don't have to worry about them jumping into one.

I've got a decent fleet going now. My mapping fleet is 3 M5's: an Octopus something I bought from someone, a pirate Harrier I capped, and now the Enhanced Jag I found.

As for fighters I've got the Nova Raider, a Mamba Raider, an Advanced Perseus and an Asp that I all keep together in my Zephyrus. Once I finish fitting it out, I'm going to use my Advanced Perseus almost exclusively and leave my leave my Nova docked.

Next on my list is getting a pair of Mistrals and use those as mobile scrap ships and pick up the stuff left over after the battles.

Then it's the HUB plot so I can get an HQ

WH

[luckydog]

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[Chacha]

That is a creepy sight!

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[luckydog]

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[Chacha]

Wow...

Imagine walking down that road.....

....

[Lionheart]

It really is mind blowing to see all those stars and think that each star could have many planets. That means multiply the stars by say 4 or 6 and you have the number of planets and stars... (if that is a good average). Figuring our system has 9, and a close one has 3.

Having Stargates would be a pretty cool thing, as well as a fleet that could fold space and go to distant Galaxies.


Bill

[Chacha]

...... I remember sitting outside on a starry night and just counting stars......

:isadizzy: - this is the closest to the smiley I can connect... to the stars...


... so much fun, relaxing.... and rejuvinating....

[luckydog]

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[Lionheart]

Awesome poem LD...



Bill

[GT182]

Patrol logs for new run of AMS missions coming soon. This is a fresh start. :d

I hated to lose all those credits but the old run just wasn't going to work even with the 2.6 upgrade. I was stuck moving from the Asteroid belt into the Mars sector, and that just caused the sim to come to a halt. Half a billion credits gone down the tubes...... Change is good as I've learnt from the first run how to make more credits even faster being a mercenary. And promotions have come faster too. Still addicted? You betchya! :d

[gigabyte]

Well Gary there would be no foul if you cheated up the credits for the new start, after all you did earn them the hard way to begin with and you are only losing them due to a fresh start... thats just my opinion, but really if you think about it you did the work abd earned the credits, and the only reason you don't have them now is because of technical issues outside gameplay...

[Lionheart]

I agree with Gig... Do it. Carry the points over.

You earned them man.....!


Bill

[GT182]

Good idea guys but there's a cartch. I've no idea how you'd carry credits over to a new start.

And did you guys carry your credits over? If you did or will, then I will too once I find out how.

[gigabyte]

Gary I most definately did, I had half a billion "HARD" earned credits and didn't feel one bit like it was cheating to use that as a starting point, I earned them all, and lost as many in hardware and pilots in combat.

The way to do it is with a script or with the Cheat package which will allow you to add credits to your pilot. If you have the Cycrow Cheat Package there is an "Add Credits to Player Account" on the main menu, if not either grab it, or let me know and I will tell you how to write a simple script to do the same thing.

[GT182]

Thanks Mike. Just got the Cheat package zip by Cyrow and have it extracted to a folder. To add it do I just copy/paste the files to the Script and T folder in main game and overwrite when prompted? Gotta make sure I do this right.

[gigabyte]

The best way to install the Cheat Package is with the Cycrow's Plugin Manager you can grab it here - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cycrow/

Before you go for that though, are you using the full AMS Mod or the X3R AMS Gunbus mod? The full MAS mod includes the Cycrow Cheat package already so you would not have to install anything new. To double check just open your ships command menu and if you have the "Custom" menu, you will see a few entries for loading /reloading Apricot Ships etc... and #4 will be Cheat Menu, open that and half way down is "Add Credits to Player Account", that's the one I use.

[gigabyte]

Well I havn't posted a "After Action Report" for a long time - and this is not going to be one...lol

I have been tweaking my X3R and getting used to it again and finally got the XTM mod set-up the way I want it, what a great job these guys did on that mod, it is easy to see why Ergosoft made it the basis for Terran Conflict.

If anyone wants to start with Reunion, I highly recommend the Xtended Mod, the visuals are amazing and extra effects are very well done. It is not easy, and there are not the simple cheats like in TC, but it is a great sim on it's own.

I'll try to post some screen shots later this week, and a little AAR once I actually complete this first mission I am on.

[whitehawk_2009]

Well, I finished the HUB plot, and moved on quickly to the PHQ plot. My gates are set up for Kingdom End/ Three Worlds, Family Whi/ Shareholder's Fourtune and Inter Worlds/ Sacred Relic

PHQ was a cinch compared to the time it took for the stock HUB plot.

I've got it set up in the Unknown Sector East of Nathan's Voyage, there are occasional incursions by Kha'ak Scouts, but a M6 patroling the sector takes care of them. It's running on reverse enginering all the unique fighters I've capped or found over the course of the game. Now I start making the ships I want into my fighter wing!

WH

[gigabyte]

Well done, I never did complete the HUB plot, I got side tracked both times I started it, I must go back for another go when I start up TC again. I am having a ball with Reunion extended right now and want to finish a few things there before I go back to TC.

I just found a totally new race and some very cool ships including a Dyson Sphere station, which just blew me away, I was so tired last night I just parked but I'll get back at it later tonight.

[gigabyte]

OK I was in one of those moods I just felt like Blowin Stuff UP!

You know what I mean, I just had the need... so I fired up X3 TC and I decided to kick some space butt! Man was that ever fun... I loaded up a save game I keep just for this purpose and jumped into my supertuned F14 and slipped over to the nearest Xenon sector, well they had themselves quite a little party going on when I arrived and I had to call in some backup. I called in my Hailstorm Destroyer and one of the Evader Corvettes - I have several but I didn't want to overdo it...

I watched with great satsfaction as the Hailstorm and the Xenon Carrier duked it out, what a site, and do those Xenon Carriers ever make a purdy fireball when they go up...lol The Evader was pretty busy with a couple of interceptors and that left me with a dozen or so fighters and scouts, which are mostly canon fodder for the F14, but it is very satsifying, and they are quick so it is not like shooting fish in a barrel or anything, there is some challenge involved. Once we got the place cleaned up I took a look around and there were 16 abandoned ships just waiting to be claimed, talk about your pay days... I also spotted 8 or 10 pilots floating around so I called in my Evader TP, I use it as an SAR ship and I ordered it to collect all Astro-Pilots, while I claimed my salvage. I rounded up all the ships and ordered them to follow, and things went well until the reinforcements arrived. The dam Xenon came back in droves just like hornets buzzing all over, so back to battle mode... It was pretty hairy for awhile I ordered the bigger salvaged ships to Fly to Sector - and left the smaller ones in Follow me mode - I knew they could not keep up so it would not be a problem. The battle was fierce, and I finally prevaled, lost a few of the claimed ships but I only took minor damage. Back to ordering the claimed ships to fly to my safe sector, it was kind of like herding cats, they were all over the place and some of them were pretty beat up, the best speed we could make in formation was 27, so it was slow going.

There was a couple more smaller battles along the way, a couple of stray Khaak patrols jumped us and the odd Pirate took a shot here and there, but we finally got most of the straglers safely to a nice well patrolled sector with a good shipyard. I sprung for repairs on all the ships then had a yard sale, it ended up at close to 10 million in sales, I figure I cleared about 6 after the cost of repairs and the missles I used in the battles, not bad for a couple hours work, and the light show was a bonus . Oh little tip here to, I discovered that you don't get anything for the freight on a ship when you sell it (in this mod anyway) so what I have been doing is exchanging out any and all cargo and weapons to one of my large Super Freighters before I sell of a ship, surprising how much money I was missing out on by selling off loaded freighters and armed ships....


I did grab some screen shots but for some reason I can't get them to load, I resized them down below min size but they fail each time I try to upload? Oh well I will get some more next time.

I do have to tell you the Transcend Reloaded Mode is like a whole new game, there is a completely different story line and a wide selecvtion of new ships, Oh and the Universe - totally redone something like 90 brand new sectors and some really amazing eye candy.

I have been messing with IL2 and LOMAC for the past week and was enjoying that somewhat, but everytime I come back to X3 it is such a blast. I can hardly wait for the superbox now, and I really hope the XTM team gets their new mode out soon, we get long winters up here but this will keep me busy.

Be careful out there folks, Live Long and Prosper...

[Lionheart]

What a great story Mike! Loved it. I felt like I was with you in battle, lol..

90 New Sectors!!!!!!!!!! Unbelieveable... I must have it.

I need some stick time in space. Watching all the episodes of Farscape, one a night, and its got me back looking at the stars again..




Bill