X3 Patrol Logs

[luckydog]

Luckydogalog: Stardate 2009.12.17 Sector: Nyana's Hideout

Wing Commander's evaluations coming up soon. Eight folders are spread across my desk tonite for review..........

Attachment 23027 Commander Danel....Blue wing
Ship: Boron Shark "The Hammerhead".

Attachment 23028 Commander Dingi Jung....Green wing...
Supply & Logistics
Ship: Split Elephant "Dumbo II".

Attachment 23029 Commander Untor Deezil.....Red wing
Ship: Split Raptor "Bald Eagle"

Attachment 23030 Commander Tyra Arakiba.....Orange wing
Ship: Teladi Condor "The Black Widow"

Attachment 23031 Commander Axtash.......White wing
Ship: Paranid Zeus "Juicy Lucy"

Attachment 23032 Commander Smegma......Purple wing
Ship: Argon Colosus " Virus"

Attachment 23033 Commander Anne Oakley......Gold Wing
Ship: Terran Tokyo " Peace Maker "

Attachment 23034 Commander Uriel.........Silver Wing
Ship: Nemesis " Massacree"

These evals will probably keep me up most of the night...... :isadizzy:

[Lionheart]

LOLOLOL....

Goodness..

LD, I just cant get over your powerful imagination..

....and humour.. lololol..



Bill

[Lionheart]

Havent flown in two days...............

arrgh.. I feel like I am losing my Argonian accent. I feel like my eyes are turning white again and the blue is draining out of my system.. (Must have more spice Malange... MORE!!!!!!)

Hopefully I'll get my fix tonight. Might go through all my ships and see if they are all up to Lionheart Creations specs; full armament, full program systems and trading updates, proper shields..

Fleet checkup and shake down.. Rattle some cages.. Kick some tires.. (do any of these have tires??).

Send some to the local gas station for oil changes.. (or do you send them to the proper dealerships...? Boron shipyard for the Boranian ships?)

Soon find out, lol..


Bill

[Chacha]

Havent flown in two days...............

arrgh.. I feel like I am losing my Argonian accent. I feel like my eyes are turning white again and the blue is draining out of my system.. (Must have more spice Malange... MORE!!!!!!)

Hopefully I'll get my fix tonight. Might go through all my ships and see if they are all up to Lionheart Creations specs; full armament, full program systems and trading updates, proper shields..

Fleet checkup and shake down.. Rattle some cages.. Kick some tires.. (do any of these have tires??).

Send some to the local gas station for oil changes.. (or do you send them to the proper dealerships...? Boron shipyard for the Boranian ships?)



Soon find out, lol..


Bill

Two days, just two days..... Good for you,

I haven't flown in two weeks.... Eeeks... I can feel my skin drying up... maybe developing scales, my mouth thirst, I couldn't even walk straight and I slur my speech... my hair is getting curls turning green... :mix-smi:

Eeeeks something is really wrong, now! As you know I have been fixing my computers and adding rams just getting busier...

I miss launching my ships and attacking those Khaks.... from behind and blowing them to pieces.... jumping from sector to sector and just having fun..trading (no illegals now).. Dying and blowing my ship hundred different times, and YES, I survived!

I wonder what Akeela's Beacon's weather feels like now a days....

[Lionheart]

Two days, just two days..... Good for you,

I haven't flown in two weeks.... Eeeks... I can feel my skin drying up... maybe developing scales, my mouth thirst, I couldn't even walk straight and I slur my speech... my hair is getting curls turning green... :mix-smi:

Eeeeks something is really wrong, now! As you know I have been fixing my computers and adding rams just getting busier...

I miss launching my ships and attacking those Khaks.... from behind and blowing them to pieces.... jumping from sector to sector and just having fun..trading (no illegals now).. Dying and blowing my ship hundred different times, and YES, I survived!

I wonder what Akeela's Beacon's weather feels like now a days....

lolol... Man.. 2 weeks.. How do you do it Eli..?

Did you get your RAM installed ok?


Bill

[luckydog]

Luckydogalog : Stardate 2009.12.18 Sector: Nyana's Hideout

Very quiet day..............spent most of it inspecting the ship.
Stopped by the ship's library ( one of the librarians is a real "hottie").
While pretending to search for reading material I stumbled across an old volume of poetry written by one of the early gate explorers:
Commander Alf Centauri......

Attachment 23136


Checked the book out, and tonight, back in my cabin (minus the hottie),
I did some reading.
One of my favorites: (expand)
Attachment 23137

[Craig Taylor]

Luckydogalog : One of my favorites: (expand)
Attachment 23137

Very nice!

Speed is life...

[luckydog]

Very nice!

Speed is life...

I agree......Commander Centauri was a pretty good poet.

Out here in the Great Void....speed is everything and gravity sucks !!

[Lionheart]

That is a pretty cool poem LD.

Who did that? Was it you?


No flights for me lately. Ive been spending time trying to get things working in Gmax. Still having issues..

I miss space!



Bill

[luckydog]

Luckydogalog: 2009.12.20 Sector: Midnight Star

Looks like laser tower blockade of Xenon forces from Scale Plate Green to
Grand Exchange is working out. Have yet to lose a ship since constructing the towers. As mentioned in a previous entry, the laser towers only slow down and distract.............allowing the strike force time to intercept.
Missions have consisted of nothing more than freight runs (energy cells)
and escorting egomaniacs here and there.

I'm back in my cabin tonite with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio and the book of poetry I mentioned in my last entry: "Alnilam" by Commander Alf Centauri.
(Alnilam is the middle star in the constellation Orion's belt - as seen from Earth).

Anyway..... I've come to a chapter consisting of a short "haiku" style of poetry written by Centauri.
A few of my favorites.....................Attachment 23456

Attachment 23457

Attachment 23458


Bad News: It appears that someone has brought aboard the Yaki Igpay
Virus. The ship's medics are working over-time to diagnose and quarantine.

Attachment 23459

[Craig Taylor]

Finally made it to Omicron Lyrae, where I accepted a job to escort a Terran to Heretic's End. Had to smoke a couple of pirates and some Xenon to fulfill my contractual obligations. The Terrans were suitably impressed with my work and have requested some additional support. I will consider their offer...

I also brought a portion of my fleet with me, and set my Demeter Super Hauler to sector trading nearby. I'm unsure how this works, so it will be an "interesting" experiment.

[Lionheart]

Love the Haiku's LD.

You never cease to amaze me with the wild stuff you find to post, lololol...

Surely you are already a writer..

That last photo was a bit eery.



Craig,

Welcome to Omecron Lyrae, A base location situated deep in a green nebulae, about 2 jump gates away from Terran space. There is a good shipyard there where you can buy the Mercury Super Freighters in L size (extra large)...

What do you think of the Terran stations?


Bill

[Lionheart]

DEC20_2009_AlphaDelta


Tonight I felt like making some money, so I went out and looked for side jobs. Found some delivering people, and one delivering medical supplies. I rejected the 'hauling nuclear waste'. Hard to clean out of the cargo holds, lol.. Besides, I was in my medium size, high speed, souped up Split Iguanna Vanguard, which is half people hauler and has some XL cargo pods built into the fuselage or hull. Great for running people around, but doesnt carry much cargo.

I came upon one job where I needed to pick up a abandoned ship. I figure why not. I go out and find it. Its a small, med. fighter. Very odd looking. Split design and called an Asp (snake?). I checked it out good in my space suit and thought, "Should I take it home? nah... " (bad thoughts.. . arrgh). So I called in my new Boa and loaded it aboard, then took it back to its rightful owners and collected the fee.

I liked the ship so much, I went out looking for a Split shipyard that had the Asps in stock. Found one for cheap and took that back home and outfitted it and took it out for a shake down. I kind of got carried away and did alot of updates to it, adding all the programs and equipment that a good Medium fighter would need. Then, I figured, why not take it to Xenon sector 534. :d So I did.. Had a blast trying to compete with Xenon.. (I hate it when they Bonzai me, running into my new ship.. ). I kept returning though, unable to give up. I tried some various lasers and found the Mass Drivers to work the best out of all the armament I tried against the Xenon. You have to pick up the ammunition from another station, and the guns you must get from a Special armament station, but well worth it. They are literally gatling guns and this thing holds 6 of them, and they do not use Laser generator power, so you just blast away till you run out of ammo. I could hold under 6,000 shells per gun, so I was good for a few Xenon..

Unfortunately, it was Bonsai night and they kept flinging themselves at me.. arrgh..



I feel the uncontrollable urge to go out for more.. argh.. Havent been up in a while. I think I must.. :d



LD,

Glad you found your laser weapons platform...



Bill

[Lionheart]

DEC20_2009_AlphaDelta

Mission two for the evening..

Journeyed around area's that bordered Xenon in my new Split Asp L. Found nothing, so I went into one Xenon zone and taunted them. After looking around in their sector for a bit, I decided to leave while I still could and went to another area to find bad guys that went outside of their borders.

Near the South in the middle of the Galaxy, I found some. Another Xenon sector. And when going in, to my dismay, while I was mapping their sector, some Kha-ahk came in and were whooping up on some Xenon. Yep.. Enemy versus Enemy. I took a screenshot to prove it.

I thought, why not see if this baby holds up well to Kha-ahk. It did.. Quite well. I went ripping into a Cluster craft and destroyed several of the ships attached, then finished them off. Felt good.

Decided to fly home without Jump Drive. A very long journey. About half way back, I run into pirates. I take one out in a Blast Claw, then bugger out as there are quite a number of them.

Several more sectors later, I run into 3 pirates. Well, after shooting the first one, the second one, half out, flies right into me.. I must say, I did the same thing, shooting at him all the way, hoping he would explode before impact...

No save... None..

:sniff sniff.... :

arrgh.

rats...



Bill

[pied]

X-date 20dec09:

Disappeared into the x-universe after diner and dish duty! I'm using the Apricot Mapping Service Mod and X3Reunion (maybe 'sandy paws' will bring us X3TC)...

The Crazy Pied Corp Hqrts is in Profit Center Alpha, with outliers all over the place, currently the corporation has 40 stations and something like 135 ships to keep track of....

This evenings mission, planting another 'Complex Construction' this one to create warheads. The company planning geeks choose Antigone Memorial for the planting since it had an asteroid with a 90 yield of ore. Sent the Pied Masterdon out to collect the required stations, an ore mine l, a rimes fact, a wheat farm, and the weapons component fact (and the connections).

As part of running this galaxy spanning empire the Crazy Pied Corp has taken on the responsibility of keeping Xenon sectors 347 and 472 clear for domestic traffic, so I loaded the Gunbus into the Mother and went out to 'remove' any offending Xenon. As it turns out, it just is too much for one pilot. Previously we tried a patrol of a Battle Cruiser with 4 Gunbus wingmen, they lasted a short while in sector 347 but ultimately succumbed to 4 Xenon capital ships and associated fighters (135 million credits lost!).

Tonite they tried, 3 times, to plant a new station in 347, they just won't learn. My personal Gunbus, armed with Gamma Kyon Emmiters and Beta Flak Artillery, and the Mother, also armed with Gamma Kyon Emmiters and Beta Flak Artillery (as well as 15 M3+ wingies) were able to hold the line in 347. I've decided to be less active in 472, there just isn't enough of me to go around!

On to planting the new station because making credits is the purpose, right? Met the Masterdon in Antigone Memorial and started planting, got the station built and tried to dock with it, promptly lost the Gunbus and the staion due to collision! Thank goodness I hadn't saved as building, aah hubris! I was able to go back to a save after purchasing the factories, we contacted the planning wonks and decided that we needed a sector with fewer asteroids! Tried again in Sector Eighteen Billion, successfully planted and Pied Complex Construction beta is producing.

Checked the time in the real world, holy crap 2AM! Enough x-universe for this evening.

Talk about an addiction,

Pied

[Lionheart]

Pied! My goodness man...

I never thought of putting all stations in one single grouping around a needed mine, etc. Ingenious.. I'll have to try that. Makes it totally self-perpetual.

The Xenon are feisty.. It can be fun taking out their fighters, but their capital ships really dig in well and are hard to take down. If only there were superior weapons..


Bill

[pied]

Bill,

There are various tutorials for getting the 'complex constructions' going, I have 2 so far, one producing warheads, the other producing APBEs. Placing the various components is frustrating, but the end result is a factory complex that needs only as many inputs as you decide (through your selection of factories included).

My next project is a factory that produces fighter drones, it will have 15 individual facts arranged around an asteroid... I'll have to wait until the Xenon leave me alone for awhile before i start that one though. Neither of these are my own idea, the Apricot Mapping Service Guide lays them out for you.

Pied

[Lionheart]

Whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww........!

What a night in the X Universe, lololol....

Went against a ton of pirates... Came home once in my Asp fighter with a sliver of green (Hull) left... Bandaides and duct tape keeping the hull together, lol..

Found out how to pick up debris after a space battle. No more having to spend money on missles, lol.. Just go to a zone where a battle is happening and wait. Then go in and pick up the debris. I almost filled a small freighter.

Then... I am cruising along and pass this jewelry station. I stop in and they ask me if I want to help look for treasure. Sure.. Why not. So they give me a zone to go to that I didnt have on my maps yet.. Dang! So I thought.. Hey, I wonder if I can jump there? Yep... I jumped to Senators Badlands, and also discovered Ockracokes Storm and Weavers Tempest. Some very cool sectors.

I cannot believe I have found 3 more sectors.. Dang... I thought I had found all the systems and corners of this game..


On a side note, as I had said way earlier, I was making two more Nemesis ships for a total of 4 for some interesting battles against Xenon. Well, I have 3 now, running. The 4th has another couple of hours to go before its out of the assembly hanger. Their assembly numbers of N-number registries so far end in 26, 06, and 89. (Thats how I keep track of them). I was out in 06 tonight, my latest one, which is now stocked with missles. 26 was my first girl and 89 has been my main ship for quite a while now, with tons of battles under its belt.


I really really appreciate this game.. Its kept my mind off of problems and has been a real blast...

On the last screenshot, you can see on the A-pillar on the left, the Hull readout, green, that only half of a LED readout is barely visible. Thats how close to destruction I was.

Mason, those asteroids in that one sector.. I thought you might like to see that, lol... Cant dogfight in those. Well, you could try, and if you live.. You are good!!!



Bill

[gigabyte]

Whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww........!

What a night in the X Universe, lololol....

Went against a ton of pirates... Came home once in my Asp fighter with a sliver of green (Hull) left... Bandaides and duct tape keeping the hull together, lol..

Found out how to pick up debris after a space battle. No more having to spend money on missles, lol.. Just go to a zone where a battle is happening and wait. Then go in and pick up the debris. I almost filled a small freighter.

Then... I am cruising along and pass this jewelry station. I stop in and they ask me if I want to help look for treasure. Sure.. Why not. So they give me a zone to go to that I didnt have on my maps yet.. Dang! So I thought.. Hey, I wonder if I can jump there? Yep... I jumped to Senators Badlands, and also discovered Ockracokes Storm and Weavers Tempest. Some very cool sectors.

I cannot believe I have found 3 more sectors.. Dang... I thought I had found all the systems and corners of this game..


On a side note, as I had said way earlier, I was making two more Nemesis ships for a total of 4 for some interesting battles against Xenon. Well, I have 3 now, running. The 4th has another couple of hours to go before its out of the assembly hanger. Their assembly numbers of N-number registries so far end in 26, 06, and 89. (Thats how I keep track of them). I was out in 06 tonight, my latest one, which is now stocked with missles. 26 was my first girl and 89 has been my main ship for quite a while now, with tons of battles under its belt.


I really really appreciate this game.. Its kept my mind off of problems and has been a real blast...

On the last screenshot, you can see on the A-pillar on the left, the Hull readout, green, that only half of a LED readout is barely visible. Thats how close to destruction I was.

Mason, those asteroids in that one sector.. I thought you might like to see that, lol... Cant dogfight in those. Well, you could try, and if you live.. You are good!!!



Bill

Bill do you have the Apricot Claim software for that Salvage work, it is a blessing when collecting leftovers - so much faster.

I love the shots in the asteroid fields, I have tried a few dog fights in and around them, you are right it takes luck or guts (allot of both really) to go in those at battle speed. I did get lucky on one occation I was in a real slug fest with a Xenon XL and a whole mess of Xeono J's my fighter drones and 4 wingmen (Busters - read Disposable crewmen) helped keep the little crap busy and I went at the XL. It seems they can get a case of the stupids just like the AI autopilot, I made a quick pass on the XL ducked into the asteroids and pulled up hard I was at over 700 KM's so I was moving, I came out high above him and made a strafing run down the length of the ship - man bad idea those things are well armed up top. I barely survived that pass but the Vidar held together and I went inverted pulled up hard again and came back under the big boy - lighter turret coverage on the underside (note to self - ALWAYS attack Xenon XL from the bottom first). I only got a few hits on the lower run as I had pulled the "Flip & Dip" pretty close to the big boy, but I was headed back into the asteroids so I kept going figuring I would get into the safety of the asteroid field come about and make a good run at the lower section of the XL... Well I made the safety of the asteroid field alright and was just bringing my gunship around when I noticed a big white flash... I pulled back on the throttle and spun around to where the XL should have been just in time to see the fading light of the explosion and the "SPACESAM" drifting away from the asteroid he had plowed into. Those big boys just don't have the rudder tuning to get in close.

I have been trying to find another sector with an XL or a Q I can draw into a battle close to an asteroid field but so far no luck, I will try to post some screen shots if I am successful.

[Craig Taylor]

CraigsLog, Stardate 9357.4 (pertains to the main story line, so possible spoilers):

I was hanging out at the Terran Orbital Defense Station in Heretic's End last night (yes, Bill, those things are huge! The Terrans seem to have a 'complex' about their complexes... ), when I accepted an invitiation to join their military, in some sort of 'auxiliary' capacity. Seems we Argonians see a lot more 'action' in our neck of the woods and the Terrans appreciate the experience.

I was ordered to join up with a patrol wing in a sector several jumps away. Could've made it in one if they had supplied me with the proper coordinates, but I was forced to take the 'scenic' route. Some sort of 'snafu' in the chart room, I was told. Those Terran jump gates are interesting, to say the least. The autopillok seems to need an extra bit of maneuvering to get lined up properly as compared to the gates back 'home.'

I joined up with my patrol wing just in time to get bounced by a couple of Xenon wings. Furball ensued, and they kept jumping in. Seems they had placed a nav beacon somewhere nearby and were homing in on that. Took that out for a nice pat on the back. Then word comes back that this is a diversionary attack, so we head over to where the real action is. All's quiet when we get there, but the lull was temporary. Then things got real exciting real fast. Seems I had puttered off to the area where they were jumping in. Next thing I know about five Xenon Ns and a couple of L's were all interested in ME. The story did not end in my favor. I went down guns blazing, but at least I took a few with me.

Moral of this story is that I think I am under-armed and armored, with only 3 PACs firing forward, an IRE in my rear turret, and 25 MJ of shields. Need better/more blasters and shields. It was good enough to get me here, I guess, but now I'm playing with the big boys.

[Lionheart]

Moral of this story is that I think I am under-armed and armored, with only 3 PACs firing forward, an IRE in my rear turret, and 25 MJ of shields. Need better/more blasters and shields. It was good enough to get me here, I guess, but now I'm playing with the big boys.

Craig Taylor

Craig,

I think your ship may only handle 25 MJ's of Shield. You might check your ships spec's. If you get another shield generator and no power for it, its just taking up room in your cargo area. Less room for missles and all.

Try experimenting with different weaponry. I really like the Mass Driver. You must buy ammo for it, but it doesnt take / use electrics to power it. With laser equipment and plasma throwers, you will drain your crafts power quick. The Mass Driver just keeps on going till you run out. I think they hold 9,000 rounds per unit, or however much you can put in your cargo hold.

The Concussion Plasma 'thing' will rip apart a Xenon fighter in 2 shots. Its almost ruthless to them. Mind you I have 4 (or 6) of them on my Nemesis, but man, I almost feel guilty going into battle with the poor guys. :d


Bill

[Lionheart]

Bill do you have the Apricot Claim software for that Salvage work, it is a blessing when collecting leftovers - so much faster.

I love the shots in the asteroid fields, I have tried a few dog fights in and around them, you are right it takes luck or guts (allot of both really) to go in those at battle speed. I did get lucky on one occation I was in a real slug fest with a Xenon XL and a whole mess of Xeono J's my fighter drones and 4 wingmen (Busters - read Disposable crewmen) helped keep the little crap busy and I went at the XL. It seems they can get a case of the stupids just like the AI autopilot, I made a quick pass on the XL ducked into the asteroids and pulled up hard I was at over 700 KM's so I was moving, I came out high above him and made a strafing run down the length of the ship - man bad idea those things are well armed up top. I barely survived that pass but the Vidar held together and I went inverted pulled up hard again and came back under the big boy - lighter turret coverage on the underside (note to self - ALWAYS attack Xenon XL from the bottom first). I only got a few hits on the lower run as I had pulled the "Flip & Dip" pretty close to the big boy, but I was headed back into the asteroids so I kept going figuring I would get into the safety of the asteroid field come about and make a good run at the lower section of the XL... Well I made the safety of the asteroid field alright and was just bringing my gunship around when I noticed a big white flash... I pulled back on the throttle and spun around to where the XL should have been just in time to see the fading light of the explosion and the "SPACESAM" drifting away from the asteroid he had plowed into. Those big boys just don't have the rudder tuning to get in close.

I have been trying to find another sector with an XL or a Q I can draw into a battle close to an asteroid field but so far no luck, I will try to post some screen shots if I am successful.

Mike,

Awesome details on that dogfight, lol.. I feel like I just flew with you on that mission..

I have one location for you concerning fighting Xenon and a nearby asteroid cluster... Xenon Sector 534. :d

I go there for combat training and shakedowns when testing a new fighter. There is a huge factory Xenon hanger ship there (J model?) that hangs out in the asteroids, using them as shelter. When it starts is spray of heavy weapons at you, you can dart behind asteroids for cover. Chasing the Xenon fighters into the asteroids though is 'quite invigorating'.. lol... Works better then caffiene.....

Note; there are probably 4 Q ships there and a gazzillion Xenon fighters.. I zero'ed out the fighters twice and they just keep replicating.. dang things.


Bill

[Craig Taylor]

I think your ship may only handle 25 MJ's of Shield. You might check your ships spec's. If you get another shield generator and no power for it, its just taking up room in your cargo area. Less room for missles and all.

I know there are limitations on what you can carry and power. I thought I had read that my Nova can handle up to 3 25 MJ shield modules. I'll double check when I get back. Up to now, 25 MJ had been plenty...

I've got this Buster Sentinel I've been using as a remote scout, running around with 2 mass drivers on it. I may have to 'borrow' them. I was hoping I'd find some better weapons available before I got here. May have to double back to Omicron Lyrae to check out what's available at the equipment dock.

[Lionheart]

DEC22_2009_AD_2342985t

Whewwwwwwwwwwwww.................


Tonight, I took down a Kha-Ahk Corvette!

Now, first, I didnt know that GM went and sold Corvette division to an alien group, and that they used the name to create weapons of mass destruction and huge class star ships.. But yep.. Blame it on GM.. Goof balls..

So I shot it down.. But only after it shot me down 4 times..

Yep! Pick on me, would yah! I'll get you eventually...


:d


EDIT: I added some screenshots of the Corvette. Note; if you come across one of these and take it on, do not be near it when it explodes. This thing will take you out with it. I blew up with it about 3 times.

Bill

[Lionheart]

Hey all,

Tonight was just going to be exploring, fixing up ships, making sure all freighters were running properly, etc. Tinkered with guns layouts and figured out how to set guns to diff selection centers, etc...

Then decided to explore and look for gates I may have missed. While out in a small fighter, I get this message from a girl in trouble, female alien. I have heard this woman's distress calls many times, but always in the middle of fighting Xenon. This time, nothing was going on, so I interact with her. I am told to go rescue her friends at a certain Xenon Core...

It is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quite an adventure. I will say no more. I did take some screenshots though as well as some screenshots before I found this adventure mission...



Bill