To be honest it wasn't a problem with turrets it was a problem with me not paying attention.And this is why I avoid turreted weapons.
Nah, I just thought fuck it and went ham on anything that bothered me.
If you get a message when you enter the restricted zone that says you should leave "to avoid sanctions" then the skimmers are clean and you'll be in bother for shooting them.Got a 24k bounty and an unfriendly rating from my first skimmer mission yesterday
Needed to blow up six of them, but only three showed.
Decided to give them some encouragement by completely smashing up their base, which turned out to belong to the people giving the quest.
Awkward, especially as I did the mission to get rep with the alliance.
New look for Rhonda the Conda
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The only way to tell is to dock at a station and look in Cartographics. You should never be more than a few jumps from a station using Road To Riches.
I need 1M Cr in Fed combat bonds to unlock Juri Ishmaak so rather than pay 20M to transport the Vette all the way back I thought I'd give the Vulture a try as I've never owned one before. Totally A-rated so nothing works until I get her engineered.
I need 1M Cr in Fed combat bonds to unlock Juri Ishmaak so rather than pay 20M to transport the Vette all the way back I thought I'd give the Vulture a try as I've never owned one before. Totally A-rated so nothing works until I get her engineered.
The place for the AHM pirate missions is Artemis Lodge in Celaeno. I was picking up missions there from Cooper Research Associates, Aegis Research, Rational Logistics, Sirius Mining, Janus Incorporated and IPSAL Project, then travelling to Hudson Observatory in HIP 17694 and picking up missions from Merope Expeditionary Fleet and Pleiades Resource Enterprise. Kill all the pirates in the HazRES or HiRES sites in Merope then claim the bounties at Alcazar's Hope because you can't claim them at Artemis or Hudson as they're both still knackered off the Goids. I was averaging 30M for a 2 hour circuit each time.
First flight of the Little Rascal. Lasers overheating after 11 seconds. This is going to take some work.
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First mod of the night: 4A FSD up to 20Ly from 14Ly.
Snyder Enterprise (TZ Arietis)
I Sola Prospect at Brestla 1 A has everything but unlike Founders World you don't need Elite status to access it.
Its a bit bizarre but your fighter pilot waits in the crew lounge when not active on your ship and the crew lounge somehow travels everywhere with you. So if you switch to a single-seat ship at one station then travel to another station half way across the galaxy to where you have a multi-crew ship you can just select your pilot from the lounge to be active on the new ship.
After an Eagle, the Vulture is an amazing ship. Downgrading from an FAS or FDL not so much.I Sola Prospect at Brestla 1 A has everything but unlike Founders World you don't need Elite status to access it.
Its a bit bizarre but your fighter pilot waits in the crew lounge when not active on your ship and the crew lounge somehow travels everywhere with you. So if you switch to a single-seat ship at one station then travel to another station half way across the galaxy to where you have a multi-crew ship you can just select your pilot from the lounge to be active on the new ship.
Don't ask me how it works!
Oh and yes, your pilot will claim their share regardless of whether they are crewing a ship or not.
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Finished engineering the Vulture. Only took all weekend! These are the specs:
Hardpoints
3E Large Burst Turret Laser - G5 Efficient + Thermal Shock
3E Large Burst Turret Laser - G5 Efficient + Thermal Conduit
Utility Mounts
0I Point Defence
0I Chaff
0A Kill Warrant Scanner - G3 Rapid Scan
0A Shield Booster - G5 Heavy Duty
Core Internals
1A Military Grade Composite - G5 Heavy Duty - total strength 1838
4A Power Plant - G5 Overcharged - 18.96MW deployed of 21.84MW available
5A Thrusters - G5 Dirty Drive Tuned
4A Frame Shift Drive - G5 Increadsed Range - minimum jump 18.61Ly maximum jump 18.82
3D Life Support
5A Power Distributor - G5 High Charge Capacity
4A Sensors - G5 Lightweight
3C Fuel Tank
Optional Internals
5C Bi-Weave Shield Generator - G5 Reinforced Shields - total strength 616.5
4D Hull Reinforcement - G5 Heavy Duty
5D Hull reinforcement - G5 Heavy Duty
2A Fuel Scoop
1E Standard Docking Computer
1C Advanced Descovery Scanner
1I Planetary Approach Suite
All in all I'm not that impressed with it really. Its woefully under-gunned and underpowered - I had to wrestle with it to get the guns to fire without cutting out after 10-20 seconds. It takes forever to refuel. The shields are weak as piss even with G5 mods.
On the plus side its very maneuverable... but thats about it. To be honest if I wanted to take something out just for fun it would be the FdL or at a pinch the FAS or FGS. But not this.
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I went Sidey->Eagle->Cobra->AspX->Clipper->Python->Conda->Vette->Cutter. I totally missed out on ships like the Vulture and Viper so now I have the cash I'm going back and filling in the gaps. So far I've got 17 ships all stored at Merope.
I've tried most of them which has cost me a fortune buying and selling.I went Sidey->Eagle->Cobra->AspX->Clipper->Python->Conda->Vette->Cutter. I totally missed out on ships like the Vulture and Viper so now I have the cash I'm going back and filling in the gaps. So far I've got 17 ships all stored at Merope.
I rarely use the Cutter. Trading and mining isn't profitable enough. The Vette is better for combat against big ships. The Cutter can't be used for exploration and its too large to be used for general purpose stuff.I've tried most of them which has cost me a fortune buying and selling.
The Cutter looks appealing now the money making schemes have dried up.
With its capacity for trading, power play and mining it is the sensible choice
