New Captain: Picking Contacts

[John Robinson]

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New Template: Picking Contacts

Starting Contacts:  A new Captain can select up to 8 Contacts from this list depending on Template Prioritty.
The first 3 Contacts you pick will appear in the home quadrant.  Contacts 4 through 8 will appear 
in quadrants within three jumps of the home quadrant.

Official Contacts list The starting picklist is a fraction of the Contacts that a Captain will discover. 
To see them all, and services offered use the link provided.

Missions: The official full definition of what a Contact expects from a successful mission.

Contact Hidden Traits. Some of your contacts may have hidden services.  Use your influence, and charm to draw them out. 

Thirteen Types of startup Contacts, and services they offer.  Choose maximum of 8 depending on Template Priority.

A

8

B

6

C

4

D

2

E

1

Contact	Missions	Intro	Rank	Edict	TPermit	B-mrkt	B-Intel	Gear	Recruit	Rtrade
Smuggler	Smuggler	x	x	x	x	yes	yes	x	x	yes
Merchant	Commercier	x	x	x	yes	x	yes	x	x	yes
Starport Mechanic	Commercier	yes	x	x	x	x	yes	x	mechanic	x
Spice Trader	Smuggler	x	x	x	x	x	yes	x	x	yes
Prince	Prince	yes	yes	yes	x	x	x	x	x	x
Ex-Bounty Hunter	Bounty	x	x	yes	x	x	yes	Wep	Bounty	x
Retired Explorer	Explore	yes	x	x	x	x	x	x	Exo-Scout	x
Fixer	Smuggler	x	yes	x	x	yes	yes	Sgear	x	x
Politician	Diplomat	yes	x	x	x	x	yes	x	Diplomat	x
Weapons Dealer	x	x	x	x	x		yes	Wep	Assassin	x
Military Officer	Military	yes	yes	x	x	x	x		Engineer	x
Intelligence Officer	Spy	x	yes	x	x	x	yes	Mgear	x	x
Diplomatic Consul	Diplomat	yes	yes	yes	x	x	yes	x	x	x

Note: There are three types of gear for sale.  Offensive (weapons), Defensive (armor), and Attributes (Thrall injector). 
You can only have one of each type, even if you have a character with 2 slots. (Device Freak trait)

Unofficial Players Guide  Additional information that might be useful.

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[drspendlove]

I never realized there were no contacts offering Armor to start out.

[Cory Trese]

wiki wiki wiki

[John Robinson]

Jul 27, 2018 14:43:30 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

wiki wiki wiki

Yeah way overdo. Read a whole paperback on it. Still a bit lost. Going for wiki online tutorial next.

I'll get there. You can teach an old dog new tricks, just takes a little longer

[John Robinson]

Jul 27, 2018 14:40:36 GMT -5 drspendlove said:

I never realized there were no contacts offering Armor to start out.

Glad you mentioned that, I couldn't remember who did.

In the old days only the Ex-mercenary, and Retired Zeno Hunter used to offer Combat Armor.

Delighted to find out Court Assassin & Judicial Counsel got added to armor vendors.

I'm definitely on the look out for a Court Assassin now!

Court Assassins also offer missions, edicts, buy intel, & recruit Assassins. Talk about your one stop shop. Wow!  Hats off to Trese Brothers. 

[John Robinson]

Jul 27, 2018 14:43:30 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

wiki wiki wiki

Forgot to come back and reply: now added to startraders.gamepedia.com/Captain_Creation page  Subsection 9

[Mikes]

Does any starting contact actually give rare trade goods? I never got any from the start, only contacts I found later on..

[drspendlove]

That might be by design. That'd be really really easy to get a strong start with.

[resistor]

Dec 20, 2018 20:42:46 GMT -5 Mikes said:

Does any starting contact actually give rare trade goods? I never got any from the start, only contacts I found later on..

Yes, but only if the starting quadrant you are in has rare trade goods.

[Mikes]

Thanks for the replies guys .

resistor
I kind of thought that was the case. Do any of the factions that start in such a quadrant, or do you have to get lucky with starting contacts outside of your quadrant?


drspendlove
Yes, but the merchant does not give anything else, so it is a useless contact if picked among the first 3.
Also you need to build up some wealth to buy a reasonable amount of rare goods and you also need to avoid pirates, which is harder during the first few levels. I would say that balances it out.

[Bariel]

If i am trying for a RTG start on a random map, I tend to pick 3 contacts that give access to RTGs, and have one of those contacts in my starting quadrant and the other 2 outside it, so that I get 3 chances to have a contact in a quadrant with RTGs.

[resistor]

Dec 21, 2018 6:51:37 GMT -5 Mikes said:

...resistor
I kind of thought that was the case. Do any of the factions that start in such a quadrant, or do you have to get lucky with starting contacts outside of your quadrant?...

It is possible for the starting quadrant to have rare trade goods. It depends on your starting faction and map seed.