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Post by slayernz on Sept 9, 2015 23:03:21 GMT -5
Breaking news - Fourth Horseman stalked by stealth cat. More details at 11.  |
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 10, 2015 6:25:15 GMT -5
Can you see him through the debris and salvage ships around Baza Prime? Rychart and DeValtos have bounties out on him; he is welcomed in the other 4 factions.
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Post by slayernz on Sept 10, 2015 7:17:21 GMT -5
I torp you for being friendly with Steel Song. I know I know - wrong thread. Nonetheless, Steel Song are a complete waste of quadrant space. The ONLY good thing they have going for them is ummmm ... ummmm ... ummm ....
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 10, 2015 7:58:51 GMT -5
Inspects the damage done by the torp. Friends with Song was coincidental. I just spent a good number of years spying on Rychart. Javat, Cadar, and Song were in spy wars with them. Thulun joined after Cadar stopped.
I have the escape shuttle and W/F tank on the Dark Messiah II (Thulun honor ship) is 2eh and 2sh already and both sails and engines are over 30, so no need to up those. I also have plenty of torp to pepper my target before closing.
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Post by poryg on Sept 10, 2015 8:27:59 GMT -5
Inspects the damage done by the torp. Friends with Song was coincidental. I just spent a good number of years spying on Rychart. Javat, Cadar, and Song were in spy wars with them. Thulun joined after Cadar stopped. I have the escape shuttle and W/F tank on the Dark Messiah II (Thulun honor ship) is 2eh and 2sh already and both sails and engines are over 30, so no need to up those. I also have plenty of torp to pepper my target before closing. Just don't make enemies with Cadar or else my Pride of Cadar will hunt you to death. My Pride of Cadar has over 260 torp kills. Only one ship has been lucky enough escape and one was lucky enough to catxh me in a deep sleep, closing distance from 100 km to 10 km. Then my Cadalock (Cadar alarm clock) sent a wakeup torpedo to me, I fell back and had anotger kill. |
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 10, 2015 9:43:53 GMT -5
This captain is Thulun, but Cadar is the highest positive rep I have. I have a permit, license, and lowest rank in all but Song and DV. Rychart I attack on sight, solar war or no.
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Post by Officer Genious on Sept 10, 2015 9:47:53 GMT -5
Inspects the damage done by the torp. Friends with Song was coincidental. I just spent a good number of years spying on Rychart. Javat, Cadar, and Song were in spy wars with them. Thulun joined after Cadar stopped. I have the escape shuttle and W/F tank on the Dark Messiah II (Thulun honor ship) is 2eh and 2sh already and both sails and engines are over 30, so no need to up those. I also have plenty of torp to pepper my target before closing. Just don't make enemies with Cadar or else my Pride of Cadar will hunt you to death. My Pride of Cadar has over 260 torp kills. Only one ship has been lucky enough escape and one was lucky enough to catxh me in a deep sleep, closing distance from 100 km to 10 km. Then my Cadalock (Cadar alarm clock) sent a wakeup torpedo to me, I fell back and had anotger kill. 260 torp kills? NICE! |
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 10, 2015 11:30:43 GMT -5
So now I have problems. Not with my pirate captain, more so the one controlling it. I love Shadowrun so, naturally, CK is screaming for me to play it. I want to get my crazy pirate up to 20 and figure out how to play a smuggler or merchant. Damn you, Trese brothers for making a in depth high replay ability game. I have 4x and am impatiently waiting ST2. I have not dug deep into 4x yet.
Back to this thread, ideas for upgrades on my Thulun Honor ship. It does not need sails or engines and I have not had any problems with the amount of torps. It already has an escape shuttle and the W/F tanks. I am a gun bunny pirate.
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Post by slayernz on Sept 10, 2015 17:54:42 GMT -5
The Thulun Honor ship is a very nice rank ship. It's one of the most accessible good quality ships around, and with the right skills, will be almost as good as the legendary Jango for all-round awesomeness. It would be great to nab Cory's simulator to see how your captain would fare against one of my established captains  |
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 10, 2015 18:08:18 GMT -5
If Cory can run it , I would give the stats needed so he could run it through. I'm a level 17 right now.
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 10, 2015 18:25:16 GMT -5
Speaking of the Jango, which one am I looking for? Is it one I can buy or have to find. I have occasionally seen Jango variations , but none beat the stats of Thulun Honor.
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Post by slayernz on Sept 10, 2015 22:38:55 GMT -5
Jango Class (Stock stats) Hull 15 Armour 6 Sales 30 Engines 30 Crew 55 Cargo 60 Torps 9 Guns 28 Actually here is a screenshot of the details:  Oh oh ... the Jango and the Slayerz NR2 are both fully upgraded so aren't necessarily a true representation. |
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 11, 2015 3:31:43 GMT -5
The Thulun stock has better engine/sail to hull ratio by just a bit and better cargo. Substantially better crew and torps vs the Jango stock.
What are you using to post ss on here?
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Post by slayernz on Sept 11, 2015 7:21:59 GMT -5
Fourth Horseman more crew = higher water consumption ... you want a lean crew to get you around efficiently, but not so much that they are literally drinking your range away. Rule of thumb ... crew should roughly equal engines + guns. you can get a way with a little less, but don't need much more than that unless you're wanting to chew through water As for torps - the Jango doesn't need torps. When you're a good pilot, the Jango will mean you can gun-bunny to your heart's content. If you're really good, the Flag of Devaltos will be just as good and that hasn't got a 2EHr. In terms of screen shots - I upload the images to one of the websites I maintain - so am lucky enough to just link to them
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Post by Fourth Horseman on Sept 11, 2015 11:50:18 GMT -5
After y'all helping me , I think I'm doing pretty well. Here are my stats thus far:
Captain :
Lvl 25
Pilot 55
Tactics 19
Stealth 14
Other stats remain where they started.
Ship (upgraded) :
Thulun honor
Hull 16
Arm 13
Eng 33
Sail 41
Crew 70
Hold 86
Gun 28
Torp 14
I don't much have an issue maintaining range and depending on the opponent (aka target) I will stand back and pepper with torp. Then close and gun the engines out. Typically after the first torp or two his sails are a wreck and can not maintain range over me worth a shit. My fuel consumption is 1.54 in red and .11 in green, I'm 9 over for total of engine and guns.
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