Military Officer clarification of abilities

[Slide87]

Hi ab =) just for curiosity,i've tried a new game,on Normal,as a Military Officer =) well...It works,honestly =) i had a Tactics value of 6 i've also tried to escape from the battle,and the second waypoint is appeared(luckly in the same sector ^^)

[ab357]

I accidently reposted by last post. :$

Hum, my levels are 1, 66,42,61,65,66. I haven't bothered with explorer hence the 1. I must not be doing something right then. I'll stop blockading and spy wars to do some more kill or capture contracts to see if I can figure it out. Thanks.

[Fenikso]

I have made some screenshots for better description how to make this ability work. When I have more time I will put them up in a post.

[ab357]

Okay I've done 4 kill or capture jobs. It seems that for me with all four, they stay wherever they were when I arrived; spicehall, star dock, etc. And I am allowed to go back and retry the contract. I guess I haven't noticed because the targets apparently aren't leaving. Thanks for the info Slide, you shall be Exalted.

[ab357]

Mar 4, 2012 11:04:09 GMT -5 Fenikso said:

I have made some screenshots for better description how to make this ability work. When I have more time I will put them up in a post.

Thanks! I guess number one, I am kept busy with Solar Wars and Spice Battles.

I only take my contracts from the Military Base but I've noticed that almost all are blockades or surveillance. So I just haven't did many kill or capture jobs. I'll work a Solar War or Spy Battle first anytime. I just love how so many will be double or triple faction wars. I practically hear the slot machines ringing as I hit jackpot.

[brucethebruce]

I was able to sucessfully use the special Military Officer Surveillance.
1, Before I went into the Urban Zone, I did surveillance, and I got a message that I had gathered extra information.
2. Then I went into the Urban Zone and found my target at the Spice Hall. I engaged the bastard in battle but he got away.
3. Back out in orbit I got a message that my target was still available and I could go after him. He was at the same planet.
4. BUT before I went back into Urban, I did Surveillance again and got another message that I had gathered extra information.
*** I actually did the MO surveillance special ability 3 times on this one target before I finally completed the mission.

It worked multiple times, and the target was in a different faction ship each time. I could see how you could let the target get away on purpose if you wanted to get them in a different ship and\or different faction.

Very cool feature! Amazing that I've been playing this game for more than 6 months and I'm still discovering stuff. And I'm playing on Crazy and it's kicking my butt! If the game ever started to get easy all I have to do is move back up to Insane.

[ab357]

What level difficulty? I don't get those messages in Normal.

[Fenikso]

Mar 5, 2012 6:35:25 GMT -5 ab357 said:

What level difficulty? I don't get those messages in Normal.

For Shalun mercy, it is not influenced by difficulty .

[Fenikso]

You have to be Military Officer, Bounty Hunter, or have Predator Tracking Array to make this work.

Take a bounty hunter type of contract.



Fly to the correct contract location. Do the Surveillance as many times as needed until you get the information concerning your target.
If you have previously switched off "Operation Notifications" in the settings, it may be a good idea to enable them again.
To do successful Surveillance you must win a test using your Tactics skill influenced by Stealth, ship Speed and another factors.



Then if you let your target go, or if he runs away, you still get the "Failure" screen.



But beware that you can go back and use your gathered information to track him again. It may be a good idea to gather the information again, just in case...



And now you are ready to get the track of criminal scum once again!



Hope that helps!

[Fenikso]

@cory - it may be a good idea to make the "Information gathered regarding Contract target" exception from the "Hide Operation Notifications" setting if that is possible.

[Slide87]

well,i already knew these things,but....Great work Fenikso =)!! This kind of infos should be added in the site =)

[ab357]

Ah!!!! I just reread Fenisko's post. I have the hide operations off because on blockades it will go on forever even after closing the game. So I guess I have to stop and turn it on before taking contracts and turn it back off before doing Blockades, my main function.

Thanks Fenisko!

[blackgauntlet]

You silly old coot.

You just got smote because of this boo boo, didn't you? ;D

[ab357]

Not yet! But it's probably coming. LOL

I haven't used the feature still. When I log on there's a blockade or spy battle. I can load of my frontier freighter with 215 holds and just rack up the points while only taking artifacts. I'm at the stage where one unit of w-f gets 6 weeks on a blockade. Yeah, I think I'll play primarily MO.

Oh not only did I not get smote, I exhalted both Fenisko and Slide.