A list of aliens, who they are, what to do.

[BlastGT1]

Some aliens get big damage bonuses against you if you have artifacts aboard.

Seems to me, the best way to find them is by trying to avoid them. I think they can smell human fear.

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The best way to find aliens is to patrol over dead planets as early time as possible. As time progesses, patrol gets more difficult. By the time your at 1000AE, you aren't turning up squat

For finding aliens when patroling dead planets, use: Tactics + Ship Speed + Wisdom + Sails + Artifacts + Vet + Bodyguard

And be patient. You may need to patrol a dead planet many many times before finding an alien. Oh and difficulty makes a difference too. Higher difficulty = more aliens

[contributor]

@starfixer, would you ever consider writing "The Startraders Guide to Killing Aliens?" Maybe you could detail your overall strategy including xp allocation, officers, upgrades, what level you generally get to before you go looking, if and how you use caches and any other important details. I'd be curious to see you big picture strategy.

[Bamf 'DE Elise]

i believe i read that being further away from green increases your chance of encounter

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Mar 31, 2013 16:24:17 GMT -5 Bamf 'DE Elise said:

i believe i read that being further away from green increases your chance of encounter

Further from the top left section of the map (coordinate 1,1 specificly). But the most noticable increase in alien encounters is in red sectors. Captains that constantly travel in red sectors will encounter more aliens than those who stay on green sectors for the majority of their career, like spies (as spies constantly do surveillance on faction territory). And other things, like how many artifacts and other contraband you carry also don't help.

[rabidbite]

Just remember, sometimes you encounter the aliens on green areas. Heck I do, all the time, they like me ... with sauce...


rabid

[BlastGT1]

Mmm, roasted rabid rabbit.....

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"Issue the standard Cadar greeting, Ensign."
"But sir, that's one of our allies!"
"I know that, Ensign. We're confirming that the treaty is still in effect!"

[ncaoa]

Is there any way to defeat Terror Class AI through boarding? Or is the last crew member always invincible, forcing you to destroy, run, or shoot engines.

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May 21, 2013 14:35:24 GMT -5 ncaoa said:

Is there any way to defeat Terror Class AI through boarding? Or is the last crew member always invincible, forcing you to destroy, run, or shoot engines.

funny,I asked the exact same question.

you can't defeate the enemy from reducing the enemy captain health to 0 ( as there is no captain) but you can skill defeat the enemy by reducing engines to 0 from boarding or by reducing morale to 0 from boarding ( damage that you deal that isn't shown in the ship s stats is morale damage).

because of this, you probably wanna have a lot of weapons ( in addition to high board strength) as they deal alot of damage.even though terroxes area immune to weapons for board rolls ( determines whether you board or get boarded) they aren't immune to damage roles ( determines the damage you and the alien takes).

[ncaoa]

Thank you.

[rabidbite]

Looking about to see what aliens have been added and are missing from this. Probably need to update the officers involved as well.

[rabidbite]

I added the most recent alien ships list that I could find. I think either Slayernz or Fenikso made it. I am honestly not sure.

[kyleobrien]

Can you post a .xls or google doc of this please?

[contributor]

I thought maybe I had found something new. Turns out you've got it on your list. I think I've encountered every type of alien now. I think there is one that is not on your list though I'll see if I can find a picture. Also the Narvidian hive should be up with the other Narvidian ships it acts is in every way like other Narvidians.

[Fenikso]

Running away from the Narvidians, are not we?