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Star Traders: Frontiers Update #148: Xeno Ruins May 11, 2019 10:10:46 GMT -5 grävling likes this

Post by John Robinson on May 11, 2019 10:10:46 GMT -5

Plague Ward: Thanks! Also a great space saver, so I don't have to use an extra slot for a prisoner.
+4 jump cost is manageable.

Era-3 If (Ship + Doctor) medical rating is higher than crew number, immunizes crew against plague, and keeps the crew from spreading the disease to uninfected planets.
This ward is a big help to captains that don't have a large slot to spare, but do have a medium slot, for adding a combat medical unit.

Card mini game: What a great idea! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for Spies. (A common choice of mine).

This really is a big one. It will take a couple of months to try out all the new features. Great Job!

Last Edit: May 11, 2019 10:44:56 GMT -5 by John Robinson

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Concussion Grenade: Make consistent with update #146 ? May 3, 2019 15:57:45 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on May 3, 2019 15:57:45 GMT -5

May 3, 2019 12:25:25 GMT -5 fallen said:

No, we cannot change the Soldier one. I looked closely at that, but to do it we'd have to reduce its Stun % which I think would be a real loss.

Absolutely. Losing the stun would be disastrous. Thanks

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Concussion Grenade: Make consistent with update #146 ? May 3, 2019 4:16:04 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on May 3, 2019 4:16:04 GMT -5

fallen Update 146 Balance

With Update #146, we've modified both the Bio-Poison and Smoke Bomb grenades to allow use from slot 2, making them better in line with other grenades a more versatile for their high Initiative cost.
Read more: startradersrpg.proboards.com/thread/19050/traders-frontiers-update-famous-hunters?page=1#ixzz5mqoZgIan

All grenade attacks cost 16 initiative.

Could you make the same change to Soldier(8), Concussion Grenade? To use it from slot-2? Supplementary note; Combat team members in slot-1 frequently suffer knock-back attacks.

Soldier(8)

Concussion Grenade

Grenade Attack hits 2 targets with 20-30 Morale dmg and Causes 50% Stun, -4 Initiative for 3 Turns

16 Initiative

Last Edit: May 3, 2019 4:17:13 GMT -5 by John Robinson

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Is Commander job worth the investment for a combat officer? Apr 8, 2019 15:23:27 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Apr 8, 2019 15:23:27 GMT -5

resistor

I'm no expert, but here's what happened for me.

The Commander talents and primary skill are aligned with command. So I always thought of Commanders
as ship support characters. However I did take one of my combat team (officer) to commander(11)
for these reasons.

Scorn: I learned from Xeno attacks. They have Scorn. Combined with other debuffs, paralyzed my first 2 slots
then slaughtered them. Worked pretty darn good for me against human targets. Reducing 2 target -25%
deflection makes them vulnerable to piercing attacks, but the 2 target -4 initiative for the low cost of 8 initiative
cannot be beat.

Here's a great way to use it: Soldier Slot(1) uses concussion grenade hits 2 targets with -4 initiative, then
Commander uses Scorn. Now the first 2 slots have lost -8 initiative for 2 turns.

Barked Order: The only other character that can reach slot(3) with a knock-back attack is the sniper with
staggering hit. But the sniper must already have stealth-mode on to use it. Enemy snipers start in slot-4.
Hitting the target in slot-3 forces enemy snipers out of position.

Bolster: Nearly makes your commander immune to morale break effects during combat. Very low cost of 6 init,
you can use it and have plenty init left over to launch your own attacks.

Commander(11)	Scorn	command hits 2 targets causes -4 Initiative,	x o o o \| T T x x	Init 8
		-25% Deflection for 2 Turns.

Commander(5)	Barked Order	Causes -25% All Accuracy, -25% All Damage for 3 T	x o o o \| K K K x	Init 12
		knocks target back 1 slot

Commander(8)	Bolster	Removes all Debuffs; Restores (30 + 0 Com) Morale	D & B	Init 6

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Starting Contacts: Priority A & B Inner torment Apr 8, 2019 9:02:17 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Apr 8, 2019 9:02:17 GMT -5

Apr 7, 2019 15:39:58 GMT -5 fallen said:

John Robinson - it is absolutely a bug and I'll put some more priority on getting it fixed for you. Apologies. It is not intended.

I couldn't make up my mind to post this as a bug or a suggestion. So it ended up in this sub-forum.

It's not impossible to work around. I was able to make some mid game adjustments.

Team Vagabond has hit level-32 now. I'm using what I learned, and adjusting for the problem in my next team.

Can you flag this thread to "sink". That arrow pointing down thing that buries the thread?

I'm grateful for your help, and feel guilty for bringing it up at such a busy time.

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Starting Contacts: Priority A & B Inner torment Apr 7, 2019 15:22:07 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Apr 7, 2019 15:22:07 GMT -5

Thanks for the advice. It doesn't really help solve the problem at hand.

When I start a new template and sacrifice Priority-A to get 8 contacts, I want 8 I can use turn 1.
You always start in home system with Prince Faen in need of money and influence.

Here is an example of the detailed planning that goes into creating a new Captain Template and the supporting team.

Team Vagabond

SPOILER: Click to show

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Team Vagabond

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN	Merchant(16)	Diplomat(16)	Doctor(12)
	Tac(5), Com(7), Neg(11)	Neg(14), Intim(9)	Tac(2), Doc(12), Com(4)
Bonus	+10 Negotiate, +5 Com	Charisma(32), +1 Wis	$ +10% all trades

XP	LVL	Rank	TP	Talent	Req	wks	Startup
0	1	Merch 1	1	__Bank			1. Fixer	Steel
50	2	Dip 1	0	x__Winning Comp	dip 1	3	2. Intel-Officer	Steel
150	3	Mer 2	1	__Market Confid	mer 1	9	3. Gestalt Explorer	Steel
275	4	mer 3	0	x			4. Politician	D-Val enemy
400	5	mer 4	0	x			5. Ex Bounty-H	Steel
600	6	mer 5	1	__Cordial Invitation	mer 5	3	6. Salvage Broker	Steel
800	7	mer 6	0	x			7. Ex Mercenary	D-Val enemy
1,000	8	mer 7	1	__Generosity	mer 5		8. Princess	D-Val enemy
1,200	9	mer 8	0	x			3 of starting 8 contacts	worthless
1,500	10	mer 9	0	x			Paladin Cruiser
1,900	11	mer 10	0	x			A - Contacts(8)
2,350	12	mer 11	1	__Lucrative Whole	mer 11	9	B - Skills
2,800	13	Dip 2	0	x			C - Ship
------->	--->	dip 3	0	x			D - Attributes
3,300	14	dip 4	1	__Bank for dip 5			E - Merchant 1
3,800	15	dip 5	0	x__Upstaged-S	dip 5	9	Max Crew 30
------->	--->	Doc 1	0	x			Upgrade to Barrack 4
4,440	16	doc 2	0	x			Max Officers 5
5,000	17	doc 3	1	__Righteous Profits	mer 11		Add 1 Off quarters
5,700	18	doc 4	0	x
6,400	19	doc 5	0	x
------->	--->	doc 6	0	x
7,200	20	doc 7	0	x
------->	--->	doc 8	0	x
8,000	21	Dip 6	1	__Gener-Service	doc 8	9	medrate > econ =+rep
9,000	22	dip 7	0	x
10,000	23	dip 8	0	x
12,000	24	dip 9	0	x
13,000	25	dip 10	1	__Bank Dip 11	bank
14,000	26	dip 11	0	x__Political Hooks	dip 11	3	Conflict bonus
15,000	27	dip 12	0	x
16,000	28	dip 13	1	__Hand that Feeds	dip 5	3	Morale bonus paid
18,000	29	dip 14	0	x
20,000	30	dip 15	1	__Life Saver	doc 5	9wk	life saver
22,000	31	dip 16	1	__Bold Statement	mer 11	9wk	bonus rep trade ban
16,000	32	Doc 9	1	__Friendly Banter	mer 1	13wk	Char% = new contact
28,000	33	doc 10	0	x
31,000	34	doc 11	0	x
34,000	35	doc 12	1	__Wise Counsel	mer 1	3wk	autopass Neg test
38,000	36	Mer 12	0	x
42,000	37	mer 13	1	__Known Trader	mer 1	3wk	Discount trade lic
47,000	38	mer 14	0	x
52,000	39	mer 15	0	x
60,000	40	mer 16	1	__Silver Tongue	dip 1	3wk	Rank Discount
Total	40	44	16

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+	OFFICER-1

OFFICER-1	Doctor(12)	Soldier(20)	Exo-Scout(8)	Slot 1
	Tac(2), Doc(12), Com(4)	Rifle(17), Evade(10)	Rifle(5), Evade(3), Explr(5)	Init (11-21) +2
Bonus	+5 Doc, +2 Init	Extra Gear slot

XP	LVL	Rank	TP	Talent	Req	x x x x \| x x x x	Init
0	1	Doc 1	1	__Bank
50	2	Sol 1	0	x__Roaring Barrels	sol 1	x x o o \| o o x x	wep
150	3	Exo 1	1	__Aggressive Advance	exo 1	A A A x \| x o o o	wep
275	4	sol 2	0	x
400	5	sol 3	0	x
600	6	sol 4	1	__Field Surgery	doc 1	D & Add HP	10
800	7	sol 5	0	x
1,000	8	sol 6	1	__Bank for Sol 8
1,200	9	sol 7	0	x
1,500	10	sol 8	0	x__Concussion Grenade	sol 8	x x x o \| T T x x	16
1,900	11	exo 2	0	x
2,350	12	exo 3	1	__Frontline Brave	sol 8	+2 Init Team	12
2,,800	13	exo 4	0	x
3,300	14	exo 5	1	__Blowback	sol 5	x x x o \| K K o o	wep
3,800	15	exo 6	0	x
4,400	16	exo 7	0	x
5,000	17	exo 8	1	__E-Shock Grenade	exo 8	x x o o \| T T x x	16
5,700	18	Doc 2	0	x
6,400	19	doc 3	0	x
7,200	20	doc 4	0	x
8,000	21	doc 5	1	__Discipline	sol 1	D&B	6
9,000	22	doc 6	0	x
10,000	23	doc 7	0	x
12,000	24	doc 8	0	x
13,000	25	Sol 9	1	__Generous in Service	doc 8	+rep > econ	9wk
14,000	26	sol 10	0	x
15,000	27	sol 11	0	x
16,000	28	s 12	1	__Know Thy E (Xeno)	exo 8	o o o o \| o o o o	wep
18,000	29	s 13	0
20,000	30	s 14	1	__Burrowing Shot (Xeno)	exo 8	o o o o \| o o o x	1.5w
22,000	31	s 15	0	x
25,000	32	s 16	1	__Treat Wounded	doc 1	Ship heal crew	6wk
28,000	33	s 17	0	x
31,000	34	s 18	0	x
34,000	35	s 19	0	x
38,000	36	s 20	0	x
42,000	37	Doc 9	1	__Life Saver	doc 5	Obvious	9wk
47,000	38	doc 10	0	x
52,000	39	doc 11	0	x
60,000	40	doc 12	1	__Fearsome Charge	sol 11	o o o x \| o o o x	wep
Total	40	40	14

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+	OFFICER-2

OFFICER-2	Swordsman(18)	Pistoleer(11)	Military Officer(11)	Slot 2
Stats	Blades(16), Evade(9)	Pistols(11), Evade(6)	Pist(5), Tac(3), Com(9)	Init (13-24) +0
Bonus	+5 Evade, Ex-Military	+5% Acc/Armor	+10% all dmg	Highbrow

XP	LVL	Rank	TP	Talent	Req	x x x x \| x x x x	Init
0	1	Swd 1	1	__Bravery Line	swd 1	On Init +3 I
50	2	Pist 1	0	x
150	3	pist 2	1	__Slashing Retreat	swd 1	x x R R \| o x x x	wep
275	4	pist 3	0	x
400	5	pist 4	0	x
600	6	pist 5	1	__Tricky Gunplay	pist 5	x o o o \| o o o x	2xw
800	7	Mil 1	0	x
1,000	8	Swd 2	1	__Tactical Edge	mil 1	targ +4 I, Push	6
1,200	9	swd 3	0	x
1,500	10	swd 4	0	x
1,900	11	swd 5	0	x
2,350	12	Mil 2	1	__Flash Fury	swd 5	x x o o \| K K x x	wep
2,,800	13	mil 3	0	x
3,300	14	mil 4	1	__Bank Mil 5
3,800	15	mil 5	0	x__Leader in the Ranks	mil 5	D & B Team	12
4,400	16	Pist 6	0	x
5,000	17	pist 7	1	__Damning Aim	mil 5	x o o o \| o o x x	wep
5,700	18	mil 6	0	x
6,400	19	mil 7	0	x
7,200	20	mil 8	0	x
8,000	21	mil 9	1	__Steely Authority	mil 8	2 targ super buf	12
9,000	22	mil 10	0	x
10,000	23	mil 11	0	x
12,000	24	pist 8	0	x
13,000	25	Swd 6	1	__Boarding Rush	mil 11	On init +4 Init
14,000	26	swd 7	0	x
15,000	27	swd 8	0	x
16,000	28	swd 9	1	__Advancing Front	pist 8	x A A x \| o o x x	wep
18,000	29	swd 10	0
20,000	30	swd 11	1	__Terrifying Accuracy	pist 8	x x o o \| o o x x	wep
22,000	31	Pist 9	0	x
25,000	32	pist 10	1	__Raining Steel	pist 1	On Init +3I & C
28,000	33	pist 11	0	x
31,000	34	swd 12	0	x
34,000	35	swd 13	0	x
38,000	36	swd 14	0	x
42,000	37	swd 15	1	__Sharp Counter	swd 1	x x o o \| o o x x	1.5w
47,000	38	swd 16	0	x
52,000	39	swd 17	0	x
60,000	40	swd 18	1	__Bladesman Rally	swd 8	D & B + Morale	6
Total	40	40	14

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+	OFFICER-3

OFFICER-3	Pistoleer(18)	Spy(11)	Explorer(11)	Slot 3
Stats	Pistol(16), Evade(9)	Pist(3), Stl(7), Elect(6)	Tac(3), Com(5), Neg(9)	Init (13-25) +0
Attrb & bonus	+6 Pistols, +5 Tac	Char(20), Wis(24)

XP	LVL	Rank	TP	Talent	Req	x x x x \| x x x x	Init
0	1	Pist 1	1	__Bank
50	2	Spy 1	0	x__Disappearing Act	spy 1	+2 I & stl on	8
150	3	spy 2	1	__Shadowed Fire	spy 1	o o o x \| o o o o	wep
275	4	spy 3	0	x
400	5	spy 4	0	x
600	6	spy 5	1	__Distracting Shots		x R R x \| o o o x	wep
800	7	spy 6	0	x
1,000	8	spy 7	1	__Bank for spy 8
1,200	9	spy 8	0	x__Sneak Attack	spy 8	o o o x \| o o o o	wep
1,500	10	Pist 2	0	x
1,900	11	pist 3	0	x
2,350	12	pist 4	1	__Bank for pist 5
2,,800	13	pist 5	0	x__Tricky Gunplay	pist 5	x o o o \| o o o x	2xw
3,300	14	pist 6	1	__Raining Steel	pist 1	On Init +2, 15C
3,800	15	Spy 9	0	x
4,400	16	spy 10	0	x
5,000	17	spy 11	1	__Killer's Aim	spy 11	+2 I, 35% C	6
5,700	18	Pist 7	0	x
6,400	19	pist 8	0	x
7,200	20	pist 9	0	x
8,000	21	Expl 1	1	__Fading Shot	pist 1	x x R R \| o o x x	wep
9,000	22	expl 2	0	x
10,000	23	expl 3	0	x
12,000	24	expl 4	0	x
13,000	25	expl 5	1	__Reduced Exposure	exp 5	remove card	3wk
14,000	26	expl 6	0	x
15,000	27	expl 7	0	x
16,000	28	expl 8	1	__Legacy Seeker	exp 8	repl & reward	3wk
18,000	29	expl 9	0
20,000	30	expl 10	1	__Bank for Expl 11	bank
22,000	31	expl 11	0	x__Driven Prospector	exp 11	rep with success	3wk
25,000	32	Pist 10	1	__Rarest Find	exp 11	rep w reward	9wk
28,000	33	pist 11	0	x
31,000	34	pist 12	0	x
34,000	35	pist 13	0	x
38,000	36	pist 14	0	x
42,000	37	pist 15	1	__Digging Deeper	exp 11	30% + find	6wk
47,000	38	pist 16	0	x
52,000	39	pist 17	0	x
60,000	40	Pist 18	1	__Dueler's Stance		D & B	6
Total	40	40	14

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+	OFFICER-4

OFFICER-4	Soldier(14)	Spy(11)	Sniper(15)	Slot 4
Stats	Rifle(13), Evade(7)	Pist(3), Stl(7), Elect(6)	Rifle(10), Evade(5), Stl(7)	Init (14-27) +0
Bonus	Berserk +15% Dmg / Crit	Spice Addict	Use Only one On Init talent	Trick of the Eye

XP	LVL	Rank	TP	Talent	Req	x x x x \| x x x x	Init
0	1	Sol 1	1	__ Bank Spy 1
50	2	Spy 1	0	x__Disappearing Act	spy 1	o o o x \| Stl on	8
150	3	Snip 1	1	__Bullet Trace	snip 1	o o x x \| o o x x	wep
275	4	snip 2	0	x
400	5	snip 3	0	x
600	6	snip 4	1	__Bank Snip 5
800	7	snip 5	0	x__Staggering Hit	snip 5	o o x x \| K K K K	1.5 w
1,000	8	Spy 2	1	__Vanishing Act	snip 1	R R R x\| Stl on	8
1,200	9	spy 3	0	x
1,500	10	spy 4	0	x
1,900	11	spy 5	0	x
2,350	12	spy 6	1	__Close Observation	spy 1	= C trait 29%	18wk
2,,800	13	spy 7	0	x
3,300	14	spy 8	1	__Discipline	sol 1	D & B	6
3,800	15	spy 9	0	x
4,400	16	spy 10	0	x
5,000	17	spy 11	1	__Killer's Aim	spy 11	o o o \| Attk Buff	6
5,700	18	Snip 6	0	x
6,400	19	snip 7	0	x
7,200	20	snip 8	0	x
8,000	21	snip 9	1	__Bank Snip 11
9,000	22	snip 10	0	x
10,000	23	snip 11	0	x__One-Shot	snip11	o x x x \| o o o o	2xw
12,000	24	snip 12	0	x
13,000	25	snip 13	1	__Bank for Snip 15
14,000	26	snip 14	0	x
15,000	27	snip 15	0	x__Trick of the Eye	snip 15	On Init stl on
16,000	28	Sol 2	1	__Data Haul	spy 8	I & C-Inf bonus	3wk
18,000	29	sol 3	0
20,000	30	sol 4	1	__Cloak and Dagger	spy 11	mission success	3wk
22,000	31	sol 5	0	x
25,000	32	sol 6	1	__High Stakes	spy 11	30% intel bons	6wk
28,000	33	sol 7	0	x
31,000	34	sol 8	0	x
34,000	35	sol 9	0	x
38,000	36	sol 10	0	x
42,000	37	sol 11	1	__Backline Leader	sol 5	Team Buff	10
47,000	38	sol 12	0	x
52,000	39	sol 13	0	x
60,000	40	sol 14	1	__Scouring Search	spy 5	card intel	3wk
Total	40	40	14

1.) Spy Disappearing Act stealth mode lasts 3T. Snip vanishing act lasts 2 turns and retreats.
To really get a good setup, the sniper needs 3T stealth, notice how long Snip(15) until
you get On Init Trick of the eye which lasts 3T.

2.) Spy 11, Killer's Aim adds 3 turns with +2 Init, +35% Crit, & 20% AP. (preq stl mode)
When officer-4 hits lvl(17) keep this on all the time.

3.)Officer-4 has berserk trait adding 15% damage & crit to all attacks. (One shot maybe very effective)

4.) Officer-4 has 3, +2 initiative talents, if all 3 are on at the same time get +6 init for 2 rounds?

5.) Staggering Hit is sniper''s main attack until lvl(23) when one shot comes online.

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After purchasing Vegence class ship

+	OFFICER-5

OFFICER-5	Doctor(8)	Scavenger(17)	Explorer(15)
Stats	Tac(1), Doc(8) Com(3)	Rep(9), Doc(5), Expl(10)	Tac(5), Elect(7), Expl(10)
Promoted Doctor	lvl(5)

XP	LVL	Rank	TP	Talent	Req	wk
0	1	Doc 1	1	__Medical Staff	doc 1	3
50	2	Scav 1	0	x
150	3	Expl 1	1	__Gut Instinct	expl 1	3
275	4	Doc 2	0	x
400	5	doc 3	0	x
600	6	doc 4	1	__Bank Doc 5	bank
800	7	doc 5	0	x__Life Saver	doc 5	9
1,000	8	doc 6	1	__Bank for Doc 8
1,200	9	doc 7	0	x
1,500	10	doc 8	0	x__ Generous in Serv	doc 8	9
1,900	11	Expl 2	0	x
2,350	12	expl 3	1	__Bank Expl 5	bank
2,,800	13	expl 4	0	x
3,300	14	expl 5	1	__Reduced Exposure	expl 5	3
3,800	15	Salv 2	0	x__Unseen Traces	expl 5	18
4,400	16	salv 3	0	x
5,000	17	salv 4	1	__Bank for salv 5
5,700	18	salv 5	0	x__Light-Foot Tracker	salv 5	3
6,400	19	Expl 6	0	x
7,200	20	expl 7	0	x
8,000	21	expl 8	1	__Legacy Seeker	expl 8	3
9,000	22	Salv 6	0	x
10,000	23	salv 7	0	x
12,000	24	salv 8	0	x
13,000	25	Expl 9	1	__Bank for Expl 11
14,000	26	expl 10	0	x
15,000	27	expl 11	0	x__Driven Prospector	expl 11	3
16,000	28	Salv 9	1	__Patchwork	salv 8	6
18,000	29	salv 10	0
20,000	30	salv 11	1	__Scrappy Recovery	salv 11	3
22,000	31	Expl 12	0	x
25,000	32	Expl 13	1	__Rarest Find	expl 11	11
28,000	33	Expl 14	0	x
31,000	34	Expl 15	0	x
34,000	35	Salv 12	0	x
38,000	36	salv 13	0	x
42,000	37	salv 14	1	__Digging Deeper	expl 11	6
47,000	38	salv 15	0	x
52,000	39	salv 16	0	x
60,000	40	salv 17	1	__Rescue Mission	salv 11	3
Total	40	40	14

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SPOILER: Click to show

A.) In this case selecting 8 contacts with De Valtos resulting in enemy.
One of the D.V. contacts would have allowed me to recruit doctors. One to recruit Diplomats.
I really needed to recruit diplomats to control intimidation tests. Diplomats have High Intimidation skills.
I really wanted to recruit more doctors early in the game because of constant multiple medical failures during flight.
It took along time to generate a contact that provided either service, got hammered with costly failures.

B.) Failing Intimidation tests while traveling: Big impact on crew morale, more time in spice
dens, increased desertion, damage to ship. Pretty much every time you fly, you get multiple
intimidation failures. So I found myself paying for spice and repairs almost every time I landed
on a planet.

Last Edit: Apr 7, 2019 15:23:45 GMT -5 by John Robinson

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Starting Contacts: Priority A & B Inner torment Apr 7, 2019 12:55:57 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Apr 7, 2019 12:55:57 GMT -5

New Template Contacts Priority A and B.

When creating a new template. I need to get what I payed for.

Princess Aetaan constantly wrecks my brand new templates when I want to start with more contacts than 4.

Getting less variety in contacts is a valid argument.

It is far worse to risk getting assigned an enemy contact on turn 1 of a new game.

If template = new,

and player selects Contacts = Priority-A or B.

Then Assign all starting contacts to the faction selected by the Player.

This will prevent starting contacts from being assigned to Princess Aetaan's syndicate or house.

What about Variety?

Once the game starts contacts are easy to generate outside of your selected faction.

There are in-game talents that automatically generate new contacts outside of your home faction.
Even crew can find them for you. For example Etech's Listening Post, or Navigator's Talk of Far Worlds.
Recruiting a merchant. Buying an introduction. Accepting Help my friend missions. There are more I've not listed.

How I tested:
This problem is not a "one off". I've run over 20 specific tests after discovering just what a problem this is for me.

1.) Create new template, any faction, create any map, Select Contacts priority A or B.

2.) Fly to pickup Arbiter Estelle Brookstrom. Then Prince Faen will show up in your contacts list.

3.) Look at Prince Faen's information to find out which faction belongs to Princess Aetaan.

4.) Check your starting contacts to see which ones are aligned with same faction as Aetaan.
Now you know which starting contacts & services you planned for are not available.

5.) Exit game repeat steps 1 through 4.

There are only 5 Priorities when starting a new template.
If a starting contact is assigned to Princess Aetaan's syndicate or house. You can't use the contact.

The sliding scale for starting contacts makes getting assigned enemy contacts
even more harmful to new Captains.

A =	8
B =	6
C =	4

fallen I know you guys are already working on this. My average new template is getting no where near a 90% chance of not
getting a starting contact assigned to Aetaan. Maybe after this huge wave of development for small craft?

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Beautiful Inspiring artwork encounter Mar 31, 2019 13:02:43 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 31, 2019 13:02:43 GMT -5

I completely forgot. My wallpaper for over a year? The black sands world with the weird monolith towers that lightning
storm is hitting.

Gotta go back take a look at all of them. Definitely doing the Orbital for awhile..

(Ever since the updated buff Vraes came out, it has remained P's wallpaper.)

Edit: Just set wallpaper to orbital, looks great! and does not clash with desktop icons.
love the zip folder name "Righteous Fallen"

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John Robinson HeroesOfSteel [ Star Traders Exec Producer & Elite Patreon & Battleforce & 4X &Heroes Supporter ] Balgair city rat looking for the most interesting trash Posts: 2,233	Beautiful Inspiring artwork encounter Mar 31, 2019 5:39:24 GMT -5 LordofSyn and grävling like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by John Robinson on Mar 31, 2019 5:39:24 GMT -5 fallen Beautiful & Inspiring. If reincarnation exists. I hope to live out my days on this orbital station.

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Interesting map seeds Mar 29, 2019 7:59:53 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 29, 2019 7:59:53 GMT -5

Map Seed st-v01-24-2-152664799 24 Quadrants Max Density

1.) Playing for Steel Song.
Home quadrant center map (green circle)
Planets: Cadar-1, Thulun-2, Steel Song-8, Moklumnue-1, Zenrin-1, 4 Contacts.

2.) Princess Aetaan main enemy of Prince Faen is DeValtos, and does not
have a navigational choke point on Steel Song.

3.) Southwest bottom Steel Song wilderness quad, includes 4 independent systems.
This might be a good place to discover and sell artifacts?

4.) More detailed information will be published in next team post.

#	Faction	Quad	Zones	Sys
1	DeValtos	2	26	23
2	Cadar	3	27	27
3	Rychart	5	37	34
4	Thulun	3	33	30
5	Javat	2	21	19
6	Steel Song	3	36	34
7	Moklumnue	2	21	19
8	Alta Mesa	2	24	21
9	Zenrin	2	17	16

Screen capture of Quadrant Map

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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2019 6:51:25 GMT -5 by John Robinson

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Trader's Reciprocity possible bug? Mar 29, 2019 3:53:14 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 29, 2019 3:53:14 GMT -5

Trader's Reciprocity

Is my understanding incorrect about how this is supposed to work?

I have a Cadar trade permit 4.

I land on Cadar Prince Faen's world in my home quadrant.

I have 3 other Cadar contacts on different worlds in the same quadrant.

I repeatedly made trades over $5,000 on Prince Faen's exchange

Only Prince Faen gained reputation. The other three contacts received zero reputation gain.

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Set New Template Contacts not equal to Aetaan's Faction Mar 19, 2019 1:32:01 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 19, 2019 1:32:01 GMT -5

Mar 18, 2019 22:29:32 GMT -5 fallen said:

Yep, it can happen still based on the exact map. A lot of work has been done to prevent it, but there are endless map variations, so its still on our list to get it 100%.

"How cool is that?, they think of everything" happens all the time when I'm playing.

STF a diamond with 10,000 facets. There is no 100%. Sorry about that, little bit embarrassed now for asking.
Watching thousands of lines of code stream on a console, while a developer explains game features is a once in a
life time twitch experience.

Not to mention the art and animation. The towers on the sea has been my wallpaper
since the day it came out. Now I land on planets with even more impressive art. Would love to get my hands on a few more
of those images. It's the little touches too. I remember seeing my first salvage orbital. From the viewing distance the electric
arc must be huge.

Am I getting a little jaded to the miraculous?

Thanks guys

Last Edit: Mar 19, 2019 1:47:22 GMT -5 by John Robinson

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Set New Template Contacts not equal to Aetaan's Faction Mar 18, 2019 20:54:02 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 18, 2019 20:54:02 GMT -5

Request for: New Template Starting Contacts Only.

Player selected starting Contacts not be assigned to Princess Aetaan's Faction

New Template: I assigned high Priority-B to get 6 starting Contacts.

We only have 5 Priorities when setting up a new template, and must choose wisely.

Prince Faen and Princess Aetaan are always mortal enemies when you start a new game.

I selected De Valtos, the game assigned Prince Faen. Princess Aetaan was randomly assigned to Rychart.

My automatic allegiance to Prince Faen will generate hundreds of negative reputation points with Rychart.

My Ex-Mercenary is assigned to Rychart. Essentially eliminating my access to contact five services.

This is how the game assigned the 6 contacts I selected when creating the new Template.

1. Merchant	De Valtos	4. Politician	De Valtos

2. Smuggler	De Valtos	5. Ex-Mercenary	Rychart	(Princess Aetaan)

3. Fixer	De Valtos	6. Starport Mechanic	Cadar

Last Edit: Mar 18, 2019 21:04:25 GMT -5 by John Robinson

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Generous in Service, talent text or calculation error? Mar 17, 2019 15:19:30 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 17, 2019 15:19:30 GMT -5

Mar 17, 2019 12:39:46 GMT -5 fallen said:

Ok... I have tried this --

"If ship's Medical Rating exceeds zone's Economy Rating, free medical care to citizenry gains Rep up to Medical Rating but max 10 within diminishing returns above 40 Rep"

Looks good. Definition clear to me. Thanks for the extra effort in such a busy cycle!

(I'm thinking allot about how Hospital ships might play a special role in the new quad.

)

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Generous in Service, talent text or calculation error? Mar 15, 2019 0:19:20 GMT -5

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Post by John Robinson on Mar 15, 2019 0:19:20 GMT -5

Mar 14, 2019 20:27:49 GMT -5 fallen said:

We can try to clarify the complexity of the math in the Talent description. As you Rep goes higher, your potential rewards decrease. Generous in Service can earn you low level Rep but it isn't capable of giving +20 to +40 every time. Once you're already a hero, the rate slows down a maximum.

The team that reached med-rate(41) was just a test to see how far I could go. You know me grab something

and push the excelorator to the floor board.

Consider the case closed.

The information below are questions I was asking myself.

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Since I first began using Generous in Service, not once has a bonus above 10 pts been awarded. This includes factions
I have a reputation of less than 100. For the majority of time the ship's med-rate equaled 29 to protect my crew during the red plague.

I think what is happening is the maximum +rep is (med rate x .1), instead of .5

Is it possible to meet in the middle? Maximum +rep = (med rate x .2)

What's implied is there is a range in what gets awarded. I'm thinking the lowest possible value needs to be a
little higher than .1 Perhaps a random number that can occur between .1 to .3 x medrate?

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