[ Complete BEST NOMAD WEAPONS SPOILER

Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:19 pm by Alex Crayer

WHY? WHEN? WHERE?

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Why...
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Theese weapons are the best. I've had some not bad level 10 weapons before,
including ( in brakets is damage/second which = [ damage x refire rate :
SILVER FIRE (2172) ,
GUARDIAN & ONYX (2150) ,
JADE & ARCHANGEL (1956),
BLOODSTONE & IRON HAMMER (1775)...
I had some more but sold them when I needed money and forgot to
write down their stats - you could find in other forum threads

I am flying Sabre and wont change it since its the only level 10 ship which
is trully 6/1 - it has correctly mounted turret which actually FIRES towards
in the battle

... and when I have 6 of those guns listed above
(2 SFs, 2Gs, 2Os) - they EAT POWER in no time.

THATS WHY Nomad weapons are better - they DONT USE ENERGY AT ALL

Now take a look on their damage:

Nomad Energy Cannon: 847 x 3.03 = 2566 (!) damage per second
Nomad Energy Blaster: 645 x 4 = 2540 (!) damage per second...

And since they dont eat energy, just HOLD your fire button.
Place a great shield-damage turret on your sabre - and you will be the best :

I had GUNS damage/second before: 12944 but used ALOT of energy -
so had to cooldown them for awhile evading the battle,
now with 6 Energy Blasters ( yeah, I love refire rate of 4 !): 15240 (!)

AND now I can just hold that button and enjoy the enemies dying.

[ side note: yeah, I am not using missiles - even I have a pack of
level 9 FireStalker missiles - they are not the most powerful ones,
but have a great SEEK/Destroy ballance

This could be a hell of increase for your firePOWER

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When...
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After the SP missions I've finished on level 22 or something, it was
a complete mystery where to go and what to do.

I wont tell you HOW to make money quick - since I stayed FIGHTER
not a merchant all the way... wandering around systems you can find
alot of ship wrecks and those weapons you pick up make you level pretty
fast ( not to say you may sell them and use money for some trade if you want )

So its obvious that Nomads drop their weapons mostly after level 36...
At 38 (max level) you will sure get them - just give it some time and kill
alot of them. I had the problem being level 38 and fighting alot of them -
with no result, but then weapons started to pop out of them.

So once you are level 36-38, have a nice level 10 ship packed with good
weapons - you are ready to go - you have to be ready since they attack
in fours (4)

Sometimes you get one Cannon or Blaster per 4 killed Nomads,
sometimes nothing - so keep killing them

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Where
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You can find Nomads close to Unknown sectors...
There are two of them:

One is from the Omicron Gamma & other is from the Omicron Alpha.

1)

IF you are on a good terms with Corsairs ( and maybe Bounty Hunters
they fight with there ) you should take the jump hole from Omicron Gamma
to Unknown which is situated in the center of that stinky green cloud in
the upper right corner of the Omicron Gamma.
( there are alot of wrecked Corsair Fighters around )

The jump hole from the Omicron Gamma to Unknown leads to the
system with 2 planets - Monkey and Robot. Beware - they dont sell
nanobots or shield batteries and actually useless. So if you dont encounter
Nomads in Omicron Gamma near the jumphole to Unknown - jump in,
but stay close to the Jump hole to jump back and flee to planet Crete for
example. ( Corsairs base

2)

If you are cool with Outcasts ( and probably Lane Hackers they fight with )
you should go to Omicron Alpha. It has a jump hole to another Unknown
situated in the green cloud in the right part of the sector... there are alot
of wrecked Outcast fighters as well. This Unknown sector has nothing,
so you can jump in and fight nomads there or stay in Alpha near the jump hole.

Of course, you can always flee to Outcasts base - Planet Malta in O.Alpha.

[ SECTORS LINKS from known

for those who are not explored those sectors yet, let me give you
some general Sector Links from known sectors:

New Berlin -> Stuttgard -> Omega 11 -> Omega 41 ->
-> Omicron Gamma -> Unknown

New Berlin -> Frankfurt -> Sigma 13 -> Sigma 17 ->
-> Omicron Theta -> Omicron Gamma -> Unknown

New Tokyo -> Honshu -> Sigma 13 -> Sigma 17 ->
-> Omicron Theta -> Omicron Gamma -> Unknown

New Tokyo -> Honshu -> Sigma 19 ->
-> Omicron Beta -> Omicron Alpha -> Unknown

New Tokyo -> Kyushu -> Tau 23 -> Tau 37 ->
-> Omicron Alpha -> Unknown

Note: there is a direct link
Omicron Theta -> Omicron Alpha -> Unknown

Wish you good luck on getting those pesky Nomad Weapons!
Alex Crayer.

Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:33 pm by Alex Crayer

Hehe - being happy trying to share my own experienced I LIED about having 6 mounted Blasters - actually there are only 4 of them fitted - sorry about that.
I almoust forgot that I still have 2 x Wurms2 ( or 2 x Salamanka2 ) level 9 weapons

The rest seems to be the true ( so the actual damage I've calculated upon 6 mounted Blasters is wrong - actual is slighly lower - as well as with normal level 10 weapons

I was writting this not from the game but from a paper covered with numbers -
and its pretty late here - I hope I have an excuse

Alex Crayer

Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:39 pm by Zamboni

You must be very bored; finding time making a list on Nomad weaponry during wee hours in the morning. To top it off, you then replied to yourself... four minutes later.

Such degree of tedium is perhaps only exceeded by those who actually read or reply to your post.

Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:57 pm by Mav

Sat Mar 22, 2003 5:35 am by Hornet21

Edited by - hornet21 on 22-03-2003 05:39:15

Sat Mar 22, 2003 6:22 am by Mirax

nice and interesting post

Fri Mar 28, 2003 11:10 pm by Major Striker

I don't normally post one liner type of posts but here it goes.

Alex...you are a total newb. And obviously very bored.

Merc for hire...but only if you can afford it.

Sat Mar 29, 2003 4:26 am by Cobra5mil

Where is the jumphole in Omicron Gamma? Also, I am using a sabre with level 9 weapons and level 10 shields but when I went through the jumphole in omicron alpha, the ships did damage to me fast and the radiation was getting on my nerves. Does the other one have radiation too?

Sun Apr 06, 2003 2:09 am by Tarrax

Yes, good post for those who don't know. But, umm the best non-Nomad weapons are actually the Cerebus and the Diamondback both rated at 2346 Hull Damage per second. Still inferior to the Nomad Guns, but they come in second.

Mon Apr 07, 2003 12:28 am by John Sinclair

Hm, oki ots a gag to repost but its tru what alek say. i got the cerberus an dother but in highlev miss (lev 43- 235000$) the energie run to fast out, nomadweapons never been bad in combat like the outer guns, i use 4 energie blaster, 2 wyrm and a skyblast 9 turret, its the best way, i sell all 10 lev weap. the dont work good, to much energie and firerate is to slow, good luck

Mon Apr 07, 2003 5:14 pm by Shelak1357

I ave the 2 JADE the 2 ARCHANGEL the 2 GUARDIAN but i nevver found ONYX, SILVER FIRE, BLOODSTONE, Cerberus and Diamondback can someone tell me where i can found them please..

Shelak the corsair

Long live corsairs

Mon Apr 07, 2003 6:07 pm by f131

I guess I have finished the game but still have seen no place to buy Nomad Weapons. Locations, please.

Alliance Fire & Rescue

Tue Apr 08, 2003 3:21 am by maswastage|BG

you don't buy nomad weaps; you kill nomads and steal the weapons when they are dropped. Wher do I find nomads, you ask? Go to the unknown Jumpholes in the Omicron alpha and gamma systems.

-From the gates of Heaven to the depths of Hell; one, the Protecter; sees all, knows all, defends the innocent.

Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:32 am by blueskin

btw if this is right it might help, i fought a load of nomads outside the unkonw hole, i .e in malta sytem (watever) but got no weapons so i went inside the hoel to their system adn two of em dropped weapons each time

Fri May 09, 2003 2:25 am by xinyin

should i use four Nomad Energy Cannon or should i use Nomad Energy Blaster. help please!

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