Part I: Starting off
Part II: The Borderworlds
Part II: Other Stuff

Part I: Starting off
Ok, you start at Manhatten. Make enough money to get a Rhino, either by doing a few missions or shoot the wrecks to get cardamine/weps and sell them, the wrecks can be found at E6, D6, and E7.

Also, shooting a few Police Storage depots near Newark Station above planet Manhatten is helpful. To find them, fly near Newark station and select the loot scanner option on your hud, or find them on the nav map. They may have already been destroyed, if so you will only see the metallic cross that holds them. If they have not been destroyed, the part to shoot at is the container like object held by the cross, usually there is 4 of these per depot. Shoot them until they explode, and only shoot as much as it takes to get nuetral with the Liberty pirates.

Then when you have a Rhino, head down to Dresden, in Rheinland.

Once there, go to Bautzen station (just follow the trade lanes) and if you think you have enough money to buy diamonds, then buy them and skip the next part.
If you don't head out into the clould just to the east of Bautzen, or find it in your Nav map by selecting "mineable zones". shoot up the asteroids that come hurtling past. You have to shoot quite alot before you get a diamond, depending on your luck. Once you have diamonds, head up to Planet New Tokyo, Kusari via Sigma 13.

At Planet New Tokyo, sell the diamonds, and depending on how much money you have, buy a drone, and buy niobium. Head down to The Ring, a station orbiting above planet New Berlin. Sell the Niobium, go to Planet New Berlin, and buy diamonds, heading back to New Tokyo once again.

(optional) Once you have enough money, buy a better freighter, either a Humpback, available on most of Rheinland's planets, or, a Dromedary, which has more cargo space but is less powerful and cheaper. The Dromedary can be bought at Mactan base, sector D4 of Magellan system. The Lane Hackers own this base.

To attempt to go to the border worlds and outfit a very heavy fighter, you need at LEAST a million credits, but alot more is preferrable.

Part II: The Borderworlds

It is probably wisest to ditch your freighter when heading to out of the known systems, there are many evils such as gas pockets and Corsairs out there. Get a temporary ship, a heavy fighter maybe, such as the Barracuda. Don’t spend too much on it though, its only temporary.

Head up to Sigma 13, and dock at Helogoland station (this may take a few tries)
Now, we are attempting to get to Omicron Theta, you can either do this via Sigma 13 to Sigma 17 to Theta, or Sigma 13/Honshu to Sigma 19 to Sigma 17 to Theta.
For the first one, head from Helogoland to the top of sector F6, there is a jumphole to Sig 17 there. WATCH OUT, there is gas clouds that explode and do a lot of damage, and also there will probably be Corsairs near the hole as well. If you choose to go via Simga 19, which is probably safer, there is a Jumpgate there from Honshu, or a jumphole from Sigma 13 at the top of sector E3. From Sigma 19 the jumpgate to Sigma 17 is to the right of Sector E7.

Got this far? Doing well.

As soon as you get to Sigma 17, you will probably be ambushed by Corsairs. Put on your thrusters, hit engine kill, and turn around to look at them. Yes, you must TURN AROUND. They will soon become dots on the horizon. Now, in Sigma 17, get to F6. Here is the Jumphole to Omicron Theta. Once in Theta, get to Freeport 9, at sector F4.
Congratulations, you made it. An eagle is available for purchase here, one of the four Very Heavy Fighters. Try to get a Corsair bribe from the bar, if its not there the first time either undock and redock, or, if in multiplayer, press F1, Select New Character, and select the same character, this will refresh the bar. Once you have it, F7, Omicron Gamma jumphole.

Gamma is owned by Corsairs In Omicron Gamma there are two bases, Planet Crete at F5, and Tripoli Shipyard at D6. The Titan VHF is available at Crete, also some good class nine weapons. Once you have explored Gamma, There is a Jumhole to an Unkown system in F1.

Back in Theta, there is a Jumphole at G3, to Omicron Alpha. Alpha is owned by Outcasts. There is Planet Malta at sector D5, where the Sabre VHF is available, and also some more class 9 weapons. There is also another jumphole to an Unkown system at G4, and a jumphole to Omicron Beta at G5.

So there you go. The rest is up to you, go explore

Part III: Other stuff

Choosing a Very Heavy Fighter: All VHFs have 2 class 9 weapon slots, 4 class 10 weapon slots, and a turret (except for the Hammerhead Bounty Hunter VHF) The Titan is the most powerful with 12600 armour, and backward facing turret but it manoeuvres like a falling refrigerator. Sabre is the next most powerful with 10800 armour, and it has the most firepower with a forward facing turret. Its manoeuvreability is average. The Eagle is by far the most manoeuvreable VHF, but with only 9900 armour and a backward facing turret. The best sheild to equip these VHFs with is the Adv.Brigadine sheild available from Crete, Ruiz, or Malta.


To make a lot of money, take missions from either Omicron Gamma or Alpha agains the Bounty Hunters Guild, or from Omicron Beta agains the GMG. You can always get a bribe to fix your reputation if you need it.

In the unkown systems, if you are level 34 or over, and you destroy nomad ships, you can tractor in their Nomad class ten weapons. There are also two dockable planets in the unkown system off Gamma.

Class nine weapons:
Name: Hull / Shield Refire: Energy: Base name/System/Owner
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Buckshot 391 195 4 122 Deshima Station/Shikoku/BHG
Firekiss Mk II 978 489 2 203 Pirna Border Station/Dresden/Rheinland Police
Hornviper Mk II 217 108 5.88 81 Pirna Border Station/Dresden/Rheinland Police
Kraken Type 2 586 293 4 122 Ruiz Base/Omicron Beta/Outcasts
Reaver Mk II 163 81 8.33 61 Deshima Station/Shikoku/BHG
Salamanca Mk II 489 244 4 97 Planet Crete/Omicron Gamma/Corsairs
Skyblast B 244 122 8.33 61 Gas Miner Naha/Sigma 13/
Tizona del Cid 40 1242 4 97 Tripoli Shipyard/Omicron Gamma/Corsairs
Wyrm Type 2 652 326 3.03 163 Planet Malta/Omicron Alpha/Outcasts
Missiles:
Cannonball 4890 2445 Crete, Malta
Firestalker Homing 2445 1222 Crete, Malta
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You can get other class 10 weapons in Wrecks, a lot are found in Sigma 13, West of Helogoland, and others near the jumpholes in Theta, Sigma 17 and Gamma. Here is a list of Class 10 weapons
Name: Hull / Shield Refire: Energy:
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ARCHANGEL 978 489 2 268
BLOODSTONE 880 440 2 220
BLUE BLAZE 1075 537 2 244
CEREBUS 1173 586 2 293
DARK BLOSSOM 978 489 2 268
DIAMONDBACK 1173 586 2 293
GOLDEN BLADE 782 391 2 195
GUARDIAN 1075 537 2 268
IRON HAMMER 880 440 2 220
JADE 652 326 3.03 163
Nomad Energy Blaster 635 317 4 0
Nomad Energy Cannon 847 423 3.03 0
ONYX 1075 537 2 268
PROMETHEUS 586 293 3.03 146
SILVERFIRE 717 358 3.03 179
THOR'S HAMMER 880 440 2 244
WILDFIRE 1075 537 2 220
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A few helpful bribes and locations you can get them:
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Corsairs: Freeport 1, Freeport 5, Freeport 9
Outcasts: Freeport 4, Freeport 6, Freeport 10
GMG: Gas Miner Naha, Yanagi Depot
Bounty Hunters Guild: Any Freeport
Lane Hackers: Freeport 4
Liberty Rogues: Rochester Base
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Edited by - Griffon_26 on 23-09-2003 10:53:23

Edited by - Griffon_26 on 23-09-2003 10:56:40

Edited by - Griffon_26 on 23-09-2003 10:57:57

Edited by - Griffon_26 on 23-09-2003 10:59:15

Nice work

One note though:

This is not applicable for SP imho, because you have to follow the storyline.

The Titan Flies Like A Cow
"They're talking from here..." - Freddy Mercury '86

TLR: You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

Great job Grif!

Some more details:

Part 1:
Exactly three police containers will get a new character neutral with all Liberty and Kusari factions.
Don't forget to tractor the loot! Run somewhere else to dock, NY is now (temporarily) hostile.
Another jump-start wreck is Balboa, in Cal. @ 5.5/C.5

Part 2:
Gas pockets and minefields are more deadly if you have high ping dial-up, best to go Sigma 19 route in that case.
Cuda is a good choice for temp ship, as its HF shield can transfer to the Eagle so you can reject the default shield
and save a little money as you want a class 10 ASAP.

If you do get a Humpback, you can read a Humpback manual I wrote when I was a noob:

Humpback

"Got anything for me?" - Trent, A.K.A. 'Mr. Eloquent'

Edited by - Frobozz on 23-09-2003 21:16:39

m i wrong or is this again a
HOW DO I GET A HVF IN A FEW MINITS topic???

take always the best gun what u have in ur ship after a mission... (sell only worther guns then u already use)
- 1 starflier
- 2 patriot
- 3 drake
- 4 freeport 10 & malta
- 5 who cares

- 1 starflier
the start, sell 1 class 1 weap, but 2 class 2 weaps, sell the nano and batts, buy a class 2 shield, buy a batt or nano back... and u can do a 5k mission against rogues (outcast have graviton shield killers (pyros type 1 (class 4)).
after 1 fight u can buy a patriot...

- 2 patriot
Buy the best weaps u can get also (class 3 plasma cannons) and go to planet new tokyo. do their the best missions u can get, after 3 missions u can get the drake, but don't take the shield also...

- 3 drake
go with the drake to the research station in kyushu and buy their the class 6 shield (it can be that u need to do a mission for that first)...
if ur still neutral with go to the base of them in tau-23 and buy their the best guns u can get (class 4 or 5 mostly right then) and go with that to freeport 10.
if outcast is hostile go straight to freeport 10...

- 4 freeport 10 & malta
by freeport 10 u don't do any mission... but kill all bounty hunters around the base, land sell the weaps (exc. if the weap is better then u use and u can mount that gun) and cargo, launch and kill hunters, till outcast is better then -2 blocks, go then to malta...
buy on malta the class 5 (if u don't have them yet) pyros type 2 and the class 6 pyros type 3 (if u haven't the money for that yet, use 4 class 5 weaps, i did the first 240k mission with a drake with only 4 pyros type 2 (class 5))... by malta u can do 240k missions with ur ship... and after 2 or if ur haven't luck after 3 missions u can buy a sabre or eagle...


- 5 who cares
i did that and toke my time, after 10 minits i was still a lev 2 player... but then i toke a challenge against an other player and toke that way i typed down and was in around 1,5 hours ready to fight... (i didn't die in a mission, so more can do that also) and i sisn't do the lastest mission to get a vhf, but still... u can have 1 in about 2 hours by only do missions... and yes, i got banned from the server, i was to good, so i can kill about every1 of that server...

i don't do that way anymore, i like it better when to begin as a pirate/criminal... dagger and stilleto r great fighter, just as the defender of liberty... (the defender is my lowest hf with what i did 240k missions)

If u c some1 in a defender make fireballs from hunter it can be me

Sorry to disagree with ya, DragonBreath:

- 1 starflier
- 2 patriot

If you want to go fighter jockey instead of freighter captain, at this stage the BEST guns
are the Xeno Scorpion and Adv. Scorpion. Don't pick on Rogues, only Xenos in MP! (Detroit, Colorado)

"Got anything for me?" - Trent, A.K.A. 'Mr. Eloquent'

@Frobozz, it's fine with me... but i didn't did that way... but maybe it's better to attack xenos, goes outcast will become friendlier when u do missions against xenos... (only prob is that zoners will become hostile if u do that to long)

like the way if u do only missions for outcast against hunters then corsair will also become friendlier...