Okay, here are the answers I know ....

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1) Where can I obtain the "Adv Champion Heavy Fighter" level 10 graviton shield? (I heard it can be dropped by ships in the Omicron Alpha system but I tried to no avail, not sure if u have to be at a certain level, i was at 34)

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I personally don't *think* you can get that shield, I'll let someone else answer that. There is a sticky with all the weapon/shield stats in the spoiler forun though.

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2) How many rowlett's revenge turrets are dropped at the start of mission 3?

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From my past experiences, 1. It's not very good though and there was a recent thread saying how crappy it is. I'll let you find that though.

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3) The Nomad ships in the unknown system drop Nomad blasters and cannons, but do they drop their thrusters? (if u scan them u see they use a diff. thruster)

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No, they don't drop thrusters, only weapons. They use no energy though.

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4) How do you obtain battleship kills?

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Destroy some battleships in the storyline. the only thing is, is that *you* have to fire the finishing-off shot to get it. That's quite hard to do though.

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5) How many guns/turrets do you get from each wreck? (class 10)

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Again, I'll let someone answer that, I don't know.

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6) What equipment items are only available during the storyline portion of the game?

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None, except Rowletts Revenge (I think)

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7) I have the official Freelancer guidebook.. it has a list of all the items, but not where I can get them.. I am aware of Freelancer Datastorm. But is there a list of equipment (guns, etc.) that cannot be bought, only dropped from ships?

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Again, read weapon/shield stats stickys in the spoilers forum.

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any other information that you feel that would help me... like things that cant be gotten if ur not in the story, things that you can't get unless you do something... any easter eggs, etc.

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Dunno what the question is.

To anyone who asks me why I'm answering newbie questions, It's because he asked nicely and I will answer accordingly.

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"Snake ,we are not tools of the government or anyone else, fighting was the only thing I was good at , but at least I always fought for what I believed in" - Grey Fox
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Edited by - Neo_Kuja on 28-12-2003 08:39:56

1) Where can I obtain the "Adv Champion Heavy Fighter" level 10 graviton shield? (I heard it can be dropped by ships in the Omicron Alpha system but I tried to no avail, not sure if u have to be at a certain level, i was at 34)

Champion Shields aren't in the game. Can't be bought anywhere. Oversight from Microsoft and Digital Anvil

2) How many rowlett's revenge turrets are dropped at the start of mission 3?
Only 1

3) The Nomad ships in the unknown system drop Nomad blasters and cannons, but do they drop their thrusters? (if u scan them u see they use a diff. thruster)
They only drop weapons, nothing else

4) How do you obtain battleship kills?
Like the previous poster said, you have to fire the killing shot. You can only kill battleships in the story missions, not after it anymore

5) How many guns/turrets do you get from each wreck? (class 10)
They drop in pairs; eg, 2 Diamondbacks or 2 Cereberus

6) What equipment items are only available during the storyline portion of the game?
Only the ones your level allows. you can't by lvl 20 weapons when you're still lvl 16

7) I have the official Freelancer guidebook.. it has a list of all the items, but not where I can get them.. I am aware of Freelancer Datastorm. But is there a list of equipment (guns, etc.) that cannot be bought, only dropped from ships?
have a look here



Edited by - /-Entropy-/ on 28-12-2003 12:10:22

To Neo_Kuja and /-Entropy-/. Thank you very much for your help. It is just kind of annoying that the game was rushed for delivery (I guess) and that certain elements that are in its "official guidebook" are not even included in the game. It would be very cool if they came out with a second patch that fixed (or added) all the items that were rushed and left out. Whatever the case thank you again for your help. If anyone has any more information for this topic or post please feel free to email me or to post it in here. Thank you again.
Scott - [email protected]

Some more details for a few points:

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1) Where can I obtain the "Adv Champion Heavy Fighter" level 10 graviton shield? (I heard it can be dropped by ships in the Omicron Alpha system but I tried to no avail, not sure if u have to be at a certain level, i was at 34)

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In some mods these shields do indeed 'drop' but in the original game they do not drop and you would not want them anyway because NPC shields have virtually no regeneration and there are no HF/Fr variants (all shields have the light fighter type capacity). What the mods do is 'drop' real shields as phantom/bonus loot and/or put real shields on NPC ships, instead of NPC shields.

The line of available graviton shields ends at class 7, except for the HF (heavy fighter) variant which you can get as class 8 inside the reinforced shopping cart known as Titan. IOW, there are no class 8 LF/Fr gravitons, and no class 9/10 gravitons of any type. The line of available moleculars ends at class 9, and only positrons go all the way to class 10 (the much-favoured Adv. Brigandine).

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2) How many rowlett's revenge turrets are dropped at the start of mission 3?

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As the others have noted, it is only one (alas). It is dropped as phantom loot if you kill the leader of the pack. Contrary to what others have said, it is a very fine turret and easily the best class 3 one that can be gotten. Perfect for outfitting a Rhino, if only there were more than one ...

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4) How do you obtain battleship kills?

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By killing cruisers and destroyers - or battleships that are actually ships and not solars . See the thread Battleship kills that do get counted for a discussion of this problem. My personal record is 17 registered BS kills during one single-player campaign run, but it should be possible to get at least 20. A couple of relevant threads are linked from my overview/linky topic Life after level 38 - campaign fun overview.
Look for FLDQ-related threads; the relevant discipline is 'Tmax runs' .

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7) ... is there a list of equipment (guns, etc.) that cannot be bought, only dropped from ships?

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Rowlett's Revenge and class 10 kit (CODENAMEs, Nomads) have been mentioned already. But there is also the mighty Ripper Mine Launcher, which can only be looted from a ship graveyard but not bought (except in MP, from other players).

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8) any other information that you feel that would help me... like things that cant be gotten if ur not in the story, things that you can't get unless you do something... any easter eggs, etc.

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The only bona fide easter eggs in the game are Rowlett's Revenge and the robot/monkey planets. However, if you know where the wrecks with lootable high-class equipment are then you can make your ship much stronger than the game designers intended.

For example, you can loot a Ripper mine launcher and 20 Ripper mines has soon as you have a boat that can stand the heat up there in Omicron Alpha (Drake or Barracuda with class 5 shield or better recommended). This is some seriously heavy ordnance which allows some serious fun to be had during the campaign.

Another example, the Balboa wreck in California yields a pair of class 5 particle guns and a wreck in Texas yields a pair of class 5 Catapult missile launchers and 20 missiles (you can get more missiles if you kill Unioner Falcons, which is easy if you have a ship like the Dagger); Outcast Daggers will drop class 4 particle guns if you ask nicely and are not too poor. This means you can max out a Cavalier or Crusader with the finest weapons that it can carry, long before you are even allowed to buy class 5 stuff. See the thread Plan for a Maximum-Fun Campaign for some ideas how to utilize the excess firepower.

Also, during campaign missions you can loot hostile depots with impunity - sometimes even twice during one and the same mission - because during missions your reputation sheet is essentially 'frozen'. The FLDQ threads contain a discussion of this effect, which was discovered by T-Hawk.