Sabotaging trade lanes?

Sun Apr 20, 2003 1:25 am by MikeH

OK this may be a dumb question as I haven't played the game much yet, but is it possible to attack ships going through the trade lanes (if you are a pirate). Cheers!

Sun Apr 20, 2003 1:43 am by tasiin

No, but you can shoot the lane to disable it.

Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:18 am by josey1971

According to the in-game rumors/info, only the Lane Hackers have the technology to scan ships coming through the Trade Lanes. However, if you just want to attack ships to make money, park yourself outside of a Trade Lane ring and shoot it until the blue shield bar is gone. At that point, the trade lane will deactivate and dump anyone who is going through. After that, it's "pirate" time. ;-)

Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:33 am by MikeH

OK then, so it's not possible to get to the middle of a route, and hit ships as they are coming through? The reason I ask is because on the first few minutes of the game you are going through a tradelane and you are attacked halfway through...

Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:52 am by Phoenix

the rouges disabled the tradelane and you exited it... you can do that... but can't shoot and damage people as they are travelling through it...
Phoenix out

"Mess with the viper, and you'll get it's fangs" Blood Dragons

Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:33 am by josey1971

Remember, if you want to get out in the middle of a trade lane, just hit the Escape key. Then you can camp and take ships out as they drop from the trade lane you disabled.

Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:04 am by ChOpsTiCkZ

uhh.. Pheonix.. you realize that most in-game catch-phrases are randomly choosen, meaning that other factions say the same things as well.. so quoting your signature to the blood dragons is a little misleading... i've heard that quote from many factions and fighters throughout sirus.

Sun Apr 20, 2003 7:22 am by tasiin

Heh, yeah. I've heard that from just about every pirate faction.

Sun Apr 20, 2003 1:22 pm by MikeH

OK how to disable the tradelane when I have stopped in it? Cheers!

Sun Apr 20, 2003 1:36 pm by maswastage|BG

all you do is take the trade lane. When you're half-way through, hit esc to exit out of the lane. Once you're out (of the trade lane) simply head over to the nearest ring and shoot at it 'till the blue bar underneath is depleted. That's it. The Trade lane should flash and any ships coming through that area will be knocked out (of the trade lane)

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Mon Apr 21, 2003 12:44 am by GIVEUPTHEGOODS

you can also blow them up when they are flying through the trade lane with alt-F4

Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:06 am by maswastage|BG

yeah, sure

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