Fri May 23, 2003 12:54 am
How far can you really go in SP?
Okay, so I get my Dagger and then do the story mission that gets you booted from Liberty to Bretonia. I decide that rather than doing "standard" stuff, I'm gonna explore a bit. Before you know it I'm in Omicron Theta, landing on Freeport 9. Wishing I was high enough level to buy the Eagle instead and mount the 2 level 10 guns I pulled from the wreck in Omega-xx (41? The one with the neutron star). I have the $$$, just not the level. I could have bought the Titan from Leon base, or the Legionnaire from Cadiz. As it is, I did take the Centurion from Trafalgar out for a spin, though I returned to the prior save so as to not lose my Dagger.
Anyway, I've been doing Junker missions out of Trafalgar against the Bounty Hunters (hey, they hate me anyway since my escape from Liberty. . . ) and improving my rep with the Outcasts (and all the other criminal organizations for that matter. Even the Xenos are neutral now) so I can see if I can actually go through the jumphole in Omicron Theta to Omicron Alpha. I also plan on seeing if I can get into Rheinland space via Omega 5. I made it to Kusari in a prior time through the game, so I know I can do that.
Actually, it's kinda nice to be able to go just about anywhere. I just wish the "independent" systems surrounding Liberty didn't make everything in them go hostile. It was really annoying to have Moctezuma show neutral until I was within 4 K's and suddenly turn hostile and disallow my docking. I mean, I can see having the Liberty worlds be completely hostile, but the independents? It makes me wonder how people get the Dromedary from Mactan in Magellan. No matter how friendly I've been with the Hackers, everybody in that system is hostile to me when I enter.
Still, it's fun to wander around the "high-level" systems at level 9 in my trusty little Dagger (that I plan on finishing the SP in).
And lest you say I can't, I honestly think that only the "9 minute" mission will give me trouble. Of course, if I can find some Pyro Mk I's to mount in place of these crappy HellFlurries, I should be set. As it is, I have my class 3 guns as the Xenos' Advanced Scorpions and a Pyro turret. Once I actually can land at Outcast bases, I should be able to buy the Pyros, then blow through the rest of the SP.
Still, the Alien Organisms from Freeport 9 to Camridge Research Station run is quite profitable. You lose 5 on the trip, but still make nearly 60K on it, even with only 35 cargo in the hold. Pharmaceuticals back makes a nice round trip. Be even nicer in a big freighter, but I just don't want to give up my Dagger. . . . ( I finished it in a Drake last time, and it was realllllllly easy. I figure the Dagger should be a bit more of a challenge with its less powerful guns, lower shield, armor, and less maneuverability -- that's why!)
Wow! What a ramble! Anyway, the point of this all is to ask: Where all has everybody been while doing the SP, other than the systems that you go to as part of the campaign?
Anyway, I've been doing Junker missions out of Trafalgar against the Bounty Hunters (hey, they hate me anyway since my escape from Liberty. . . ) and improving my rep with the Outcasts (and all the other criminal organizations for that matter. Even the Xenos are neutral now) so I can see if I can actually go through the jumphole in Omicron Theta to Omicron Alpha. I also plan on seeing if I can get into Rheinland space via Omega 5. I made it to Kusari in a prior time through the game, so I know I can do that.
Actually, it's kinda nice to be able to go just about anywhere. I just wish the "independent" systems surrounding Liberty didn't make everything in them go hostile. It was really annoying to have Moctezuma show neutral until I was within 4 K's and suddenly turn hostile and disallow my docking. I mean, I can see having the Liberty worlds be completely hostile, but the independents? It makes me wonder how people get the Dromedary from Mactan in Magellan. No matter how friendly I've been with the Hackers, everybody in that system is hostile to me when I enter.
Still, it's fun to wander around the "high-level" systems at level 9 in my trusty little Dagger (that I plan on finishing the SP in).
And lest you say I can't, I honestly think that only the "9 minute" mission will give me trouble. Of course, if I can find some Pyro Mk I's to mount in place of these crappy HellFlurries, I should be set. As it is, I have my class 3 guns as the Xenos' Advanced Scorpions and a Pyro turret. Once I actually can land at Outcast bases, I should be able to buy the Pyros, then blow through the rest of the SP.
Still, the Alien Organisms from Freeport 9 to Camridge Research Station run is quite profitable. You lose 5 on the trip, but still make nearly 60K on it, even with only 35 cargo in the hold. Pharmaceuticals back makes a nice round trip. Be even nicer in a big freighter, but I just don't want to give up my Dagger. . . . ( I finished it in a Drake last time, and it was realllllllly easy. I figure the Dagger should be a bit more of a challenge with its less powerful guns, lower shield, armor, and less maneuverability -- that's why!)
Wow! What a ramble! Anyway, the point of this all is to ask: Where all has everybody been while doing the SP, other than the systems that you go to as part of the campaign?
