#161

As soon as we can decide on locations for them.

The "Brickage Station" can stay where it is (I may even get rid of it) - as it was purely up there for testing purposes.

I have been thinking about how to do it and have come up with the following (if my base copying technique works):

- Each station will cost 50 million a pop.
- 10 million of that 50 will be the base's initial "funds" (used to buy stuff from players). You can, of course, add or remove funds as you see fit.
- The station will come pre-fitted with a shield generator.
- Each station will start with the initial core module 1 - meaning it will require upgrading to get additional modules and to expand it (Core Level 1=3 modules, level 2=6, level 3=9, level 4=12).

...this means it will then give us some more stuff to shoot for, and more reason to play Of course, all additional modules such as factories, cargo holds, defense platforms etc. will NOT come with it - they will have to be made. What do you reckon?

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#162

Sounds fair lets see how it plays out.  So we just need to give you coordinates and you will start us up with the first module? I am thinking about Sigma 19 gona go and check it out later.

Will NPC's trade with it as well or just us what i mean is can it make money or will it only drain money? 

On another note i have been trying to find an up to date map and i think it is this one

http://discoverygc.com/wiki/images/c/cb/Discovery_4.86_Map.jpg



As they seem to have updated since we last played also seen they are working on 4.87.

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#163

Will NPC's trade with it as well or just us what i mean is can it make money or will it only drain money?

NPC's will not trade with it - only players. It will make money if people buy stuff from it. Surely you understand how bartering works by now Mark?

On another note i have been trying to find an up to date map and i think it is this one

Nice, TCT!

#164

I know but wat is?

#165

I don’t know, no one has ever seen one before.

#166

But I am guessing it's a white hole.

#167

Looks like this ship is back on Discovery it disappeared with 4.86 didn't it?  It was in 4.85 i remember you having it briefly but when we looked for 4.86 it was gone wasn't even on the wiki.

http://discoverygc.com/wiki/Venator

Never got to try this when we got are Gallic Battleships it wasn't available. 

It is a shame as from the stats it has more turrets, more armour, bigger power plant and handles better.  Might be worth seeing if it is actually back?

#168

It's not back. It was cheat ship when it was available and they slung it out ages ago.

#169

So.... are you ever actually going to play this Greg? I haven't seen you on at all. At this rate it we will probably be playing Star Citizen before you get so much as a gunboat.

#170

The problem I have is: I like playing Freelancer, but X3 is more enjoyable. So if I get time to play, I would probably end up on X3, apart from if someone else was about.

It’s a bit of a catch 22.

#171

So I was correct in my assumption: we will never actually get to play Freelancer with you properly then.

#172

O well maybe Greg can buy a decent fighter and earn money through missions.

Might be more interesting for him and he can help us with the fighters when we are in our Battleships.  If we can get docking working he could dock with one of us if he is getting hammered then un-dock when it calms down a bit? 

#173

To be honest, the only reason I started playing this again is because Greg and G-Man were gonna play with us.

If they don't (which is very much what it looks like) I see little point in playing...? What about you Maxi-mouse?

#174

Don’t get me wrong Greg I do want to play it, I just didn’t realise it required such an investment in time.

#175

Trading is boring Greg and you have trade for probably about 20 - 30 hours before you can get anything really good.  I do really want to play this a bit more but going trading with you is not what i had in mind.

Maybe you can start a new character then maybe Jim can give you enough money to purchase and kit out a Gunboat?  Then we can do combat missions which are much more fun and do some exploration. 

Then if you have time and want to you can keep trading and purchase bigger and better ships but you will have one decent ship to play with us?

#176

Actually that sounds like a good plan.

#177

Well it's either that or we dont play so maybe admin will have a present for you. Even though Greg says repeatedly that he has loads of time on his hands.

Thing is, the cheapest gunboat is only 30 mill. It wouldnt take long to get that kind of money... especially since you already have about 10 mill.

I really don't understand the problem... you were the same with Warframe: you wanted everything without actually having to play the game. 

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#178

He is just that sort of person.

So what do you reackon give him the money for a Hathor then we can do some combat missions tonight?  He does have 10 mil but will need 50 mil i think to get the Hathor and deck it out which will take him 3-4 hours so all night in other words.

No more free ships though if he wants anything better he will have to do some serious trading.

#179

I will see. He has already had about 20 million in handouts so far.