Faster than Light

[magneze]

Yeah, that's about where I am at the moment. If I have enough missiles I can take ships down ok, but boarders get me every time. *shakes fist*

 

[yield]

A good run depends on finding some crew in the first few sectors.

 

[magneze]

Ah, I've been spending my cash on gadgets.

 

[golightly]

I've frequently ended up with a completely different crew after I had them killed and replaced.

 

[8ball]

Did you play Eve?

No - any good?

 

[yield]

No - any good?

Really good. Sucks you in though. If I could've had sleep removed I'd be playing it still.

 

[tommers]

I unlocked the stealth ship. Back of the net.

 

[tommers]

It doesn't have any shields.

 

[yield]

I unlocked the stealth ship. Back of the net.

Well done. How do you unlock it? Any augmentations as standard like the engi ship?

I've not been able to get to sector 8 again. I'll have to put it down to chance rather than skill.

 

[tommers]

Well done. How do you unlock it? Any augmentations as standard like the engi ship?

I've not been able to get to sector 8 again. I'll have to put it down to chance rather than skill.

There's a quest for it in the engi homeworld sector. It has a cloaking device, long range scanner and titanium plating (which gives systems a 15% chance of resisting damage). It also has the shittiest laser and beam you can have. It's um... interesting.

I got to sector 8. Once. Got killed by a fucking scout! Didn't even get to fight the boss.

 

[magneze]

Made it to sector 5 and unlocked the Engi ship. With no fuel, shields or missiles I lasted about 3 seconds.

 

[tommers]

I am currently fighting the boss. I killed it but it's jumped.

It'll have to wait till tomorrow.

 

[tommers]

Beat it. On normal with the rock cruiser. Really good game and a bargain at 6 quid.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i'm finding it a bit repetative

i normally get up to half way through sector 3 but my hull just wears down over time and i never find any shops

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

grrrr real iritation just now. my ship lost all oxygen but there was nothing wrong with the unit. i had a guy in there all the doors closed but still lost it.

 

[tommers]

did you have a breach somewhere else?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

nope. all the doors were closed and i sent a guy round to have a look

 

[tommers]

Not had that before then. I've often wondered why oxygen was going down, but there's always been a reason. was the system powered? Silly question, but an easy thing to miss when it's all going off.

 

[magneze]

Are you sure there wasn't a crack in the room? I find them quite easy to miss.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

hummm... maybe...

it might have powered down during a battle

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Are you sure there wasn't a crack in the room? I find them quite easy to miss.

it was all rooms. probably a power out.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

fuuuuuuuuuuck

i had just kitted out my ship the way i wanted it. double laser and three layers of shilds.

got borded by three matis who just tore apart my crew.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i'd really love it if i could just make one or two tweeks to start off with

it's a bit repetitive. with out much reward.

 

[tommers]

It's quite difficult, yeah. Are you playing on easy? have you unlocked any of the ships yet?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

playing on easy and no

i've made it as far as the 4th sector and just about always make it to the third but no new ships

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

just made it to the 5th and unlocked the engi

 

[tommers]

OK. The ships can be found in any sector that is termed a "homeworld" (i.e. zoltan homeworld). There'll be a little quest thing you'll have to do. The Engi ship you just get if you get to sector 4.

With the first ship you've got, you want to have at least 2 shield by the end of the second sector. That means saving up 100 scrap (with the extra energy you'll need.)

Leave the medbay unpowered until you need it. If you can fight boarders in a powered medbay then do it, cos you cannot lose.

When fighting enemy ships it's all about containing them. Destroy their weapons as soon as you can. You want to hit shields if you can't get through otherwise but you have a burst laser, which fires 3 shots and nothing has 2 shield until sector 3 (on normal, don't know about easy.)

Time your shots. Don't fire as soon as it's available, use a laser to knock shields down and then hit em with a beam. Stuff like that.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

yeah i'm doing all that. apart from shot timing which i really should do. in fact i made it to sector 6 this time but i messed around too long in the engi sector and the ship got fucked by the rebles and although i got to the next sector i made a silly mistake dealing with the damages and my crew died.

shitshits

i wish i could reload from the begining of the engi sector my ship was badass before i fucked up by messing around

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i always sell the misile firer and try to go all laser. i found the halbard beam to be a bit shite