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Ustwo · 03-04-2008, 12:42 PM

Ustwo the miner.

So, I decide to play the factory/mine game and find two asteroids worth mining in a sector close to a lot of production facilities.

One is a silicon roid the other an ore one.

So I need to buy the mines to place there, only they are huge. So I need to contract a giant NPC ship to fly to the shipyard to pick up the mine and then move it to the sector in question.

I need to order the silicon mine from a race pretty far away as only they supply the large version (more production).

The ore mine, being closer, gets there first and I tell the captain where to put it.

Ok cool. Mines are the easiest (outside of solar plants) to maintain as they only need energy to function, unlike more advanced factories.

So I set up a hauler ship to buy energy at a price I set (he will fly around buying it if its at my price) set the sell price of the ore, and I watch. Everything seems to be going ok but the ore isn't selling so I set another trade ship to sell the ore at the best price it can find. Watching my ships dock and depart is sort of relaxing at this point.

I do the same for the silicon mine when it arrives.

Then, a problem. Neither the silicon or ore mine have energy to produce, both are flashing at me in nasty yellow. Mmmm where are my slacker energy procuring ships? 9 jumps away? Eh?

Well it seems I didn't set the default max distance for their shopping so they were off gallivanting across the galaxy looking for cheap energy.

So I set that right and the mines really start producing, faster than I can sell, so I buy two more transports and set them to sell as well.

All is good and then tragedy. I see one of my new expensive ore selling ships is under attack by a single pirate heavy fighter. I just happened to not give him good shielding, and just happened to not give him a weapon. I jump into the area, luckily he is near a gate, and I'm just in time to see his multicolored explosion and my ore floating in space.

I must at least get revenge!

Whelp...that didn't go so well either, my first pass takes out his shields, and then his aft turret kicks in, and kicks the crap out of me.

Did I mention this game is kinda deep?

03-04-2008, 12:42 PM	#22 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	Ustwo the miner. So, I decide to play the factory/mine game and find two asteroids worth mining in a sector close to a lot of production facilities. One is a silicon roid the other an ore one. So I need to buy the mines to place there, only they are huge. So I need to contract a giant NPC ship to fly to the shipyard to pick up the mine and then move it to the sector in question. I need to order the silicon mine from a race pretty far away as only they supply the large version (more production). The ore mine, being closer, gets there first and I tell the captain where to put it. Ok cool. Mines are the easiest (outside of solar plants) to maintain as they only need energy to function, unlike more advanced factories. So I set up a hauler ship to buy energy at a price I set (he will fly around buying it if its at my price) set the sell price of the ore, and I watch. Everything seems to be going ok but the ore isn't selling so I set another trade ship to sell the ore at the best price it can find. Watching my ships dock and depart is sort of relaxing at this point. I do the same for the silicon mine when it arrives. Then, a problem. Neither the silicon or ore mine have energy to produce, both are flashing at me in nasty yellow. Mmmm where are my slacker energy procuring ships? 9 jumps away? Eh? Well it seems I didn't set the default max distance for their shopping so they were off gallivanting across the galaxy looking for cheap energy. So I set that right and the mines really start producing, faster than I can sell, so I buy two more transports and set them to sell as well. All is good and then tragedy. I see one of my new expensive ore selling ships is under attack by a single pirate heavy fighter. I just happened to not give him good shielding, and just happened to not give him a weapon. I jump into the area, luckily he is near a gate, and I'm just in time to see his multicolored explosion and my ore floating in space. I must at least get revenge! Whelp...that didn't go so well either, my first pass takes out his shields, and then his aft turret kicks in, and kicks the crap out of me. Did I mention this game is kinda deep? __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.