I'm Back!

With HTML editing knowledge. So you can expect to see a background (which you are viewing right now), text color, images and of course alignment and size differences. So it's time to see a proper BR with eye candy. Please note that the other Part 2 of this went horribly wrong so please pay no attention to it.

If you haven't read my last report go here. Also if you don't want the storyline (Rebel) spoiled for you do NOT read this BR. "Now into the breach once more!"

Last time you read about me I had just been pulverized in the Gefjon system after completing a $75,000 passenger misn (Plug-In template mission data). I have done a fair bit since then. For I forgot to tell you that upon landing on Thraine (Gefjon syst) I received the Bounty Hunting Intro misn. And upon warping into the Arcturus syst, I landed and took off ready to engage in battle.

It was fast, too fast! I was jetting towards him as soon as I took off. His response was to turn tail and run whilst firing a "Storm Chaingun" (Auroran technology, turreted) at me. When he finally turned around he got hit by a radar missile (from a Fed Patrol Boat) and was disabled. I blow him up with a few shots and warped to the Nesre Primus syst.

Upon entering the syst, I see a red dot and I head towards it. It hits me first, it was a Pirate Thunderhead so it was easy to kill. When he came back for some more I just kept blasting him and he couldn't hit me with his thunderlance. When he was disabled I boarded him and stole his creds (credits). I accidentally trip the self-destruct mechanism.

I warped into Sol and landed on Earth, but not before checking the Derelict. I get another 75 grand passenger misn. Upon landing on Earth I finish the BHI (Bounty Hunter Intro) misn. I'm given half of what the bounty was. I also get the ability to Bounty Hunting misns at the misn computer.

Upon taking off from Earth I saw another Derelict. Bah, the Federation has a sloppy military if Pirates can just warp into the Birthplace of the Universe and disable traders at will. I board the vessel and as it was a crew-bearing vessel (leviathan) and I already had the misn, it turned out to be disabled. Also the answer to EldritchEvil's question about how the vessel's have a normal capture ratio, is this: The crew are on the vessel but you are hostile to them and they to you.

I warped into the Wolf 359 syst and land on New England. I take a BH misn and warp into Sol. Upon warping in the Valk turns and flees as I and a Scout ship chase him. He is obliterated by a salvo of missiles from a Destroyer.

The next time a BH ship turns up, the ship is tag-teamed by me & a Carrier (U.F.S. Bismarck). Another time is when he warped in and a Destroyer was sitting right behind him and both of us pulverize him.

I realized that I badly wanted a Class IV Pir Valk and thus I go on the search for mass amounts of money. I will not bore you with the exact details but I will give you an outline. I took BH misns, Derelict passenger misns, killed pirates, sold their ships and I used the StellarBank (1,000 creds a day) and TraderBank cards.

I went and bought the Valk for 1.03 million (normally 1.4 million). I then sold the missile launchers and a fixed railgun and re-fitted it with a cargo retool and much, much more. See below screenshot for details. Anyway I knew I had to test it, so I warped to Altair syst.

Upon entering Altair I scanned the syst. Seeing a Pir Valk Class II I went for it. With a little help from a Civ Valk (Weak!) I reduced him to his component parts (Heh! Figure out where I got that one!). Having tested it out in (pretty much) 1v1 combat I went for the bigger picture.

Before leaving for the Wolf 359 syst I was ambushed by a Class IV Pir Valk! Yikes! I was no wimp however and though I was on 50% shields and he had 'miss'iles I charged him. He was soundly turned into fine space dust and I warped unhindered into the Wolf 359 syst. Now comes the real challenge!

After taking two (2) bounty hunting misns I warped into the Sol syst. I enlisted the aid of a Scout ship and charged the Valks as soon as they warped in. One went past me and I turned around to pulverize him as the other one flew right underneath me (the pic was taken just before that). An Association ship came over and lent an Ion Cannon and we all pulverized the goons. I collected my pay and went to the Alphara syst.

I was here for one reason and one reason only, and that reason is NOT killing Aurorans. The reason is to start the Fed storyline (which leads to the Rebel one). After killing a Cruiser (sorry, no screens), I land and go to the outfitters. I get the misn I want and I'm off.

Now after heading to Sol (and killing Auroran scum) I go to Spacedock II in the Tichel syst. Now instead of me boringly going through the details over and over, I've decided to simply give you the screens and a lowdown. The Lowdown: Each misn, I go to Earth then go to target destination, I also kill Aurorans (strangely enough they have the word 'Fed' written in their bottom-right hand corner of who they are).

The Screens:

"Lo and Behold" I'm at Krane's office. Glad that I have to do few misns with her, I set off. Having decided to kill some Pirates and Aurorans I do some BHing. I will go over the highlights of my travels. I kill 2 Valks (1 in the screens) and an Abomination in BHing, but I manage to disable, capture and sell a Pir TH (Thunderhead) and Viper. And now for the best part of the day; I obliterated a Pirate Carrier. The last screen is of that wonderful performance.

I believe that I have done enough to appease you people who read these so I go.

I’d like to thank EldritchEvil for inspiring me to actually to a BR, let alone a SP BR.

I’d like to thank Evula for creating the Survival Guide.

I’d like to thank Ambrosia for continuing to support Mac gaming (Woo!)

I’d like to thank the Australian (I’m an Aussie) ATMOS for creating the game in the first place!

Until next time, RexRox!