pirates on trade routes
pirates on trade routes
im starting to trade more to get advancements on my ship and i was weary about going far to trade instead of staying near places were you cant use weapons, im just wondering if there is actualy any pirates out there, like people that will go kill you to steal your cargo and stuff, and if it takes that long to kill a cargo ship, like if i would have time to outrun the pirate or if anyone has any tips about avoiding pirates, if there is any
priracy hasn't really taken off yet - hopefully (?) as more and more traders start to explore deeper space, things will change.
if your ship has the capacity - get yourself to iridis and stock up on missiles and counter measures just in case.
first direct hit by a missile will damage shields and drives. counter measures are pretty effective. as far as outrunning an attacker - that all depends on how fast the ships involved are, and how much damage you've taken.
there are some decent trade routes out there, so its worth the risk.
if your ship has the capacity - get yourself to iridis and stock up on missiles and counter measures just in case.
first direct hit by a missile will damage shields and drives. counter measures are pretty effective. as far as outrunning an attacker - that all depends on how fast the ships involved are, and how much damage you've taken.
there are some decent trade routes out there, so its worth the risk.
at the moment - they can't steal your cargo, but you cannot collect it later either, so no point jettisoning it.
Fight or run - the choice is yours - but don't infimp or stardrive out of the system while under attack, that is certain death (built into the game to prevent such a retreat)
at the moment the worst that will happen is that your ship is destroyed and you respawn at a station - not sure if its the nearest or in cirrus only) - cash and cargo intact.
if you escape from the attack, and want to repair your damage quickly, exit and re-enter the game.
check out mit's post on this: http://theuniversal.net/forum/viewtopic ... 02&start=0
Fight or run - the choice is yours - but don't infimp or stardrive out of the system while under attack, that is certain death (built into the game to prevent such a retreat)
at the moment the worst that will happen is that your ship is destroyed and you respawn at a station - not sure if its the nearest or in cirrus only) - cash and cargo intact.
if you escape from the attack, and want to repair your damage quickly, exit and re-enter the game.
check out mit's post on this: http://theuniversal.net/forum/viewtopic ... 02&start=0
Indeed, when this is all fully developed, if you do that, you'll lose all your cargo. Activating this is a serverside switch, so dont be surprised if it suddenly starts happeningor if you get attack you could type .explodeme and hit enter then you'll go back to the last stations you docked at...
Theoretically, they can now do that. Theoretically. Havent had chance to sit down and test it yet.. Remind me next time you see me online and sober enough to typeat the moment - they can't steal your cargo
Unless your ship explodes... .explodeme will make your ship explode into billions of tiny pieces! Ship blows up, no more damage 
.explodeme is the same thing as being killed...
Also .explodeme comes in handy if you want to make a space movie with your friend firing a couple of times and then you .explodeme to make it look like your friend killed in a min or so, which will add drama to the movie you are making within TU!
.explodeme is the same thing as being killed...Also .explodeme comes in handy if you want to make a space movie with your friend firing a couple of times and then you .explodeme to make it look like your friend killed in a min or so, which will add drama to the movie you are making within TU!
