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Ramblings of an Argon Nephew (Page 9 of 35)
Written by TTD
oi set off to Kindom End and the Boron Supply Orca is within com range. The captain keeps saying he does not need communication but will charge me 1,400 credits for every gate he goes through.
Now I do not have the patience to sit down and work out if using Argon stuff would work out cheaper in the long run, although I suspect it might. You can do the calcs yourself if you like.
Anyways he sets course to dock at the Shipyard in Kingdom End. He does not comm you to say he's arrived, so I target his ship. and face my satelite. When he docks, I gets a message saying I am now targeting the sat. I select three stations and send the TL to CBSE.It will take some time to get there so i can build up more credits one the way.
... eventually I arrive in CBSE and see the captain is waiting for me. I target his ship and comm the captain.
The idea of targeting the TL is so that when he has delivered the first station you only have to press [C] to com the captain again. Just make sure you are within comm range.
Comm the Captain.
Ask him to "Drop freight here".
Select the station you wish to set up.
You will now be presented with Sector Map.
If you have put at least one Advanced Satelite in the sector you can now activate the camera.
press [k],
If no ADV SAT then you miss out on some features.
Such as this....you now see a 3D live footage of the area you are in on the map.
You now have a flashing icon representing the station you chose.
Press [5] on the number keypad.
Press the[right arrow] key once.
This places the icon over an existing station.
Now press the [HOME] key a few times to zoom in to the station.
you can now move your icon by using the numpad keys 8,6,2 and 4.
pressing the [Insert] key changes the plane so you can place the station up or down from the original level.
Move the icon to were you want it.Not too close to or too far from your existing station.
If you are happy with it's placement, press [Enter].
If you have actuated the video cam, you can zoom in closer and use the 7,9,3 and 1 keys to orient the station.
Ask him to "Drop freight here".
Select the station you wish to set up.
You will now be presented with Sector Map.
If you have put at least one Advanced Satelite in the sector you can now activate the camera.
press [k],
If no ADV SAT then you miss out on some features.
Such as this....you now see a 3D live footage of the area you are in on the map.
You now have a flashing icon representing the station you chose.
Press [5] on the number keypad.
Press the[right arrow] key once.
This places the icon over an existing station.
Now press the [HOME] key a few times to zoom in to the station.
you can now move your icon by using the numpad keys 8,6,2 and 4.
pressing the [Insert] key changes the plane so you can place the station up or down from the original level.
Move the icon to were you want it.Not too close to or too far from your existing station.
If you are happy with it's placement, press [Enter].
If you have actuated the video cam, you can zoom in closer and use the 7,9,3 and 1 keys to orient the station.
The Orca captain bids farewell when he has emptied his cargo of your shipment.
Time to get some more stations added.
So Oi went back up to KE and the Queen allowed me some more stations. I sent them to CBSE and to kill time, I decided to go to Paranid Prime and get the station for my Majaglit supply.
Oh goody goody!
Looking down I can see they will let me have my own 25 mj shield production.How nice.Must add that to my station complex list.
I'm now told I would have been better off with a crystal fab L. Oh well. That's what happens when you don't plan well enough ahead.
If oi'd ha gon te the Paranid first,Oi moight ha saved some money.
Who said hind sight is something we should be born wid?
This is the area of my complex that I came unstuck on. I will still have to supply silicon,or get the npc traders to supply it.
I will need some ore for the shields, too, so from Xadrian I can see that a 13yield asteroid with an Ore Mine L,(Boron), is adequate,giving a slight surplus without any extra stations needed.
Well! 'ere Oi go a gen.Askin' 'round Oi find the nearest place Oi kin git a L production Ore mine is in a place called Depths of Silence. Oi'd 'afta go through Teladi space to get there at the moment.Oi got no maps in me computer of that sector yet. So Oi'l zettle for M production. Barely gives what oi need on 13 yield 'roid if oi kin foind it.
'Cordin' to moi chart ther be three 'roids 'ere abouts, so I got the mineral scanner and all Oi have to do is ght within ten km of the roid.select the target menu and scan....
There we be...One at 40...one at 25...and why is it that the one you look for is always the one you scan last?...one at 13.
Oi must wait for my SPP delivery and send the captain back for a mine. Earlier on Oi got me self a second hand M6. Now if Oi kit it out with a tractor beam, Oi kin tow the mine to where moi complex will be.I think the Paranid kin 'elp me ther.