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nomadic_leader

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most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« on: December 22, 2015, 09:05:09 AM »

seriously even though I didn't see a single fleet in the Penelope's Star system, it was fun exploring it. It was interesting to 'unlock' the history of the system piecemeal by going from planet to planet, and I felt like I achieved something when I found that wreck of a "rad-hot" Onslaught at the bottom of a canyon.

The Mexican system was good too (almost uninhabited). That reference to the iraq war/iran nuclear deal also amused me, though I spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out what, if any, political point was being made.

Next update hoping for references to Thucydides' Melian Dialogue on a barren pock-marked moon.
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2015, 09:10:15 AM »

Damn I'm not paying close to that much attention on the little information texts... I'm constantly busy getting money or supplies and a trip to an empty system would just mean I lose money.
I have just under a million in bank... maybe I should try less hard and play with wear...
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2015, 01:26:10 PM »

Has anyone with Nav 10 tried docking with it?
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2015, 01:43:30 PM »

The Mexican system was good too (almost uninhabited). That reference to the iraq war/iran nuclear deal also amused me, though I spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out what, if any, political point was being made.

Yma? That's not Mexican, it's Quechua. And where's there a reference to the war in Iraq?
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nomadic_leader

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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2015, 03:42:16 PM »

I'll now refer to it as the  "Precolumbine civilizations" star system when I can't remember the actual name.

The iraq war/iran deal reference is in there somewhere on one of the planets.
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2015, 01:01:20 AM »

Is it Killa? Or the other one next to it? I've read both descriptions and I didn't get any references.

Also that system isn't quite abandoned. If we ever get an "alternative" pirate start, I'd like to start from that system.
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2015, 08:46:25 AM »

Abandoned or not, it does have some extremely cheap marines. I now have around 700 marines just by constantly buying there.
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2015, 12:04:25 PM »

That's... 60 marines per month? Wow  :)
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2015, 06:31:35 PM »

There's another system that offers dirt cheap marines, near the bottom west of the map but I can't remember the name. The planet is called Maxios I think.
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Re: most fun was exploring the abandoned systems
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2015, 08:29:06 PM »

Decivilized plantes.
Weather forecast of Maxios is full of meteor showers.
Killa? No need to explain...right?

So the question is what weapons do they actually carry. Stone hammer maybe ;D
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