Marvin's Log

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:42 pm

Left Sol system today after picking up another pack of excals. Will swap out the civvy ship once I get back to Sapphire. Then it will be business as usual ... only now I'm much richer.

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:00 am

I'll have to keep doing some runs there to get my civ rank....then I'll get back in my heavy mil thing.

Post by **Marvin** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:07 pm

Don't forget to buy back your Excals before you take the wormhole out of Sol.

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:51 am

I never sold them..... you never know who you may encounter there....and with a slow levi I need thick skin and sharp theeth.

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:49 pm

Originally posted by DennyMala

I never sold them.....

That's eight slots you waste every time you're lucky enough to find a dozen (or more) FTs for sale. And, somehow, the leftovers are never there when you go back to buy a second load.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:33 am

Originally posted by Marvin
Originally posted by DennyMala

I never sold them.....
That's eight slots you waste every time you're lucky enough to find a dozen (or more) FTs for sale. And, somehow, the leftovers are never there when you go back to buy a second load.

You can always store the left overs in the storage of the hangar bay. You fill up your five cargo bays and missile slot first and see how many are left for sale and store that amount from your cargo bays in the Stations cargo bays which can hold five FTs and then buy the left overs on sale to fill up your ships cargo bay and make your trade run and come back to load up the rest from storage. You can do this with two stations at a time so you can store a total of 10 FTs spread over 2 Stations.........

[Edited on 4-27-2010 by Maarschalk]

Post by **Marvin** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:12 am

I think Denny tried to do that and ended up selling his stealth thingy (the important one).

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:57 am

Nah..... that was only a misplaced click.

I usually store the excals in one of the bay space thus only sacrificing one spot.

The hardpoints are so free to be filled with FT or other missiles. I found good use of right click in the process. ;-)

This way in the return trip I can always have my excals equipped.... just for that.

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:29 pm

Seems the first "M" in MMaggio must stand for "Magellan."

Yesterday I discovered that MMaggio was more than just a B5 voice crying in the wilderness. He came out of his server shell to hunt for a previously undiscovered planet. After he found it, he also discovered that the local population (of the planet) wasn't all too happy with his finding it.

At MM's bequest, I queried (via the tilde key) his sector coordinates and joined him at the newly found location. I then promptly began to document MM's discovery, taking a few screen shots of the planet and, likewise, of MM's ship.

Here I am, approaching the planet:

Alas, MM was less interested in documentation and more inclined toward assistance as he attempted to defend his discovery against pirates, marauders, and other Red interlopers. Oblivious to his plight, I (instead) captured one of many equally dramatic altercations ... as seen here ...

MM about to defend his planet ...

Hang on, MM ... I'm on my way ...

Never mind.

Eventually, I did manage to assist ... although MM initially was too preoccupied ... shooting at everything in sight ... to notice my callsign. Luckily, I'd saved just prior to making planetfall. No (permanent) harm, no foul.

And, honest MM, those excals I fired at you during refueling were an accident. Another case of attempting to chat without first hitting the "Enter" key ... I guess somewhere among the phrase, "How much fuel now?" must be the key to fire off a string of missiles.

Halfway through a really gruelling battle against a multitude of Reds, high winds in the real world resulted in a power loss ... dropping me off line. By the time power and Internet connection was restored, MM had retreated to a safe distance and was looking to retreat even further ... back into a more civilized star system. It was at that point that I misread the quadrant map and sent him about 1000 sectors in the wrong direction.

Ergo, the need for refueling. Which, by the way, works great. Except for the part where certain key combinations can launch missiles at the craft being refueled.

Edit: Small changes. Not that anyone ever reads my posts.

[Edited on 4-29-2010 by Marvin]

Ravenfeeder · Post by **Ravenfeeder** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:04 pm

You get great prices for FTs on that planet!

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:20 am

I suspect you mean when selling. Certainly not for when buying.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:29 am

Unless he has a licence and a certain reputation there or he might be thinking of another planet that looks like it. Could be a planets twin (Yes, I know another way of saying you know what...LOL..

)

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:31 am

There used to be a comic strip called "Twin Worlds." Or maybe it was "Twin Earth."

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:00 am

Maybe it was Twin Peaks....with a valley and a cave......but that could be an adult litrature......

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:53 am

Nice discovery....I'll have to get updated on that too..... busy session this coming sunday.

Ravenfeeder · Post by **Ravenfeeder** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:45 pm

Originally posted by Maarschalk
Unless he has a licence and a certain reputation there or he might be thinking of another planet that looks like it. Could be a planets twin (Yes, I know another way of saying you know what...LOL..)

Oh, definitely for selling! Fortunately, early on in the game, I bought the licence for buying at the cheap planet!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:15 pm

Originally posted by DennyMala
Nice discovery....I'll have to get updated on that too..... busy session this coming sunday.

You mean the Twin peaks with a valley and a cave...?...LOL

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:21 pm

Oasis followed Romulan as he retreated from Sapphire* today. Then I followed Oasis ... and eventually ended up in another previously "unknown" sector of the galaxy (unknown to me, anyway). While Rommie and Oasis went at it, I checked out the nearby planet ... could this possibly be Romulus?

Anyway, whatever it's called, the discovery evidently upset Rommie beyond his normal level of being upset. 'Cause he went about lobbing FTs at Oasis while she sat docked at the planet's one city. He even lobbed one at me while I was in the atmosphere and unable to jump away.

Eventually, he must've run out of credits, gave up, activated his rather primitive translator, and said something besides "LOL" ... except I forget what it was. Then he logged off.

* Admittedly, Rommie put up a tremendous fight ... turning red but never getting to the point of actually exploding. Oasis was quick to make her own repairs and take up the chase.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sat May 01, 2010 2:33 am

Nice Picture.....I know where that is, to bad he has to find another planet to hide out at now....LOL...

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Sat May 01, 2010 8:08 am

He can use my planet, Regula One

Post by **Marvin** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:49 pm

Yup. I suppose he could use Regula One. Long as nobody notices the coordinates which are clearly visible in the above screen shot of your newly discovered planet.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sat May 01, 2010 10:12 pm

ROFL.....

:P:P:P:P

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Mon May 03, 2010 6:44 am

Seems like our clan growed up of a member..... let's see if he'll post here anytime soon.

Marvin was the fisrt to make acquaintance and by helping him in a MP session he granted us his favours.

On a side note, everyone is welcome to join the Independent Merchants Guild; all you have to do is just ask and get in touch with us.

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:33 am

Got our picture taken today ... numerous times. And thanking BH for ignoring the Yoda moments where I figured it was better to stand and fight than to live to fight another day. Wish MM had stayed on long enough for me to join him in a short course in navigation ... I'm not forgetting ya, B5. I have a Basic Nav Tutorial in the works, 'specially for you.

Btw, did you notice BH's promos at the bottom of each screenie? Cool, eh?

BraveHart · Post by **BraveHart** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:46 am

"I had an awesome time taking pictures of Clan [IM] in action along with Capt_Cronic" I am on a mission to take pictures of everyone in the Evochron Universe....not sure how long that will take. Clan [IM] did an Excellent Job doing Co-op missions and the Vonari were Puffs of Space Dust when Marvin and DennyMala showed up....

"Looking forward to Flying with Clan [IM] Again"