Sol - ** POSSIBLE SPOILER**

[Ravenfeeder]

I made the long jump to Sol system, and it is a very long jump - started off with over 3k of fuel and just made it.

Very pretty. Got a nice ring of roids around the system. Earth still has its chastity belt on. Tried landing on Jupiter - whew! No chance. Talk about turbulence. The ship gets tossed every which way. I even tried switch on inertial - even cut engine power to zero - it's a challenge! I tried for half an hour before giving up.

No cash sink there now, at least, none that I could find. And, worse of all, there's no gateway out of the darn place. Looks like I'm stuck with the long haul back - unless someone tells me different!

There's lots of equipment for sale, at the normal prices. I got the anti-missile system.

No hidden systems spotted on the trip.

An interesting, though uneventful trip.

[Blackthorne]

*Grand spoiler warning, 'nuff said*


Been there, done that, bought a Starmaster frame on my way out.

Jupiter's behaviour is pretty consistent with the other gas giants in the game; you can actually skim fuel from the stormy environment, and I'm pretty positive that they have no real surface - just a zone of heavy winds. You can also use the jumpdrive within their atmosphere without burning up.

Couldn't find Pluto on my short stay, I'm unsure if it's still there now that it's planet status has been revoked.

There's a quick way in, as the wormhole from riftspace still exists, but the return wormhole to Sapphire is definitely gone. I took the long way home.

-Blackthorne

[Ravenfeeder]

Aye, Pluto is still there. Had a good look around it, just in case Vice had hidden a return gate in the area - zilch!

[Spartan268]

Anti-missle system???? enlighten me??

[mak10z]

heres a hint about a wormhole I found in Sol... set your map to show all names an look at the star.. why does it have a purple label? just my 2 creds

[Blackthorne]

There's two additional equipment pieces that help you deal with missiles...an auto-CM launcher (does what it says on the label, automatically launches countermeasures) and an anti-missile laser - that one targets incoming missiles and destroys them. The downside is that it takes a few seconds to kill a missiles, and that it's easily overwhelmed by multiple incoming missiles.

Remind me to post "Blackthorne's Hardware Corner", I have a little text prepared that reviews all the items available in Mercenaries, now that I managed to locate and test them all.

-Blackthorne

[Ravenfeeder]

Originally posted by mak10z
heres a hint about a wormhole I found in Sol... set your map to show all names an look at the star.. why does it have a purple label? just my 2 creds

Thanks Mak10z. Darn, I meant to look at the star, just forgot - an old age thing - that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

Cheers

[Maarschalk]

LOL...Vice has moved most of the Universe around....I'm sure most of the stuff from Legends is till there.

Found the Hidden Planet in Pearl it is in a different location now and has a Constructor Station in Orbit. Could not find Al's Quy yet....Got thirsty...:P:P:P:P

[MMaggio]

anybody find the station in Sapphire whose name I can't remember ?

[alpha45]

I did that long trip today, started out in Sirius. As I went along, I set up three trading stations for future convenient refueling for other along the way. I didn't record their coordinates, so future travelers will have to look out for them. They're directly on the path from central Sirius to central Sol, so all you have to do is keep your eye on the map screen. You still need at least 700 units of fuel to get to them, though.

I've also set up several bases around Sol, just for bragging rights.
Sol City ftw :D:D:D:D

Originally posted by MMaggio
anybody find the station in Sapphire whose name I can't remember ?

I remember it was in the middle of a nebula southwest of Sapphire Station. Don't know if it's still there in Mercenary.

[BraveHart]

Originally posted by MMaggio
anybody find the station in Sapphire whose name I can't remember ?

"Once I finish my military campaign I will be on the Hunt for I can't Remember"..... LOL

[MiaZ]

Originally posted by MMaggio
anybody find the station in Sapphire whose name I can't remember ?

Oh yes, I did find a station that I don't remember somewhere in the sapphire system.
Delivered some supplies, 5 cargo holds of beer
I think it was still in the same place but can't say for sure. I forget where it was before.

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[Maarschalk]

LOL.....I can't remember if I did or not.....:P:P:P:P

[MMaggio]

Bless you sir... bless you. But we are close to running out again.
It seems the hired help are bored w/o visitors and have been drinking up all the inventory!
Return as soon as you can!