X4 storyline issue

[Panos]

Even if I have the game since December, started playing it today with 2.5

However I am kinda stuck. I started the mission the Boron gives, picked the item, jump to the new system following his advice and then disaster.
There is a hostile fleet of 5 Teladian ships around the mission point. I cannot take them out with the crappy starter ship of the tutorial start. So I have tried to dock on the nearby station and wait a bit. Nothing. Even if I left the game run for few hours today, the ships are there around the point.

How's possible to expect from new starters, on tutorial start, to beat 5 ships which just one shoot you?
Is there something I miss? Maybe restart the game and new environment would be generated or the mission needs to be completed later in the game/campaign?

[Imperial Good]

Even if I have the game since December, started playing it today with 2.5

However I am kinda stuck. I started the mission the Boron gives, picked the item, jump to the new system following his advice and then disaster.
There is a hostile fleet of 5 Teladian ships around the mission point. I cannot take them out with the crappy starter ship of the tutorial start. So I have tried to dock on the nearby station and wait a bit. Nothing. Even if I left the game run for few hours today, the ships are there around the point.

How's possible to expect from new starters, on tutorial start, to beat 5 ships which just one shoot you?
Is there something I miss? Maybe restart the game and new environment would be generated or the mission needs to be completed later in the game/campaign?

You should start out neutral to TEL. If you did something to break reputation with them then that is a problem.

If they are SCA ships (marauders/pirates) trying to pirate the sacrificial ship, then that is an annoyance but one can resolve it by blowing them up and waiting for TEL (who will view it as an attack on civilians) to cooldown. One can use either the free L Destroyer in Faulty Logic or the free Osprey in Company Regard to help with this. Equipping with pulse turrets and guns should be sufficient to kill the SCA ships.

[Panos]

Even if I have the game since December, started playing it today with 2.5

However I am kinda stuck. I started the mission the Boron gives, picked the item, jump to the new system following his advice and then disaster.
There is a hostile fleet of 5 Teladian ships around the mission point. I cannot take them out with the crappy starter ship of the tutorial start. So I have tried to dock on the nearby station and wait a bit. Nothing. Even if I left the game run for few hours today, the ships are there around the point.

How's possible to expect from new starters, on tutorial start, to beat 5 ships which just one shoot you?
Is there something I miss? Maybe restart the game and new environment would be generated or the mission needs to be completed later in the game/campaign?

You should start out neutral to TEL. If you did something to break reputation with them then that is a problem.

If they are SCA ships (marauders/pirates) trying to pirate the sacrificial ship, then that is an annoyance but one can resolve it by blowing them up and waiting for TEL (who will view it as an attack on civilians) to cooldown. One can use either the free L Destroyer in Faulty Logic or the free Osprey in Company Regard to help with this. Equipping with pulse turrets and guns should be sufficient to kill the SCA ships.

I restarted the game, however after doing the step of launching the satellite and need to get a ship with antimatter cells, the place is crawling with Marauders Kha'ak and Xenon.
To the point a bunch of Xenon chased me all way to the Grand Exchange drone base and there was a huge fight inside the station.

[Ezarkal]

I restarted the game, however after doing the step of launching the satellite and need to get a ship with antimatter cells, the place is crawling with Marauders Kha'ak and Xenon.
To the point a bunch of Xenon chased me all way to the Grand Exchange drone base and there was a huge fight inside the station.

I had a similar issue in my first playthrough.

But that's hardly a bug. Grand Exchange has a bit more pirate activity than other main sectors. Get some cash (side missions, trading, mining, etc.), upgrade your ship or acquire a few wingmans, clear out the place...

You want the spot? Earn it.

[Imperial Good]

I restarted the game, however after doing the step of launching the satellite and need to get a ship with antimatter cells, the place is crawling with Marauders Kha'ak and Xenon.
To the point a bunch of Xenon chased me all way to the Grand Exchange drone base and there was a huge fight inside the station.

This is due to the encounter system. When you enter zones that you have not personally visited for a while there is a chance of an "encounter" happening. Each possible encounter involves teleporting instances of a variety of different types of ship from around the universe. Sometimes it is harmless fleets of miners. Other times Kahak, pirates or even Xenon. Sometimes the pirates will be made hostile towards the player when teleported for the encounter, even if they have no cargo of interest.

This only applies to the player entering a zone, even if a relief pilot is flying. Ships in low attention or out of sector will not produce encounters. Additionally encounters will not happen again in zones they recently occurred or in zones near stations. Unfortunately until the Headquarter structure spawns the zone involved is almost certainly eligible for encounters.

But that's hardly a bug. Grand Exchange has a bit more pirate activity than other main sectors. Get some cash (side missions, trading, mining, etc.), upgrade your ship or acquire a few wingmans, clear out the place...

TEL sectors are prone to pirate encounters. They are still limited by encounter mechanics such as not in zones with or near stations.

Lore wise this is because the Teladi as a faction are dependent on SCA smugglers to supply resources to Hewa's Twin and all connected systems due to the Godrealm of the Paranid having a blockade at Trinity Sanctum III. The reason for the blockade is because the Teladi wanted to move Swamp Plant from Ianamus Zura through Trinity Sanctum III to Hewa's Twin as it is considered a harmless food and recreational substance widely and traditionally consumed by the Teladi. To the Godrealm of the Paranid they consider Swamp Plant as a precursor of Spaceweed which possession and consumption is outlawed in PAR space and viewed the movement of such substance as an intent to supply such substance to their systems.

As I mentioned earlier, there are two preplaced (spawn in same place every game start) powerful ships one can use to not only dispatch "pests" from the objective area but also to deliver the sacrificial ship safely. The Odysseus Vanguard in Faulty Logic is a free copy of the best L destroyer in the game however it does require navigating a procedurally generated tracker mine field to claim properly (without equipment loss) and can be difficult to extract for new players due to Faulty Logic being a Xenon sector with high Xenon traffic. On the other hand the Osprey frigate M ship in Company Regard is considerably easier to extract as it is far enough away from the gate to Scale Plate Green that outside of encounters there is little risk associated with it. The Osprey is very slow unfortunately, however it does boast reasonable fire power (2 guns, 4 turrets and 3 M shield generators) and even has a single S landing pad to help haul the sacrificial ship safely to the objective area.

[Panos]

OK restarted tonight and was more careful not to engage. I have move the quest line to the point need to make the dock. (did few easy side quests, bit crystal mining also, got ranking with Teladian Corp).

Now returning back to finish off the quest and see what the next step is. While writing this, I have an NPC captain flying the ship
For some might seem "normal" but I find it really cool feature

What I miss from Rebirth is the free walking around the station facilities. Here is more restricted.

[Falcrack]

What I miss from Rebirth is the free walking around the station facilities. Here is more restricted.

Lots of folks complained about having to walk around stations in Rebirth, so I suspect this is why it was scaled back. I personally prefer walking around the more open dock areas in X4, feels more lively to me, and I like the view of space and planets.

[Lazerath]

What I miss from Rebirth is the free walking around the station facilities. Here is more restricted.

Lots of folks complained about having to walk around stations in Rebirth, so I suspect this is why it was scaled back. I personally prefer walking around the more open dock areas in X4, feels more lively to me, and I like the view of space and planets.

People complained about walking around because the way Egosoft implemented the other features made it tiresome and at times very frustrating. The stupid mini game to try and see someone’s skill level and a host of other things like restrictions the way trading was first done (I forget a lot of it now thankfully) but I think if the game (Rebirth) had been released in a state similar to how it is now less people would have complained about it.

In fact if X4 had a similar design as Rebirth for going into stations in Addition to the current docking/landing bays then it would be awesome!

But that’s just my two cents, not worth much! LoL

Cheers!

[Falcrack]

What I miss from Rebirth is the free walking around the station facilities. Here is more restricted.

Lots of folks complained about having to walk around stations in Rebirth, so I suspect this is why it was scaled back. I personally prefer walking around the more open dock areas in X4, feels more lively to me, and I like the view of space and planets.

People complained about walking around because the way Egosoft implemented the other features made it tiresome and at times very frustrating. The stupid mini game to try and see someone’s skill level and a host of other things like restrictions the way trading was first done (I forget a lot of it now thankfully) but I think if the game (Rebirth) had been released in a state similar to how it is now less people would have complained about it.

In fact if X4 had a similar design as Rebirth for going into stations in Addition to the current docking/landing bays then it would be awesome!

But that’s just my two cents, not worth much! LoL

Cheers!

I would like to see more station interiors too, in addition to the docking areas they have now. What could they put there? What gameplay elements in your opinion would warrant further fleshing out the station interiors?

[Karmaticdamage]

Some of the missions are impossible to complete. Scan a ship containing a decryption module? That's an inventory item, it doesn't appear in a ships cargo. It sucks to do 4 out of 5 stages of a mission chain to get an exceptional mod piece, just to have to cancel it because mission number five is broken.

[RainerPrem]

OK restarted tonight and was more careful not to engage. I have move the quest line to the point need to make the dock. (did few easy side quests, bit crystal mining also, got ranking with Teladian Corp).

Now returning back to finish off the quest and see what the next step is. While writing this, I have an NPC captain flying the ship
For some might seem "normal" but I find it really cool feature

What I miss from Rebirth is the free walking around the station facilities. Here is more restricted.

Judging by your forum registration date this is not the first X-game you're playing. So you should know that you are not required to do all plot missions immediately. Get yourself some money, buy, steal or find a better ship or a whole fleet of destroyers and then return.