The Sole Collective (X3TC XTC DiD) -now not so dead
Posted: Sun, 21. Oct 18, 10:20
Introduction and mods
So, withy the new game coming up I thought it would be fun to dust off the old TC and have a bit of another try at a run through with it, this time though I'm going for a XTC play through.
Started on the argon trading one where you get the disco and the super freighter and have a couple of rules below I plan on following.
-Can't buy any ships over a M6 from any of the main races (TL's exempt from this rule and pirates are free gain to buy whatever they'll sell me)
-Dynamic relations are on so someone somewhere is probably not going to like me at various times.
-Obviously at war with the usual Khaak, Xenon and the XTC hyper aggressive Yaki
-DiD (other than Auto Pilot idiocy and anything caused by family distractions)
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So, I've made it to the expansion region. A new start away from the past. Analytically thinking should mean that I'm safe for a while at least out here. Still I need to blend in, make some money to stay ahead, all while keeping my head down. Why? I'm a freak, and, according to the rest of the universe a very dangerous one at that. You see I'm not entirely human. I suffered from a deliberating disease several years ago. One that would have been fatal had my father not been such a genius when it came to AI. Working with the Aldrinians after communication with them was re-established he developed partially biological nano bots which were able to repair the damage parts of my body. A side effect however was that my body was augmented by these machines so that, whilst outwardly I look perfectly human inside I'm part AI and part organic. Unfortunately that makes me a Teran liability and while the other commonwealth races seem a bit more tolerable to me, they are still wary. Which, being fair they should be, due to the augmentations I have the processing capabilities of a Xenon with the mind of a sentient species. Anyway enough of that, lets get this log caught up.
Trading and salvaging. The lifeblood of my growing operation Its amazing how quickly cash flows in when you have the ability to universally trade with multiple ships on your own, (especially when you didn't have to actually buy most of them). I mean don't get me wrong I have a couple of guys and girls on the books. Mainly people my scavenging ship had picked up barely alive after attacks from the supposedly extinct Xenon and Khaak and the overly aggressive Yaki and Pirates, now intrinsically linked to me through the same nano's that my father use to rebuild me and equally as grateful.
Actual standing wise most of the galaxy seem to be happy to ignore me for the time being, either there all oblivious to my partial AI existences or they don't care. I doubt the latter though so I might have to be a bit careful as we grow to make sure we don't attract too much attention (or can deal with it when we do, never much been any good at fighting but those drone carriers look like they'd make a pretty nifty little home for me, and give me a bit of protection). As my fleet are pretty spread out though, I have a pretty good standing with most of the races including the pirates (which is rather intrinsic as I'll need them to get access to their capital ships).
So, that's the gist of it really. Large amounts of goods hauled back and forwards (mainly Biogas in Born space which has netted me tonnes of credits over the last few week) while remotely picking up ships and stripping and scrapping them. Not much else to report though as I'm currently trying to build up the bank balance (which works out well until I get distracted a set up a new UT) so I'd better get back to it and will be back later with another report.
-End Entry-
So, withy the new game coming up I thought it would be fun to dust off the old TC and have a bit of another try at a run through with it, this time though I'm going for a XTC play through.
Started on the argon trading one where you get the disco and the super freighter and have a couple of rules below I plan on following.
-Can't buy any ships over a M6 from any of the main races (TL's exempt from this rule and pirates are free gain to buy whatever they'll sell me)
-Dynamic relations are on so someone somewhere is probably not going to like me at various times.
-Obviously at war with the usual Khaak, Xenon and the XTC hyper aggressive Yaki
-DiD (other than Auto Pilot idiocy and anything caused by family distractions)
-Begin Entry-
So, I've made it to the expansion region. A new start away from the past. Analytically thinking should mean that I'm safe for a while at least out here. Still I need to blend in, make some money to stay ahead, all while keeping my head down. Why? I'm a freak, and, according to the rest of the universe a very dangerous one at that. You see I'm not entirely human. I suffered from a deliberating disease several years ago. One that would have been fatal had my father not been such a genius when it came to AI. Working with the Aldrinians after communication with them was re-established he developed partially biological nano bots which were able to repair the damage parts of my body. A side effect however was that my body was augmented by these machines so that, whilst outwardly I look perfectly human inside I'm part AI and part organic. Unfortunately that makes me a Teran liability and while the other commonwealth races seem a bit more tolerable to me, they are still wary. Which, being fair they should be, due to the augmentations I have the processing capabilities of a Xenon with the mind of a sentient species. Anyway enough of that, lets get this log caught up.
Trading and salvaging. The lifeblood of my growing operation Its amazing how quickly cash flows in when you have the ability to universally trade with multiple ships on your own, (especially when you didn't have to actually buy most of them). I mean don't get me wrong I have a couple of guys and girls on the books. Mainly people my scavenging ship had picked up barely alive after attacks from the supposedly extinct Xenon and Khaak and the overly aggressive Yaki and Pirates, now intrinsically linked to me through the same nano's that my father use to rebuild me and equally as grateful.
Actual standing wise most of the galaxy seem to be happy to ignore me for the time being, either there all oblivious to my partial AI existences or they don't care. I doubt the latter though so I might have to be a bit careful as we grow to make sure we don't attract too much attention (or can deal with it when we do, never much been any good at fighting but those drone carriers look like they'd make a pretty nifty little home for me, and give me a bit of protection). As my fleet are pretty spread out though, I have a pretty good standing with most of the races including the pirates (which is rather intrinsic as I'll need them to get access to their capital ships).
So, that's the gist of it really. Large amounts of goods hauled back and forwards (mainly Biogas in Born space which has netted me tonnes of credits over the last few week) while remotely picking up ships and stripping and scrapping them. Not much else to report though as I'm currently trying to build up the bank balance (which works out well until I get distracted a set up a new UT) so I'd better get back to it and will be back later with another report.
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