UFO's

tnorgate · Post by **tnorgate** » Sat, 9. Apr 16, 23:35

Has anyone else seen the UFO? A flying saucer no less - should have followed it I guess.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Sun, 10. Apr 16, 10:46

You should definitely try to follow a UFO, if you see it. If you manage to do that long enough, you may find the secret UFO base, which provides answers to almost any question in the X-Universe.

ShoC · Post by **ShoC** » Sun, 10. Apr 16, 16:53

Gold Dragon · Post by **Gold Dragon** » Mon, 11. Apr 16, 00:51

The problem is following it long enough.

I believe that the minimum time is about 6-7 in-game days.....

Simoom · Post by **Simoom** » Sun, 17. Apr 16, 01:22

I was looking at the move script for the UFO. It's apparantly scripted to flee from the player the moment the player enters it's attention range. Since it has a 400m/s speed, following it continuously may be tough to do.

martimus · Post by **martimus** » Wed, 20. Apr 16, 21:16

X2-Illuminatus wrote:You should definitely try to follow a UFO, if you see it. If you manage to do that long enough, you may find the secret UFO base, which provides answers to almost any question in the X-Universe.

You can go on a snipe hunt with the ufo when you find the base.

Snafu_X3 · Post by **Snafu_X3** » Thu, 21. Apr 16, 00:01

martimus wrote:You can go on a snipe hunt with the ufo when you find the base.

/Snark/ hunt shirley..

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Thu, 21. Apr 16, 17:39

Simoom wrote:Since it has a 400m/s speed, following it continuously may be tough to do.

I would consider this to be a mid or late game goal. After all you need a good setup for following such a fast ship. You will need some time to figure out, where a UFO will fly next. But if you do that long enough, you will get a feeling for it, and when you have reached that state, the speed of the UFOs are no longer a problem.

Ezarkal · Post by **Ezarkal** » Fri, 22. Apr 16, 21:29

It should be quite doable, actually.
Supercharged Mk. 5 engines have a top speed of 360 m/s. That's already 90% of the UFO's speed.

Combine that with dashing shields and you shouldn't have any problem keeping up using short bursts of boost to make up for that last 10%.

Stu Austin · Post by **Stu Austin** » Mon, 25. Apr 16, 01:20

Has any one seen a UFO in Rebirth? If so, where.
stu

Ezarkal · Post by **Ezarkal** » Mon, 25. Apr 16, 20:02

Stu Austin wrote:Has any one seen a UFO in Rebirth? If so, where.
stu

I've never seen any myself, but there are a few screenshots lying around. Look at the bottom posts of this page: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0

I've seen a closer shot recently on the forums, but I can't remember exactly where.

Stu Austin · Post by **Stu Austin** » Tue, 26. Apr 16, 01:20

Thanks! Its definitely in Devries. I'm going to fly around there and see what I can find.
stu

Ezarkal · Post by **Ezarkal** » Tue, 26. Apr 16, 15:02

I saw a pretty good close-up of a UFO in another sector, too. I just can't remember if it was maelstrom or torride. (Can't find the link anymore)