Split and spaceflies

[George Wills]

I don't understand this:
Split use spaceflies in common as secondary resource. But they have no ships capable of effective hunting this creatures. Their fighters lack IDs, essential to stun flies. TS and TP has ID mountable, but mostly only on AFT and both ship types are too slow and awkward to catch fly stunned only for short time.

Are spaceflies mostly imported commodity for Splits?

Or Split spaceflies hunting job is only for group of ships? 1 TS/TP stunned them and few fighters scoop them up? Is any way to organize such as hunting group in X3?

Or Split fly hunters buy/steal suitable ships from other races?

BTW did you meet spaceflies in X3 ever? Last time I remember I met some singing swarm of flies it was in X2. Maybe wild form of spaceflies are eradicated and that imported to Split are produced in some secret facility. Who knows?

[-XTM-]

X3 makes me see Spaceflies just about everywhere....playing way too much.

But yes they are in the game...saw them a couple of times, without
the sound though.

[shadowfang2]

why do u have to use split ships ? argon nova would prolly be better

[jlehtone]

why do u have to use split ships ? argon nova would prolly be better

The question was why the Split have to buy Novas to do their hobby, which is outlawed by everyone else? The player is free to do whatever, but the Split ship design should allow to perform the Split traditions.

Was it Swedes that have a special treat? Something like put herrings in a barrel and let them rot for a while before eating? Would it make sense, if all the suitable barrels would be designed and manufactured by somebody else (who does never eat rotten herrings) than Sweden?

BTW, I think that Split Iguana has 4 IonD on the nose, which should be able to stun and scoop even the most stubborn fly. Just the ship for luxury raids.

[steel chicken]

ive seen em a couple times too, but i miss the sound

[EsGi]

Havent seen them out in the open, found a crate of spaceflies yesterday in the Hole I think, along with some hornets and dragonflies, missiles that is. So where do you take spaceflies, I haven't got a clue. Don't pirates buy them or something, need to sell em before I get done by the coppers.

[mrbadger]

I've never seen a spacefly in space, and I've spent a lot of time wandering around exploring while my UT's do thier thing.

I'm wondering whether they don't appear till you have the collector. In X2 they were everywhere.

Oh, and I also saw a Boron Spacefly collector ship. I thought those guys were protecting spaceflies? for shame....

[DarthVodka]

Perhaps there is a sound file for them but it's too low volume. I've noticed a few really unbalanced sounds while playing: MDs are way loud and you can hardly hear the freight scanner at all.... Or is that just my sound card? lol