Napping ships out of Xenon sectors
Have been visiting the Xenon a lot recently in an effort to get my combat ranking up (those 12 million+ assassination missions that I can't accept yet have been taunting me!) whilst there, generally blowing a lot up in my Python I been getting quite a lot of L's bailing.
Rather than just leave them there I decided to try and retrieve them. this is my method:
Get a fully maxed Discoverer Raider, with a Jumpdrive some EC's, Navigation command, a transporter device, boost extension and SysOS.
Fly into xenon sector at full pelt, head for the bailed ship dodging fire, when you approach it, you might have to slow down, quickly transfer control using SysOS and then beam over the JD, EC's and Nav command software, order it to jump out to the nearest friendly sector. Head back out the gate.
Needless to say doing all that whilst under fire and getting your new ship out intact can be quite challenging, but rewarding if you pull it of right under the noses of 2J's a K and lord knows how many L's as I did last night!
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Infinitesima
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If it helps I use the following;
Nova Raider 4 md's, 4 ahepts with an extra md in the rear turret. Tactic is to hit hard and quick in 1 or 2 runs at the L. I must have sold dozens by now.
I usually just clear Xenon sectors with my Nova over a few hours. Attract attention of a group of L's with mossie missile or 2, and get them to chase away from the rest of the Xenon fleet until theres enough distance to take them one without the fleet getting involved (usually tackle 4 to 5 at a time this way).
You dont get a cap everytime, but often enough.
Nova Raider 4 md's, 4 ahepts with an extra md in the rear turret. Tactic is to hit hard and quick in 1 or 2 runs at the L. I must have sold dozens by now.
I usually just clear Xenon sectors with my Nova over a few hours. Attract attention of a group of L's with mossie missile or 2, and get them to chase away from the rest of the Xenon fleet until theres enough distance to take them one without the fleet getting involved (usually tackle 4 to 5 at a time this way).
You dont get a cap everytime, but often enough.
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Could it be because im running a buster with 2*bpacs and 4*aire's ?Al wrote:MOst people have trouble capturing Novas due to the rear turret. Best bet is to stay about 1km away and that should allow you to strafe around incoming fire.
Alternatively just hit it very hard and fast and if it doesn't bail, destroy and move on
Al
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ethoward71
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The first Xenon ship I ran into in this game bailed on me, it was a Xenon L. He was part of a small group, the L and 2 M's in some random sector. The hull was damaged very badly, so I just sold it at the closest ship yard.Dartje wrote:xenon ships are cap'able ?
Is that modded in or something ?
I haven't gotten one to bail since.
Try 4*bpacs and 2*aire's that should help some. Nearly half of my fleet is composed of capped ships but I just don't worry about it any more. At first I kept wondering what I was doing wrong but now I just hit them hard and fast. If they don't bail when their shields are gone and 80% hull then I just make one more pass and get rid of them.Dartje wrote:Could it be because im running a buster with 2*bpacs and 4*aire's ?Al wrote:MOst people have trouble capturing Novas due to the rear turret. Best bet is to stay about 1km away and that should allow you to strafe around incoming fire.
Alternatively just hit it very hard and fast and if it doesn't bail, destroy and move on
Al
Yeah you can cap Xenon, they don't bail as such, no pilot bails that you can see, but the ships turn blue and have no pilot and you can claim them.
I think the lots of bails I've been getting are a side effect of using FAA's, they do heavy damage to M3's pretty fast hence all the bailing.
I think the lots of bails I've been getting are a side effect of using FAA's, they do heavy damage to M3's pretty fast hence all the bailing.
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Bail or no bail, Xenon do leave their ships one way or another in an unmodified game. You can cap them.
I have something like 15+ Xenon ships ready to be capped, just sitting there after I've cleared out 3 Xenon sectors.
However, Xenon ships aren't that great and I'll probably just leave them there.
I have something like 15+ Xenon ships ready to be capped, just sitting there after I've cleared out 3 Xenon sectors.
However, Xenon ships aren't that great and I'll probably just leave them there.
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Misinformed
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Basically Xenon are running Windows 3000, a little under a thousand years of progress. However the software developers failed to note that if there figher craft actually get shot (i know, the chances of that happening are infinitum 
) it automatically reformats the onboard 150,000,000 GB maxtor hard drive that stores its flight combat AI. Just as well b/c that noise you hear when an L moves in close proximity to your ship, thats the hard drive.
) it automatically reformats the onboard 150,000,000 GB maxtor hard drive that stores its flight combat AI. Just as well b/c that noise you hear when an L moves in close proximity to your ship, thats the hard drive.Xenons are terraforming robots. There is simply nothing to bail out. I guess them surrendering a ship amounts to a short circuit. They do this occasionally (not on XI missions though). You can cap some L,M,Ns from their raiding paries, on the xenon taxi missions and in their sectors.Dartje wrote:ok im now highly confused. Your saying the pilot doesn't bail out, so how to cap it then ? (just eject and hope the N doesnt crush you when he passes you with 500 speed ?) And aren't xenon pilots more like AI's inside the computer systems of the ship ?