Why Cant I Get A XI????

[stavros]

Ok so i've been playing X3 for well over 30 game hours now and i've not yet had the chance to have a go at a XI.

I know you have to do them in sectors the neighbour Xenon sectors.

Do you have to activate all available Xenon sectors before you can do a XI??

Any Help would be appreciated

[Nanook]

XI missions are only offered in one place at a time, and once every 6-12 hours in a random sector among the six. The possible locations of the invasions are:

Getsu Fune
Menelaus Paradise
Thynn's Abyss
Black Hole Sun
Scale Plate Green
Eighteen Billion

You'll need to check them all to find the current one. It'll probably be in the last sector you check, too. Just because.

Also, it will be offered in every station in the sector, and in every sector that belongs to that race within a three sector radius. So you don't have to go all the way to Eighteen Billion, say, to know if one is offered there. It should be offered as far west as Ceo's Doubt and New Income. So you just need to land and check in one station in Ceo's Doubt. If it's not shown there, the current XI is not in Eighteen Billion.

[Carlo the Curious]

Ghinn's Escape

I think you meant Thynn's Abyss.

[Nanook]

Ghinn's Escape

I think you meant Thynn's Abyss.

Oops! You're right. Corrected. I knew something just didn't look quite right.

[pjknibbs]

You don't need to check both Scale Plate Green and Eighteen Billion--they're both Teladi sectors, so an invasion advertised in one will also be advertised in the other due to the three-sector rule you mentioned.

[jlehtone]

Thanks to the three-sector rule you can simply check in five sectors that fulfill the rule and have stations conveniently next to Gate. Less than 15 minutes to check them all, if you are using Jumpdrive.

[Fred_Sanford]

What about Grand Exchange?

[Nanook]

Nope. That Xenon sector doesn't generate invasions. Only the Xenon sectors that were in X2 will. That also leaves out Xenon 101.

[Tharrick]

It'll probably be in the last sector you check, too. Just because. Razz

Odds are that's because you stop checking once you've found it

[yourpowersareweakoldman]

Oh dear, my Complex and HQ are at Black Hole Sun...

It might be fun defending my assets from a Xenon Invasion!!

[Nanook]

As long as they're not too close to the north gate, you should be ok. Generally, the Xenon pop in between that gate and the trading station. Then they tend to go for the nearest station, unless the player is within scanner range. The biggest danger, though, is that your unwary freighters will wander into the battleground.