[TC] How to make pirate/yaki and dukes friendly

[WangzoR]

I found a way to make the yaki friendly to me finally and unknownly dukes haven aswell, all you have to do is funnily enough destory Dukes Haven.. and the ships guarding the station, since there is a few are m6's and a Zeus guarding it, rep comes easy.
After destroying the station wait for it to respawn and it should be friendly to you, I cant confirm if this will happen to everyone but it did for me, even if it doesnt, its still worth destroying just to make the yaki friendly and be able to dock at their incendiary bomb launcher stations

[anneking]

Good question !! One I would like to know.

In X3R It wasn’t possible AFAIK say by attacking Xenon / Khaak in Pirate / Yaki sectors to gain reputation, even using the cheat script to increase rep made no difference.

I’m hoping its possible in X3TC, with the Yaki anyhow. I’m doing the hub mission primarily to flood Yaki space with Xenon and then clean up. I want access to their Incendiary bomb launcher fabs.

What’s galling is that had I started as Bankrupt Assassin you are friendly with the Yaki, and this start is easy, fast ship, argon space is friendly, bah, nothing to it for veterans.

Update: Ah, you've edited your post. Why should the Yaki fab go friendly on respawn after destoying the orginal? Doesn't make sense.

[WangzoR]

you get yaki rep for destroying dukes ships, and dukes haven becomes friendly after destroying it

[anneking]

Well that was all very obvious, NOT.

I’ll give it go though, thanks.

Still it begs the questions: why do you get rep with the Yaki ? Dukes Haven is in the unknown sector. And why does destroying Dukes Haven make it come back friendly ? I know I shouldn’t ask .......

[palm911]

i destroyed the factories in weaver tempest. and the haven. it respawned but they are red. and im KOS to then (kill on sight) im i doing something wrong?

[Ravenholme]

You have to destroy the Duke's Haven HQ Sector, lock stock and barrel.

[Sam L.R. Griffiths]

You have to destroy the Duke's Haven HQ Sector, lock stock and barrel.

That explains what I was doing wrong... I was left with a Pirate Brigantine but killing it with my Tokyo was proving nigh on impossible so I left it alone... will have to try again when I have an Osaka and maybe some other Destroyer pals

[anneking]

You have to destroy the Duke's Haven HQ Sector, lock stock and barrel.

I’m pretty sure that’s not the way to do it. I mean, it doesn’t make any sense right. And it didn’t work for me either.

In the end I got friendly with the Yaki by hanging around the Yaki sectors waiting for an opportunity, then a pirate base in Ocracocks Storm spawned, allowed me to hack into the yaki stations (made neutral), did some build missions, apologised to red ships (which turned blue eventually), then docking rights, then fight missions to get rep to buy the IBLs.

The pirates give you build missions in yaki space, these stations then give you further missions, and eventually the yaki give you missions (once docking privileges are granted). Basically all missions secured in Yaki space seem to give rep.

Currently setting up a closed loop in Weavers T to supply ore / wheat/ energy to the fabs to guarantee a VERY SLOW stream of IBLs.

Hah, captive market. (and no cheating or exploits).

[Spaceweed Adict]

Hmm thats interesting I must be on good terms with the Yaki then as I've had 2 missions off them so far both were combat missions off Yaki ships.
One was to attack and stop a Teladi Frieght convoy reaching some station can't remember what and the other was an escort mission.
Both paid very well and I capped both the Teladi Frieghters too and still got paid for it.
The Teladi wern't to happy about it thou, took a bit of a rep hit with them.
I haven't even bin to the Yaki sectors yet, I'll have to get over there and see how I stand.

[Shihan]

Which unknown sectors is Dukes Haven in?

[The Great Destroyer]

South of Heaven's Assertion I believe,but be careful as there are multiple capitals with not only the Duke's defence squad,but Pirate capitals as well.

[Shihan]

Thanks for information, I will try to find it in that sector.

[Shihan]

Found a pirate base in unknown south of Heaven's Assertion, no other base, no capitals, no other stations. Did I miss Dukes, just haven't found it yet, or is it in another sector other than unknow south of Heaven's?

[delray]

I've blasted Duke's. I can confirm they respawn as neutral.

Their Zeus respawned even before I left the sector. With full escorts. And all were neutral.

[Naferius]

I know how to gain rep with pirates. I was in Loomankstrats Legacy affter a partol mission and wanted to check the pirate bases for Plasma Burst Generatos, but the stations were "RED" and then I saw a Brigantine. I killed it in 2nd atempt with my Vidar (4 Matter/Anty Matter guns + 6 (2trts) EMPC) no wingmen. First one was kamikadze charge and shoot witch didn't go so good / Second atempt 3.50km range no speed just strafe and shoot - Victory And affter the ship exploded the pirates sayed "Thank you for aiding the pirates" or something like that and I could dock in the stations again

[Big Bad Orca]

Anyone else done this clear sector trick for the duke hq? I've wiped out all ships & hq, but when I return there is only red ships... No hq.

[Sam L.R. Griffiths]

Same here.... I have tried this twice...

First time I had a Pirate Brigantine left which I could not kill in the Tokyo I was flying... The second time (base not respawned a third time yet) in my Osaka I wiped out everything I could find that was red in the sector. So far all the Dukes ships are red, but then I do have an extensive satellite network so perhaps that is interfering with the exploit (?). On the plus side I do pick up some nice weapons from the capital ship kills

[Shrekken]

Doesn't work for me either. Destroyed everything in the sector twice over. Duke hates me lol. Any other ideas?

[Coruskane]

I only found 1 IBL forge in Weaver's. Do more spawn?

[anneking]

There should be 2x IBL fabs in Weavers T.

It very unlikely one got destroyed by AI, that sector is very well protected by the Yaki. Do a sector scan.


I see the Urban Myth destroying Dukes empire improves your rep with them is still going strong