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by ConCorDian » Mon, 4. Jun 12, 01:37
basically if you play a start that allows you the main AP plot you can get the hub by completing the AtreusCorp plot. if you play Terran then no you cannot get the HUB
the Centaur is not a fighter so dont treat it as one, i personally find it a very nice flyer. its not that powerful though compaired to other M6's. as for the war reports, ignore them, they are more or less background noise to emphisis the war but actually mean nothing, just because the war report says something doesn't mean its happening, you can turn them off in the ingame settings.
in terms of advice, its hard to tell someone what to do, i probably do things a good bit different than other players, thats the wonders of X, there are quite a few play styles in the game. but what i would suggest:
1. defo start mapping, if you have only done the missions and stayed to those sectors you got a long way to go, normally i get a Zepherus (TM) or 2 from Legends Home and then buy Kestrels from PTNI for doing my mapping. make sure to buy the Explorer command software when you buy them as its as good as a must if you wanna map the universe.
2. learn what you want in the Nova Proto you got but look into other M3's, once you get the end plot reward id probably say stick to that for a while to learn in, its well sheilded and packs a punch and not that slow either. (im not going to say anything more on it if you aint got that far yet) but id defo start getting used to fighting in an M6, they are one of the best player ship classes in the game, if not thee best (obviously this depends what kind of player you are). imo they have a big enough punch to hurt bigger ships and still the speed/agility to deal with fighters.
3. your Centaur as a trader wont be that great, id personally reckomend nothing below 2500 units of XL cargobay space for a trader, this is because once your traders rank up they will start carrying ECells, Fighter drones, as well as the sellable goods. my personal favorite if the Chokaro (TM) you get from the Yaki in Senators Badlands. but the OTAS Mistrals are good traders as well. again those ships are my personal choices.
4. this is a Chicken and Egg arguement, my personal veiw is to build stations in safe areas as soon as you get the money, because they have the ability to earn you money whilst your doing your work... once you get a few solo stations kicking about and maybe build up 20-30 traders youll start to see decent returns, thats when i start letting my account build up so you can start building complex's. but as always, thats my veiw point. as to what stations id say do a search on the forums, there has got to be litteraly hundreds of topics on "first station" ideas.