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Czorneboh
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X3TC (V.3.2): Boarding race TL ...

Post by Czorneboh » Wed, 18. Sep 13, 20:48

Hi, guys, boarding noob here requesting assistance...

I spent a lot of time reading up on this topic here in the forum and thought i had a pretty good theoretical understanding of the process. But i fail miserably trying to board my first TL.

After spacewalking a couple of pirate/yaki M6s and getting a few marines trained, i finally thought i should be able to go for the bigger fish.

I chose the Split TL in ZD as target.
My setup:
M3 Xperimental: Shield suppression, mission command
M7M Kraken: pod deployment
Marine team: 5 with 3-4* Fighting, 3-4* total

The TL has 5*200MJ shielding and adv firewall.
Getting the pods to the hull works about 7 out of ten times, which is to be expected.
But:
I loose the first marines immediately after hull breach. None make it past deck 3.

Alternatively i tried:
Spacewalking with a Dragon: last marine dies on deck 3
Spacewalking with a TP and 10 marines: last marine dies on deck 3
Ion'ing everything of the ship, pod/ spacewalk: last marine dies on deck 3
Buying 5 additional marines to bolster sheer numbers (2* fighting, 1-2* total) due to the rest of my marines still being trained at some outpost: last marine dies on deck 3 and at least 3 of them never make it to the hull but go stargazing instead. (This i can't understand at all: 2 pods are fired from the Kraken, 6-7 guys reach the hull, but 3 or 4 drift about 2 km behind the target and don't even bother to catch up.)


I've spent two nights on this and it took what felt like a 100 tries. I never even got to the core once.
So: What am i doing wrong? What can i try next?
Please advise.

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Post by Vayde » Wed, 18. Sep 13, 21:15

Never mind the quality, feel the width. An old Earth saying there. You need more numbers with a TL. Try using 21 marines instead of 5 - 10. More usually works.
Still life in the old dog yet...

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Post by Rive » Wed, 18. Sep 13, 21:44

For a TL you will need at least ten experienced marines (or more less experienced).
Less won't do.
That's all.

Ps.: about pods - as I recall an M7M can fire a barrage of pods. Try it that way. (But first, more marines.)

Czorneboh
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Post by Czorneboh » Wed, 18. Sep 13, 22:02

Well ...
that was fast.
Thank you all!

Will try more marines and try my luck in numbers. Since i have only five "core" marines out of training at the moment and all other assets for the operation in position i will simply buy some cannon fodder with 2* fighting and as much engineering as possible. Hopefully they throw themselves between any enemy fire and my my trained marines.
I woul really hate to wait for the rest of my team to catch up with their training...

Despite having read *a lot* on boarding neither spacewalking nor "podding" is anything like i expected! :roll:

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Post by bandarlog » Wed, 18. Sep 13, 22:09

Mr. Czorneboh, welcome to the Xverse's militarized version of Mile High Club!
If you want to deal with every blonde stewardess aboard that TL, like a GENTLEMAN, you'll need the incredible magnificient:
additional commands-->launch all marines

For marine numbers, mechanics skill and other sciency whacky math-head stuff try the wiki.
http://www.x3wiki.com/index.php/Marines

Also, Teladi ships must be destroyed. They cannot be boarded.
God hates the Teladi.
Dont buy their ships. Dont trade with them. Dont speak to them.

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Post by Sabrina Bergin » Thu, 19. Sep 13, 08:58

Banderlog;

Are you being "Snakist"

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Post by bandarlog » Thu, 19. Sep 13, 11:06

shaun bergin wrote:Are you being "Snakist"
I dont know the meaning of snakism, so here are your options:

a., I'm not mysogynistic...but I have real problems if I pay and she doesn't do her job correctly...

b., I'm not homosexual, but I dont have problems with that...also flying in fallic ships all day is... really...

c., I'm not any kind of "-ist"...
I just simply dont like the skullduggery-scammery.
One time I bought remotely(trade extension) a kestrel from a Teladi shipyard.
There was a **** pigeon's nest on the backseat! I mean, come on...
I know that they want the most profit out of the most minimal work, but this?
Animal phaeces all over the windshield and carpet, carcasses and the smell...oh God...

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