Now, i recently passed the 30 year age mark, so it might be that my eyesight is starting to go bad, and i did drink a few beers tonight, but i swear i saw about 10 Argon marines being deployed by a Rapid Response Minotaur. This happened during a mid-sized engagement in the Treasure Chest sector.
I thought it was a bit odd that i heard the boarding action / hull cutting combat music shortly after entering the sector but now i realize that this music must have been triggered by the marines being launched by the Minotaur at some Terran ship that apparently got blown up before they reached the hull.
NPC boarding actions in vanilla X3-AP? Is that even possible? Have i gone mad?
EDIT: For those concerned about the fate of the Argon marines: The Minotaur just left the sector while a dozen marines were screaming in their headsets "Oi! WAIT FOR ME!" while jetting across the sector trying to catch up with their mothership.
[X3-AP] Marines deployed by NPC ships?
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Troubleshooter11
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I hope you at least scooped em up so as not to let them go to waste.
In any case, I think this was a random chance encounter, rather than the NPCs actively trying to capture a ship. The Minotaur happened to spawn with Marines aboard, as ships do to prevent player boarding ops. It also happened to have Boarding Pods aboard, as M7Ms sometimes do. Things just... happened.
That's how I would explain it anyway
In any case, I think this was a random chance encounter, rather than the NPCs actively trying to capture a ship. The Minotaur happened to spawn with Marines aboard, as ships do to prevent player boarding ops. It also happened to have Boarding Pods aboard, as M7Ms sometimes do. Things just... happened.
That's how I would explain it anyway
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Troubleshooter11
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That that was pretty much my reasoning as well after i posted that. And sadly, i was only in my starter Nova Prototype so i could not scoop the poor fellas up.jkjklkl wrote:I hope you at least scooped em up so as not to let them go to waste.
In any case, I think this was a random chance encounter, rather than the NPCs actively trying to capture a ship. The Minotaur happened to spawn with Marines aboard, as ships do to prevent player boarding ops. It also happened to have Boarding Pods aboard, as M7Ms sometimes do. Things just... happened.
That's how I would explain it anyway
