[X3TC] How many pirate bases are there?

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[X3TC] How many pirate bases are there?

Post by IanFitzJo » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 22:37

I've found 21 including Anarchy Ports:
IDOBL-50 Bala Gi's Joy
IDOCM-16 Gaian Star (hot zone)
IDOCM-48 Acquisition Repository
IDOEB-61 Circle of Labour
IDOGF-03 Spaceweed Drift
IDOHK-32 Rhonkar's Clouds
IDOJM-22 New Income
IDOLN-61 Unknown sector west of Xenon 534
IDOLZ-23 Hatikvah's Faith (AP)
IDOPY-68 Unknown sector north of Argon M148
IDOQM-36 Sanctity of Corruption
IDORA-64 Unknown Sector east of PTNI HQ
IDOUW-62 Unknown Sector by Oort Cloud
IDOVR-15 Zyarth's Dominion
IDOWI-90 Unknown Sector south of Unknown Sector by Oort Cloud
IDOWT-07 Savage Spur
IDOWV-88 Unknown Sector south of Maelstrom
IDOXA-51 Bright Profit
IDOZI-37 Freedom's Reach
IDOZL-54 LooManckStrat's Legacy (AP)
IDOZL-77 Spires of Elusion

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Post by patient zero » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 23:28

Pirate bases can move around to different sectors in TC so you never really know. Only the plot related bases stay put. :pirat:
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Post by Timsup2nothin » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 01:16

From what I understand there is a fixed number, so when one gets destroyed a new one spawns somewhere. What that fixed number is I don't know but I'm sure one of the script analysts can tell us. Probably could figure out how many potential spawn points there are as well.
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Post by pjknibbs » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 07:33

Pirate base spawn is entirely random--there are no specific "spawn points" where they can go after they've been destroyed. Only their starting locations are fixed.

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Post by IanFitzJo » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 19:10

Are new ones created though (perhaps because I'm producing so many products they like to buy and sell), or is the number fixed at the start of the game, so that the only thing about them that changes about them is their location?

Now up to 23 (which seems like a strange number to fix at):
IDOAF-79 Two Grand
IDOBE-59 Getsu Fune
IDOBL-50 Bala Gi's Joy
IDOCM-16 Gaian Star (hot)
IDOCM-48 Acquisition Repository
IDOEB-61 Circle of Labour
IDOGF-03 Spaceweed Drift
IDOHK-32 Rhonkar's Clouds
IDOJM-22 New Income
IDOLN-61 Unknown sector west of Xenon 534
IDOLZ-23 Hatikvah's Faith (AP)
IDOPY-68 Unknown sector north of Argon M148
IDOQM-36 Sanctity of Corruption
IDORA-64 Unknown Sector east of PTNI HQ
IDOUW-62 Unknown Sector by Oort Cloud
IDOVR-15 Zyarth's Dominion
IDOWI-90 Unknown Sector south of Unknown Sector by Oort Cloud
IDOWT-07 Savage Spur
IDOWV-88 Unknown Sector south of Maelstrom
IDOXA-51 Bright Profit
IDOZI-37 Freedom's Reach
IDOZL-54 LooManckStrat's Legacy (AP)
IDOZL-77 Spires of Elusion
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Post by pjknibbs » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 21:23

I'm pretty sure the number is fixed throughout the game. As for how many they are, I think Egosoft picked cool initial locations for the bases rather than sitting down and saying, "We need X pirate bases, let's now pick where to put them", so 23 is entirely possible. (You'd need to use a script on a new game start to exactly identify how many there are and where they start, though).

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Post by patient zero » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 04:47

Check the sticky: Ultimate X3 Resource Guide.

I use X3 map by Scorp. It shows the location of any station you want.
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Post by IanFitzJo » Mon, 25. Nov 13, 20:32

I'm going to stick with my vanilla tag for now and do things the awkward way. I'm now at 24 PBs. That seems like a more sensible total. Who knows? Maybe I'll find more :D

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Post by Nanook » Mon, 25. Nov 13, 22:57

There are 14 normal pirate bases and 2 Anarchy Ports at any one time. The pirate base, if there's only one, in the sector east of PTNI HQ, is a special plot specific one and has nothing for sale. If you're seeing a lot more than 14, then most likely some of those have been destroyed and respawned in a random location.

In fact, a good number of the PB's start the game in controlled race space, or in a Xenon sector, and get destroyed fairly quickly. Most of the ones on your list don't start in those locations. Here are the ones in race space:

Ore Belt
Atreus Clouds
Priiest Pity
Company Pride
Bad Debt
Nathan's Voyage
New Income
Xenon Sector 597 (Haven't checked this in a while, but pretty sure it still starts here, although it may have been replaced by the one in Terran Unknown Sector.)

Here are the ones that start in pirate space:

Brennan's Triumph
Hatikvah's Faith (not the Anarchy Port)
Unknown Sector east of PTNI HQ
Veil of Delusion
Bright Profit
Gaian Star

Anyway, that should be the fourteen starting locations.

Note that the two Anarchy Ports, in Hatikvah's Faith and Loomanckstrat's Legacy, respawn in the same location if and when they get destroyed.
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