help a newbie with aegis

[metis]

I have a little problem wuth the AEGIS installation. I've just bought one for my M2 and I started to look for the military troop carrier. I've founded one that was about to dock with the argon trading station. Since there was no shipyard in the sector i sended my m3 right after the troopcarrier has docked. But to my greatest surprise there were no troops!!!!i looked everywhere!!
what is wrong?is that a bug?or do I have to find a shipyard?or do all the ships need a aegis before they can see troops?

p.s how many man do i need for the M2?

thanx for help

[Sc00by]

I once followed a troop carrier into a trading station and there were troops available to buy. Only a few thou and the went very quickly, so I guess you need to be quick to get them before they are already sold.

Just to be sure you were in and Argon station thou, as I think that they can only be purchased in Argon sectors.

As for troop needs for an M2, here you go straight out of the Read Me file:

• M3 (Argon Nova) - one crew member
• TS/TP - two crew members
• M6 - three crew members per turret
• TL (non-Teladi) - five crew members per turret
• TL (Teladi Albatross) - fifteen crew members per turret
• M1 - Twenty (as "support" crew) plus five crew members per turret
• M2 - Fifty (as "support crew") plus fifteen crew members per turret

Hope that helps...

[Hachiman]

The secret to collecting Mil Personnel? ....YOU MUST dock before the transport and as soon as they appear in the list hit the 'end' button to transfer,probably four if your'e lucky,to your ship.....I am using a Split Scorpian for collecting and find this works a treat as it can outpace the Argon TP's,jumpdrive and docking computer fitted also an advantage......Best catch so far was seventy odd bodies at the Equipment Dock in Antigone Memorial,but most times it's just the odd few at Trading Stations.

[Nyax]

If you're getting impatient, The number available is randomly generated when the transport docks, so you can always save the game immediately before it docks and then reload it if only one or two troops become available.

[metis]

thanx all

but does it actually pays off to have a crew???coz it seems that u need 320 ppl!!!!!!!!!!and that is really expensive

[Some Strange Man]

if you have AEGIS installed, you need it to compete in an M2, with AI ships.

if you don't have that bunch of scripts installed, you can't buy it.

[Small_CPU]

thanx all

but does it actually pays off to have a crew???coz it seems that u need 320 ppl!!!!!!!!!!and that is really expensive

How do you get the number of 320 crewmembers?

M2 - thirty (as "support crew") plus ten crew members per turret

So you need max. 90 crewmembers for a M2. (30 support + 6 times 10 per turret).

Which isn't that much... is it?


@Nightsun

The amount of crew for the M2 has been changed to 10 per Turret.


Zum Grusse

~me

[metis]

sorry,i had a small miscalculation:-)

so after troopcarriers docks the crew will appear on the trading list?

[frymaster]

yes, but not for long

remember though that you don't need to buy the aegis system to use crew, it just makes it more efficient. If I were you I'd hold off buying aegis until your ship is fully staffed

[Burianek]

please take a minute to read the thread about the gunnery crews plugin.
it's linked from the index of bonus plugins sticky.
all of these questions have been asked and answered before.
likely, you'll find some answers in that thread to some other questions you may have later.