Oolite Bulletins

Xelite has a targeting computer (for only 900Cr) which shows:-

Ship type
Shields
Velocity
Missiles
Distance
Laser power

The shield % indicates how much damage you have inflicted.

Take it from an old timer, the keyboard is best!!

RH use up down and side to side cursor keys for dogfights

LH middle finger on A for firing laser, leaves forefinger to hit E when aggressive missiles launched, particularly on a jousting run!

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Can you put my mother-in-law in a really evil Thargoid with constricter level shields, or something that needs a huge amount of laser blasts?

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Become a fugitive load up with valuable cargo and head for an anarchy system. YeeeeHaaaaaa

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The need to travel further than 7ly to normally "unreachable planets" as part of a mission or just exploration (I like the former) As a wimsical afterthought, is it possible to make the trading opportunities in these planets extreeeeemly profitable? the "Eldorado" of the galaxie...

I think there are three issues here. 1. The desire to hyperspace as a means of survival in a battle. 2. Being a purist in line with The Dark Wheel, GH is a potentially dangerous activity, and damage may "sometimes" occur. 3. The need to travel further than 7ly to normally "unreachable...

Darkbee wrote:

otherwise your life will be nothing but one giant computer game.

He He

What are we doing here guys, perhaps we should get out more.

(pause for thought)

Naaaaaaa - bring on them Thargons I've got an itchy trigger finger, and a few scores to settle!

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You can't get there basically. In previous versions of Elite it might have been possible by using a Galactic Hyperjump from a point in Galaxy 2 close to those to systems, but Oolite checks whether the destination system is connected to the main web of jump routes and chooses the closest possible co...

I stubbornly refuse to fourth it because it didn't show you that info in the original Elite and therefore must be a desecration of said sacred cow. Even though there isn't really any sound reason for not showing the user that particular information, other than it'll take away the element of suprise...

I support a 7 ly limit. You could finesse it with a secondary fuel tank/fuel generator(I think you've mentioned something like that in a recent thread) and some device that allows jumping to an arbitrary deep space destination. I don't know if it's possible, but you could always try using the fuel ...

When you head to an anarchy system you will face several really heavy attacks. You need to go for the attackers as soon as they appear on the scanner and the earlier you take one or two out the better your chance of survival. You need military lasers!!! Playing dead is sometimes essential if you've ...

If you haven't done so already then I suggest you visit the following sites and read them entirely, starting with The Dark Wheel. http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/dkwheel.htm http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/manual.htm It will enhance your gameplay and help with combat tactics. TGHC - The Gr...