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Post by Alex »

Hi Commanders,
I'm currently playing as a bounty hunter and was wondering about the message 'Revenge ship added' for each jump after giving the big stick to some poor sod. seems it tops out at about 6 and then goes away??
but what is the "PMW" then a long serial number?

Also I tend to top up my hard heads and maintenance at military posts. I have 75% discount. was just wondering if that is the top or shall I buy more bonds? I have about 350 at the moment, doesn't seem like a lot.
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Post by Jon Ridgway »

Hi Alex,

Not sure about your discount / war bonds question - but re revenge ships - I believe that when you play Random Hits - a random chance of encountering some of your contracts mates are added to your savegame after a hit - you will then occasionally encounter mates seeking revenge for the hit at a systems waypoint when you jump in, you will be able to tell as they will be named characters and be hurling appropriate insults in your direction.

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Post by Diziet Sma »

And the strange gobbledegook you see is debugging code.. after all, RandomHits is still in beta.
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Post by Commander McLane »

PWM is one of the coordinate-systems used by Oolite. You can display your own coordinates with SHIFT-F. It tells you where you are between Planet and Witchpoint in Meters.
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You have to be rated Competent before being able to dock with Space Bars, right?
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I think you can dock with them before becoming Competent, but you won't be able to take missions...
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Hmm, I'm Above Average now and I can't dock with them. I have tried going as close to the far docking bay wall as I dare and it doesn't do anything, so I think I'll have to rack up a few more kills to get past the bouncers.

They have tattoos and everything. :|
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It's a bug. Fly through the back wall. I'm serious.
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LOL, okay I'll try it later.
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