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Escort ships OXP?

Post by bulrush »

As I mentioned before, I am a relative newbie to Oolite. I have looked over the table of OXPs. Are there any OXPs where I can hire escort ships when I go to dangerous areas? I did not see anything in the OXP table on the wiki.
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No, nothing like that around.
Get yourself decked out with defensive and offensive stuff before going to the rougher places outa there
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Are there any OXPs where I can hire escort ships when I go to dangerous areas?
As is often the case, I couldn`t do it, but wouldn`t that be a brilliant idea for an OXP for one of the code-wizards out there?
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Re: Escort ships OXP?

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bulrush wrote:
As I mentioned before, I am a relative newbie to Oolite. I have looked over the table of OXPs. Are there any OXPs where I can hire escort ships when I go to dangerous areas? I did not see anything in the OXP table on the wiki.
There is no separate that has it, but inside UPS-courier.oxp you can hire escorts from a certain point on. But first you have to earn the right to hire escorts.

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Post by matt634 »

I've toyed with the idea of offering escorts - either through the Navy or less reputable sources - but never put in the code work because they don't seem very useful. The problem is the escorts go sooooo sloooooow. You can't use your jump drive with an escort and it takes forever to get through the space lane. They would present all kinds of neat little options and subplots, however.
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It was on Giles to-do list, but then, **sniff**, he, he left! I never got to be on this boards until he left! I never got to say hi to him! Why! :cry:
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He has dropped in occasionaly, so hang in there, alternatively you could leave a message on his website.
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TGHC wrote:
He has dropped in occasionaly, so hang in there, alternatively you could leave a message on his website.
Yes, our Master and Commander (and popular God) does occasionally delurk and bless us with his radiance. When he comments on a thread, it is often followed by vast swathes of the hungry being miraculously fed, the terminally-ill suddenly being cured and sections of the forum inexplicably turning to solid gold.....

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the hungry being miraculously fed
That`s true! I suddenly found me something in the fridge! :shock:

* sneaks away *

He said Giles! :P
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Lestradae wrote:
the hungry being miraculously fed
That`s true! I suddenly found me something in the fridge! :shock:

* sneaks away *

He said Giles! :P
There you go a certified miracle. It just goes to confirm my rightful position as the Grand High Poobah of the Church of Giles the Creator.
Now please donate all your Credits to the 'Repair the church roof and build a luxury vestry/ski lodge for the GHP' fund.

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There you go a certified miracle. It just goes to confirm my rightful position as the Grand High Poobah of the Church of Giles the Creator.
Hurray! And in addition, it goes to certify MY rightful position to acquire the forum rank of ELITE soon! Therefore the only slightly nonsensical posting :)
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Please donate another posting I can answer to so that I might acquire my rightful title. Bwahahahahaaaaaa ... :P

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Re: Escort ships OXP?

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Eebings good people! I have a little problem, I just savaged two ships with my new DTT Kraken, I noticed instead of towing them they docked as escorts, I'd keep them as such but they are damaged with no pilots, plus I returned to the pirate cove to sell them and I can't? Not sure what to do now. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thank you in advance.

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Re: Escort ships OXP?

Post by Norby »

Cmmdr Eclipse wrote:
instead of towing them they docked as escorts
Please read my answer in the Escort Deck topic.

Regarding this topic there is another possibility to rent escorts in [wiki]Hired_Guns_OXP[/wiki].
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