News Brief: Prolix Overthrow – Again

Edit: Report by Cpt. Inpu of the SLA:

Artemis sold off Planet Prolix without consulting the SLA, after the SLA secured that planet. The planet was bought and paid for using SLA Coinage. Artemis was replaced after leaving Prolix, joining Kryos Gov and running off with Prolix funds and SLA funds.

The GoC and SLA are still in negoiations discussing how this will reflect on our Relationship.

After pledging an oath to the former Leader of GoC, Steptoe,That the SLA and the GoC will stay out of each others ways, The SLA has struck back at the GoC controled planet Kryos, for it’s part of deliberatly trying to sabotage SLA Territory.

The SLA sees the debt owed to them by Artemis, Corrado and Romansixx now to be fulfilled.

This matter no longer will take up SLA time and resources. It has been settled in our Eyes.

Inpu.

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Cpt. Artemis, formerly of Prolix, was destroyed shortly after 5000CE. As of yet no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The SLA (System Lord Alliance) may be connected to the attack; Artemis and the SLA were, at one time, cooperating, but details of the alliance since then are unknown.

Cpt. Rex Olson assumed command following Artemis’s disappearance. Olson was at one time the leader of Lax, before he was killed by Cpt. Zaltais, the ruler of the galaxy for treason.

Practical Self Defense – Series by Aposter

Practical Self-Defense, or how to survive a bit more than you really should.

By Aposter, contributing editor

This is an odd assortment of tips on combat, weapon and upgrade choice, where to stay and other such things. They are written by a pirate, an assassin, someone who doesn’t necessarily do too much self-defense of his own, but knows how to pick a target. Ironically it doesn’t say too much about the actual fighting, since most people can work that bit out by themselves.

There is however, one golden rule: -

YOU CAN NEVER PROTECT YOURSELF ENTIRELY FROM EVERYTHING.

There are no guarantees in this game. If you bear that in mind while you are playing, you will probably work out the rest of this article for yourself.

Moving swiftly on….

At the shipyard

Ship choice is something I don’t dwell on too much, since its should be down to each individual player to make their own choice. What I will say, however, is that it is worth picking a ship with 1 gun slot on it. Why? To deter raptor pilots. More will give you more protection, but invoke the golden rule before spending lots of cash on extra protection.

SHIELDS are the single most important upgrade, from a self defense point of view. Get the best you can afford, even if it means going into debt. Shields increase the difficulty of an “on the hop” piracy hit exponentially, as well as giving you better assassination and offline protection than the equivalent cost in guns would.

Cloaking shields are worth a thought for the defensive player, although they give no protection in a physical sense, in actuality the protection of being invisible is pretty large. Note that you are still detectable by a very persistent player. And try not to get into fights, the repairs on armour are irritating.

Armour is obviously important. But how important?? The answer is it depends what you might be facing. Against a CM or other large warship, armour is little protection from the rail guns which will chew through it like a juicy fruit. But if you are envisioning smaller fights, against smaller opponents, the extra protection may be worthwhile, if for nothing but to burn up their turns, and survive until the spacedock shields go up.

GUNS are obviously important, and I would recommend even a miner getting one or two of the best guns they can load. But ultimately, the golden rule suggests that you shouldn’t waste too much money, unless you want to get into fights.

ION CANNONS are worthless for self defense. Who is going to cringe at a gun which won’t damage their hull? How can it protect you offline? While a good offensive weapon, especially for pirates, I wouldn’t load these onto a freighter like so many do.

On the other hand, discovering that a raptor attacked your offline self, and your ship blew it to smithereens, is always entertaining.

Other upgrades: – targeting is useful, but not 100% necessary. The same can be said for nanobots, which do not actually repair you, but accelerate your shield recovery time. Worthless if you don’t have shields, obviously.

HARDPOINTS are also available, although at this moment in time, the only one worth talking about is a trail generator. For just 100 extra turns on a jump, you can send off ion trails in all different directions, confusing any pursuers. This is an extremely valuable piece of equipment.

FIGHTERS are a bit of a problem… how much do you need them? The only time they are useful is when another person attacks you with fighters. Only people with lots of fighters use them much, so the protection you can slap on your ship might not be worth it.

If you have cash going spare, buy fighters. If not, don’t worry too much.

That’s about everything to say about ships and upgrades.

Next installments; “Out and About” and “When you log off”

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Galactic Dues Doubled

Following budget crisises following the economic downturn in recent months, Cpt. Zaltais, the Ruler of the Galaxy, raised the Galactic Dues to 8.00%.

Reactions to the change has been mixed. Some sympathized with the Ruler, pointing at his recent losses. Others warned of a forecoming insurrection from hoardes of anrgy traders.

ChosenSpace – Apps for an Extra Edge – End

Well, I almost forgot this one! But the best for last…

ATNotes!

ATNotes creates floating “post-it” notes on your desktop that you can use to keep… well, notes.

Specifically, trade prices (very useful), loans, and other random junk that you can reference quickly and easily. You can also hide notes if you don’t want to see them all the time, then reveal them whenever you want.

It’s also free!

Prolix Government Overthrown

President Miasma of Prolix, and the rest of the Republic members were killed following a coup that left the government in anarchy.

Miasma was in an FR-Mark XI in a space dock orbiting Prolix. Sources say that Cpt. Artemis, of Dahir, and Cpt. Inpu, of the System Lord Alliance are primary figures in the event. Both Dahir and the System Lord Alliance are pledged to the Black Rose Alliance.

Rx_79_Gundam claimed responsibility for Miasma’s death.

Aside from the destroyed Mark XI (value, approximately 2 billion credits, 5,000+ points,) there was relatively little damage; all outposts remained in control of Prolix with the except of the space dock where Miasma was killed, which is now in control of the System Lord Alliance.

Cpt. Inpu has informed CSN that the space dock is now a shipyard.

Cpt. Stealth is the favorite in Prolix’s upcoming election.

ChosenSpace – Apps for an Extra Edge

CS Apps – How to get an extra edge

ChosenSpace can be played in a browser – it makes it amazingly simple to play anywhere, every time. The only application needed is an internet browser – but is it possible to do more?

Yes.

Here are a collection of apps invaluable to me, at least. With these, you’ll able to log conversations, increase profits, and keep organized, perhaps even work faster:

Browser:
This is a very important part, obviously. What do I use (and you should use)?

Firefox - an open-source web browser that’s faster and contains more features than Internet Explorer. It offers tabs, which allow you to switch back and forth quickly between windows, and support for extensions which can make web browsing in general easier. One of the best is AdBlock, which, as the name implies, blocks ads, making browsing easier (eliminating those annoying pop-ups). You won’t believe how you lived without it.

So, you’ve got a browser that’s faster and leaner than IE. What can you improve next?

The Galactic Comms is a great place for players to interact, hang out, discuss, exchange threats and other meaningless drivel. The Java chat client, however, is not so good. It disconnects frequently, doesn’t nearly work all the time, blah blah blah. Also, others want to use an instant messaging service like MSN or AIM.

GAIM, another open-source program, does all those in one convenient package.

GAIM works with all platforms – Mac, Linux, PC. I’ve provided the link to the download page – for Windows users, download the top one, gaim-1.5.0.exe (if you have Linux, you’ll need to use a different one – but I daresay if you’re tech-savvy enough to partition and install Linux you should have no problem finding it).

GAIM works with IRC, but it can be confusing to set up. Here’s what you have to do:

1. From the main window, go to Accounts -> Add/Edit
2. Click on Add (duh)
3. From the drop-down menu (Protocol), select IRC.
4. Fill in the following information

• Screen name: Whatever your ChosenSpace name is
• Server: irc.ircstorm.net
• Password: Space
• Local Alias: Same as your screen name

Once you do that, click “Remember Password” and Save. If necessary click the check box next to “Enabled.”

To connect to a chat:

1. Buddies -> Join a chat
2. From the drop-down menu, select IRC
3. Channel: #CS_Galactic_Comms
4. Password: If you typed in the password in the steps above, you don’t need to do anything. If not, type “Space”

Congragulations! You’re in!

Side note: GAIM doesn’t have a black background, so sometimes text might be hard to read. You can also have GAIM log the chat room conversation in case you want to reference it later on.

Hmm… I’ve really gotten into the multi-parters. I’ve saved the best for last – really! Come back tomorrow!

Daily news – 2/13/2007

Today was a slow news day, so we drove around until we hit someone.

An FR Mark XI slamming into a -302 is never pretty. We did see an escape pod pop out, though.

Leader of Lax Council Self-Destructs

Rex Olson, High Lord of the Lax Council, self-destructed recently as a sign of good-faith, after his ship was heavily damaged. On the Galactic Comms, he agreed to self-destruct his CM-5000. No real confirmation on whether his escape pod was rescued.

Cpt. Sirus Voxx took command of the Lax Counci following Olson’s demise. Voxx declared peace after declaring he was in no way related to the rebellion incited by his leader.

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