Space... The Anal Frontier (Space Rangers 2 Blind Ironman)

[Pope Amole]

Tell me more. Plenty of voulenteers have signed up as pirates.

To be honest, with the way this thing keeps going on, I doubt that it will ever become an issue, but that's not really important. The hardest prerequisite for getting this unique ship is killing a whole hundred of civilian ships, specifically cargo freighters, passenger liners and diplomats. Also, I advise to count this hundred manually since the chart in the game is shared for these and also for rangers and military men that you kill and, believe me, in process of killing the hundred, you'll have to kill a lot of your fellow rangers and brave defenders of the universe. Oh, and, as with all the ships, you'll have to have a pretty high military ranking too, IIRC, the "ace" one, so you'll also have to kill a boatload of dommies. Still, it gives awesome bonuses to your weapons so it's kinda worth it.

 

[Overweight Manatee]

Science hull gets +speed and jump distance, Military hull gets +armor and droid repair rate (also a large speed penalty because of huge 1.2k hull), Pirate gets +damage and speed. IMO pirate is definitely the best since +damage per shot adds up to so many enemies dieing so much faster, as it is applied to each and every hit you do (especially important if you use weaker mass damage weapons like missiles, since 50 damage vs 15 hull is a lot better than 30 damage vs 15 hull). Military and Science are much easier to get though, since Ace rank requires 200-400 dominator kills anyway which means Science basically unlocks itself while Military only requires 50 pirate kills which you can easily hunt down. The Pirate unique ship still requires Ace rank, which means you need to be not-a-pirate for 300ish dominator kills, then start hunting for civilian ships.

They also require a huge amount of money, I think it was 1 million credits. By the time you have completed the prerequisite goals this usually isn't a problem though.

 

[RK47]

....Oooh. I'm too slow for this LP. I thought you were talking of Vanilla.

Yeah, 1 million in Vanilla is already past point of victory, you'd just be buying it for completion sake....if you play it right on normal, 200k would be able to set you up with a good enough hull and weapons to take on the Dominators with very little problems.

 

[Ulminati]

When last we left off, Lord Paco had just earned some easy money by antagonizing every single pirate in the Sol system. This could have no negative reperussions whatsoever.

The generic Quest Vendor mentions that luxuries are apperently seling for dirt cheap at the moment. A change of system might be just the thing, plus there may be a decent profit in it. Even if it's disgustingly honest work.

Barely has Paco left the planet surface before he's accosted by filthy Xenos wanting his cargo

Fortunately, filthy Xeno hulls cannot boos their engines. They are quickly outrun

While selling off his goods, Paco is offered to do a ground mission

He is confindent in his ability to stomp the AI without assistence

It's a new map! Apparently there are both green and red enemies this time

Thinking to do a quick push along a flank, Paco quickly consolidates his forces to the south

The enemy outpost falls quickly, only to find a force of enemy robots had completely overrun both of pacos outposts and his main base in the time it took to blow up 3 turrets... Yeah.

A brave attempt to retake the base by the remaining bots ends predictably poorly.

We shall never speak of this mission again.

On his way back to Sol, Paco is accosted by another pirate. He appears to be able to match pace with the pirate, so he kites it out of weapons range, all the while firing salvos of missiles at the scumbag

Eventually the pirate realizes he is no match for the might of Paco and absconds to a nearby system. Paco gives chase

...Only to find the corsair makes planetfall before he can finish him off! Curses!

Taking a glimpse at the cur in the landing bay it quickly becomes apparent that keeping the corsair at missile distance was a sensible choice. that flak cannon is decidedly unpleasant

While getting refuelling and repair, Paco sells the artefactor since voices in his head informs him it's crap

Since there's no point in making a round 2 when the jackass can jus land and repair, Paco sets off to the sun system to upgrade his shit at the science base and looking into some anal probes.

SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY, I HAVE GOT TO GET ME ONE OF THESE!

Hull is upgraded. The armor cladding is increased from measly 1 pt to 6 pts. Along with the wormey-things Paco got in the last update, his ship now absorbs the first 11 points of damage from all attacks.

Since he has money to burn (and NOONE seems to sell missile launchers anywhere in the galaxy. I know. I triple-checke with the search feature) it's time to invest in probes!

This looks like as good a place as any to start

It's going to take a while (190 days) until they're completely done searching every sector of Neptune, so Paco may as well find some missions to do.

Another mission to keep pirates from blowing shit up in the Sol system comes Pacos way. This is pretty much guaranteed, since every pirate in the system already hates his guts so much they'll happily abandon civilian targets to kill him.

Basically the second Paco leaves earth, he is targetted by 2 pirates. He employs his tried and tested tactic of firing a few potshots at them, landing on a planet, waiting a few days and repeating before they kill any civvies.

As he completes the mission, he is also informed that the Corsair he nearly killed earlier has been arrested upon landing on Mars. Justice is served!

He also nearly managed to blow up another pirate - but for some reason it wasn't arrested when it landed on earth despite being filthy Xeno scum

If Paco had known this was what he was tangling with, he might've been a bit more cautious

At this point, Paco is pretty much constantly toggling his engine into overdrive in short bursts. Sol is crawling with people who want to blow him up.

A good thing then that he is offered a relatively simple Courier run. Before accepting it, he runs a quick search on the planet in question to make sure he won't get arrested the second he lands.

Looks like a stopover in Avior is necessary

Did I mention everyone hates Pacos guts? Jealous pricks.

It takes several tries, but the filthy Xenos finally sell Paco a map of the sector he'll have to pass through to make it to his destination.

There's a spinning shield symbol on the system. It's probably A Bad Thing, but it is also the only way to make it to Pacos destination. How bad can it be?

Boosters to maximum, it is!

Amazingly, Paco makes it to the jump point in one piece. Sadly, I forgot to take a screenshot of the 50-something torpedoes that were right on his ass when he jumped.

Accuracy is upgraded, and Lord Paco is now officially the most experienced Space Ranger this LP has produced!

 

[Drakron]

Well I say you should just fuck those RTS missions as the tutorial is easy enough but then ... MDK squadrons like you seen in the island.

 

[Ulminati]

Lord Paco just killed a dominator battleship!

:pelvic thrust:

[edit]

And a dominator fighter!

And a pirate ship!

that dropped a treasure map!



[edit 2]

Paco is a killing machine!!!!

 

[Azira]

You lost an RTS map? That sucks. They pay really, really well and the xp is amazing.

 

[RK47]

my 16:9 display crashes on every RTS load up.

but it's alright....the Rapid Housing III hull is kicking ass with 5 missile slots at 1000 speed....
Hard Dominators killed 66% of the Rangers...but we're fighting back.

 

[Ulminati]

One thing that was neglected in the previous update is that Paco "helped himself" to some Dominator nodes that were unattended while the battle was raging. Sooner these get delivered to a ranger center, the better

Unfortunately, the only way to get back to human systems is through a system currently under attack by the Dominators

Hovering menacingly over th eonly planet that sells badly needed fuel is a dominator DOOMSHIP! But what's this? It's structure is marked as Orange. Paco gets an insane idea and unloads EVERYTHING he has at the ship...

PACO IS AN ÜBERMENSCH! A stackbarrel fuel container is all that remains of the monstrous dreadnaught. And Paco claims the glory!

emboldened by this turn of events, Paco quickly identifies another heavily damaged ship that is preoccupied with someone else

FLEE MORTALS! I AM PACO, SON OF BHAAL!

BEHOLD THE MAJESTY OF THE LORD OF MURDER!

Some really neat bits of loot are spaced by the wreckage. Paco quickly scoops everything up before the undamaged dominators notice him.

He barely makes it to the planet with the entire Dominator fleet in hot pursuit. Fortunately he only has to wait a few days and they'll switch targets.

While he's there, he picks up some very lucrative deals on cheap luxuries

Apparently the dominators seek to "Enrich" our cultures. Spaceniggers?

Having taken out all the Dominators it was afe to blast, Paco gets the fuck out of dodge

Luxuries are sold on. Slightly regretting creating this universe with a small spread on prices.

Back to Sol to turn in the nodes filling up our storeage

Paco can only afford one micromodule a tht emoment, and it's not all that exciting

But he is no longer bottom of the list!

Next stop is Neptune to se ehow his probes are doing. Lots of interesting stuff uncovered...

HOLY FUCK!

The cladding on Pacos hull just tripled! Along with the wormy-things he got 2 updates ago, he now reduces all incoming damage by 23. Most low-level pirate scum will be unable to scratch him now.

....Oh, you just made a big mistake boy!

ALL SHALL BURN IN GLORIOUS DEATH!

The corsair calls in his Xeno homobuddy. Paco will take them both on!

That's one gone. Let's listen to our favourite song!

A treasure map is found in the wreckage! Sadly, the other pirate legs it while Paco loots the remains of his buddy.

The corsair also had a pretty sweet gripper

Moving up in the rankings. Lord Paco's avatar should be the new :Smugface:

Since Paco has a lot of cash to burn, it's time to FIRE ZE MIZZILEZ! A quick search on the infonet reveals that 2 missile launchers exist in the universe at th emoment. They must be Pacos!

Another stopover is necessary in the system that is under Dominator attack to refuel. But with his newly upgraded armor, Paco feels confident he can survive it.

As he arrives, eh finds a ranger force about to engage the Dominators. Perhaps some good lewt cna be pilfered while the suckers draw fire.

Paco marks all the Dominator fragments for collection. Sadly, most of them have been claimed by the time Paco arrives. So he'll have to settle for refuelling and continuing towards sweet, sweet, missile launchers.

Upon arriving, Paco deploys his probes on an uninhabited planet.

Oh my sweet beauties. How I have longed to caress you!

One of the pirates that harrased him earlier is spotted and summarly executed. Dark days are ahead for all who have slighted Paco

A merchant is impressed with Pacos application of excessive overkill and asks for a demonstration. Drunk with power, Paco agrees.

Paco claws his way up the ranger charts over the dead body of the ranger-pirate he just killed.

SUDDENLY A FLEET OF DOMINATORS ARRIVES!

Several ships are in the system and a battle soon breaks out. Paco arms his 3 missile launchers, but hangs back until a good target presents itself.

2 volleys, then dodging THE FUCK AWAY before he draws too much attention. Paco slowly wears the Dominators down.

BEHOLD THE INCANDESCENT FURY OF PACOS ROCKETS!

Yet another dominator fighter goes up in a ball of flame.

Plenty of nodes are dropped. the missiles explode some of them, but most are reclaimed

While the doomship chases some unlucky red bugger, Paco notices the isolated ship on the right. Mizzilez armed!

The Dominator takes the bait. Paco uses (sparing) engine overload to kite the ship around, while waves of missiles wash over the Dominators hull.

Unlike pirates, Dominators don't flee when their hull gets damaged

Suddenly, Paco draws attention of the big boys :s

Reapirs were somewhat expensive, but look at all that experience!

Moving up in the world.

after hiding on a planet for a few days, Paco decides it's time to leave the system. As he departs, he spots an isolated dominator.

Let's listen to our favourite song!

Lots of expensive doodads are left floating around

Ranger Command is suitably impressed by Pacos bloodlust

Remembering he has a shitload of XP, Paco raises his Charisma and Repair skills

Paco checks on the probes progress. Lookin' good. Everything is reclaimed, as Paco prepares to move on.

The treasure map dropped by the pirate earlier mentions a planet called Nuy. A quick search on the infonet locates it in the Denver sector.

.....Yeah, fuck that.

By now, Pacos missile launchers could do with an upgrade. The only science station he knows of is at Sol, so a course is plotted. Again, several jumps are necessary.

....Oh, fuck! That was NOT a good system to jump to!

Paco barely has enough fuel to make it to safety. That was too close for comfort

One refuel later, and Paco makes it to the (relative) safety of the human home systems

Probing commences...

Nodes are turned over. Sadly, paco can only afford a crap micromodule still.

...But for some reaso, this micromodule was in his storeage on the staton. Paco has no idea where this came from, but +10 to missiles is too good to pass up!

A short visit to the science station upgrades the missiles further. Paco's in pretty damn good shape now.

Where should Paco go from here? As I see it, he has 2 compelling options.

1) Take on some simple missions to gain XP and - more importantly - credits. Fighting the dominators has taken a heavy toll on Pacos bank balance.

2) Dominators are attacking Kephrone and Murratz. These are all-human systems, and Paco has a duty to defend his space-BROs.

Whichever option has the most votes by the time I can be assed to fire up SR2 again decides what Paco does.

 

[RK47]

Let Kephrone burn...sacrifice for the greater good.

Anyways take option 2. Perform a salvage op in the middle of combat. And just launch missiles from afar to gain kill credits. The missions seems unreliable source of income and better done 'on the go' and not actively seek out.

This game is awesome. I wish more people would be open minded enough to play it. I tried introducing it to my friends and the intro + in-game screens turned them off.

 

[Pope Amole]

Dude, you've made my eyes almost bleed - wasting a red micromodule on such a fucking bad hull. Wasting a bloody red micromodule on a heap of trash! Sure, you've got yourself a bit of the advantage in the beginning, but 330 carrying capacity is ridiculous in terms of looting stuff and you'll sorely miss it later because it's freaking hard to find (or buy, even, they're worth 1000+ nodes and it's hard to collect that many) another one.

As for the course of action - 1. In your case, 1 is better since you don't know how to actually profit on fights and without it you'll be soon consumed by repair tolls.

 

[Multiple Sarcasm]

Where should Paco go from here?

Your good luck so far is hard to pass up and not to cash in on with opt2, but fightan/lootan isn't what SR2 is all about, so show us some text quests! Option 1.

Also, watching you waste such an awesome micromodule on a substandard hull was a painful experience. But I haven't played on 'Normal' in a while, so not sure how common quality equipment/mmodules/arts are on that difficulty. Your game's been surprisingly easy, so far, I have to say.

the intro + in-game screens turned them off

friends

 

[RK47]

Where should Paco go from here?

Your good luck so far is hard to pass up and not to cash in on with opt2, but fightan/lootan isn't what SR2 is all about, so show us some text quests! Option 1.

Also, watching you waste such an awesome micromodule on a substandard hull was a painful experience. But I haven't played on 'Normal' in a while, so not sure how common quality equipment/mmodules/arts are on that difficulty. Your game's been surprisingly easy, so far, I have to say.

the intro + in-game screens turned them off

friends

Normal is way too easy as long as you don't take a lot of risk. Heck, I iron-manned one run till I unlocked Rapid Hull with 1000 speed and 250k credits to spare...decided to ramp up Dominator to Strong and enjoyed the slightly improved challenge. Half the Rangers roster are empty. They're KIAs. And I'm now staving off Dominators from the last Science Station in the galaxy....Epic.

 

[Ulminati]

Dude, you've made my eyes almost bleed - wasting a red micromodule on such a fucking bad hull. Wasting a bloody red micromodule on a heap of trash! Sure, you've got yourself a bit of the advantage in the beginning, but 330 carrying capacity is ridiculous in terms of looting stuff and you'll sorely miss it later because it's freaking hard to find (or buy, even, they're worth 1000+ nodes and it's hard to collect that many) another one.

As for the course of action - 1. In your case, 1 is better since you don't know how to actually profit on fights and without it you'll be soon consumed by repair tolls.

Also, watching you waste such an awesome micromodule on a substandard hull was a painful experience. But I haven't played on 'Normal' in a while, so not sure how common quality equipment/mmodules/arts are on that difficulty. Your game's been surprisingly easy, so far, I have to say.

What's wrong, codex?

I honestly had no idea. I just saw some thingmabob and it gave my hull an awesome upgrade. How was I to know it was supposedly super-rare? Ah well, I still expect Paco to die stupidly, so maybe his successor will be wiser.

That said, if not for the extra 12 points of damage absorbation, Paco would've been spaced half a dozen time in that update.

Normal is way too easy as long as you don't take a lot of risk. Heck, I iron-manned one run till I unlocked Rapid Hull with 1000 speed and 250k credits to spare...decided to ramp up Dominator to Strong and enjoyed the slightly improved challenge. Half the Rangers roster are empty. They're KIAs. And I'm now staving off Dominators from the last Science Station in the galaxy....Epic.

Am I reading this right? Is it possible to un-ironman a save? Because at the moment I can't play any other pilots unless I want the LP save to be overwritten.

 

[oldmanpaco]

Don't listen to the haters. Paco knows what he is doing.

Also take option 1.

 

[Donaroriak]

Option 1 and thanks for pushing me over the brim and making me acquire this great game. It is real fun! My work productivity has declined 99%

 

[Hellraiser]

2) Space-BROs are best BROs. If these were xenos I would say you let them die, there would be one less stepping stone on humanity's path to hegemony. But fellow Men and BROs need to be protected.

 

[Overweight Manatee]

Wow, Paco owes the RNG god some sexual favors for that drop there. And yes, using it on that hull was a bad idea. 3 months from now you will have tons of money and want a nice 500+ hull that can take 5 missile launchers for more dakka.

Have you sold the dominator equipment to science stations? Selling stuff otherwise only gets about 40-70% return based on trading skill, but science stations pay either 100% or 200% worth.

Option 2, defend use your countrymen as bullet sponges.

 

[Ulminati]

So far votes are split 3-3. Does this mean I should take missions, but only if they send me into dominator-controlled systems?

 

[Fafnir]

1!

 

[anus_pounder]

2!

 

[Hellraiser]

OMG SO CLOSE JUST LIKE THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2000! CALL THE SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE!

 

[Ulminati]

In case of a tie, Pacos vote on Pacos action will be the tiebreaker :p

May or may not play in an hour or two. Depends on whether or not LoL sucks me in like a mutant whore with 4 mouths.

 

[RK47]

Wow, Paco owes the RNG god some sexual favors for that drop there. And yes, using it on that hull was a bad idea. 3 months from now you will have tons of money and want a nice 500+ hull that can take 5 missile launchers for more dakka.

Have you sold the dominator equipment to science stations? Selling stuff otherwise only gets about 40-70% return based on trading skill, but science stations pay either 100% or 200% worth.

Option 2, defend use your countrymen as bullet sponges.

Yeah, there's plenty of basic skills that standard rangers would and would not need, depending on how much he knows about the game. But Science Vessel 100% Alien Tech sales policy definitely made the trader skill completely useless. Also, do not forget - Stimulants can max out combat skills Time Galliistra is my favorite even if I'm just trading since it boosts your speed.

 

[CrimsonAngel]

2. BLOW SHIT UP!!!!