torpid said:Bee, are you running multiple LPs at the same time?
Yup. And you've missed my short 2400 A.D. LP, which was quite a bit of fun.
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Yup. And you've missed my short 2400 A.D. LP, which was quite a bit of fun.
5: Lapis: Of Hearts and Traitors
Previously on this LP we finished exploring Penthe, shrank Greg Morgan and received the heart from Max Flesh.
And now
Indeed!
We buy some fuel.
And then select Lapis as our destination.
Lapis is apparently a poor mining planet.
We press "Start the Whale".
The screen flashes!
Ignition!
The engine starts!
And the Whale flies off into space!
Here we are on Lapis. (No random encounters during our first flight.) Let's beam down!
Yay, orangey!
Krueger is the first NPC we meet.
Hello, what is your name?
Hi boys! Can I help you! My name is Krueger.
Gosh, I love this game's writing.
Have you got any news for us?
Hypo-coco? Sounds fun!
What are you doing?
If you need something special, just tell me.
Something... special?
What can you get?
Krueger will fetch you anything you need!
Hmm, okay. This guy says he can get anything for us, but we don't have the option to ask him for anything specific. Let's leave it at that for now.
Lots of empty rooms and chairs around here.
As well as some... mineral deposits? bee hives? It is a mystery.
Meet Baumann.
Baumann is collecting taxes, but he doesn't have anything useful to share.
May we ask you a question?
'Kay, whatever.
John Sac is working in the mines. Another meaningless NPC, at least for the moment.
Now that we're carrying the heart, we get attacked by random thugs from time to time. Yay for random encounters!
The thugs drop Small Bore Guns as they drop dead.
And it looks like there's a Healing device in this town as well.
Yeah, one thing I forgot to capture earlier is the Joker job. Korenzel is our Joker; apparently he tells jokes from time to time to give our morale a boost. Whenever that happens, the message "Joker is joking... har, har, har..." appears. Wacky.
And then we finally find Jack Nock. Let's ask him about the heart.
We have got a heart that we should give you.
I know, Max Flesh told me. I have got the money for you.
He's got the money, he says. Should we trust him, folks?
What can you tell us about this heart?
You must know, this heart is for an important man.
Fair enough. At least we know it's a man.
We also have a certain Greg Morgan, uhm, shrinked on a CD.
Jack says he can re-shrink him. Oh-kay.
Let's now give him the heart...
(He gives us the money. We are indeed richer now!)
...and the CD:
When Jack un-shrinks him, Greg Morgan turns out to be a traitor! And he's...
...attacking us from behind!
Mrowaksu dies on our first attempt to kill Greg, but on our second try we succeed!
Grotley levels up! We choose the Search for traps ability for him.
Grotley's now level 3 = "groggy". He needs 7173 more points to reach level 4 = "become a newcomer".
Greg drops another Small bore gun, which unsurprisingly links him to the thugs we've been killing.
Jack Nock approves of our actions.
Please leave now, I am busy. I will be back in an hour.
He also tells us to visit him later. We'll be sure to.
Another NPC we meet as we explore Lapis is G. J. Styx. A groovy name.
Styx implores us to give him "anything". I say screw him.
And here's Ferdinand, the local shopkeer.
He's selling a Machete for $1000, SM3 Battle Gas for $1529, Apollo Grenades for 636 each, an Air Pressure Gun for 7436, a Small bore pistol for 10092, Ammunition for 2248, a Toolkit for 1110, and Explosives for 14984.
We sell him two of the four Small bore guns we've looted so far, for $16611 each. Nice!
We also buy some ammo, just in case.
Checking Grotley's stats, we see that his Strength has increased from 34 to 42, Max Health from 33 to 41, Rhetoric from 43 to 45, Honesty from 11 to 12, General Education from 20 to 23, Speed from 36 to 44, IQ from 21 to 26, and Skillfulness from 31 to 41. Kewl.
Green-clad thugs keep attacking us! Hey, we ain't got no heart anymore!
Here's my map of Lapis -- or rather the small town on Lapis we've explored. Just in case someone's gonna use this LP as a walkthrough or something. Dotted lines are doors:
Whale's Voyage -- Lapis map
We beam up to the Whale. Now that we have the moneyz ($150231 !), I guess it's finally time to start trading!
Let's see what's being sold here.
Hmm, given that Lapis is a mining planet I wonder if we should buy some minerals to sell them elsewhere...
Next time: trading! space battles! etc.
Previously on this LP we finished exploring Penthe, shrank Greg Morgan and received the heart from Max Flesh.
And now
MMXI said:
Indeed!
We buy some fuel.
And then select Lapis as our destination.
Lapis is apparently a poor mining planet.
We press "Start the Whale".
The screen flashes!
Ignition!
The engine starts!
And the Whale flies off into space!
Here we are on Lapis. (No random encounters during our first flight.) Let's beam down!
Yay, orangey!
Krueger is the first NPC we meet.
Gosh, I love this game's writing.
Hypo-coco? Sounds fun!
Something... special?
Hmm, okay. This guy says he can get anything for us, but we don't have the option to ask him for anything specific. Let's leave it at that for now.
Lots of empty rooms and chairs around here.
As well as some... mineral deposits? bee hives? It is a mystery.
Meet Baumann.
Baumann is collecting taxes, but he doesn't have anything useful to share.
'Kay, whatever.
John Sac is working in the mines. Another meaningless NPC, at least for the moment.
Now that we're carrying the heart, we get attacked by random thugs from time to time. Yay for random encounters!
The thugs drop Small Bore Guns as they drop dead.
And it looks like there's a Healing device in this town as well.
Yeah, one thing I forgot to capture earlier is the Joker job. Korenzel is our Joker; apparently he tells jokes from time to time to give our morale a boost. Whenever that happens, the message "Joker is joking... har, har, har..." appears.
Wacky.
And then we finally find Jack Nock. Let's ask him about the heart.
He's got the money, he says. Should we trust him, folks?
Fair enough. At least we know it's a man.
We also have a certain Greg Morgan, uhm, shrinked on a CD.
Jack says he can re-shrink him. Oh-kay.
Let's now give him the heart...
(He gives us the money. We are indeed richer now!
)...and the CD:
When Jack un-shrinks him, Greg Morgan turns out to be a traitor!
And he's...
...attacking us from behind!
Mrowaksu dies on our first attempt to kill Greg, but on our second try we succeed!
Grotley levels up!
We choose the Search for traps ability for him.
Grotley's now level 3 = "groggy". He needs 7173 more points to reach level 4 = "become a newcomer".
Greg drops another Small bore gun, which unsurprisingly links him to the thugs we've been killing.
Jack Nock approves of our actions.
He also tells us to visit him later. We'll be sure to.
Another NPC we meet as we explore Lapis is G. J. Styx. A groovy name.
Styx implores us to give him "anything". I say screw him.
And here's Ferdinand, the local shopkeer.
He's selling a Machete for $1000, SM3 Battle Gas for $1529, Apollo Grenades for 636 each, an Air Pressure Gun for 7436, a Small bore pistol for 10092, Ammunition for 2248, a Toolkit for 1110, and Explosives for 14984.
We sell him two of the four Small bore guns we've looted so far, for $16611 each. Nice!
We also buy some ammo, just in case.
Checking Grotley's stats, we see that his Strength has increased from 34 to 42, Max Health from 33 to 41, Rhetoric from 43 to 45, Honesty from 11 to 12, General Education from 20 to 23, Speed from 36 to 44, IQ from 21 to 26, and Skillfulness from 31 to 41. Kewl.
Green-clad thugs keep attacking us!
Hey, we ain't got no heart anymore!Here's my map of Lapis -- or rather the small town on Lapis we've explored. Just in case someone's gonna use this LP as a walkthrough or something. Dotted lines are doors:
Whale's Voyage -- Lapis map
We beam up to the Whale. Now that we have the moneyz ($150231 !), I guess it's finally time to start trading!
Let's see what's being sold here.
Hmm, given that Lapis is a mining planet I wonder if we should buy some minerals to sell them elsewhere...
Next time: trading! space battles! etc.
korenzel
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Castra seems to have a shortage of Titanium, which is cheaper than Iron and Bauxite on Lapis.
Lapis lacks any high tech commodity, such as Computer Parts and Video Games, a situation that must be remedied at once.
Can you check the prices goods will be bought for along with sale prices ?
Lapis lacks any high tech commodity, such as Computer Parts and Video Games, a situation that must be remedied at once.
Can you check the prices goods will be bought for along with sale prices ?
Fowyr said:
No idea.
korenzel said:
Thanks! I was thinking along those lines too.
korenzel said:
You mean beforehand? Nope. Only after you've bought them and brought them to the planet on which you want to sell them, alas. At least I haven't found any other way so far.
I guess I'm just supposed to follow the planets' description from the manual for now. Bear in mind I haven't started trading yet, so I dunno if new options are going to appear as I progress. Perhaps some devices that will help me trade, evaluate the goods, or some such.
MMXI
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Crooked Bee said:
"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO JACK NOCK"
"HELLO, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
"HI, I AM JACK NOCK. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?"
Crooked Bee said:Hi boys! Can I help you! My name is Krueger.
Crooked Bee said:
Crooked Bee said:
A lovely bit of racism here. "HEY MAN, YOU REALLY NEED A BATH!"
@MMXI
Yeah, this game's writing is comedy gold.
@korenzel
Bought a device called Economy Scanner. Now I can see the current buy/sell prices beforehand for different planets.
Yeah, this game's writing is comedy gold.@korenzel
Bought a device called Economy Scanner. Now I can see the current buy/sell prices beforehand for different planets.
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There's no point in playing it hardcore. The controls are as horrible as it can get and makes sure that your party members will die very often. I really liked the game but never finished it because of the combat controls. Why there isn't a least mouse-support is way beyond me.
The game has very interesting concepts, the charcreation is fun and get a level is always interesting because of the special abilities. Space combat is turnbased and I really enjoyed it even if very simple. Nice equipment and i like the poor space trader/adventure thing (Firefly anybodey?). On the downside the worlds are a bit empty and lifeless and of course the horrible, horrible combat controls
Please go on crooked bee, I'm very interested in reading further
The game has very interesting concepts, the charcreation is fun and get a level is always interesting because of the special abilities. Space combat is turnbased and I really enjoyed it even if very simple. Nice equipment and i like the poor space trader/adventure thing (Firefly anybodey?). On the downside the worlds are a bit empty and lifeless and of course the horrible, horrible combat controls
Please go on crooked bee, I'm very interested in reading further
Thanks, Morkar
I just didn't feel like bothering with resurrection. In this game you can only save when aboard the Whale, but given that beaming up and down is piss easy, I tend to save quite frequently.
As for why I died in the first place, well, it took me some time at first to even figure out I was being attacked by Greg Morgan from behind.
Orgasm said:
I just didn't feel like bothering with resurrection. In this game you can only save when aboard the Whale, but given that beaming up and down is piss easy, I tend to save quite frequently.
As for why I died in the first place, well, it took me some time at first to even figure out I was being attacked by Greg Morgan from behind.
Alright, dear readers, since -- unsurprisingly -- I still haven't beaten the Cube in Uukrul, I may as well add another update to this LP. So here you go.
6: Inoid
In which we trade a lot and reclaim the heart.
Previously on this LP we brought the heart and the CD to Jack Nock, Greg Morgan turned out to be a traitor so we killed him, and Jack told us to come back later. Which means we have nothing better to do for now than trade, trade, trade. Trading being, after all, an important aspect to this game.
We have $150231 at our disposal at the moment. Following korenzel's sound advice, we buy some minerals on Lapis to later sell them on Castra. We buy 20 tons of Titanium, 5 of Iron, and 10 of Calcium.
We fly to Castra to sell it all. Trading is pretty straightforward in this game: buy where it's cheaper, sell where it's rarer and more expensive. There are some goods we can't be trading in for now, as the Whale isn't yet equipped with a Refrigerator device, such as (according to the manual) Food, Infusions, Brain implants, Drugs, Medicine supplies, and Blood surrogate. Another thing to keep in mind is, the more of an item you sell on a planet, the lower price you are offered; which is kinda natural. The prices tend to go back to normal after a while, though, so sometimes you just have to wait a bit. And diversifying the items you trade in never hurts either.
But anyway. Buying minerals on Lapis to sell them on Castra has indeed paid off. The delta (Sell_2 - Buy_1) for Calcium is $2338, for Iron $3094, for Bauxit $3214, and for Titanium $1632. We now have ca. $200000 and can afford upgrading our ship a bit.
Given that we are eventually to encounter space battles, we start with some firepower for $81103. We have $135930 left.
Let's do it the other way 'round now. On Castra, we buy some technological stuff such as Sound receivers (10 tons), Computer games (10 tons), and Computer parts (5 tons), hoping we'll find demand for them on Lapis.
And we indeed do. Our wealth goes up to ca. $200000 again. Rinse and repeat.
The only mistake I made was buying the mysterious Oxygencarbonate, as it turned out to be more expensive on Lapis than on Castra. Oh well. We made a nice profit anyway.
On Castra, we buy a device called Economy scanner, and boy it makes a big difference now. You see, an Economy scanner lets you scan planets for prices on different goods beforehand:
From now on, I don't really need to cover the trading part. I'll just post the following table, which totally covers the trading for this update:
And I'm happy to inform you our wealth is now over $2,000,000.
We also get our first space combat encounters.
This is our ship being attacked by one small space pirate vessel. Being underequipped at the moment, we flee the battle, which is done by reaching either the left or the right border of the screen.
On Castra, we buy a cool Bottom Gun.
As well as an Extra engine, which lets us have more moves per turn in space combat.
In this battle, we are totally overwhelmed by a fleet of six pirate ships, including two big ones, and so barely make it out alive. Phew.
We're badly damaged, and repairing everything costs us quite a bit of dough.
We also buy a Mineral Scanner (not sure what it's for yet) and a Back shield on Lapis.
After several rounds of trading, we beam down to Lapis to visit Jack Nock again.
Looks like our poor Jack is ... in a peculiar condition. Namely, he's dead.
Examining his body, Grotley finds a strange piece of paper. We take it.
Some number are written on it. A telephone number?
Well, let's try calling it.
That was indeed a phone number. We explain the situation.
A totally mysterious voice tells us the heart must be on the planet Inoid and says we "have to" claim it back. Awesum.
Inoid is bloody far away. We need 20682 points of fuel to get there from Lapis, and our ship can only carry 20000. Which means we'll need to stop on Castra on our way there.
On Castra, not sure about what awaits us ahead, we beam down to buy some more ammo for Grotley.
As well as some poison gas for Mrowaksu.
Kewl! :twisted:
By the way. The Whale is now sufficiently well-equipped for us to be able to win battles.
I decide to trade some more. Also, on Lapis we beam down to buy a Toolkit:
Just in case, as I don't know if it's at all useful.
Electrical work?
We also acquire some explosives. 'Cause explosives are fun.
For military use only.
And of course we can't but buy a can of battle gas for Mrowaksu.
Enormous effect, yay!
Meanwhile, we can finally equip the Whale with a Planet glider, the small scout ship designed to explore the surface of a planet.
And then we set sail for Inoid, the planet of eternal winter.
The Inoid trader looks oh so smug.
We can buy some new thingies for our space ship here, such as an Enemy identifier...
...a Firepower Ex. 2...
...an Extra tank...
...as well as a Front shield. Coolity cool.
As we choose to beam down to Inoid...
...we are presented with a totally new screen! That's because we've got a Planet glider now.
Not many options here for now; the number of options should increase as we continue equipping the Whale.
We've got a Mineral scanner, and so can, uhm, scan around for minerals. We can't extract the minerals yet, though.
And now let's explore a bit.
Cold!
Locked doors!
Unwelcoming masked strangers!
Snowmen!
Krycencov!
Hello, what is your name?
Hello you! My name is Krycencov.
What is your job at this station?
A hospital, eh?
Any news?
I do not know anything new.
Fair enough.
Eric Warms is the local cool-looking shopkeeper.
We buy a CP4 Trap.
A Room scanner.
And an Automatic Gun.
The Room Scanner auto-completes the auto-map when used.
The CP4 Trap is, well, a trap.
And the gun is powerful!
We also change Mrowaksu's job from Weighter to Scout.
That won't come in handy in this update, however.
And here's the Inoid hospital.
At the reception, we meet David Mosgo.
Could you let us through?
I cannot do that.
Oh well, let's try something more... deceitful.
One of us is very ill!
Sorry, Dr. Steinhag is very busy now.
FFS!
Let's try telling him we're infected with that new-fangled Hypo-coco disease we learned about in the previous update!
Yay! It worked!
It has apparently been a puzzle of a sort, since Grotley receives a lot of experience for it and levels up.
We choose the Identify weapon skill for him!
Grotley is now level 4, "a newcomer". He needs 12021 more points to "become a rookie" = reach level 5.
Dr. Steinhag appears!
He tells us to follow him.
Then he leaves us in a hospital room and says he'll be right back.
Grotley shares an insightful observation with us.
The funny things is, Dr. Steinhag has left us in a room which is right next to the one where the heart is hidden! Suspension of disbelief, etc.
Mrowaksu open the door for us with his Manipulate computer skill. (Which is the first time a non-healing skill has been useful to us.)
Thanks to that, he gains a level:
Since Mrowaksu's a Biochemist, we choose the Use essence skill for him, hoping it'll prove useful later.
The heart is here, so Grotley takes it -- with Kingcomrade and Korenzel leveling up, too!
Kingcomrade learns Paralyse selected opponent.
And Korenzel, Detoxicate member.
Then we make sure to return to the previous room.closing the door behind us to avoid any suspicions on Dr. Steinhag's part. (Yeah, this game reacts to things like that.) Nope, false alarm.
We make Mrowaksu a Closer, i.e., one who closes doors behind the party. (Yeah, there's a special job for that!)
...tell you that you are not infected. You may leave now.
Dr. Steinhag returns, telling us we're not infected and free to go. Naive bastard! We quickly beam up to the Whale.
Here's how our party's stats have changed after the level-up:
Grotley really has an insane exp advantage over the others. I guess being the party's smooth talker pays off.
And here's my map of the town we've explored in this update:
Whale's Voyage -- Inoid map
Back aboard the Whale, we call the mysterious stranger again.
We tell him we've reclaimed the heart.
Next objective, ahoy! Stay tuned, I guess.
6: Inoid
In which we trade a lot and reclaim the heart.
Previously on this LP we brought the heart and the CD to Jack Nock, Greg Morgan turned out to be a traitor so we killed him, and Jack told us to come back later. Which means we have nothing better to do for now than trade, trade, trade. Trading being, after all, an important aspect to this game.
We have $150231 at our disposal at the moment. Following korenzel's sound advice, we buy some minerals on Lapis to later sell them on Castra. We buy 20 tons of Titanium, 5 of Iron, and 10 of Calcium.
We fly to Castra to sell it all. Trading is pretty straightforward in this game: buy where it's cheaper, sell where it's rarer and more expensive. There are some goods we can't be trading in for now, as the Whale isn't yet equipped with a Refrigerator device, such as (according to the manual) Food, Infusions, Brain implants, Drugs, Medicine supplies, and Blood surrogate. Another thing to keep in mind is, the more of an item you sell on a planet, the lower price you are offered; which is kinda natural. The prices tend to go back to normal after a while, though, so sometimes you just have to wait a bit. And diversifying the items you trade in never hurts either.
But anyway. Buying minerals on Lapis to sell them on Castra has indeed paid off. The delta (Sell_2 - Buy_1) for Calcium is $2338, for Iron $3094, for Bauxit $3214, and for Titanium $1632. We now have ca. $200000 and can afford upgrading our ship a bit.
Given that we are eventually to encounter space battles, we start with some firepower for $81103. We have $135930 left.
Let's do it the other way 'round now. On Castra, we buy some technological stuff such as Sound receivers (10 tons), Computer games (10 tons), and Computer parts (5 tons), hoping we'll find demand for them on Lapis.
And we indeed do.
Our wealth goes up to ca. $200000 again. Rinse and repeat.
The only mistake I made was buying the mysterious Oxygencarbonate, as it turned out to be more expensive on Lapis than on Castra. Oh well. We made a nice profit anyway.
On Castra, we buy a device called Economy scanner, and boy it makes a big difference now. You see, an Economy scanner lets you scan planets for prices on different goods beforehand:
From now on, I don't really need to cover the trading part. I'll just post the following table, which totally covers the trading for this update:
And I'm happy to inform you our wealth is now over $2,000,000.
We also get our first space combat encounters.
This is our ship being attacked by one small space pirate vessel. Being underequipped at the moment, we flee the battle, which is done by reaching either the left or the right border of the screen.
On Castra, we buy a cool Bottom Gun.
As well as an Extra engine, which lets us have more moves per turn in space combat.
In this battle, we are totally overwhelmed by a fleet of six pirate ships, including two big ones, and so barely make it out alive. Phew.
We're badly damaged, and repairing everything costs us quite a bit of dough.
We also buy a Mineral Scanner (not sure what it's for yet) and a Back shield on Lapis.
After several rounds of trading, we beam down to Lapis to visit Jack Nock again.
Looks like our poor Jack is ... in a peculiar condition. Namely, he's dead.
Examining his body, Grotley finds a strange piece of paper. We take it.
Some number are written on it. A telephone number?
Well, let's try calling it.
That was indeed a phone number. We explain the situation.
A totally mysterious voice tells us the heart must be on the planet Inoid and says we "have to" claim it back. Awesum.
Inoid is bloody far away. We need 20682 points of fuel to get there from Lapis, and our ship can only carry 20000. Which means we'll need to stop on Castra on our way there.
On Castra, not sure about what awaits us ahead, we beam down to buy some more ammo for Grotley.
As well as some poison gas for Mrowaksu.
Kewl! :twisted:
By the way. The Whale is now sufficiently well-equipped for us to be able to win battles.
I decide to trade some more. Also, on Lapis we beam down to buy a Toolkit:
Just in case, as I don't know if it's at all useful.
Electrical work?
We also acquire some explosives. 'Cause explosives are fun.
For military use only.
And of course we can't but buy a can of battle gas for Mrowaksu.
Enormous effect, yay!
Meanwhile, we can finally equip the Whale with a Planet glider, the small scout ship designed to explore the surface of a planet.
And then we set sail for Inoid, the planet of eternal winter.
The Inoid trader looks oh so smug.
We can buy some new thingies for our space ship here, such as an Enemy identifier...
...a Firepower Ex. 2...
...an Extra tank...
...as well as a Front shield. Coolity cool.
As we choose to beam down to Inoid...
...we are presented with a totally new screen! That's because we've got a Planet glider now.
Not many options here for now; the number of options should increase as we continue equipping the Whale.
We've got a Mineral scanner, and so can, uhm, scan around for minerals. We can't extract the minerals yet, though.
And now let's explore a bit.
Cold!
Locked doors!
Unwelcoming masked strangers!
Snowmen!
Krycencov!
A hospital, eh?
Fair enough.
Eric Warms is the local cool-looking shopkeeper.
We buy a CP4 Trap.
A Room scanner.
And an Automatic Gun.
The Room Scanner auto-completes the auto-map when used.
The CP4 Trap is, well, a trap.
And the gun is powerful!
We also change Mrowaksu's job from Weighter to Scout.
That won't come in handy in this update, however.
And here's the Inoid hospital.
At the reception, we meet David Mosgo.
Oh well, let's try something more... deceitful.
FFS!
Let's try telling him we're infected with that new-fangled Hypo-coco disease we learned about in the previous update!
Yay! It worked!
It has apparently been a puzzle of a sort, since Grotley receives a lot of experience for it and levels up.
We choose the Identify weapon skill for him!
Grotley is now level 4, "a newcomer". He needs 12021 more points to "become a rookie" = reach level 5.
Dr. Steinhag appears!
He tells us to follow him.
Then he leaves us in a hospital room and says he'll be right back.
Grotley shares an insightful observation with us.
The funny things is, Dr. Steinhag has left us in a room which is right next to the one where the heart is hidden!
Suspension of disbelief, etc.
Mrowaksu open the door for us with his Manipulate computer skill. (Which is the first time a non-healing skill has been useful to us.)
Thanks to that, he gains a level:
Since Mrowaksu's a Biochemist, we choose the Use essence skill for him, hoping it'll prove useful later.
The heart is here, so Grotley takes it -- with Kingcomrade and Korenzel leveling up, too!
Kingcomrade learns Paralyse selected opponent.
And Korenzel, Detoxicate member.
Then we make sure to return to the previous room.
We make Mrowaksu a Closer, i.e., one who closes doors behind the party. (Yeah, there's a special job for that!)
Dr. Steinhag returns, telling us we're not infected and free to go. Naive bastard!
We quickly beam up to the Whale.Here's how our party's stats have changed after the level-up:
Grotley really has an insane exp advantage over the others.
I guess being the party's smooth talker pays off.And here's my map of the town we've explored in this update:
Whale's Voyage -- Inoid map
Back aboard the Whale, we call the mysterious stranger again.
We tell him we've reclaimed the heart.
Next objective, ahoy!
Stay tuned, I guess.korenzel
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Not that it seems to matter much given how rich the team became, but you're not necessarily looking for the highest per unit profit to determine the best trade route.
Instead, if stocks are sufficient enough (which they seem to be), and given the unlimited storage space of the Whale, you'd earn more looking for the highest possible sell_price / buy_price ratio.
Here are our current known goods :
The best routes seem to be :
buying Calcium on Lapis, selling it on Castra
buying Brain Implants on Castra, selling them on Lapis
buying Water on Inoid, selling it on Lapis
buying Iron on Inoid, selling it on Castra (best one, earns nearly 3 times your initial investment)
buying Bauxite on Inoid, selling it on Castra
This is all assuming prices don't change according to your actions. If they do, it'd be better to grind up a good cash reserve with decent routes before making a very high volume trade for the best routes. I also haven't taken fuel costs into account but they seem marginal compared to the money earned.
Instead, if stocks are sufficient enough (which they seem to be), and given the unlimited storage space of the Whale, you'd earn more looking for the highest possible sell_price / buy_price ratio.
Here are our current known goods :
The best routes seem to be :
buying Calcium on Lapis, selling it on Castra
buying Brain Implants on Castra, selling them on Lapis
buying Water on Inoid, selling it on Lapis
buying Iron on Inoid, selling it on Castra (best one, earns nearly 3 times your initial investment)
buying Bauxite on Inoid, selling it on Castra
This is all assuming prices don't change according to your actions. If they do, it'd be better to grind up a good cash reserve with decent routes before making a very high volume trade for the best routes. I also haven't taken fuel costs into account but they seem marginal compared to the money earned.
MMXI said:
That's weird, actually. I did the first time, and was attacked (by some kind of thugs); I presumed that happened because I left the door open. But now that I've retried doing that, nobody attacks us. So I dunno, that may have been a bug or something.
And here I thought this game reacted to stuff like that.korenzel said:
Thanks!
And I thought I was overdoing it. korenzel said:
They do, to different extents for different goods, in that the more you sell, the lower the price you're offered. They seem to come back to normal after a while, though.
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Crooked Bee said:That's weird, actually. I did the first time, and was attacked (by some kind of thugs); I presumed that happened because I left the door open. But now that I've retried doing that, nobody attacks us. So I dunno, that may have been a bug or something.
You know what those tradefags are like.Crooked Bee said:Thanks!korenzel said:
@korenzel
Another small update for ya.
7: Lapis to Nedax: Revolution, ho!
In which we deliver, crawl, and win a major space battle.
Previously on this LP we visited Inoid, the planet of eternal winter, and -- pretending to be infested with Hypo-Coco -- stole the frozen heart from the local hospital. As we got back aboard the Whale, we called our mysterious "friend"; he told us to find a certain mine on Lapis:
So we stock up on water, and off to Lapis we fly.
We are attacked by four buccaneer ships along the way, but that's nothing to be worried about much. We win the battle.
On Lapis we buy a Glider Locator in order to be able to find the 33/18 position (the mine's location).
We also buy a Mining device and can now harvest minerals off a planet's surface.
In the Glider menu, we see a new indicator screen telling us our location on the grid. It's 46/14 now.
And to 33/18 we fly!
As we get there, the Beam to Mine option appears.
And so we're inside the mine.
The mine's layout is pretty straightforward. Here's a map:
Around there are mine carts...
...stone blocks...
...and...
...heaps of hay?
And Korenzel the Joker is still joking. Har har har
The mine seems to be totally abandoned. That is, until we meet Gryx Gwyn.
Surprise, we did not expect a worker in this left mine!
Yeah men, I am working for my own.
For your own?
Does that pay? What are you searching for?
Titanium?
Titanium is not very expensive, is it?
Can you keep a secret? I am searching for gold!
Gold! So that's what you're after, you lying bastard!
And...
How are you?
Quiet well, thanks.
A quiet well? What well? Where?
And who's that guy standing 'round the corner?
Follow you? Oh-kay.
So... this guy is apparently the one we must give the frozen heart to.
What is this computer for?
(Why the fuck do we have the option to ask Jenns about a computer we haven't even seen yet!?)
This is a bugging device. So I can bug all calls on Lapis.
Ooo, spy-ey!
What is this heart for?
Suffix A? Oldschool! Okay, let's read it!
So, we've been drawn into a revolutionary plot? Good to know. And the heart is apparently an implant for a VIP. Cool.
(Also: Jenns Nippel or Jim Nipple? Which is better and why? Discuss!)
Can we do anything else for you?
Another job? We're all ears!
A transporter will arrive very soon. Give them an escort.
An escort?
With your ship.
Oh.
And you will get 10000 credits and fuel.
Lol, we've got more than 2,000,000 creds and a whole lotta fuel already. But 'kay, whatever.
We sure will! That is a ship escort mission. More on it later.
And so we give the heart to Jenns.
Well, thank you. Here is your reward.
He hands us another $100,000. Nice.
Our whole party levels up!
Grotley can choose among some new abilities: Check honesty // Identify opponent // Manipulate computer // Intimidate opponent // Value item // Set trap. I choose the Identify opponent ability for him.
Kingcomrade is given the following options: Resurrect member // Disarm opponent // Check honesty // Take up trail // Identify weapon // Automatic reload // Intimidate opponent. Hmm, I guess we'll go for Resurrect member, that should come in handy later on.
In Mrowaksu's case, we can choose one of the following: Identify weapon // Automatic reload // Use scanner with extended knowledge // Search for traps // Value item // Set trap.
I chose Use scanner with extended knowledge for Mrowaksu, but came to regret that later. Seems totally useless.
Korenzel gains a level, too. His options: Create fireball (49) // Brainblast (63) // Heal wounds // Identify opponent // Paralyse opponent (17) // Intimidate opponent // Disarm opponent (36). Hmm, Heal wounds it is, then.
Grotley is now level 5, "a rookie". He needs 17635 more exp points to reach level 6 = "become a beginner".
And our party's new stats are:
And here's the bugging device we've been hearing so much about. We can't manipulate it, though. This game is highly non-interactive.
Korenzel heals our party up, and we beam up to the Whale.
As soon as we arrive on board, our phone starts ringing. Must be about that escort job.
Oh-kay, it's Nedax, then. Our task is to escort a ship carrying some (illegal) goods. Sounds easy.
We choose Nedax as our next destination, with the Economy scanner allowing us to scan the prices.
korenzel, where art thou?
So Nedax it is. Wait, cities under the sea?
Kewl.
Things don't go smoothly, however...
Our escort mission is scriptedly interrupted by a group of Federation ships!
This is a more or less tough battle. Six enemy ships, all of them pretty strong. And we can only be hit 8 times before we go down.
Our tactics is to attempt taking on the enemy ships one by one.
A single one shouldn't be too much of a problem. (Too bad I forgot to identify the other enemy ships for you, but whatever.)
At the end of the turn, provided we have enough move points left, we can choose to activate shields (which last until the beginning of the next turn), boosting our ship's HP and reducing the damage taken.
Our tactics works, and we emerge victorious!
Reward, yay! 10000 credits!
And here we are. Nedax, the water planet.
On Nedax, we buy a new device for the Whale called "Flexibility". No idea what it's for, really, but sounds useful.
Next time: finding Kevin Grove?
7: Lapis to Nedax: Revolution, ho!
In which we deliver, crawl, and win a major space battle.
Previously on this LP we visited Inoid, the planet of eternal winter, and -- pretending to be infested with Hypo-Coco -- stole the frozen heart from the local hospital. As we got back aboard the Whale, we called our mysterious "friend"; he told us to find a certain mine on Lapis:
So we stock up on water, and off to Lapis we fly.
We are attacked by four buccaneer ships along the way, but that's nothing to be worried about much. We win the battle.
On Lapis we buy a Glider Locator in order to be able to find the 33/18 position (the mine's location).
We also buy a Mining device and can now harvest minerals off a planet's surface.
In the Glider menu, we see a new indicator screen telling us our location on the grid. It's 46/14 now.
And to 33/18 we fly!
As we get there, the Beam to Mine option appears.
And so we're inside the mine.
The mine's layout is pretty straightforward. Here's a map:
Around there are mine carts...
...stone blocks...
...and...
...heaps of hay?
And Korenzel the Joker is still joking. Har har har
The mine seems to be totally abandoned. That is, until we meet Gryx Gwyn.
For your own?
Titanium?
Gold! So that's what you're after, you lying bastard!
And...
A quiet well? What well? Where?
And who's that guy standing 'round the corner?
Follow you? Oh-kay.
So... this guy is apparently the one we must give the frozen heart to.
(Why the fuck do we have the option to ask Jenns about a computer we haven't even seen yet!?)
Ooo, spy-ey!
Suffix A? Oldschool! Okay, let's read it!
So, we've been drawn into a revolutionary plot? Good to know.
And the heart is apparently an implant for a VIP. Cool.(Also: Jenns Nippel or Jim Nipple? Which is better and why? Discuss!)
Another job? We're all ears!
An escort?
Oh.
Lol, we've got more than 2,000,000 creds and a whole lotta fuel already.
But 'kay, whatever.
We sure will! That is a ship escort mission. More on it later.
And so we give the heart to Jenns.
He hands us another $100,000. Nice.
Our whole party levels up!
Grotley can choose among some new abilities: Check honesty // Identify opponent // Manipulate computer // Intimidate opponent // Value item // Set trap. I choose the Identify opponent ability for him.
Kingcomrade is given the following options: Resurrect member // Disarm opponent // Check honesty // Take up trail // Identify weapon // Automatic reload // Intimidate opponent. Hmm, I guess we'll go for Resurrect member, that should come in handy later on.
In Mrowaksu's case, we can choose one of the following: Identify weapon // Automatic reload // Use scanner with extended knowledge // Search for traps // Value item // Set trap.
I chose Use scanner with extended knowledge for Mrowaksu, but came to regret that later.
Seems totally useless.
Korenzel gains a level, too. His options: Create fireball (49) // Brainblast (63) // Heal wounds // Identify opponent // Paralyse opponent (17) // Intimidate opponent // Disarm opponent (36). Hmm, Heal wounds it is, then.
Grotley is now level 5, "a rookie". He needs 17635 more exp points to reach level 6 = "become a beginner".
And our party's new stats are:
And here's the bugging device we've been hearing so much about. We can't manipulate it, though. This game is highly non-interactive.
Korenzel heals our party up, and we beam up to the Whale.
As soon as we arrive on board, our phone starts ringing. Must be about that escort job.
Oh-kay, it's Nedax, then.
Our task is to escort a ship carrying some (illegal) goods. Sounds easy.
We choose Nedax as our next destination, with the Economy scanner allowing us to scan the prices.
korenzel, where art thou?
So Nedax it is. Wait, cities under the sea?
Kewl.
Things don't go smoothly, however...
Our escort mission is scriptedly interrupted by a group of Federation ships!
This is a more or less tough battle. Six enemy ships, all of them pretty strong. And we can only be hit 8 times before we go down.
Our tactics is to attempt taking on the enemy ships one by one.
A single one shouldn't be too much of a problem. (Too bad I forgot to identify the other enemy ships for you, but whatever.)
At the end of the turn, provided we have enough move points left, we can choose to activate shields (which last until the beginning of the next turn), boosting our ship's HP and reducing the damage taken.
Our tactics works, and we emerge victorious!
Reward, yay! 10000 credits!
And here we are. Nedax, the water planet.
On Nedax, we buy a new device for the Whale called "Flexibility". No idea what it's for, really, but sounds useful.
Next time: finding Kevin Grove?
Morkar Left
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Cool! I already waited for an update. I'm wondering if you can stand the ground battles till endgame
korenzel
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Any reason you don't give me any offensive ability ? Not that I mind being the healer, but I remember you mentioning some risk in using too high level a power, but don't remember what those are exactly.Crooked Bee said:
Here you go :korenzel, where art thou?
Note that my previous analysis was quite flawed. The Whale's storage capacity is far from unlimited, at least when it concerns very cheap goods like water. As you can see, despite the fact that you can sell water for more than ten times what you buy it for, it's really not going to earn you any large amount of money, at three hundred thousand a trip.
The best route for now is to buy Iron on Inoid and sell it on Nedax.
Other good routes are:
Buying Titanium on Lapis, selling it on Nedax
Buying Calcium on Lapis, selling it on Castra
Buying Brain Implants on Castra, selling them on Lapis
Buying Bauxite on Inoid, selling it on Nedax
Edward_R_Murrow
Arcane
The Federation? Has to be the most oft-used name in sci-fi. Though at least they aren't iron-fisted dictators, and their control is through layers of bureaucracy...nice touch.
Also, geez, 2 LPs at once with regular (good) updates? You're a machine.
Also, geez, 2 LPs at once with regular (good) updates? You're a machine.
Nipples! Best last name ever! 
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