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Thread: Space Mining Quest Guide
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Medazza
Fri May 06, 2005 5:31 am
#1
So, you want to be a space miner, eh? Ok, here is a list of things required to complete:
1. You need Jump to Lightspeed - If you have bought Rage of The Wookies, you have it.
2. If you are new to space, get up there and learn how to fly and how to fight.
3. Tier3 space level is required, though not a must, butsince you will encounter several tier4 and tier5 enemies it is wise if you can hold your own just a bit.. If you are below tier3,a few friends or guildies can go with you to protect you.
Notes:
You can not fly the YT-8 Mining Vessel unless you are a Master Pilot.
You can empty your cargohold, by going into your datapad and access the radial menu on your ship.
Master Shipwrights can build new and improved Lasers, cargoholds and tractorbeams. (Not all are suited for fighterclasses)
You can go to any mining station, Trade Federation or RSF space stations and sell your resources.
If you have cleared your cargohold, you can not put your resources back. However, it should be possible to sell from inventory aswell, this i havnt tested yet, myself.
With me so far? Ok, you are set to go. You need to launch into space, only way to the planet Kashyyk is through hyperspace. Fly to the space station and request to land. Welcome to the "jungle" (Kachiro). You must go through the gate from starport and pass all the huts with NPCs inside. You will meet a HUGE tree, with a large entrance. Inside you will see 3 doorways. Go to first level. Outside on a platform, you must look for aguy called Flash. Go talk to him to receive your first mission..
Mission #1
Head off to Talus, Dearic cantina. You have to talk to a guy called Thom, he sits in the second booth on your right when you enter cantina from the starport side (backdoor). You will now be send to patrol mining route 42. This isnt too hard, you will encounter a few hostiles, shoot them down.
Note: Whenyou receive "mission is completed", make sureyoupass the last waypoint, otherwise you might fail mission when you land. (Happend to a friend)
Mission #2
Now you receive your first Mining laser and small cargo hold (Starfighter class). Thom sends you off to mine 250 units. To gather resources, shoot the large asteroide. When a chunk falls off, shoot it. It will then scatter into several small pieces, when you shoot those, they are transferd into your cargo hold.
Tip: I found that a speed of aprox 350 is good for collecting, it gives you good handle when targeting the fragments, at top speed you will have trouble shooting them all, as you might fly past them and they can be hard to see in space.
Note: If you have more units left, you access your cargohold in datapad, radial menu on your mining ship, empty cargo hold.
Mission #3
Youmust nowmine 500 units, same procedure. Good advice is to find an asteroide that isnt too crowded with enemy fighters, i found one where i was attacked constantly, this is not great, since it takes too much time to shoot them with the mining laser unless you have 2 weaponslots and shift to combat laser. You can still get some escort, ofcourse.
When you return, you are now done with Thom and he sends youback to the big tree in Kachiro. This time, go to the 3rd level, outside and toyour right and meet with Captain Koh.
Mission #4
Kohwill send you on your next mission, where you must gather 750 units. He also grants you a new cargohold that can hold 1000 units. You will have to travel to the Lok system, find a spot without toomuch traffic and start.
Mission #5
Next mission you will have to rendevous with a damaged mining vessel. Koh will now give you a tractor beam.You aim at thevessel and "shoots" the tractor beam. When you havetaken the first load, you will be attacked, fight them off and continue. You will get attacked a few times. When you have all the resources,the ship will blow up and you are clear to headback.
Mission#6
You will now be asked to go on a mining trip to gather resources in 3 different systems. First one is in Kashyyk system, second one is in Endor systemand third is Dathtomir system. You also receive a brand new mining laser, version II. You need to collect 125 units each, which wont take long with the new laser, but keep an eye out for asteriode pirates. If you cant hold your own, again bring friends.
Mission #7
Next mission becomes a bit tricky, you now have to escort 3 YT-8 mining vessels. They meet you in space and they wont start to depart before you communicate with one of them.. Target one and /comm. This is just like any other escort missions you might know. You will be attacked by several pirates, fight them off and after 5 min time, the vessels will leave and youre clear to go home. This is a good time to take a few friends with you, if youre not up for it yourself.
Mission #8
Koh will now send you on a retalliation mission, which means you have to shoot a Wookie mining vessel and its escorts. Note! The vessel is easy to destroy, however the escorts are small bombers and fighters, there will be 6-8 of them. I had trouble taking these out and had to call in reinforcements. When they are all destroyed, return home.
Mission #9
Koh is very pleased with your progress and tells you that this is the final task that will put you on the map as a space miner!
He wants you to go to the Kessel system and mine 500 units of Space Diamonds. I highly recommend that you bring at least an Ace pilot or a few skilled tier3 or 4 pilots to hold any attackers off while you mine. The system is known for its Rebel or Imperial presence of gunboats etc. You might be attacked by Asteroide pirates the first time you hit the diamond, i didnt, some guy i helped last night did. You travel to the Endor systemand enter Kessel through a spacestation. When you have gathered all 500 units, hyperjump back to Kashyyk system and go see Koh.
Congratulations ! You will now be awarded with a Deed for the Y-8 Mining Vessel and a brand new Cargo Hold for 5000 units (Y-8 class)
I had fun doing this quest, even though im not a Master Pilot. It took me about 5 hours, it might be shorter, when you knowwhere and how to do it.
Have fun!
Message Edited by Medazza on 05-08-2005 03:19 PM
Aurelius_Pendragon
Fri May 06, 2005 5:57 am
#2
I am having trouble with the first mission with the tractor beam. When I get to the damaged ship, I turn on the beam, but aside from noise and light effects, nothing happens. When I /inspect I am told the ship has clothing, not resources (and I can /dock and remove these). If there are any resources, how do I access them from the other ship's cargo hold? It doesn't target.
Molykote
Fri May 06, 2005 6:16 am
#3
Thx Medazza.
For a vey nice guide... it helped me.
Keep up the good work.
Medazza
Fri May 06, 2005 6:48 am
#4
Aurelius:
Check out your inventory, there you will see the resources, just keep "beaming". Each time the system tells you how much you have collected, you get attacked, when you have fought them off, keep beaming.
Aurelius_Pendragon
Fri May 06, 2005 7:00 am
#5
Thanks, but I find nothing new in my inventory, the system isn't saying anything, and no one is attacking me.
It feels like the wrong ship, but I got a waypoint to it.
Someone else said you had to train the beam on a special spot on the ship, but I have swept every surface and nothing seems to be happening.
It feels like the wrong ship, but I got a waypoint to it.
Someone else said you had to train the beam on a special spot on the ship, but I have swept every surface and nothing seems to be happening.
Medazza
Fri May 06, 2005 7:22 am
#6
Tractor beam is installed in weaponslot, when you start "attacking" the vessel, you will be attacked and have to fight them off, then you continue to tractor more.. You need to hit a certain spot on the ship.
Aurelius_Pendragon
Fri May 06, 2005 7:26 am
#7
I moved the tractor from weapons slot 2 to slot 3 on my Krayt, and everything worked just fine, in seconds.
Aurelius_Pendragon
Fri May 06, 2005 10:28 am
#9
Pyskow wrote:
and if you only have 2 slots ?
I suspect there is something wrong with my slot 2. When I put the mining laser there it didn't work either.
But if you have only two slots, it would be hard to have a regular weapon, a mining laser, and a tractor at the same time. On the other hand such a ship might be too small for mining anyway. But if nothing else, you can use the tractor for the mission that uses it, and otherwise equip the mining laser. You don't need a tractor for mining, apparently it just makes it more efficent.
Pyskow
Fri May 06, 2005 3:31 pm
#10
I keep blowing that freaking think up.....
...help me here please
OotNerado
Fri May 06, 2005 8:07 pm
#12
I'm stumped after doing the route 42... the "Destroy the Competition!" says I need to head back to headerquarters in Coronet. Where the heck is that?
fazermint
Sat May 07, 2005 12:56 am
#13
for people having trouble with the tractor beam, make sure you are UNGROUPED
it kept blowing up from my tractor beam for 1.5 hours (4-5tries) because I was grouped, ungrouped it was mission succes in a matter of 2-3 seconds
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