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AmericanSaint

Wed May 18, 2005 4:06 am

I feel really silly asking this, since I've been playing sine shortly after launch, but I haven't really spent much time in space. That said, here's my problem.

I'm working on the freelance pilot training in Eisley, from Drevis in the cantina. One of the firstmissions is a simple "protect the freighter" mission. So, the freighter arrives, and so does Black Sun. No Problem. I can vape Black Sun all day long. The problem is, as soon as the freighter spawns, every Pirate Spy in the system seems to come after me. These ships are not related to my mission, but if I get within about 1500m of them, they gang up on me and blow me to peices. These are only Tier 1 enemies, and ordinarily would not be a problem, but I can't handle half a dozen of them while destroying/disabling the black sun ships and protecting the freighter.

Is there any way to get them to stop attacking me? Does faction in the ground game effect the space game? I have -5000 pirate faction, is this why they keep blasting me? If so, who do I kill to get positive pirate faction?

I've upgraded to the best ship and level one equipment I can find, but I can't seem to train until I finish this mission. I've tried it about 12 times, and I'm running out of money to repair my ship. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

By the way, I tired searching the forums, in case this had already been answered, but apparently the search engine is down. Sorry if this has come up before.

psikobunny

Wed May 18, 2005 4:42 am

#2

Sounds like there is a nearby spawn of the pirates. Your ground faction doesnt have an effect, but flying too close does. Look at the area in three dimensions as you fly in next time, and try to come in a different direction to avoid the spawn. Ease past them, trying to stay at least 1km from them, and when doing the first part of your mission, dont let your fight drift towards them. eventually the path of the escort should take you away from them.

I mustcompleted thismission 3 times with different toons, but I dont recall running into the same problem you have, so I think its a simple matter of not flying too close.

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_Crash_

Wed May 18, 2005 9:57 am

#3

Wierd. Ive done smugglers alliance on 3 different toons and never ran into that issue.

NovaKane

Thu May 19, 2005 5:58 am

#4

I have ran into similar instances doing the Duty missions for Escort Duty on the alliance side. If I get too close to some of the tier II spawns while doing hte escprt mission I tend to aggro some nasty little grousp of fighters. It would not be that bad if it were not for the "Drunken Bumblebee" effects seen and reported so much lately. I cannot seem to take them out fast enough.

RSQViper

Thu May 19, 2005 6:01 am

#5

I have run into this with the Smugglers Alliance as well.

Not much you can do as far as having them not come after you if they are not mission related.

You can hope it doesn't happen again, but there are bad guys all over the place and in our escort's space lanes.

If you can, grab a friend or two to keep them off your back. Or just one master pilot with a descent ship.

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jxjcksn2

Thu May 19, 2005 9:38 am

#6

My Lady ran into the same problem ...... Group with someone alse and 2 of you go out there

and blast them....as long as your grouped... as far as I can see it doesnt matter who blows what up.

I went out and kept everything off her space behind and she completed the mission !

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gracos

Thu May 19, 2005 2:14 pm

#7

When things get really tough in sector hyper-space jumps are your friend. You won't fail the mission for jumping in sector, but you may not be able to get back to your escort in time. But it's probably cheaper to jump, and take that chance than eject.

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