So I was playing my current game in T (Edit: Vanilla 1.2 Alpha). It wasn't going well. My self imposed conducts of:
1. No particle weapons
2. No non-disposable launchers
3. Permadeath
&
4. No lasers except the mining lasers
were making things interesting, and I had rather poor armor....and bad luck.
And then I found it. A full-on Xenophobe Ion lancer....in the system before Charon. The black market wanted 90K for it.
Move forward over an hour of RL time, not all of which was spent gaming. Four BM stations emptied of drugs. Several systems mined. One and a half korolov stations worked out. Many pirates killed, and lots of trading later.....
...and I have proven it is possible to make over 100,000cr before Charon, and possible to get the ion lancer before Charon.
....sadly, due to a lack of random-drop military IDs, I couldn't install it until St.K's. But still. That's not bad.
(Other options I could have gone for were the Dwarg Behemoth Cannon and a Mk.5 Howitzer. Kids, sell drugs and make lots of money to buy illicitly procured military weapons.)
Anyone able to beat that?
The best early-game shop-find ever (possibly)
Epilogue: That ion lancer, with some help from other guns, lasted all the way to heretic, and was one of the best guns I've used.
Since multiverse doesn't work for me, here's what the game looked like.
Interestingly, I never actually saw a Xenophobe ship in the entire playthrough. Guess the black market took them out.....
Since multiverse doesn't work for me, here's what the game looked like.
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ANDERSON
Adventure Domina & Oracus I: The Stars of the Pilgrim
Black Market rank Enforcer
Commonwealth Fleet rank Fleet captain
Commonwealth militia rank Colonel
Domina relationship Canon
Fate Left Human Space on a journey to the Galactic Core
Game Unregistered
Genome Human male
Korolov rank Journeyman
Money (credits) 622,211
Money (rin) 15,488
Score 1,446,370
Ship class Sapphire-class yacht
Time played 12 hours and 31 minutes
Version 1.2 Alpha 1
ACHIEVEMENTS & REGRETS
Became Defender of the Huari
Became Legendary Hero of the Arena
Cleared the Charon system for Korolov Shipping
Defended Point Juno
Defended the CSC Antarctica
Found and delivered Professor Dall's alien sphere
Liberated Raisu station
Lost Jenna
Rescued Mr. Katami from the Black Market
Rescued Project Lamplighter scientists
COMBAT
Enemy ships destroyed 2385
Enemy stations destroyed 172
Friendly ships destroyed 30
Friendly stations destroyed 17
COMMERCE
Profit on arms 569,872
Profit on goods and materials 618,995
Profit on illegal items 41,011
Profit on luxury goods 76,921
Profit on medical supplies 25,989
CONDUCTS
Honored permadeath
ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED
Iocrym command ship 1
Phobos-class dreadnought 14
Iocrym sentinel 54
Aquila-class cruiser 6
Gaian processor 6
Ferian warrior 34
Deimos-class destroyer 13
Dragon Slaver 1
Chasm-class heavy gunship 21
Cometfall-class missileship 8
Ventari destroyer 26
Polar II-class freighter 5
The Slicer 1
Tundra-class heavy gunship 45
Ranx dreadnought 2
Centurion/X-class heavy gunship 7
Tripoli-class destroyer 1
Manticore-class heavy gunship 2
Polar-class freighter 19
Earth Slaver 30
Kobol gunship 25
Luminous drone 48
Aurochs-class mine layer 1
Zoanthrope behemoth 1
Wolfen-class gunship 2
Sandstorm-class gunship 433
Ares sentry 81
Dwarg master 4
EI500-class freighter 3
Huygens Explorer 1
Urak destroyer 6
Centurion-class heavy gunship 38
Atonement-class heavy gunship 6
Charon frigate 2
heavy IAV 2
Steel slaver 26
Ranx gunship 97
Barbary-class gunship 6
Sung transport 5
Drake-class missileship 5
EI200-class freighter 1
Repentant-class gunship 7
Ferian miner 349
Heliotrope destroyer 3
Meth enforcer 17
Marauder raid platform 5
Ronin/C-class gunship 3
Sotho-class gunship 1
200A defender auton 1
Viking II-class gunship 60
Zoanthrope raider 71
Wind slaver 201
Heliotrope gunship 7
Revelations-class missileship 12
Sapphire-class yacht 5
Plague-class gunship 18
Hammerhead II-class gunship 37
Arco Vaughn 1
Urak sentinel 24
T31-class armed transport 6
Corsair II-class gunship 40
Oromo-class gunship 4
EI100-class freighter 10
Viking-class gunship 65
Centauri heavy raider 3
Borer II-class gunship 40
Ronin/A-class gunship 6
Earthzone-class armed shuttle 11
Zulu II-class gunship 5
Himal interceptor 2
Hornet-class battlepod 51
Hammerhead-class gunship 37
light IAV 2
Borer-class gunship 50
Corsair-class gunship 80
Tenhove-class sentinel 11
Centauri raider 43
Zulu-class gunship 8
ENEMY STATIONS DESTROYED
Ares commune 14
Ares shipyard 6
Kobol Warlords camp 4
Ranx fortress 3
Rogue Fleet settlement 3
Ares outpost 10
Penitent sanctum 2
Ranx outpost 3
Rogue Fleet cache 4
Ventari colony 8
Dwarg fortress 1
outlaw pteracnium mine 8
Sung citadel 7
Sung fortress 5
Heliotrope colony 3
Marauder stronghold 1
outlaw duranium mine 6
Penitent shrine 5
Arco Vaughn's container habitat 1
Death Drug Cartel outpost 4
Dwarg colony 9
Marauder compound 1
Marauder outpost 5
outlaw ceralloy mine 2
Sapiens compound 4
Sung slave camp 3
Urak fortress 4
Anarchist settlement 3
Charon Pirates stronghold 5
Fortress of the Charon Pirates 1
outlaw haven 2
outlaw palladium mine 5
Sapiens camp 2
Urak mine 1
Centauri Warlords stronghold 1
Charon Pirates outpost 2
Himal refuge 2
outlaw base 2
outlaw camp 1
outlaw titanium mine 5
Urak outpost 1
Anarchist camp 4
Centauri Warlords camp 7
Charon Pirates cache 2
EXPLORATION
Systems visited 28
Never reached the Galactic Core
FINAL EQUIPMENT
enhanced Iocrym Fracture cannon [+Fast]
enhanced Fusionfire howitzer [+Fast]
enhanced Xenophobe ion lancer [+Fast]
enhanced Mammoth 100MW deflector [+150%]
3 damaged segments of light Iocrym armor [+50%]
enhanced segment of light Iocrym armor [+20%]
enhanced Koshiba-500 reactor [+Enhanced]
enhanced Titan 440 fusion drive [+Enhanced]
high-speed howitzer loader
smuggler's cargo hold
FINAL ITEMS
3 barrels of ithalium paste
portable autodoc
79 pteracnium fuel rods
enhanced plasma torch [+20%]
29 xenotite fuel rods
Commonwealth military identification chip
weapon optimizer ROM
black market identification chip
FRIENDLY SHIPS DESTROYED
Britannia-class heavy gunship 1
Molotok bounty hunter 1
Centurion-class heavy gunship 2
310A aegis auton 1
Wolfen-class gunship 1
Ferian miner 11
Scarab-class superfreighter 1
Ronin/C-class gunship 3
Salvager Nomad 1
Zoanthrope raider 5
AutoSentinel® 1
Ronin/B-class gunship 1
330M mule auton 1
FRIENDLY STATIONS DESTROYED
Teraton research center 1
Ferian colony 16
ITEMS INSTALLED
light Iocrym armor
Iocrym Fracture cannon
octocarbide armor
Kytryn blaster
Fusionfire howitzer
Hecates cannon
Koshiba-500 reactor
Mammoth 100MW deflector
orthosteel armor
quadrocarbide armor
SN2500 reactor
Xenophobe ion lancer
150NX reactor
advanced plasteel armor
heavy ceralloy armor
high-speed howitzer loader
mark III howitzer
patch spider
plasma torch
Titan 440 fusion drive
ceralloy armor
Nova-100 reactor
Yoroi S100 shield generator
Ceratops 1T quasi-armor
Nova-50 reactor
PK25 Morning Star cannon
smuggler's cargo hold
AK15 Partisan cannon
light plasteel armor
miners's cargo hold
solar panel array
tritium propulsion upgrade
cannon accelerator
DM1500 disposable missile rack
mining laser
reactive armor
class I deflector
DM600 disposable missile rack
recoilless cannon
MISSIONS & ACTIVITIES
Commonwealth habitat missions 2
Commonwealth militia missions 6
CSC missions 11 (1 failed)
Korolov escort missions 8
Mining colony missions 2
Money earned on missions 5,100
Slaves offered to Domina 25
Value of supplies donated to Commonwealth Fleet 25,012
WEAPONS FIRED
Iocrym Fracture cannon 1,752
Kytryn blaster 37
Fusionfire howitzer 7,850
Hecates cannon 3,367
Xenophobe ion lancer 28,958
mark III howitzer 45
plasma torch 259
PK25 Morning Star cannon 3,721
AK15 Partisan cannon 2,882
DM1500 disposable missile rack 7
mining laser 1,915
DM600 disposable missile rack 16
recoilless cannon 770
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