Battling it out in the Heretic

[RPC]

It should count as perma if you haven't died. I don't know why T counts crashes as deaths.
Also, how did you hack it? Any hints, tips?

[Amilir]

IIRC Trans counts crashes as deaths because it's trivial to force a crash. Of course, it's only slightly less trivial to save scum....

Hacking the archive is easy. Just raise it ~10 times, bring it back to steady at ~200, and lower it when you get close. You really only need to understand what you're controlling. To make an analogy, you need to drive to an office a mile away in a short time. Sadly, you can't be going too fast into the parking lot or you'll crash. However, while on the freeway, you can go very fast. To get to your destination, you'll need to accelerate up to freeway speed (increase virus), cruise along (match virus (throttle) to repairs (friction)), slow down (decrease virus), and pull into the lot (win!).

[erik dela cruz]

Also, how did you hack it? Any hints, tips?

Just what Amilir described in his analogy, loading the virus in 5th gear earliest is the best start option then decelerate gradually til you see "Repairing", then wait for the green arrows to show up. Green is good, red is bad.

[Aquilai]

It's nice to follow your progress erik and BLOBERT. From reading your endgame text, have either of you tried befriending the Huari? They will give you an extra minor story arc that I don't think you've tried. If you don't mind a tip (quote this post or copy+paste the small text to read the tip): Destroy 6 Sung fortresses without attacking any Huari ships or bases.

[erik dela cruz]

Yep Aquilai me and Apotamo are drinking buddies. Hehehe. With regards to Ai hacking it is best to have Heisen CPU coz you have more viruses in it (i guess you figured that). Next you hagve two tries in hacking it, first try loading more viruses as quick as you can but when everything turns red on screen, stop(or click decrease). Then wait and you will see the effect.

[erik dela cruz]

I still await the final battle yet to come. I've done it Permadeath & all but the excitement never stops here. Am looking forward to what's beyond the Heretic Gate......

[erik dela cruz]

...am enjoying every EI500 moment. Looting so soooooo much fun!

[Jay2Jay]

Wait, is subdueing the AI supposed to be hard? I got it on my first couple of trys really, all I did was up the viral load to an insane amount then lower it as soon as it got around 4000 or so, after that its easy. The hardest part is not overshooting I would say. I think of it more like a rocket that must get to a certain height, but cannot be going too fast when you get to that height or something will explode.

SO like I, erik, and Amilar said, go really fast then slow down around a little less than 4000 or so.

[erik dela cruz]

Trans 1.2 Beta 3: This has to be my most profitable permadeath vanilla finish. I wanna do the dance of joy!

George musta rebalanced Phobos right coz i destroyed em with micronukes(yipee!).
Never thought it was that good in finishing em of. The IM90 helped a little so i decided to smother them Phoboses with the awesome expanding explosions of each micronuke fired.

EREEK

Adventure Domina & Oracus I: The Stars of the Pilgrim
Black Market rank Sindikat lieutenant
Commonwealth Fleet rank Fleet captain
Commonwealth militia rank Colonel
Domina relationship Patriarch
Fate Left Human Space on a journey to the Galactic Core
Game Unregistered
Genome Human male
Korolov rank Legend
Money (credits) 7,668,496
Money (rin) 201,321
Score 1,684,336
Ship class EI500-class freighter
Time played 1 day and 12 hours
Version 1.2 Beta 3

ACHIEVEMENTS & REGRETS

Acquired Lamplighter archcannon
Allowed Rama to meet his destiny
Allowed Volkov to find his wife
Became Defender of the Huari
Became Legendary Hero of the Arena
Cleared the Charon system for Korolov Shipping
Defended Point Juno
Failed to defend the CSC Antarctica
Found and delivered Professor Dall's alien sphere
Liberated Raisu station
Rescued Mr. Katami from the Black Market
Rescued Project Lamplighter scientists

COMBAT

Enemy ships destroyed 3286
Enemy stations destroyed 174
Friendly ships destroyed 13

COMMERCE

Profit on arms 6,880,850
Profit on goods and materials 538,484
Profit on illegal items 145,463
Profit on luxury goods 365,575
Profit on medical supplies 16,862
Profit on ship's equipment 857,873

CONDUCTS

Honored permadeath
Never destroyed friendly stations

ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED

Iocrym command ship 1
Xenophobe ark 1
Phobos-class dreadnought 6
Huygens Explorer 1
Iocrym sentinel 17
Gaian processor 6
Deimos-class destroyer 8
Chasm-class heavy gunship 19
Dragon Slaver 1
Cometfall-class missileship 9
Ventari destroyer 16
Ferian warrior 1
Polar II-class freighter 9
Tundra-class heavy gunship 55
Ranx dreadnought 4
The Slicer 1
Polar-class freighter 12
Ares sentry 167
Centurion/X-class heavy gunship 9
Manticore-class heavy gunship 3
Tripoli-class destroyer 5
Earth Slaver 22
Kobol gunship 9
Xenophobe defender 9
Sandstorm-class gunship 513
Wolfen-class gunship 3
Dwarg master 2
Luminous drone 115
pirate ship Kronosaurus 1
Urak destroyer 3
Centurion-class heavy gunship 27
Sung transport 6
Xenophobe fighter 131
Atonement-class heavy gunship 4
Charon frigate 4
EI500-class freighter 4
heavy IAV 4
Steel slaver 34
Ranx gunship 98
Heliotrope destroyer 6
T55-class armed transport 13
Barbary-class gunship 17
Repentant-class gunship 3
Meth enforcer 107
Ronin/C-class gunship 4
Sotho-class heavy gunship 36
Drake-class missileship 18
Ferian miner 3
Revelations-class missileship 19
Zoanthrope raider 57
Marauder raid platform 3
Wind slaver 425
EI100-class freighter 4
Plague-class gunship 12
Sapphire-class yacht 2
Heliotrope gunship 35
200A defender auton 1
Urak sentinel 44
Arco Vaughn 1
Viking II-class gunship 83
Oromo-class gunship 48
T31-class armed transport 20
Viking-class gunship 162
Centauri heavy raider 2
Corsair II-class gunship 63
Ronin/B-class gunship 4
Hammerhead II-class gunship 64
Ronin/A-class gunship 7
Borer II-class gunship 62
Zulu II-class gunship 35
Himal interceptor 17
medium IAV 1
Hornet-class battlepod 35
Borer-class gunship 44
Earthzone-class armed shuttle 3
Hammerhead-class gunship 28
Corsair-class gunship 298
light IAV 1
Zulu-class gunship 60
TA3-class sentinel 35
Centauri raider 64

ENEMY STATIONS DESTROYED

Ares commune 17
Ares shipyard 10
Kobol warlord camp 4
Ranx fortress 2
Rogue Fleet settlement 7
Ares outpost 4
Penitent sanctum 1
Ranx outpost 5
Rogue Fleet cache 2
Ventari colony 7
outlaw pteracnium mine 7
Sung citadel 5
Sung fortress 10
Heliotrope colony 1
Marauder stronghold 3
outlaw duranium mine 5
Penitent shrine 4
Arco Vaughn's container habitat 1
Death Drug Cartel outpost 5
Dwarg colony 5
Marauder compound 1
Marauder outpost 1
outlaw ceralloy mine 4
Sapiens compound 3
Sung slave camp 5
Anarchist settlement 1
Charon Pirates stronghold 6
Fortress of the Charon Pirates 1
Heliotrope outpost 3
outlaw haven 5
outlaw palladium mine 2
Sapiens camp 2
Urak mine 3
Abbasid outpost 2
Himal refuge 4
outlaw base 5
outlaw camp 1
outlaw titanium mine 4
Urak outpost 4
Anarchist habitat 1
Centauri warlord camp 7
Charon Pirates cache 4

EXPLORATION

Systems visited 28
Never reached the Galactic Core

FINAL EQUIPMENT

enhanced IM90 multitarget blaster [+80%]
enhanced Lamplighter archcannon [+Fast]
enhanced Taikon-200 deflector [+40%]
3 enhanced segments of heavy Iocrym armor [+Ion]
damaged segment of heavy Iocrym armor [-Decay]
Hyperion reactor
pteracnium megadrive
Longreach I autocannon
transpace jumpdrive
patch spider
ICX missile defense turret
patcher arm

FINAL ITEMS

Quantumsphere disintegrator
2 Iocrym sentinel viruses
11 heavy armor repair kits
72 hadron-vacuum fuel cells
2 gems of contrition
4 Luminous 7ame algorithms
advanced analyzer
25 Luminous 5care algorithms
3 gems of despair
541 pteracnium fuel rods
6 molbidium field crystals
21 longzhu spheres
3 barrels of ion resistance coating
6 ShieldEfficiency v1.2.5 algorithm cubes
9 Scramble1.5 algorithm cubes
Heisenmachines quantum CPU
2 Commonwealth military identification chips
weapon optimizer ROM
2 black market identification chips

FRIENDLY SHIPS DESTROYED

Sandstorm-class gunship 2
Molotok bounty hunter 1
Ferian miner 3
Salvager Nomad 6
Borer-class gunship 1

ITEMS INSTALLED

heavy Iocrym armor
light Iocrym armor
heavy ithalium armor
IM90 multitarget blaster
Lamplighter archcannon
octocarbide armor
Taikon-200 deflector
heavy orthosteel armor
Hyperion reactor
Iocrym veil
omnidirectional ion blaster
pteracnium megadrive
Ares micronuke cannon
carbide carapace
Fusionfire howitzer
Mammoth 100MW deflector
orthosteel armor
P450 Hexphase armor
Tharsis plate
transuranic armor
worldship armor plate
advanced ceralloy armor
Dragon armor
heavy blast plate
inertialess drive
Longreach I autocannon
omnidirectional TeV 9 blaster
P150 Hexphase armor
SN2500 reactor
transpace jumpdrive
150NX reactor
blast plate
Dragonfly missile system
mark III howitzer
patch spider
R5 deflector
Rasiermesser weapon enhancer
Titan 440 fusion drive
dual particle beam weapon
hardened plasteel armor
Heisenmachines quantum CPU
Makayev launcher
Makayev weapon enhancer
Ceratops 1T quasi-armor
ICX missile defense turret
MAG launcher
Nova-50 reactor
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon
patcher arm
quad titanium barricade
smuggler's cargo hold
heavy reactive armor
monopole deflector screen
NAMI missile launcher
omnidirectional laser cannon
Rasiermesser SmartCannon
tritium propulsion upgrade
cannon accelerator
DM1500 disposable missile rack
heavy titanium armor
class I deflector
laser collimator

MISSIONS & ACTIVITIES

Commonwealth habitat missions 4
Commonwealth militia missions 6
CSC missions 11 (3 failed)
Korolov escort missions 12
Mining colony missions 8
Money earned on missions 11,950
Psionics offered to Domina 37
Slaves offered to Domina 51
Value of supplies donated to Commonwealth Fleet 130,482

WEAPONS FIRED

IM90 multitarget blaster 2,563
Lamplighter archcannon 723
omnidirectional ion blaster 4,186
Ares micronuke cannon 1,310
Fusionfire howitzer 706
Ares micronuke 1,310
omnidirectional TeV 9 blaster 9,954
XM900 Lucifer missile 12
Dragonfly missile system 186
mark III howitzer 985
ZG24 cluster MAG 75
800F hexagene MAG 13
dual particle beam weapon 404
KM550 Broadsword missile 205
Makayev launcher 321
White Strelka missile 321
600 hexagene MAG 204
KM500 Stiletto missile 501
Longreach I autocannon 6,780
MAG launcher 292
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon 35,735
XM300 Reaper missile 55
KM110 Starburst missile 486
KM120 Brute missile 8
NAMI missile launcher 2,019
omnidirectional laser cannon 3,909
DM1500 disposable missile rack 16
KM100 Longbow missile 752
laser cannon 3,443

[erik dela cruz]

I have a new question: How do i play the Nares-Strong mission?

I tried it once but i did it after the quarantine was broken so i've no idea whatsoever how to release those thingies around the Heretic sun. Anyone there who got some answers be free to reply.

[sun1404]

It's not about the sun. The mission requires you to triangulate. Or be extremely lucky. The way to do it is: drop three probes as soon as you got the device, somewhat far from each other. Then read the probe's distance from anomaly in the device's screen, fly to a position that make the distance to ship and distance to anomaly of the three probes equal, or very close(Because you can deploy the last probe 10 ls from the anomaly.)Then when you get all the distances right, drop another probe. If you are still not close enough, you should at least get a bearing(the direction the anomaly lies, in degrees from the north of the probe clockwise.) so position your ship accordingly, fly slowly until you reach the distance the probe tell you, and deploy. The mission should be done now. Return to the Nares Strong before the Iocryms boom it.


About the probes, shouldn't they know the bearing of the anomaly before the distance to it? Because, frankly, how can you know from how far something is from you, without first sensing some kind of light/sound/wave etc. coming from it? And if you sense anything like that, how come you don't know from which direction it came from? I think the probes should tell us the bearing first, and only be able to read the distance once we get near the anomaly, not the opposite as it is.

[TVR]

About the probes, shouldn't they know the bearing of the anomaly before the distance to it? Because, frankly, how can you know from how far something is from you, without first sensing some kind of light/sound/wave etc. coming from it? And if you sense anything like that, how come you don't know from which direction it came from? I think the probes should tell us the bearing first, and only be able to read the distance once we get near the anomaly, not the opposite as it is.

A human being with only one good ear can't tell which direction sound comes from, only how loud it is. The same principle applies to a RADAR antenna. Mathematically, a point receiver can only measure a scalar quantity (magnitude without direction), in practical terms, this is a consequence of using an omnidirectional receiver - the signal can be received from any direction, but the consequence is that it could have originated from any direction.

Otherwise, the Nares-Strong mission is an excellent introduction to triangulation. If only more games had these kinds of puzzles...

[erik dela cruz]

wow!
means there's a need for good sense of chamba(in filipino) of some kind. i'd try surely try it guys. thanks.

[erik dela cruz]

i'm playing T 1.0. I like the red shade of enemy/target tags here. Is it crimson red? I wish George would revert to this shade of red to upcoming versions. I hate the blinding damage alert though. It's so annoying.

[erik dela cruz]

My fastest game so far. Played 1 day and 1 hour (25 hours). Nice

EREEK

Adventure Domina & Oracus I: The Stars of the Pilgrim
Black Market rank Sindikat member
Commonwealth Fleet rank Fleet captain
Commonwealth militia rank Colonel
Domina relationship Patriarch
Fate Left Human Space on a journey to the Galactic Core
Game Unregistered
Genome Human male
Korolov rank Journeyman
Money (credits) 3,711,829
Money (rin) 301,220
Score 1,235,241
Ship class EI500-class freighter
Time played 1 day and 1 hour
Version 1.2

ACHIEVEMENTS & REGRETS

Acquired Lamplighter archcannon
Became Legendary Hero of the Arena
Cleared the Charon system for Korolov Shipping
Defended Point Juno
Failed to defend the CSC Antarctica
Found and delivered Professor Dall's alien sphere
Joined by Rama
Liberated Raisu station
Rescued Mr. Katami from the Black Market
Rescued Project Lamplighter scientists

COMBAT

Enemy ships destroyed 2422
Enemy stations destroyed 156
Friendly ships destroyed 17

COMMERCE

Profit on arms 4,299,692
Profit on goods and materials 340,681
Profit on illegal items 131,427
Profit on luxury goods 147,419
Profit on medical supplies 67,906
Profit on ship's equipment 306,222

CONDUCTS

Honored permadeath
Never destroyed friendly stations

ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED

Iocrym command ship 1
Xenophobe ark 1
Phobos-class dreadnought 2
Huygens Explorer 1
Iocrym sentinel 17
Xenophobe worldship 1
Aquila-class cruiser 4
Gaian processor 5
Deimos-class destroyer 8
Chasm-class heavy gunship 22
Cometfall-class missileship 6
Ventari destroyer 9
Polar II-class freighter 5
Tundra-class heavy gunship 25
Ranx dreadnought 6
The Slicer 1
Ares sentry 67
Centurion/X-class heavy gunship 6
Polar-class freighter 16
Aurochs-class mine layer 2
Manticore-class heavy gunship 3
Hurin-class destroyer 6
Tripoli-class destroyer 3
Kobol gunship 22
Xenophobe defender 6
Sandstorm-class gunship 354
Dwarg master 12
Luminous drone 49
Urak destroyer 6
Centurion-class heavy gunship 37
Xenophobe fighter 134
Atonement-class heavy gunship 1
Charon frigate 1
Wolfen-class gunship 3
Steel slaver 7
Ranx gunship 227
Heliotrope destroyer 18
Ronin/C-class gunship 1
T55-class armed transport 2
Barbary-class gunship 14
Repentant-class gunship 4
Sapphire-class yacht 3
Meth enforcer 51
Sotho-class heavy gunship 26
Drake-class missileship 13
Revelations-class missileship 4
Zoanthrope raider 156
Marauder raid platform 3
Wind slaver 114
Plague-class gunship 18
Heliotrope gunship 64
EI500-class freighter 5
200A defender auton 1
Urak sentinel 47
Arco Vaughn 1
Viking II-class gunship 92
Oromo-class gunship 16
T31-class armed transport 13
Viking-class gunship 75
Centauri heavy raider 3
EI100-class freighter 6
Corsair II-class gunship 55
Hammerhead II-class gunship 60
Earthzone-class armed shuttle 2
Ronin/A-class gunship 3
Borer II-class gunship 99
Zulu II-class gunship 8
Himal interceptor 17
medium IAV 1
Hornet-class battlepod 24
Borer-class gunship 51
Hammerhead-class gunship 51
Corsair-class gunship 108
light IAV 3
Zulu-class gunship 11
TA3-class sentinel 37
Centauri raider 66

ENEMY STATIONS DESTROYED

Ares commune 6
Ares shipyard 6
Kobol warlord camp 5
Ranx fortress 3
Rogue Fleet settlement 3
Ares outpost 2
Penitent sanctum 1
Ranx outpost 3
Rogue Fleet cache 1
Ventari colony 3
Dwarg fortress 2
Huari fortress 3
outlaw pteracnium mine 5
Sung citadel 2
Sung fortress 3
Dwarg colony 11
Heliotrope colony 5
Marauder stronghold 2
outlaw duranium mine 7
Penitent shrine 3
Arco Vaughn's container habitat 1
Death Drug Cartel outpost 3
Marauder compound 1
Marauder outpost 2
outlaw ceralloy mine 3
Sapiens compound 1
Sung slave camp 5
Urak fortress 5
Charon Pirates stronghold 8
Fortress of the Charon Pirates 1
outlaw haven 4
outlaw palladium mine 4
Sapiens camp 3
Urak mine 2
Abbasid outpost 2
Anarchist gathering 4
Charon Pirates outpost 2
Himal refuge 3
outlaw base 2
outlaw camp 1
outlaw titanium mine 8
Urak outpost 2
Anarchist habitat 1
Centauri warlord camp 8
Charon Pirates cache 4

EXPLORATION

Systems visited 24
Never reached the Galactic Core

EXTENSIONS

Haiyan Enhancement Pack Vol I

FINAL EQUIPMENT

enhanced IM90 multitarget blaster [+Fast]
enhanced Lamplighter archcannon [+Fast]
enhanced Taikon-200 deflector [+70%]
enhanced segment of heavy Iocrym armor [+EMP Immune]
3 enhanced segments of neutronium armor [+Regen]
Hyperion reactor
Titan 440 fusion drive
Longreach I autocannon
transpace jumpdrive
Salvador Shield Device II
ICX missile defense turret

FINAL ITEMS

2 Iocrym sentinel viruses
15 heavy armor repair kits
35 hadron-vacuum fuel cells
4 barrels of orthosteel nanos
enhanced Nephren X1 shield generator [+20%]
advanced analyzer
blue etherium field crystal
enhanced Fusionfire howitzer [+Fast]
192 pteracnium fuel rods
4 medium armor repair kits
Matador Weapon ROM
10 longzhu spheres
2 barrels of meteorsteel dust
4 Scramble1.5 algorithm cubes
8 ShieldEfficiency v1.2.5 algorithm cubes
patch spider
4 barrels of monopole dust
Aventador Weapon ROM
ShieldPower v3.1.8 algorithm cube
2 Commonwealth military identification chips
3 barrels of degenerating nanos
4 barrels of repairing nanos
damaged monopole deflector screen
black market identification chip

FRIENDLY SHIPS DESTROYED

Manticore-class heavy gunship 2
Molotok bounty hunter 3
Centurion-class heavy gunship 2
Ferian miner 2
Zoanthrope raider 1
medium IAV 1
Salvager Nomad 2
EI100-class freighter 1
Zulu-class gunship 3

ITEMS INSTALLED

heavy Iocrym armor
light Iocrym armor
neutronium armor
diamond lattice armor
IM90 multitarget blaster
Lamplighter archcannon
octocarbide armor
Taikon-200 deflector
Ares positron cannon
heavy Omsk armor
heavy Tharsis plate
Hyperion reactor
Nephren X1 shield generator
Ares micronuke cannon
carbide carapace
Dvalin Ion9 cannon
Fusionfire howitzer
medium Omsk armor
quadrocarbide armor
R9 deflector
Tharsis plate
transuranic armor
worldship armor plate
heavy blast plate
Longreach I autocannon
omnidirectional TeV 9 blaster
P150 Hexphase armor
R5-B deflector
SN2500 reactor
transpace jumpdrive
Akan 600 turret
blast plate
heavy ceralloy armor
mark III howitzer
patch spider
R5 deflector
Salvador Shield Device II
Titan 440 fusion drive
Yoroi S500 shield generator
hardened plasteel armor
heavy meteorsteel
advanced reactive armor
Ceratops 1T quasi-armor
ICX missile defense turret
Nova-50 reactor
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon
particle beam weapon
patcher arm
smuggler's cargo hold
heavy reactive armor
monopole deflector screen
NAMI missile launcher
omnidirectional laser cannon
Salvador Shield Device I
solar panel array
tritium propulsion upgrade
heavy titanium armor
class I deflector
laser collimator

MISSIONS & ACTIVITIES

Commonwealth habitat missions 6
Commonwealth militia missions 6
CSC missions 14 (1 failed)
Korolov escort missions 9
Mining colony missions 3
Money earned on missions 8,150
Psionics offered to Domina 24
Slaves offered to Domina 32

WEAPONS FIRED

IM90 multitarget blaster 12,387
Lamplighter archcannon 206
Ares positron cannon 6
Ares micronuke cannon 920
Dvalin Ion9 cannon 36
Fusionfire howitzer 4,156
Ares micronuke 920
omnidirectional TeV 9 blaster 19,243
mark III howitzer 1,903
KM550 Broadsword missile 13
KM500 Stiletto missile 175
Longreach I autocannon 2,884
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon 23,353
particle beam weapon 7
XM300 Reaper missile 6
KM110 Starburst missile 106
NAMI missile launcher 1,181
omnidirectional laser cannon 4,350
KM100 Longbow missile 881
laser cannon 170