Aaaand yet another stupid death...
I just did my first Korolov mission. Got hurt pretty bad. My forward segment of armor was down to 10 hp, and the Korolov station didn't want to repair it (though it repaired all the others). So I undock and I'm about to use armor patches, when the station gets swarmed by Vikings and a Charon Frigate. My shields are still down. I'm dead in two shots.
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Yeah, if an armor segment is down to 25% or less HP, then its considered too damaged for a station to repair. Oddly enough home-remidies (patch arms/spiders & DIY repair kits) can fix armor that low (though an 'unskilled'[the more you patch your armor, the more skill points you get in doing so] person trying the DIY path is liable to damage their armor, or destroy the kit and accomplish nothing.
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Best YASD I've ever had was early mine testing of the CRM100 using GOD Mod.....using it as a close range weapon against Corsairs. I hadn't upgraded my Wolfens armor/shield at all from the standard setup. CRM100 frags have CanHitSource="true".
"Boom"
"......what???!!!"
"Shrike was destroyed by his own weapon in......"
"Boom"
"......what???!!!"
"Shrike was destroyed by his own weapon in......"
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Speaking of godmod, there was the time I was testing out my Ares carrier vs. the CSC terra; they spawned to either side of me, and I was like... "Oh-" *BOOM*
"Killed by fiendly fire."
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I recently started with a Wolfen and did my usual job of clearing out all the baddies so I can get mining gear. On my way back from successfully eradicating the enemies (in Eridani). With shields down and all my armor segments badly damaged, three centari ships flew by me and were turning to fire at me when a light AIV from one of the close stations went nuts and fired like a madman at the Centauri, but hit only me..............
"Icemephit was destroyed by friendly fire......." I stared at the screen for a moment trying to comprehend what had happened.
Now, I am an expert at killing myself. Not intentionally, but that's the one thing I do well. Whether its an exploding station, asteroid fragments, thermo weapons, or picking a fight I can't win, I have never been shot down by friendly fire before without having started the fight by hitting friendly stations too many times, by accident.
Oh well, this is life in Transcendence. Gotta love it!!!!
"Icemephit was destroyed by friendly fire......." I stared at the screen for a moment trying to comprehend what had happened.
Now, I am an expert at killing myself. Not intentionally, but that's the one thing I do well. Whether its an exploding station, asteroid fragments, thermo weapons, or picking a fight I can't win, I have never been shot down by friendly fire before without having started the fight by hitting friendly stations too many times, by accident.
Oh well, this is life in Transcendence. Gotta love it!!!!
For Sale: One slightly used EI500 freighter. Hull damaged, primary weapon defective, shields inoperable. Must be towed to Dry-dock. Make an offer!!
Well, I started a game with my modded freighter, a big one for a change, and cleared out the first system just fine. I gated into the second system and found a korolov, so I took the first mission.
1. The mission spawned a frigate
2. my top speed in this 600 ton, 8 armor segment behemoth is only .14c, I couldn't even keep up with the freighter I was supposed to escort...
The frigate stayed back and unleashed it's swarm on the freighter. I managed to snipe most of the swarm with my dual recoilless as the freighter gated out, but then the frigate turned on me. I thought I could outrun it, nope. By the time I realized it was faster my titanium barricade armor was already badly damaged. Sustain ran out before I got back to safety and the missiles finished me off.
1. The mission spawned a frigate
2. my top speed in this 600 ton, 8 armor segment behemoth is only .14c, I couldn't even keep up with the freighter I was supposed to escort...
The frigate stayed back and unleashed it's swarm on the freighter. I managed to snipe most of the swarm with my dual recoilless as the freighter gated out, but then the frigate turned on me. I thought I could outrun it, nope. By the time I realized it was faster my titanium barricade armor was already badly damaged. Sustain ran out before I got back to safety and the missiles finished me off.
2 others:
1. I've been flying past ringers twice and been killed by their guns. At least once was in 0.99c......couldn't move the frieghter out of the way fast enough.
2. My first playthrough in 0.99c with the Hornet Battlepod playership. I went off to nuke the centauri, and forgot that the hornet has no shield and crap armor. Got killed by the second shot that hit me.
1. I've been flying past ringers twice and been killed by their guns. At least once was in 0.99c......couldn't move the frieghter out of the way fast enough.
2. My first playthrough in 0.99c with the Hornet Battlepod playership. I went off to nuke the centauri, and forgot that the hornet has no shield and crap armor. Got killed by the second shot that hit me.
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Wow... killed by a centauri raider. That's something I never imagined someone could do.
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Actually, then again, darth saber /did/ say centauri beams of doom... 
Despire there being no beams or doom involved. On your end. On the centauri end...
Despire there being no beams or doom involved. On your end. On the centauri end...
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The first death was my stupidest. Deciding that it was, indeed, the very first time I played Transcendence, I took a Sapphire yacht. After about a quarter of an hour, while I was engaging some Centauri Raiders with low shields, I drew them near the cluster of stations near Starton Eridani, and the gunfire caught the attention of some of the ships, which proceeded to assist me. One of them was a Centurion gunship, which promptly opened fire on the Raider I was attacking just as I flew right between the both of them. Talk about bad timing. 
"Score: 240. Destroyed accidentally by a Centurion-class heavy gunship in the Eridani system. Time: 17:37.12."
Next, I downloaded the debug ship and decided to fly about in it for fun. I was astonished at just how powerful its primary weapon was, so I splashed all the Centauri stations in Eridani. And then I decided to help Raisu Station...
"Score: 770. Imprisoned in the Eridani system for the destruction of Raisu Station. Time: 11:05.84."
The primary weapon of the debug ship was probably the first thing that spurred me to start some minor modding of Transcendence. In fact, the first thing I "modded" was to reduce the power of the debug ship's primary weapon. If you check my signature, you can see the name of the weapon in question.
The next two deaths are basically the same: I took an EI500 in the first, and an Agauptera yacht in the second. On both occasions, Arco Vaughn killed me. These two deaths came in a row, and I left a query on one of SparcMan's YouTube videos as a result. Even until today, I still hate dealing with Arco Vaughn.
"Score: 860. Destroyed by Arco Vaughn in the Eridani system. Time: 27:02.45."
"Score: 1175. Destroyed by Arco Vaughn in the Eridani system. Time: 35:12.42."[/u]
"Score: 240. Destroyed accidentally by a Centurion-class heavy gunship in the Eridani system. Time: 17:37.12."
Next, I downloaded the debug ship and decided to fly about in it for fun. I was astonished at just how powerful its primary weapon was, so I splashed all the Centauri stations in Eridani. And then I decided to help Raisu Station...
"Score: 770. Imprisoned in the Eridani system for the destruction of Raisu Station. Time: 11:05.84."
The primary weapon of the debug ship was probably the first thing that spurred me to start some minor modding of Transcendence. In fact, the first thing I "modded" was to reduce the power of the debug ship's primary weapon. If you check my signature, you can see the name of the weapon in question.
The next two deaths are basically the same: I took an EI500 in the first, and an Agauptera yacht in the second. On both occasions, Arco Vaughn killed me. These two deaths came in a row, and I left a query on one of SparcMan's YouTube videos as a result. Even until today, I still hate dealing with Arco Vaughn.
"Score: 860. Destroyed by Arco Vaughn in the Eridani system. Time: 27:02.45."
"Score: 1175. Destroyed by Arco Vaughn in the Eridani system. Time: 35:12.42."[/u]
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