Clan_Elemental

Yeah, I have already gone through it several times.. it is just not working for me I add the waypoint, setpos it I see 1 there on the map. I go to the shuttle and tell it to resume the waypoint... Check the NID, waypoint does not exist

After going through the manual, the appendix and the rest of what is available to me, I still can not wrap my mind around waypoints. Specifically what I would like to do is drop into the planet atmosphere somewhere besides the dead center. The instructions from the manual and such "sound" like they are only for sending npc's from the CC to do the exploring. Does it work for my AE as pilot already in space as well, and if so... can someone walk me through as simply as possible how to get it to go, I constantly get "no waypoints" on the NID and end up at the same landing zone.

When you start a career and select your ship, is that vessel then static in terms of design? I am aware of the shield/engine/reactor sort of upgrades that can be done along with the artifacts, however I am curious from a trader point of view. Can my unarmed transport be drinking milk and one day be sprouting point defence weapons, missles and anti-ship weapons? Or because it is unarmed it will forever be known as such? Do any vessels have the ability to upgrade from big guns/no guns to even bigger guns?

I think this goes along with the same sort of 4 questions, so instead of making a new thread I thought I would append in here. I am knee deep in that learning curve, and trying to fly, trade and so on to get a feel for the basics before moving onto the vessels of mass destruction. Can someone post a sort of broad overview, a newbies guide or such on the best sector/empire/caste that will allow them to play fairly unmolested unless they purposelly pick a fight. The training academy doesn't seem to apply since you can't save your game (that I have found). I myself have tried trader, explorer and even diplomet and I huddle in SOL system behind the skirt of moma galcom and yet still I find myself getting destroyed over and over by what I assume to be raiders while I am trying to go do some mining. Meanwhile I assume the military/police are eating donuts and watching the fireworks. Are other empires more stable? It seems odd that the mighty terran space empire can not secure a trading route between it's homeworld and moon at the very least. Oh and can someone explain what governs an SOS ship being present... I found it really odd to learn the terran homeworld did not have an SOS ship handy.