Spiny

quote: Each ship does have its own PTA arcs Yes, but I was talking about the IOD. I'm guessing you'd have to aim low if the IOD was mounted on top. quote: Or get out of my CC and cap them myself. I tried that, but it wasn't very successful. They wouldn't keep still. I managed to wing one though.

I've RTFM, RTFA and STFF but I can't find out what CAB, CAV, HAV and LAV stand for. My best guess is: HAV = heavy armoured (or attack) vehicle LAV = light armoured (or attack) vehicle And I've no idea about the other two. Any ideas?

GCV Audacious - Battlecruiser Mark 3 Named partly after two ships: The battleship HMS Audacious - 1913-1914. The aircraft carrier HMS Eagle - 1946-1978. Originally named Audacious, but renamed before launch. Also because it suits my playing style. I wanted a name which suits the battleship/carrier hybrid nature of the BCMG carriers. I used GCV Invincible for my first attempt at BC3K (V1) for the same reason, but mostly because I thought I'd blow up, like the battlecruiser HMS Invincible did at the Battle of Jutland (1916). In fact I ended up blowing up all of the Gammulan stations before the ACM system ground to a halt. Her proudest moment was taking on two Stormcarriers simultaneously and winning*. *See, I said I was audacious.

In space of course. Here's what you do: [*]Set IOD to 10% [*]Fly to your target. [*]Try to stay 0.5km from your target. 0.3 - 0.7 works. [*]Aim slightly above the TLD - one or two pixels.* [*]Let him have it! You may need to alter your aim slightly. [*]Admire the beam convergence. *This is probably ship dependant. I was using a BC MK3. Have fun.

Now all we need is a ship with eight shuttles.

You've probably all seen this before, but here goes anyway... Ever find that your CC is too slow for serious trading but an SC can't hold enough cargo? The solution? Take all of your shuttles! [*]Assign a marine to each shuttle and the AE to SC1. [*]Launch all shuttles. [*]Order the other shuttles to escort SC1. [*]Go to your "buying" starstation and pick up some goodies. [*]Order all SCs to halt. [*]Fly over to the nearest shuttle. [*]Jump ship. That's right, take a spacewalk. [*]Dock and get some more goodies. [*]Repeat until all shuttles are full. [*]Order the other shuttles to escort you. [*]Fly to your "selling" starstation. I think you can work the rest out for yourself. Don't you just love the way this game rewards lateral thinking?

Here's the UK version, long delivery times and emasculated manual included. I haven't seen it in any shop. In fact the only Battlecruiser title I ever saw on the streets was a single copy of BC3K - I bought that one.

The ship was flying itself. I was looking around, seeing what was out there. It seems likely that a Dip blew up just as I entered a system. Doesn't matter now, capturing Alpha Prime put me back into the positive. Tulon's next...

Cre/Cri = Credian Criminal Fair game.

I'm trying to work out how I lost 5000 XP when only one neutral ship bought it, and that was a fighter. I'm not really worried about the lost XP, but I want to stop it happening again. I've RTFM, RTFA and STFF (searched the fine forums). BTW I'm a BCMG newbie, but a BC3K (V1) veteran. BCMG 1.00.01 New career, Roam, Ter/Mil BC Mk3, Galcom: Set course for Majoris to trade. In Pluto a cloaked carrier beamed 5 intruders onto my ship. Amazingly Kesnig (AI 24) assigned on-station marines to search and left the others alone. One prisoner . As I HJed outtaÔÇÖ there, A Ter/Ins Aestrom decloaked and was attacked by a ?/Mil Defender (neutral). The defender died while I was still HJing. I figured Gazer1 could take care of itself and there were no other ships about, so I jumped out. In Treas (maybe) a Man/Mil Questar and a neutral fighter were attacking a Mul(?)/Rai Trancor ODS and winning. No damage to either ship so I left them to it. In Arima I met a Cre/Cri Sentry and noodled him, but the shuttle got away. Then I noticed I had -5000 XP. Complety unrelated but too unimportant for it's own thread, why does the AE have an AI stat in Tactical/Crew but not in Roster?