I absolutely *&^%$#@! HATE Esmerelda

[TaoLibra]

Six times in a row, man -- SIX *&^%$#@! TIMES IN A ROW that miserable trollop sabotaged vital components of my ship within the first three stars I visited. Two of those times it was at the very first *&^%$#@! star!

I hate her I hate her I HATE her.

I swear I'm gonna make a mod where she has a ship, just so I can KILL her.

[PvK]

Hehe!

[James Sterrett]

Ah... that's exactly what makes Certain Other Events *so*, *SO* satisfying. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[chabex]

:-))))
You surely know, but if you happen to have the toy robot or the lookout frogs you can capture her. I only miss the event AFTER you capture her. Imagine what can happen in the dark corners of the brig...
:-D

[TaoLibra]

Indeed, I do know about the capture-enabling items; and whenever I manage to catch her, I assure you, the entire crew is given a chance to "thank" Esmerelda appropriately.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[Brainiac4]

I agree completely. Hate her. HATE her.

If you make that mod, I predict massive downloading.

[Possum]

TaoLibra said:
Indeed, I do know about the capture-enabling items; and whenever I manage to catch her, I assure you, the entire crew is given a chance to "thank" Esmerelda appropriately.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif



ROTFLMAO!

CHOO CHOO!

[Bluevoss]

I know this is an old thread, but something I just noticed about Esmerelda.

I was taking on the insects, and was fitted out to fight them. But before the last fight, just as I was warping up to get into position, she ripped off my gong. Shoot. Fortunalty, we beat them (everyone else died, but I lived, so thats whats important).

In the end, I went back to Glory and there was the gong, for sale in the spaceport. How about that? I guess thats where she dumps it. So you people with fast drives and missing property, that might be the place to check.

Had I known, I would have run back to get the gong.

[capnq]

She won't necessarily take it back to Glory. I've found stolen goods on the other racial homeworlds occaisionally. (In fact, it's fairly rare that I ever find out which planet she fenced the stuff on.)

[Bluevoss]

Yeah, I've now noticed that. It would be nice if she fenced it on the bird-trader's planet - that way I could trade some trash for it.

[Hugh Manatee]

It'd be neat if you could try and steal stuff from planets, and they send a fleet after you to intercept...

But yeah, Sometimes, even though it hurts the score, I sell esmerelda to the klakar if I'm short on cash and need something cool... or dump her on a forsaken turd of a planet...

[Bluevoss]

Can anyone verify this? I think that she takes the most recent item (the one lowest and right-most in your collection). I've found that I can move stuff from the front of the list to the back and she'll steal that stuff (one-star crummy animal stuff) and leave my true prizes alone.

Haven't gotten a total verification on this.

[Alphasite]

Can anyone verify this? I think that she takes the most recent item (the one lowest and right-most in your collection). I've found that I can move stuff from the front of the list to the back and she'll steal that stuff (one-star crummy animal stuff) and leave my true prizes alone.

Haven't gotten a total verification on this.

I've tried that in the past and it doesn't always work.

[Bluevoss]

It worked every time until I posted. Then it stopped working. Go figure.

Tonight I had a game where she stole something I really like (the Gong, I think). I had hyperspace, so I immediatly traveled to every homeworld, found it, and bought it back.

[Alphasite]

The trick still works most of the time so I still juggle stuff around.