[Renegade 13]

Originally posted by Slick:
I love the demo! What a great game! Thanks for starting this great thread. I have some questions based on the demo; the real thing is in the mail. Let's start with my top 10 issues.

1) Is there any advantage to upgrading a bridge? It seems not. What about upgrading Crew Quarters and Life Support - do higher levels affect crew or repairs or recovery from toxins or anything?

Well, I can't help you with all of this, but here goes:

1. Not sure

2) Those colored clouds (or are they storms?), do they have any other effects other than obscuring sight and/or sensors? I am thinking about the storms in SE4 where some storms make shields useless, etc. Any storm effects?

I've had some battles in nebulae, and there seems to be no other effects but sight obscuration, and a bit of sensor interference. There don't appear to be any shield damaging effects, or component damage; I fly through them all the time.

3) Is there a damage radius around stars? i.e. you get too close and take damage? Been too chicken to find out.

The only way a star damages you is if you fly into it. After reading your question, I tried it out, and found that you can fly to within 20 ls before you hit the star and die. Maybe if you have enough shielding you could go right through the star, but I wouldn't try it if I were you.

4) Is there a component that counters the effects of Toxic Injectors? Is this in the demo?

Again, I don't know. There doesn't appear to be any component in the demo that mitigates the effects of toxic injectors. However, there could easily be in the full game (which hasn't arrived yet )

5) I *think* I had a problem upgrading engines. I installed 1 Contra Terrine engine with the remainder as Ion Engines. I *think* the CT engine was downgraded to an Ion engine in a similar fashion to the effect in SE4 where you only get engine bonuses if all engines are the same type (not necessarily same level). I eventually stored CT engines in my cargo area until I could replace them all at the same time. Is this the way it works?

I'm not sure, but I think you can have however many engines of different types you want and none are downgraded. But I could be wrong. I haven't looked into it.

6) What is the exact effect of carrying and/or selling contraband? I was fired upon by friendlies when carrying it. Once I dropped it, they stopped firing on me. If I had sold it, would I have been permanently labeled as a pirate or do the authorities forget about your behavior once you get rid of contaband? Is there a "lawful status" like in Elite? If so, is how do you clean your record? In Elite, you just had to be lawful for a while.

When you pick up contraband, all Terran ships will fire on you, because they assume you are a pirate. If you drop it, you're fine. They'll stop their attack. If you sell it, that is the end of it. You get away with it, and you aren't branded a pirate at all. A "lawful status" is employed to a certain extent. If you fire on a friendly ship, you are going to be attacked by friendlies until their shields regenerate. (I think )

7) I picked up some components that I don't know what they do. They may just be generic cargo for cargo missions. One was an Ice Melter or some such thing. It couldn't be installed on a ship and didn't seem to have any properties. One was a Magnetic Thingamajig; same question. Or are some components only able to be installed on some ships, but not others?

The components you describe are just generic cargo for cargo missions. They are only good for selling, or hauling around. There is no use in keeping them, or trying to put them on your ship.

8) I am able to use organic armor. This seems wrong (using SE4 rules) because I am not an organic race. Are there race restrictions and/or special techs that only some races can use?

Again, I don't have the full Version, but I don't think there are racial traits that affect the type of components you can throw on your ship.

9) Are there minesweeping components in the full Version? Also, why are mines visible? Again this seems wrong using SE4 rules.

Not sure

10) What does the "Negotiation" skill do for you? Does it increase profits for selling equipment and for doing missions? Seems worthless because points are better spent elsewhere IMHO.

Thanks in advance. Maybe I'll have more questions later.

Slick.

Again, for #10 I don't know. I hope you can find someone else to help you with these questions.

Renegade