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drexell
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Posted - 2004.02.09 10:30:00 -
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as im sure some of you bounty hunters know theres a rather meaty pirate presence at pashanai (genesis - 0.4) at the moment. for those of you who didnt know, well you do now! from what ive seen they are being relatively respectable, (i.e. letting folks go if they pay etc) and the majority of 'unpleasantness' in local has not originated from them (so far as ive seen anyway). but nonetheless as this is what i believe is termed a 'highway system' im surprised there have not been more bounty hunters there.... do b'hunting corps only work in specific regions or do they typically move all over?
i also have a question regarding the way they camp the (manatirid) gate. as warp scrambling can only be done at 20km max, but the gate sentries have a range of what 60k(ish) how come the sentries dont shoot the offending pirate when folks come through the gate and get scrambled? obviously id like to observe them and find out for myself, but i cant see any feasible way of doing this....
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drexell
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Posted - 2004.02.09 11:06:00 -
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im not really sure tbh, but if they dont scramble i dont see how they can demand ransoms as people will either escape or get destroyed if the pirates target them fast enough. and from what i saw most (if not all) of them were close to the gate.
also if they are not doing multiple scrambles and webs, what would be the point of there being so many of them? unless of course they are all sniping as you say. perhaps im wrong, maybe they were all outside sentry range then... |
drexell
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Posted - 2004.02.09 12:24:00 -
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hmm ive just remembered a key piece of information i forgot previously. one chap i know warped to the gate at 30k to see what was happening. he was instantly scrambled and had to pay a ransom. however he says there was no senty gun fire whatsoever. now i believe this means that if someone was at max 20k away to scramble him they would have been max 50k from gate, and hence surely within sentry range.
how is this possible?
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drexell
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Posted - 2004.02.09 12:37:00 -
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well its not impossible i suppose, but the person involved seemed very confident that the sentry guns were not shooting...
so if we assume that to be the case for now, then is there any other way it would be possible?
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drexell
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Posted - 2004.02.09 12:54:00 -
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so they are there to protect the gate only? doesnt that make them rather pointless? and why do all the 'evil-doers' constantly moan about the presence of sentries then? i admit ive a lot to learn in this game but im fairly sure you must be wrong about that.
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drexell
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Posted - 2004.02.09 13:37:00 -
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fair enough cant knock that. not having a dig but must just say you spelling customers as costumers has me in stitches imagining you all sat at your computers dressed as pirates.
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