Joining alliance military

Whytephyre · Post by **Whytephyre** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:19 pm

I am in fauston, I followed the directions on the recruitment poster to fauston. Now that I am here, how do i join up & aquire some military surplus so to speak

ps: i searched for a thread pertaining this, checked the guide, & googled it. Help is greatly appreciated

Post by **Vice** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:30 pm

I think you combined two separate ads on the same billboard. Fauston is a good stop for mercenaries, joining military campaigns requires going to a war zone.

Whytephyre · Post by **Whytephyre** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:35 pm

Ok, that explains a lot. Thanks, and see you out there

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:50 pm

Hello Whytephyre, Welcome to the forum and the Sim. See you out there sometime.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:48 pm

Hi Whytephyre, welcome to the game and forum. Hope to see you out there....

ryuu · Post by **ryuu** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:07 pm

hi, welcometo the forum

Whytephyre · Post by **Whytephyre** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:38 pm

Wow, this is a very friendly community! Any suggestions on a good warzone for a demi-noob. I have a decent enough civvy ship (a hunter). BTW this game is great, can't waot for Evochron mercenary.

NM about the music, figured out how to turn it off myself, was right in front of me lol

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Post by **Vice** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:53 pm

War Zones kind of start out as tough, so you'll probably want to be familiar with combat by the time you head there (high speed drift, angled attacks, weapon systems, Excalibur missile pack for getting started, etc). Once you're ready to give it a shot, I'd suggest a place like the Cerulean or Talison War Zones, which are closer to less hostile systems with lower techology levels... meaning you can escape to the nearby civilian systems for repairs, refueling, etc, and not have to worry as much about the danger of the journey.

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Whytephyre · Post by **Whytephyre** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:01 am

Thanks! I'm not great at combat, but being a flight sim enthusiast & having played a game or two similar to this in the nineties, I'm not terrible either. I'll give it a go & see what happens.
BTW how do you think exodus missiles hold up in the grand scheme of things?

Also, once here how do i join up? Or, more precisely, how may I acquire a military vessel.

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49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:47 am

Originally posted by Whytephyre
Thanks! I'm not great at combat, but being a flight sim enthusiast & having played a game or two similar to this in the nineties, I'm not terrible either. I'll give it a go & see what happens.
BTW how do you think exodus missiles hold up in the grand scheme of things?

Also, once here how do i join up? Or, more precisely, how may I acquire a military vessel.

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[Edited on 7-31-2010 by Whytephyre]

You get Military Ships on carriers in the war zones. You might want to jump on-line (MP) as pilots there will lend a hand and you can join them in doing missions for experience and loot.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:12 am

When you do missions in warzone starting out with a good civillian ship you gain military rank and the higher your military rank the more security clearance and access you will have to more advanced military ships. So the best way to get started with a military carreer is to do missions in one of the three war zones....

Whytephyre · Post by **Whytephyre** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:06 am

ok thanks. so far i have done about half a dozen missions (that is alliance warzone contracts). i appreciate the help. what rank do i have to be to unlock the evoc-c? Or however you spell it.

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Sinbad · Post by **Sinbad** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:45 pm

You have to do loads of missions before you can unlock the Evoch-C... not sure how many. With regards to missiles the Exodus packs a whopping punch which makes it one the most powerful (aside from nukes) but once you've used them up you have to go and find more to reload, so they're useful mostly for short missions with fewer enemies or for PVP combat. For longer missions with more enemies the Excalibur is the prefered choice as it reloads itself after 30 seconds so you never have to go back to base to re-arm. Only drawback is that although Excalibur fires 8 missiles in one go they have a low yield so produce relatively (sorry Maars for hijacking your word!) low damage.

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:59 pm

IIRC its about 150 missions.........

SHADOW STAR · Post by **SHADOW STAR** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:55 am

MCCON--I love your follow-up quote. Laughed myself to death first time I saw it!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:11 am

Originally posted by MCCON
........ Only drawback is that although Excalibur fires 8 missiles in one go they have a low yield so produce relatively (sorry Maars for hijacking your word!) low damage.

LOL...Relatively or any relative or derivity there of is not my word, I do not know who invented it or when it was first used in language....I just use it relatively a lot.....

:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P

Sinbad · Post by **Sinbad** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:14 pm

Well I think that word should officially be declared "property of Maarschalk" along with all legal rights pertaining thereto.

@Shadow Star: It's good one isn't it?

Found it on some website of quotes... anonymous author.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:13 pm

LOL.....MCCON......

:P:P:P:P

Whytephyre · Post by **Whytephyre** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:38 am

Originally posted by verbosity
IIRC its about 150 missions.........

ok, cool. About 35 missions deep now so I'm getting there.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:19 pm

Also it helps to advance your military carreer much faster in Multiplayer doing Coops missions with your friends or other players online. Completing missions go faster, so you can do more missions in a shorter period of time.....