Mystery FC follows me around

Hey, I noticed something weird.

There's a Trader Freight Courier following me around. Every time I enter a
system ( ANY system -- even deep inside the nebulas) he jumps in a few
seconds later.

He's not part of a mission; he's around even when I have no missions at all.
He doesn't carry any freight or money, although he does keep a fairly full
tank of fuel (handy in those nebulas).

Has anyone else seen this? Is he some kind of Igadzra spy? I've long
suspected that the Igadzra are watching me. They didn't seem to completely
believe my ID when I picked up that sensor array, and I see shadowy cloaked
figures in just about every port.

Hmm.. now that I think of it, that Freight Courier's energy signature is
rather unlike a Zidagar phased beam's signature. It's not completely
unlike, such as the case with river eels, no, that would be too obvious. It's
just unlike enough that it shouldn't make anyone suspicious. That's pretty
suspicious, isn't it?

Oh damn, what if it's not an Igadzra spy, but rather, a Frontier Express spy?
I never joined FE and I keep doing those Trade War missions. You don't suppose
they're on to me, do ya?

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Have a Sloppy day!

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Originally posted by Sloppy:
**Hey, I noticed something weird.

There's a Trader Freight Courier following me around. Every time I enter a
system ( ANY system -- even deep inside the nebulas) he jumps in a few
seconds later.

He's not part of a mission; he's around even when I have no missions at all.
He doesn't carry any freight or money, although he does keep a fairly full
tank of fuel (handy in those nebulas).

Has anyone else seen this? Is he some kind of Igadzra spy? I've long
suspected that the Igadzra are watching me. They didn't seem to completely
believe my ID when I picked up that sensor array, and I see shadowy cloaked
figures in just about every port.

Hmm.. now that I think of it, that Freight Courier's energy signature is
rather unlike a Zidagar phased beam's signature. It's not completely
unlike, such as the case with river eels, no, that would be too obvious. It's
just unlike enough that it shouldn't make anyone suspicious. That's pretty
suspicious, isn't it?

Oh damn, what if it's not an Igadzra spy, but rather, a Frontier Express spy?
I never joined FE and I keep doing those Trade War missions. You don't suppose
they're on to me, do ya?
**

Does it have a specific name or is it just a FC? What gov. is it a part of and are you sure it's not your escort.

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Oh no! It's locked!-Harry
Damn it Pam, stop glowing-Harry
Eat staples electro-breath-Harry

Some people need to wash their gene pool

A.S.S Cuisine reporting for duty!

(This message has been edited by Ubermann (edited 08-07-2000).)

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Originally posted by Ubermann:
**Does it have a specific name or is it just a FC? What gov. is it a part of and are you sure it's not your escort.
**

No special name, just Freight Courier.
Trader govt.
Not an escort.

He's a totally low-key kind of guy. Acts generic. Every time I hail him, he
acts like nothing unusual is going on. ( Yeah, like I'm not onto you.. )
He's one of those invisible traders you see everywhere, but never pay attention
to unless you're a pirate. I wouldn't have even noticed him if he hadn't
started following me around in nebulas.

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Have a Sloppy day!

Dont try to fix it. There are going to be search missions that you would pay 20,000 credits for 1 jump worth of fuel.

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U.E. Lovers Are Ignorant Of True Power.

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Originally posted by Lonevoinian:
**Dont try to fix it. There are going to be search missions that you would pay 20,000 credits for 1 jump worth of fuel.
**

True, an extra 'supply ship' would be handy in the nebulas. šŸ˜‰

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Oh no! It's locked!-Harry
Damn it Pam, stop glowing-Harry
Eat staples electro-breath-Harry

Some people need to wash their gene pool

A.S.S Cuisine reporting for duty!

Hehe, I agree, don't fix it!! I would also use him as a shield too....

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...

Wait a second, Alien just agreed with me and I agreed with ~patton a little while back. Something strange is going on...

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U.E. Lovers Are Ignorant Of True Power.

yeah, this is very wierd

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New Windows version 98, now with 400% more bugs and error messages than windows 95
(just $199.99)

Ahhh! Conspiracy!

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Oh no! It's locked!-Harry
Damn it Pam, stop glowing-Harry
Eat staples electro-breath-Harry

Some people need to wash their gene pool

A.S.S Cuisine reporting for duty!

Huh? What? Conspiracy?? Oh no, no conspiracy here! Hum-de-dum-ed-dum... šŸ˜„

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...

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Originally posted by Lonevoinian:
**Wait a second, Alien just agreed with me and I agreed with ~patton a little while back. Something strange is going on...
**

Yeah, if it wasnt for the IPs, and the fact that I know ~Patton, I would swear you were all the same person hell-bent to confuse us all! šŸ˜‰

-Gildor

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Oh boy, I just saw Lone drive off in the back of the ole loony mobile...

All of you should forget any of this ever happened and return to your little controled lives.

Bwahahaha....

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...

chugs down a can of coke

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that door, but I still won't let you leave."
Ā— Durandal

WHO'S looney? You, the pillir of society on all U.E. worlds agree with me, the pillar of sociaty on all voinian worlds, TWICE!

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U.E. Lovers Are Ignorant Of True Power.

Hush and sit in that little cute white jacket of yours while you eat your mush...

Seems subject 178 has completely broken down.

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...

oh no....they're on to me.....
cla-click....
fshoof....
BOOM!!!
takes care of that

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Originally posted by Sloppy:
**Hey, I noticed something weird.

There's a Trader Freight Courier following me around. Every time I enter a
system ( ANY system -- even deep inside the nebulas) he jumps in a few
seconds later.

**

Hehe, I have the same deal using the f-25 plugin. Could it be that in systems distant from Sol freight couriers are designed to pop up (to show that they really are on the frontier)? The Fronteir Express missions are completed on my pilot, so you can rule that out.

-Adv.

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