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I know that someone else must have done this, but based on the ship guide, etc., it is implied that capturing the Dreadnought is impossible, since you only encounter it during a specific mission, when it cannot be boarded, and must be destroyed. Add the fact that that mission string seems to come early in the game, and it is hard to imagine getting a crew big enough to have the slightest chance of capturing it.
However, let me share my technique with you all. First, get the Dreadnought mission, then ignore it. For a really long time! Wait until you finish the Anna mission string, and buy yourself a nice big UE Cruiser. Save a copy of your pilot file at this point.
You'll probably have all the escorts you need at this point (Zidaras, Iggys, Adzgari Warships, whatever ), so go back to the system where the Dreadnought awaits, and just sit there for a little while. Let the UE forces get really chewed up. The hardest part of this is not accidentally destrying the damn Dreadnought. HOLD your escorts. Then (and this is the clever part) abort the mission, and immediately engage the Dreadnought head-to-head. Make sure you are the only two ships left in the system (except for your HOLDING escorts). The dreaded Dreadnought can then be disabled, and you get a 3-12% chance of capture. Now, of course, if you fail, go back to your saved file, and revert, repeat, and enjoy your amazingly powerful new ship!
I even did this twice and kept the SECOND Dreadnought as my primary vessel and still have one as a friggin escort! Then, you can finally kill the damn thing off if you want to
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I know you meant to mention this, but remember to abort the mission, THEN try to board the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#vdreadnought")Dreadnought(/url). Otherwise, all you'll get is frustration...
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I thot i did mentionit in the middle of the third parargraph, but i guess i wasn't clear enough. also, thanks for the link to the shipyard site; never seen it before.
From a practical perspective, being in a Dreadnought is a cool thing, once you are into the galaxy dominating phase of the game, but be aware, you will probably never meet a time deadline for any mission while you are flying this big ol' thang. Also, immediately upon capture, you have NO WEAPONS! The enhanced neutron turrents disappear, and you have no interceptors. Yay. Eventually, I decided that the best configuration was to buy 8 (yes EIGHT!) mass expansions, put in five phase turrets, five phase cannons, one neutron turret, and one neutron cannon, buy all the engine upgrades, another layer of armor (hee hee), plus a fuel scoop and an afterburner. To Hell with secondary weapons in this baby, and there's no point in trying to bolster Voinian shields With the RCS upgrade, you can actually turn fast enough to utillize your forward guns pretty effectively. I've never had a problem in combat with this ship yet, because the only ships fast enough swarm you are impotent against armor. This ship lets you cut a MEAN swath throught the crescent Adzara fighters rarely survive one pass, and I've sat in the middle of a cloud of Adzara Warships and Fighters and just chewed them up with less than 50% damage to armor. Slow ship though, even with all the upgrades. Mostly useful when you have a lot of fast escorts and is excellent for dominating systems with.
You can also play ROTV and BUY a dreadnaught. And it keeps it's Enhanced Neutron turrets too. I am flying around in a dreadnaught that is faster then UE Fighters and I think I have more then 10 turrets. I'm not sure. Haven't counted in a while. When I went back to the ships of the mortals I was thinking "How did I kill stuff in these? They hardly have any guns." And I was flying around in a UE Crusier with maxed out guns and secondary weapons, too.
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Originally posted by Lonevoinian: **You can also play ROTV and BUY a dreadnaught. And it keeps it's Enhanced Neutron turrets too. I am flying around in a dreadnaught that is faster then UE Fighters and I think I have more then 10 turrets. I'm not sure. Haven't counted in a while. When I went back to the ships of the mortals I was thinking "How did I kill stuff in these? They hardly have any guns." And I was flying around in a UE Crusier with maxed out guns and secondary weapons, too.
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Wow...how much does it cost?
20 million. But when you have 10 mil from the missions and a 15 mill trade in then it isn't so expenseve.
Originally posted by Lonevoinian: **20 million. But when you have 10 mil from the missions and a 15 mill trade in then it isn't so expenseve.
What ship can you trade in for 15 million?
A voinian crusier with all the speed, turning and aceleration upgrads+maxed out turrets and all the fighters.
Originally posted by Lonevoinian: **A voinian crusier with all the speed, turning and aceleration upgrads+maxed out turrets and all the fighters.
Ah, the wonderful (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#vcruiser")Cruiser(/url)...the third most powerful warship (not counting the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#vdreadnought")Dreadnought(/url)), and least likely to get killed. Great ship, and expensive, too.
OK. Lets see... UE crusier is the most powerful(Besides the Dready) so what is the other one? The iggy warship? That one is EASIY to kill in a Crusier. If it isn't that, what is it?
(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 10-24-2000).)
HAH!!!! a mere 35 million!!!! ha!!!!!! in 1.0.2 i dominated all of the independent planets, all of the igazra planets, all of the strandless planets, and all of the emagliah planets. im getting somewhere in the ballpark of 130,000 credits per jump. i have over 250.0 MILLION credits.
sorry, i just had to get that outta my system. but one has a right to brag when one has a fleet and ship like mine!!! (i wont go into deatils)
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Originally posted by Vice Admiral Jon: **HAH!!!! a mere 35 million!!!! ha!!!!!! in 1.0.2 i dominated all of the independent planets, all of the igazra planets, all of the strandless planets, and all of the emagliah planets. im getting somewhere in the ballpark of 130,000 credits per jump. i have over 250.0 MILLION credits.
sorry, i just had to get that outta my system. but one has a right to brag when one has a fleet and ship like mine!!! (i wont go into deatils) **
well, congradulations. we're very proud. And I'm sure you have just an awesome ship. Do you have 4 shield generators too? (refer to my other post if you don't understand this.....)
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Dreadnaught, BA! Too slow! A skilled fighter could take it out...
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Originally posted by Lonevoinian: **OK. Lets see... UE crusier is the most powerful(Besides the Dready) so what is the other one? The iggy warship? That one is EASIY to kill in a Crusier. If it isn't that, what is it?
OK, I admit it. I can't count. I think the most powerful is the Igazra, even though the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#vcruiser")Voinian Cruiser(/url) can destroy it (that's why it's most likely to survive). Then is probably the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#uecruiser")UE Cruiser(/url). Then the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#cresw")Crescent Warship(/url). Finally, at fourth, probably the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#vcruiser")V. Cruiser(/url). It's fourth just because its weapons aren't incredibly good, and it's too slow. It can take out any of the others except the (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/evosite/shipyard.html#uecruiser")UE Cruiser(/url) one on one, though.
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I'm reading everyone's posts... and turning green with envy.
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Are you SURE it's envy? Not just being discusted by our bragging? steps away And Shayborg, the V. Crusier doesnt have to have that many weapons, it can out last anything just broadsiding it. I have seen V. Crusiers beat Crec. Warships, though not iggys. But statswise it should be able too. So move it up 2 noches.
Any ship could beat any ship.... it depends on the pilot and his/her preference...
No, I mean that I have seen AI V. Crusiers beat AI Crec. Warships.
How? Plug-in?
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