#Pulsar lost colony reactor meltdown upgrade
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To be boarded you need to be visible to sensors, something that won't happen if you are diligent with your cloaking - make sure the pilot knows to avoid probes as if they were infected spores. Pressing Z and selecting the 'Repel Invaders' status alert can help, but if you haven't carefully planned for the eventuality, you'll be permanently on the backfoot.

Most of the time slow reactions are caused by people being too focussed on their stations during a battle, their first inkling something is up is when they suddenly start taking damage from the Customs and Excise that just walked up behind them and started shooting them in the head, and by the time they've popped back out of the atrium, the intruders will be very close to *Removing Claim*.

#Pulsar lost colony reactor meltdown full

If you haven't talked to the crew in earlier more peaceful times when they could give full attention and set out a strategy for such times, you'll end up in a lot of losing 3 or 4 vs 1 battles.

Lack of decisive crew response is the number one cause of losing a game to boarding. There you are sitting in the Atrium queue like a tortured soul in purgatory watching the ship you'd lovingly cared for and nurtured being befouled and sullied by the filthy Rozzers. Also be aware turrets will atuo fire at this point unless you powered them down and ensured they aren't storing charges in their barrels beforehand. If you've already Siphoned, the target it will be already designated as such, if not double check the target has been slected via TAB. In short you don't want things to drag out - have the first crew member across head to engineering and turn off the shields, thus allowing your entire crew to freely teleport across and tie up the enemy crew. And all the while the enemy crew has been alerted to your less than honourable intentions and has nothing but time to dedicate to trying to thwart you. If you suspect you are being subjected to exploits (there will be visual clues like flickering monitors or monitor borders changing colour) you can check by scanning the ship.įor viruses, these can be remove by antivirus programs or if the worst comes to the words by forcing a hard reset by manually powering off the ship OS in engineering - though be warned, this will leave you a sitting duck without any power, engines or shields until the reboot process has finished.Ībout QT for a more detailed explanation on the in game concepts behind shields and teleportation.ĪoG ships come with a virus called Gentleman's Welcome which is designed to circumvent shields, however it has a limited active life and once expired, your options are to stand impotently looking at the non functioning teleporter while your Science Officer fratically burns fuel cells to recharge programs. Note: Ships can apply the same hacks to you Will force the target reactor to generate more heat potentially shutting down weapons and engines Will remove any boosts applied by shield modulation (14% against either beam or physical damage) Will lower ECMs making it easier to use viruses and other offensive programs to attack the target Opens the sensor exploit interface allowing exploits to be launched affecting various ship components:īased on weapon damage dealt - will direct damage to the engineering station, potentially killing the engineer if the target hasn't installed protection against screen explosionsīased on weapon damage dealt - will direct damage to the weapons station, potentially killing the weapons officer if the target hasn't installed protection against screen explosionsīased on weapon damage dealt - will direct damage to the science station, potentially killing the engineer if the target hasn't installed protection against screen explosions, will also affect cloaking and warp operation. V 1.0 - : intial layout and images regarding cloaking vs 0 EM builds, boarding and EM reference information

#Pulsar lost colony reactor meltdown upgrade

V 1.01 - : added section explaining game mechanics involving QT fields and teleportation, ship and crew upgrade considerations V 1.02 - : expanded boarding related equipment to a seperate more detailed section with images V 1.03 - : Started a new section on electronic warfare V 1.04 - : added sensor exploits, images and reordered the guide V 1.05 - 8th May 2018: added a section on the tactical considerations for countering boarders, crew talent point allocation for science centric attack strategies Don't forget to like the guide if you found it useful - it encourages me to maintain it and makes it easier for other users to find the guide.Ĭovers: stealth game types, ship upgrade paths, boarding, counter boarding, game physics, useful weapons and tools, programs, science exploits, crew talent allocations for science centric warfare The cut and the thrust, ins and outs of the life in the Alliance of Gentlemen.