Well, you can get them to appear as targets like any other ship and then talk to them and let them go. The trick is that you have to hold down <option> in order for them to come up in the list. Anyway, while I don't fly with escorts other than captured ones, I think you'll find that only Fighters or Warships will fight for you - the rest just give you access to their cargo space :).
Since shuttles don't come equipped with weapons, it seems logical that they wouldn't fight for you. Plus, even if they did have weapons, it's basically suicide to attack anybody in a tiny, almost defenseless shuttle. Some people are very brave, though...
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Since shuttles don't come equipped with weapons, it seems logical that they wouldn't fight for you. Plus, even if they did have weapons, it's basically suicide to attack anybody in a tiny, almost defenseless shuttle. Some people are very brave, though...
The darn (url="http://"http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~dsghosh/evosite/shipyard1.html#turncoat")turncoat(/url) was at 93% shields, too ...
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The darn turncoat was at 93% shields, too ...
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You mean that you attacked the Turncoat in a Shuttle and managed to damage it by 7%? :eek:
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If I recall correctly, the EVO shuttle does indeed come equipped with a weapon - one blaze cannon.
If you buy 2 more blaze cannons, make careful and efficient use of the MP maneuver and get a bit lucky with the Kraits, then you can destroy a Turncoat in a Shuttle. It's bl**dy difficult, though.
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**If I recall correctly, the EVO shuttle does indeed come equipped with a weapon - one blaze cannon.
If you buy 2 more blaze cannons, make careful and efficient use of the MP maneuver and get a bit lucky with the Kraits, then you can destroy a Turncoat in a Shuttle. It's bl**dy difficult, though.
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Yeah, without extreme carefulness a single Krait can reduce you to 20% armor. I tried this once with 2 more Blaze Cannons and just fired until the Krait would die. But just because I like think wacky stragies (how to make a Shuttle good), how about replacing the Blaze Cannons with Phase? That would murder against shields, so the Krairs wouldnt be difficult anymore. Or 5 Pursuit Missiles that would severely damage shields of the Turncoat. Or even 250 Needle Missiles. The sheer amount of them would make Kraits easy to kill, and finally kill the Turncoat from a safe distance. Or wackiest of all, get a Mass Expansion to get 10 tons more space. Then you could get 5 Pursuit Missiles AND 2 Phase Cannons. Phase kills Kraits, while Pursuits soften the Turncoat.
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A Shuttle can hold dospect , and some people have beaten the game with it, hardcore! I once made it to the final mission for the Zidara, died during the battle though
How could you make it for the mission for the Zidagar, if Mazca agrees that even defeating a Turncoat is bloody difficult? Much more beat the game? Is this like extreme sport, where you must make difficult things as difficult as possible, to the point of impossiblity? 
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Dospect and phasecannons help
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**Is this like extreme sport, where you must make difficult things as difficult as possible, to the point of impossiblity?
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Yes, when you've beaten evo a hundred times, you start looking for something that's still challenging and fun.
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**Dospect and phasecannons help
Yes, when you've beaten evo a hundred times, you start looking for something that's still challenging and fun.**
You answer in 6 minutes? Few posts have been replied as fast. Im amazed! And yes, I did think about Phase Cannons, but forgot about Dospect. You couldnt get them at the same time without getting a Mass Expansion. Thanks for the explanation. Are you thinking to do other strings with a Shuttle? 
/me imagines having a Shuttle with Experimental Shield Generator.
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**/me imagines having a Shuttle with Experimental Shield Generator.
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Then imagine having to do the mission to Raigar in a shuttle, I wouldn't think that would be funny
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**Are you thinking to do other strings with a Shuttle? :
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Nah, I haven't been playing evo for a year or so, maybe when UE Crusaders plug come out
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**Nah, I haven't been playing evo for a year or so, maybe when UE Crusaders plug come out
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Then imagine having to do the mission to Raigar in a shuttle, I wouldn't think that would be funny
I know, I just was wildly speculating. A ship with crap amount of jumps (so would need to frequently refuel) and crap shields (so it would be hard to not be destroyed by Zidaras). I was just picking the best outfits. Also Needle Jammer, a NPD, a Systems Upgrade... Okay, I need to stop when I know these are not reasonably possible. Any info on when UE Crusaders plug will come out?
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