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Originally posted by Jimbob:
**ahhh! I'm fighting the Aliens, and I have no idea how to fight them, because they can fly faster than my torpedoes, and when I approach to attack them short range, I get killed. any suggestions? Btw, how the heck do you get the tractor beam?
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You have to complete the rebel "astrodyne outpost" missions to get the tractor beam. How to fight the aliens... Don't kill the fighters, you don't need to. To kill the cruiser, stay right behind it while firing all of your primaries (lasers, protons, etc.).
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and if that dont work then use the forklift 
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Originally posted by escape_alex:
**and if that dont work then use the forklift
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Why use the forklift? It is blatent cheating and makes the game no fun.
(FLAME ON)Shows how good a pilot you are(FLAME OFF)
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(This message has been edited by General Rak (edited 08-12-2001).)
Well, you're not done with those missions until you have the tractor beam. So, if you don't have it then you're not done.
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Yup, the last few have a lower occurance than 100%, to make them happen a wee while (hopefully) after you've done the first lot.
However, cheesy cheaters can 'abort mission' when they've no active missions, thus resetting the available missions at the planet/satellite. Just check the bar again!
Though you don't need the tractor beams to kick alien butt, as otherwise you couldn't do it for the confeds. 
martin
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No, you don't actually need it, but it is extremely helpful.
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heh. I beat the aliens. Sort of. When I went in I cloaked right away and everyone else blew up the alien crusier. Fact: If you have the cloak on, enemies that were after you stay still until they reappear. And I got the Ten million credit prize, so I have a nice rebel cruiser now. 
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Jimbob
Congratulations, Jimbob, you've just discovered the second-cheapest abuse of EV's AI, which I consider marginally legal. You can kill the Alien Cruiser in a Scoutship that way. Works good for dominating planets too.
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A Rebel Cruiser? Alright, I approve of the Rebels, but the fact is, you picked their second-best ship. Try the Rebel Destroyer. You'll like it.
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Originally posted by Lord Asriel:
**A Rebel Cruiser? Alright, I approve of the Rebels, but the fact is, you picked their second-best ship.:D Try the Rebel Destroyer. You'll like it.
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No. The Reb Cruiser is the best ship in the game. It take out anything.
Btw, It isn't possible to get the tractor beam before destroying the alien cruiser.
Unless you use some sort of cheat. The cruiser has much more room for primaries than the destroyer. My cruiser is maxed out with primaries and shield/armor upgrades and speed upgrades.
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Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel:
**No. The Reb Cruiser is the best ship in the game. It take out anything.
Btw, It isn't possible to get the tractor beam before destroying the alien cruiser.
Unless you use some sort of cheat. The cruiser has much more room for primaries than the destroyer. My cruiser is maxed out with primaries and shield/armor upgrades and speed upgrades.
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The Rebel Destroyer is better, it can also take out anything, and generally quicker. Plus, you die more often in a Cruiser than a Destroyer, it's far easier to avoid all punishment in the Destroyer. The Cruiser only has room for 2 more cannons, which I don't use Cannon slots much anyway, on capital ships, and 2 won't make much difference.
You can get the Tractor Beam before killing the Alien, I've done it before. Go look at the data files again, you have to have completed Special Ops to get the beam, same as for killing the Aliens, so they can come in either order.
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quote: Congratulations, Jimbob, you've just discovered the second-cheapest abuse of EV's AI which I consider marginally legal. You can kill the Alien Cruiser in a Scoutship that way. Works good for dominating planets too.
Cool. Just out of curiosity, whats the cheapest abuse?
quote: The Rebel Destroyer is better, it can also take out anything, and generally quicker. Plus, you die more often in a Cruiser than a Destroyer, it's far easier to avoid all punishment in the Destroyer. The Cruiser only has room for 2 more cannons, which I don't use Cannon slots much anyway, on capital ships, and 2 won't make much difference.
Alright, I'll try the destoyer. Thanks for all the help!
sorry, I don't know how to quote yet, so I just copy/pasted and put qoute next to it.
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(This message has been edited by Jimbob (edited 08-15-2001).)
(quote)Originally posted by Jimbob:
Cool. Just out of curiosity, whats the cheapest abuse? (/quote)
The infamous Monty Python.
(quote)Originally posted by Jimbob:
Alright, I'll try the destoyer. (/quote)
Good I'm sure you'll like it.
(quote)Originally posted by Jimbob:
sorry, I don't know how to quote yet, so I just copy/pasted and put qoute next to it. (/quote)
Here's how-
Type- = (quote)Originally posted by (Name of person being quoted) :
**(Quote of that person goes here) **(/quote)=
(Note- Without the "=")
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(This message has been edited by General Rak (edited 08-15-2001).)
Look's like Rak's demonstration with the equals sign didn't work as intended, 
so I'll try again here.
To do quotes, you use the quote tags, which look like this:
( quote)
( /quote)
Without the space inside the brackets. So entering this text, again without the space in the quote brackets:
( quote)From the United States Constitution:
We, the people, of the United States of America...
( /quote)
Will come out like this:
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From the United States Constitution:
We, the people, of the United States of America...
Rak has done a good job showing the standard formatting used on the boards to quote other members, so I won't bother doing that again here.
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Originally posted by Macavenger:
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Rak has done a good job showing the standard formatting used on the boards to quote other members, so I won't bother doing that again here.
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Actually, there are quite a few members already who use Rak's method for quoting people. Still looks cool, though.
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