Actually, a way to really get into the game is to work for everybody. The way you do that is build up you combat rating by killing Renegades and don't do any UE missions, not even cargo. Once you have an OK cr, go to Pax and get the Voinian string. Do all the Voinian missions until you get the very last one, to destroy Verril Prime. Abort this mission and you can still do the UE missions. But before you start the UE missions, go to Lothe Prime and get them mad, then land and go to the bar. A Renegade should ask you to help him or somethim, thus starting the Human Renegade missions. When you have finnished those go do the UE missions. The only Voinian ships you will have to kill will be for missions, and for some reason, the Voinians don't get mad if you kill those ships. Once you have completed the UE central objective, both the UE and Voinians, as well as the Human Renegades will love you. Now go do the Nebula missions and the ski resort missions, as well as those for the Zachit. Once you have finnished these, go do missions for the strands. To be able to be a part of all 3 strands, you will need to be very carefull. Go to Pozdag and get the Zidigar mission, but don't complete it. Then go to Mirava(?) and get the Igadzra mission, don't complete this either. Finally go down to South Tip Station to get the Azdgari mission (you will need a fast ship). Complete the Azdgari mission first (since it has a time limit) then finnish the other two. Once all of these missions are done, get the second mission in each string, and, once you have all the missions, complete them. Do the same right up through each sides victory. Doing this will cause everybody to love you and will also allow you to have a pretty cool ship. Right now I am flying a Voinian cruiser with Dospect and Bronev armor, a UE cloaking device, needle missile jammer, SAE launcher, Zidigar Phased Disruptions beam, Zidigar ECM, Azdgari RCS upgrade, Azdgari shield regenerator, Azdgari experimentla generator, Nebula penetration device, Zidigar miniaturization thing, Igadzra plasma siphon, and all the other usual things, including as many mass expansions as I can by. It is great fun having almost all the galaxy like you (except north and south tip renegades) and flying this ship is truly awesome.
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