I've played EV on and off since it was not long after it was released, got Override, got irritated by the different governments having weapons that don't work with each other, gone back to EV and I'm waiting for Nova (who isn't??!!).

Anyway, a few things have always bugged me, maybe I missed a few missions that they refer to, but why are there:

A fleet of Argosy's and Defenders that float around the systems, apparently traders.

Groups of Rebel (maybe Confed too, can't remember off the top of my head) ships that gather in uninhabited systems and stop in a group, when you hail them, they are "busy". Once they have stopped, they never leave.

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A fleet of Argosy's and Defenders that float around the systems, apparently traders.

Um, trading perhaps?

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Groups of Rebel (maybe Confed too, can't remember off the top of my head) ships that gather in uninhabited systems and stop in a group, when you hail them, they are "busy". Once they have stopped, they never leave.

Probably patrols.

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I would like to commend you on correct spelling and grammar use. It's nice to know that not all newbies use AOL speak and can't spell for beans.

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**I would like to commend you on correct spelling and grammar use. It's nice to know that not all newbies use AOL speak and can't spell for beans.:)

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spelling....blah blah blah

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Those are just miscellaneous fleets to add character. The stopped fleets have always bugged me a bit too. I think that's a bug in the engine involving fleet behavior when a Cruiser in the fleet recovers fighters that it has launched. They aren't associated with any missions, they're just there to be cool, trade, beat up Confeds, whatever.

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Yeah, those are fleets, I think. They're programmed to appear every now and then... just to add a little more variety.

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**I would like to commend you on correct spelling and grammar use. It's nice to know that not all newbies use AOL speak and can't spell for beans.:)

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Oh, you're welcome! :rolleyes:

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One thing I noticed - I was for nearly the whole length of a game pursued by a group of five ships composed of 1 Rapier, 2 Defenders and 2 Lightnings. At first it bothered the heck out of me, they didn't pose a real threat, but they were always, always there! I could blow them up and jump into the next system - there they are! I could obliterate them and land on a planet. I take off - there they are again! Anyway, I was ticked for a while, annoyed, until I got a Kestrel. Every time I jumped into a system I would disable the 2 lightnings and grab them into my fighter bay. Then I'd sell them. I could make 30 mil in one session, easy. So, after I made about 200 mil they just up and disappeared. Weird!

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That's weird. Perhaps pirates that got glitched? And were you always carrying some kind of goods?

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Perhaps you just accepted a mission with such an escort? Were you using any plug-ins?

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I'm guessing you had at least one largish freighter escort(s) (say an Argosy, or perhaps a group of Clippers) that you released when they went away. Correct?

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As far as I understand this is how it works (I may be totally wrong, but it makes sense!):

If you're a trader the pirate fleets are supposed to simulate protecting your goods or whatever. How does the game decide if you're a trader or not? Here's how:

If you have 1 argosy, or light freighter as an escort, the ships that ALWAYS come into the system upon taking off, hypering in, etc. are defenders

If you have 2 argosies, 2 light freighters, 1 argosy and 1 light freighter, or 1 bulk freighter you encounter the combination of fighters you mentioned everytime you enter/exit a system.

I think this is right, hope to have been of help

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BariSaxGuy5, I've noticed that Lightnings/Rapiers come after you much more when you take a planet and become overlord, I think they're bounty hunter ships coming after you. Maybe thats what you were getting. How early in the game did it start happening?

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