how do i get my escort to stop following me? he's draining my cash flow.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You will have to hold down a button while targeting ships. You will then be able to target your escort. Then you hail him and press "relise from deuty" or something like that. Then he will leave you. I´m not shure witch button to press while targeting, it´s either ctrl/alt/command/shift. Either test them all, or you could go into pref. and look it up there. Hope you understood.
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It's the ALT button. Unfortunately, that's also my Jump button. I would prefer "Select Next Escort" to be a seperate, configurable key independent of the "Select Next (non-escort) Ship" key. A feature for the next EVO version? :rolleyes:
Another thing about escorts is that they immediately begin to fire SADs etc. at hostile ships when entering a system. That can be very undesirable, e.g. when you're in a friendly strand system, with another strand's ship present... you might want to incite it's anger (especially when you're after an allegiance with them), but the escorts will fire away anyway, before you have the chance to press the "Hold Position" button.
Speaking of escorts: Do the enemies that my escorts kill count for my own achievement score? Do systems/governments get angry if my escorts shoot their ships?
And speaking of scores: I've noticed that killing renegades in one specific system seems to seep status improvement into neighboring systems, but it doesn't have global influence. Does anyone know exactly how your status in a government or in a system is calculated and how it changes when you destroy enemy ships/fulfil missions/shoot their own ships?
-- Cinga
(This message has been edited by Cinga (edited 04-30-2000).)
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Originally posted by Mogley:
**how do i get my escort to stop following me? he's draining my cash flow.
any help would be greatly appreciated.**
Opt+whatever the target button is, select escort, communicate, click on release from servitute.
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Adzy
Adzgari Visionary, Leader of Squadron Firebird, Garit Fleet Commander, Azdara Stunt Pilot"If I had a choice between power and speed, speed is what I'd go for."
Adzy"You call this fast?!"
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Originally posted by Cinga:
**Speaking of escorts: Do the enemies that my escorts kill count for my own achievement score? Do systems/governments get angry if my escorts shoot their ships?-- Christian Thalmann
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I think so.
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Adzy
Adzgari Visionary, Leader of Squadron Firebird, Garit Fleet Commander, Azdara Stunt Pilot"If I had a choice between power and speed, speed is what I'd go for."
Adzy"You call this fast?!"
Adzy trying to buy an Adzgari Warship"How can I make it go faster?"
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how do i make my escorts attack targets?
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Originally posted by iandog:
how do i make my escorts attack targets?You can't. The Retarget command is for carried fighters only. Escorts attack ships that attack you or that you attack. Their level of aggressiveness depends on their AI type, I believe.
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Brooklyn. Where the weak are killed and eaten.AIM: obormot345
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Originally posted by Cinga:
**Speaking of escorts: Do the enemies that my escorts kill count for my own achievement score? Do systems/governments get angry if my escorts shoot their ships?
-- Cinga
(This message has been edited by Cinga (edited 04-30-2000).)**
En fait, c'est assez compliqué : les escortes peuvent aggraver votre statut, mais pas l'améliorer.
In fact, it's quite complicated. Escorts can worsen your status, but not improve it.
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escorts do help yer achievement record and im pretty sure they help your status too, but i could be wrong