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VB6 Aurora => Spoilers => Topic started by: Akhillis on November 02, 2013, 06:04:53 AM

Title: Friendly Precursors
Post by: Akhillis on November 02, 2013, 06:04:53 AM
Well, friendly might be taking it a bit too far.

I've run into a pair of Precursor ships that seem resolutely non-hostile.  They've been floating around a system that I'm settling, occasionally turning on their active sensors, but never attacking.  When I sent a fleet out, they simply avoided it.  Their sensors and engines are miles ahead of mine, so we've just left each other alone so far.

Anyone else run into something like this?
Title: Re: Friendly Precursors
Post by: Black on November 02, 2013, 07:46:51 AM
Those are Precursor scout ships, they don't have any weapons.
Title: Re: Friendly Precursors
Post by: MarcAFK on November 02, 2013, 08:07:05 AM
Boarding party! Free tech!
Or, target practice!
Title: Re: Friendly Precursors
Post by: Black on November 02, 2013, 06:41:32 PM
Well those scouts are very fast. So it is not that easy to destroy or capture those ships.
Title: Re: Friendly Precursors
Post by: MarcAFK on November 03, 2013, 01:20:15 AM
Hmm, perhaps you could drop some mines around the system with long range high speed missiles?
Title: Re: Friendly Precursors
Post by: Black on November 03, 2013, 03:51:32 AM
I suppose that would work, if you are able to lure the scouts into the mine range. You can also use small fast fighters to destroy or cripple them. When their engines are gone you can capture them easily.
Title: Re: Friendly Precursors
Post by: joeclark77 on November 16, 2013, 05:50:51 PM
I've also had precursor troop ships act like this, but they didn't use active sensors so I don't think that's what you're dealing with.