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Re: Privateer - the first game - HELP!

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From: srod... Stephen J Rodgers
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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bre...@mbay.net (Brenda Holloway) wrote:

>"C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <John-...@vinery.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>You have to go back to the base with the pirate girl on (it's in the Pentonville system if you've forgotten) and you have to 
>>do the four missions which she gives you.  That is the only real critism I've got of the game, you have to  do every set of 
>>missions you get the chance to do or you can never finish the game, even if you don't want to.  The missions with the 
>>pirates are probably the worst for this because you have to fight militia and confed no matter what, and although their not 
>>particulary tough it's annoying that you have to start killing what are meant to be friendly ships.

>No, *never* fight confed or militia. They carry grudges. In fact,
>everyone carries grudges, and if you fight pirates, confed *and*
>militia, you're going to be toasty.

>Best to just fight pirates; at certain points in the game, they become
>friendly anyway.

>Just avoid the good guys when you're carrying contraband.

>Brenda
I found that with the centurion and an afterburner you could just run all the
way. ( as long as your shields were not to full on) 


Stephen J Rodgers
Systems Programmer / Analyst
University of Waikato
New Zealand
+64 7 838 4632
srod...@waikato.ac.nz
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From: srod...@waikato.ac.nz (Stephen J Rodgers)
Subject: Re: Privateer - the first game - HELP!
Date: 1996/01/03
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