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In article <43tbr8$h...@sydney1.world.net> Daniel Stephenson <mi...@sv.net.au> writes:
>072...@bud.swin.edu.au (Adriano Ennio Raiola) wrote:
>>Hi.. Ive just got First Encounters. I dunno what everyone is bitching 
>>Anyway, my problem is right at the beginning on planet Hope. All the 
>>papers talk about the space race from Old Curie to Ghandi starting 
>>midnight on Jan 1st, which is where you start the game. I fly to Old 
>>Curie but it wont let me land all day, despite the papers saying 'come 
>>one come all' .. 

The trouble is that other people have read the papers as well and Old
Curie is full.  I landed manually on the ground just outside the port
and waited for someone to take off.  About six days later I was finally
able to get into the port and register for the race - which I still
managed to win.  Later on the newspapers all comment on the results of
the race, and in view of my late start and the fact that the Saker is
so slow in hyperspace that it can't get to Alioth in one jump, I'm
inclined to believe the Imperial version. :-)

>Anyway, the games really getting me down.As Im not sure 
>where/what to buy to make money quick to upgrade my ship, If I 
>leave the first few planets I get shotdown, any suggestions?

Don't use maximum time compression.  Pirates have a harder time
intercepting you if you use the second highest level of time
compression rather than the highest.  Save the game immediately
after entering the system, reload if you get destroyed.

After winning the Wiccan Ware race, make a few trips taking
medicines to Soholia.  Then go to Eta Cassiopeia and register
with the Federal Military; you can usually get at least 10
delivery missions to AC+79.3888 from there, and trading between
those systems can be quite profitable too.

Incidentally, Gametek are working on another patch.  I learned this
when I phoned them to report some problems which still occur in
version 1.05.  Anyone who is actually interested in seeing this
game work properly and who has found bugs in version 1.05 should
write to them, perhaps enclosing a disc with a saved game showing
the bug if possible.  You never know, maybe this time they'll get
it right. :-)

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