The AI can't use it, but you can, and it's an excellent way to either speed up trading or run away from combat (or run into combat, but to be quite honest going into combat in anything short of an M3 (an M4 can be used in a pinch but I'd recommend just waiting for an M3, safety first and all that) tends to be a bad idea). It has a top speed of 130 m/s, and 4,000 cargo capacity when upgraded, which gives it both the highest speed of all TS-class ships and one of the largest cargo bays.Īnother option you can consider is grabbing the Bonus Pack from Egosoft's forums and buying a turbo boost module. It's the OTAS TS, and it's generally considered to be the best in its class. This isn't a problem OOS (Out-Of-Sector), but if you're in the same sector as one of your Kestrels, be careful with SETA.Īlso, if the Mercury is too slow for you, you can try the Mistral. The huge speed means that if the AI derps a bit it has a good chance of smashing into something (like a station) and dying instantly.

Be careful letting the AI control this one, though. If you're wondering what the Kestrel's top speed is, it's 605.5 m/s when fully upgraded, or about mach 2-ish on Earth. The Arrow has like twice the Kestrel's top speed, it's kinda ridiculous).

The pirate variant of the Kestrel has a bit more speed than the base one in TC, but in Albion Prelude two new ships with higher top speeds than the Kestrel, the Arrow and the Starburst, are introduced. It has (for its class) good shielding, above-average firepower, a cargo class of M, and, most importantly, by far the highest top speed in the entire game (at least in Terran Conflict. What is a Kestrel, you ask? Quite simple: It's the Teladi M5, and generally considered to be one of the best overall M5s in the entire game. Eventually, those become too much to manage manually and I invest in factories then the transport ships are assigned to the factories and I start to increasingly automate my fledgling space empire.Ĭlick to shrink.You, my friend, need a Kestrel. Instead, I get an M4 or M3 as a personal ship, and then I explore the universe with it in search of new markets, combat missions and pirate ships to capture for resale, while I also juggle 2-5 remote controlled traders. Some people seem to like it, but if you don't enjoy the meditative approach to gameplay it can easily become boring. Effectively seizing control of (some of) the pirate sectors also makes for a nice long term goal.įor the early game, I usually don't personally pilot transport ships.

Or you pick one particular faction as your mortal enemy and aspire to wipe out all their ships and stations in certain sectors. Some gamers seem to find the X games boring, I myself find that they become highly motivating, as long as you make sure to set a goal for yourself early on.įor example you could pick a group of sectors inside the territory of your favorite faction, and set yourself the goal of creating a small commercial empire there, complete with sector security and everything. Then, once you're there, you'll be able to use the new diplomacy options to help shape your relationships with the factions you find.Terran Conflict is thorougly a sandbox game. Trapped in an isolated area of space, you'll first need to make use of the new exploration features to find your way back to civilisation. Set in the years after X3: Albion Prelude, as the chaos caused by the gate shutdown really takes hold, X3: Farnham's Legacy starts very differently to previous games in the X3 series.

X3: Farnham's Legacy (2021 Game available in English and German, only on Windows)ĭeveloped by a dedicated group of players from Egosoft's DevNet community, X3: Farnham's Legacy is a new game in the X3 space game series. The old X Universe is passing a new X Universe is about to be created. It shows a universe in flux, and prepares players for things to come. X3: Albion Prelude plays in the time between the old X Universe and the new. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the races, cultures and life forms leads to new tensions, mistrust and eventually open conflict! The long-anticipated encounter between the X Universe and the Earth brings both joy and sorrow. The X3 Terran War Pack bundle includes X3: Terran Conflict, X3: Albion Prelude and X3: Farnham's Legacy.

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