Dealing with piracy (Oolite) - Revision history

Cholmondely: Tagged as Help page

2021-07-12T18:54:27Z

Tagged as Help page

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2021-02-14T21:39:12Z

‎Links: Added another

Cholmondely: /* Other advice pages */ Tweak

2021-01-25T20:08:34Z

‎Other advice pages: Tweak

Cholmondely: Added Links

2021-01-25T20:08:05Z

Added Links

Phkb: /* Avoidance has failed: what now? */

2017-12-22T00:21:53Z

‎Avoidance has failed: what now?

RyanHoots: /* Recognising a pirate using visual means */ Fixed Rock Hermit link.

2011-06-08T01:35:27Z

‎Recognising a pirate using visual means: Fixed Rock Hermit link.

RyanHoots: /* Flee and Fight */ Grammar error fixed.

2011-06-06T18:25:39Z

‎Flee and Fight: Grammar error fixed.

ADCK: /* Recognising a pirate using visual means */ fixed link

2010-05-21T05:20:51Z

‎Recognising a pirate using visual means: fixed link

Lukjad007: /* Flee and Fight */

2009-04-19T14:04:57Z

‎Flee and Fight

Lukjad007: /* Avoidance has failed: what now? */

2009-04-19T13:48:52Z

‎Avoidance has failed: what now?

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 == Links ==
 *[[Paddling Pool]] - an .oxp creating a relatively safe area around Diso/Leesti for beginning players
 === Other advice pages ===

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 === Other advice pages ===
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 [[Category:Oolite]]

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	In some systems, frequent Police patrols means that there is somebody who will come to your aid should you be attacked. However, don't rely on them being there. Unless you have Police within scanner range, assume that they are ''not'' going to get to you in time.		In some systems, frequent Police patrols means that there is somebody who will come to your aid should you be attacked. However, don't rely on them being there. Unless you have Police within scanner range, assume that they are ''not'' going to get to you in time.
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		+	== Links ==
		+	*[[Paddling Pool]] - an .oxp creating a relatively safe area around Diso/Leesti for beginning players
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		+	=== Other advice pages ===
		+	[[How do I ...]] dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick ''etc''

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 * what weaponry are they carrying, and what defences do you have?
 * how strong is the kind of ship in the formation?
 You must assess this quickly and make your decision early. If you decide to plunge in and fight only to discover that one of the ships is a [[Rattle Cutter]], it may be too late to try and flee. Discovering information in the heat of battle that would have changed your decision to go into battle at all is never a pleasant experience. In your decision, always assume the pirates are carrying missiles. It is extremely inadvisable to take on pirates without either an [[ECM]] or [[witch fuel injectors]].
 === You decide to flee ===

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 A pirate group may otherwise resemble a typical trader formation: a large ship escorted by several fighters. Genuine traders try to get from the witch point to the station in as little time as possible, so will be travelling at full or near full speed. Genuine traders aren't known to loiter in space or travel away from the planet towards the witch point. If you see this behaviour, be extremely cautious - the small fighters are there to tear your ship apart, and the large ship is there to sift through the wreckage for your cargo. More experienced pirates may travel very slowly or simply loiter in space as to not raise suspicion by travelling the wrong way. If you find yourself gaining very quickly on a group of ships, it is quite possible that they do not have honourable intentions. Finally, a loitering lone fighter with cargo capacity (ships such as the [[Cobra Mk.3 (Oolite)|Cobra Mk.III]]) may also be a pirate.
-Pirates may use other tactics such as hiding within [[Asteroid_(Oolite)|asteroid]] fields. [[Rock hermit|Rock hermits]] should be approached with care to ensure that it isn't a pirate ambush.
+Pirates may use other tactics such as hiding within [[Asteroid_(Oolite)|asteroid]] fields. [[Rock Hermit (Oolite) |Rock hermits]] should be approached with care to ensure that it isn't a pirate ambush.
 It is also worth noting that sometimes you can determine that pirate-like activity is occurring well out of scanner range. Look for the flashes of distant explosions. You can then navigate around these regions and avoid coming within scanner range of the pirates.

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 === Flee and Fight ===
-This tactic is one for the truly desperate. The Cobra Mark III is fairly fast and agile. If you had decided to fight but found yourself outclassed and out-gunned, consider just pushing your ship to the max and running. Make sure to spiral a bit here and there and bob up and down. This reduces the amount of hits to your ship, allowing the shields to regenerate. Simply run for as long as possible and hope that some of the pirates are slower tan you are. If that is so, you can either turn back and take out the lead ships before the rest can catch up and repeat this tactic, or you can just keep it up until they (let us hope) get fed up and try and catch slower prey. The basic point of this tactic is to a) Buy you time and b) Thin the pack.
+This tactic is one for the truly desperate. The Cobra Mark III is fairly fast and agile. If you had decided to fight but found yourself outclassed and out-gunned, consider just pushing your ship to the max and running. Make sure to spiral a bit here and there and bob up and down. This reduces the amount of hits to your ship, allowing the shields to regenerate. Simply run for as long as possible and hope that some of the pirates are slower than you are. If that is so, you can either turn back and take out the lead ships before the rest can catch up and repeat this tactic, or you can just keep it up until they (let us hope) get fed up and try and catch slower prey. The basic point of this tactic is to a) Buy you time and b) Thin the pack.
 == The police ==

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	Weapons of mass destruction can also be used against formations of pirates, but they must be used with care. The [[Energy Bomb\|energy bomb]] and [[Q bomb]] are indiscriminate, and will take out any clean ships within their sphere of influence, so only use them when you are sure that you won't cause collateral damage (especially if Police are coming to your aid; this is a great way to become a Fugitive). The energy bomb will destroy most ships on detonation, and the Q-bomb will destroy even the largest and strongest pirate ship. Be especially careful with the Q bomb as it is easy to suffer 'Q bomb blowback' where you fly into your own wave of destruction - if you run into your own Q bomb, an [[Escape Pod\|escape capsule]] won't help you.		Weapons of mass destruction can also be used against formations of pirates, but they must be used with care. The [[Energy Bomb\|energy bomb]] and [[Q bomb]] are indiscriminate, and will take out any clean ships within their sphere of influence, so only use them when you are sure that you won't cause collateral damage (especially if Police are coming to your aid; this is a great way to become a Fugitive). The energy bomb will destroy most ships on detonation, and the Q-bomb will destroy even the largest and strongest pirate ship. Be especially careful with the Q bomb as it is easy to suffer 'Q bomb blowback' where you fly into your own wave of destruction - if you run into your own Q bomb, an [[Escape Pod\|escape capsule]] won't help you.
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		+	=== Flee and Fight ===
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		+	This tactic is one for the truly disparate. The Cobra Mark III is fairly fast and agile. If you had decided to fight but found yourself outclassed and out-gunned, consider just pushing your ship to the max and running. Make sure to spiral a bit here and there and bob up and down. This reduces the amount of hits to your ship, allowing the shields to regenerate. Simply run for as long as possible and hope that some of the pirates are slower tan you are. If that is so, you can either turn back and take out the lead ships before the rest can catch up and repeat this tactic, or you can just keep it up until they (let us hope) get fed up and try and catch slower prey. The basic point of this tactic is to a) Buy you time and b) Thin the pack.

	== The police ==		== The police ==