User:CaptSolo

Captain Solo

Ah yes, nearly everyone knows this character, portrayed by Harrison Ford in the earlier Star Wars trilogy. I like Han Solo because he is a no nonsense kind of guy. The Force? Pshaw! "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." If there ever was a world where people could levitate stuff with a wave of the hand, that would be the one place I would avoid visiting.

My Ship

Standard Cowell & MgRath Cobra Mark III with the registered name of, Excalibur. Always kept well maintained and the hull painted Battleship Grey. This photo op took place at Cerexe in Chart 2, where I'd just completed a bounty contract for 8010 credits. The mark was a particularly vile mechanoid at the controls of a fairly lethal Wolf Mark II, but he and his cohorts were not up to the challenge.

My Other Commander for Oolite 1.79+

Commander Kaine is rated dangerous. Currently in chart 4 after dealing the Thargoid's a bloody nose at each and every stop during the mission. Kaine operates as a bounty hunter, scavenger and defender of traders, couriers, and those harassed by the Black Monk Gunships. Also do a fair bit of trade with Rock Hermits. His ship, the Sword of Azure, is just want he's been wanting: Not much for cargo hauling but fast and agile as a snake ready to strike. The subent laser cannons are only for show on the player ship. She only has the one forward Military Grade Laser, offset when overheated by a heavy duty Projectile Cannon .

CaptSolo's Favourite OXP's

Bank of the Black Monks	The existence of this seems logical to me, plus it adds to the ambience. Their one liners crack me up.
Background Set	Audio enhances the immersion factor of the game. I even recorded a couple robotized voice overs: "Red Alert!" and "Incoming!"
Extra Fuel Tanks	It can get nasty out there and sometimes one needs a topper for the witchspace fuel injectors.
Hyperradio	There's nothing like your favourite tunes to while away a boring in-system flight. I even like music during combat.
Random Hits	Adds Seedy Space Bars to Anarchy systems offering bounty hunter services, and some lucrative trade as well.
Random Ship Names	Gives all ships of normal roles a randomly generated name. Some are plain jane but others are quite descriptive.
Tracker	Works like tagging a ship or object with a tracking device which can be monitored via the ASC.

Random Hits OXP

I re-programmed the main script, "oolite-randomHits.js", to limit Seedy Space Bars to only those anarchies where the economy type is, Poor Industrial. The maximum number of OXP locations per galaxy, and therefore unique bar names, is reduced to 16. That occurs only in galaxy four mainly because that chart has only four of the eight possible government types. As for the script's spaceBars array, I kept some names and invented new ones to my liking:

Bar Name	Chart 1	Chart 2	Chart 3	Chart 4	Chart 5	Chart 6	Chart 7	Chart 8
Gile's Grotto			Laarzace	Isrema & Bien		Telear	Artesore & Onaran	Revequ
The Fox and Hound	Retila			Isquinza			Erdiares
The Old Spacer		Dimadi				Tiinve
Griff's Guillotine	Raoror	Latibi				Enorar	Erusat	Veerbidi
Cim's Castle	Soinuste			Ceerla & Biusbi	Tileer	Riare	Rabegema & Antiis
The Wanted Dead or Alive		Usmaso		Esarqure & Aarza	Celearen	Xeisanan & Ataren	Quzabibi
The Bell and Braben	Erbiti	Isusle	Rave		Rianin
McLane's Mansion		Leaza	Usraer & Lacete	Maindice	Cebiledi		Inlabe	Atmala
Solo's Retreat			Lequena	Reeded		Biedbi	Tizaon	Cecees
Jameson's Body	Riraes			Anquen		Reriarti		Belaus
PAGroove's Palace				Usbiinan	Anisat & Raanre	Beored		Enarines
Selezen's Hangout	Eninre			Beteona & Rainla			Usxela
The Final Eight	Maises			Zavete		Quteer	Beatle
Dizzy's Dive		Inoran				Adien		Sorezaqu
Smivs' Setee			Arveisri	Ravequce				Beorsora
Cody's Caveat	Ara	Cerexe & Ceised	Razari & Islaenbi	Teteso	Cetiisqu		Zaati

CaptSolo's Star Charts

I love maps and map making, but don't mistake these for serious charts:
Solo's Chart One
Solo's Chart Two
Solo's Chart Three
Solo's Chart Four
Solo's Chart Five
Solo's Chart Six
Solo's Chart Seven
Solo's Chart Eight

SoloTek Industries

Cobra Mark III-XT
Copperhead Mk. II OXP
Cougar ST OXP
I Missile