X3:Reunion Manual - Steam

TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD, THINKTradeWhile docked at factories or trading centres, you will find various ways of interacting with theother races. Bulletin Boards may have news items about events in the universe, profitabletrade opportunities and even entertainment. They will provide many chances for you to takeadvantage of the dynamic economy by responding to news. There will be additional chancesfor you to strike good trading deals, carry out missions or haul resources or products for othertraders.Sometimes you might even read about interesting rumours of potential profits that you willhave to be quick to respond to, in order to cash in on them. Good opportunists, who arewilling to take risks, will also find value in salvaging what others have missed or have seen noCredits in. Despite the risks, there may also be gains to be made from various shadycharacters that might provide you with new possibilities for wealth and recognition.FightWhether you are a pirate, assassin, warrior or trader, even if you are just minding your ownbusiness, the fight will come to you. Having to fight for rewards or just for your own right toexist, you will find the universe a hard place to survive in, let alone prosper and grow. It will beup to you to explain in your own forceful way that you intend to stay.Pirates will view you as a target, Xenon will just want to terraform you and the Kha’ak willattempt to erase you. If you prove yourself to be a worthy opponent with deadly skills, you willgain recognition from the high and the low, who will want to pay highly for your services to dowhatever dirty work they require.As you enhance your skills, new avenues will open to you, as long as you have improved yourranks and the ships that you own. You may even become one of the few with the extremefighting ability that can build a force strong enough to take on any enemy.BuildIn between your adventures it would be wise to start developing your empire by buildingfactories and complexes to increase your financial resources. It would be wise to explore allthe new and interesting places, and find additional markets for you to increase your statusand wealth.Building and trading in all the sectors of the different races, for instance the Paranid, willprovide you access to many of the technologies that only they produce, while also improvingyour race rank with them at the same time. Spinning your corporate web all over the universewill not only enhance your status with everyone, but will at the same time ensure thatwhatever perils the universe faces, you will be included in any unstoppable changes itexperiences.Your Credit-making skills will develop over time from your first factory to your multi-sectorempires. As you become aware of all the possibilities to improve your profits, you will be ableto take your ambitions to new and exciting extremes.21ThinkThere are many discoveries to be made by exploring sectors to find their hidden mysteriesand the possible treasures or secrets that the less observant may have missed. The mistycorners of strange and unusual formations will give you the chance to seek and find manynew things that could enrich your travels and possibly your Credit account.On your travels, you will find places or information that could even help you decide to setup ahome base, which you can protect and build as your empire grows. Even when many greatevents have happened, you will find new adventures, challenges and personal goals to enrichyour experience.