X3:Reunion Manual - Steam

How to hire a TL-class large transport shipStart the setting up of a single station by hiring a ‘Transport Large’-class ship. Theseenormous ships with ST cargo bays are required to carry the construction kit, materials anddrones for factories and stations around the sectors. These huge ships are amazing to watch,as they transport three or more stations at a time, but it wise to keep clear of their path asthey are slow to stop or turn and will just plough through you if you are in their way.A checklist of items for your first station. Ensure:• You have researched where you are going to place your factory by ensuring thatthere will be a demand for your products.• You have enough Credits to:oooooBuy the factoriesPay the TL Captain up to 10,000 Credits for each sector they travel through.(Warning if you do not have enough Credits for the whole journey, yourfactory might be sold by the captain, and you might lose your Credits).Buy one or more well equipped TS class transporters, to buy resources foryour factories.To invest in the initial raw materials or alternatively have a large starting stockof resources to get it startedHave a 200,000 Credit start-up fund for your station to pay for resources.Factories may cost between 400,000 to almost 20 million Credits, so in deciding to go for oneof the basic factories with all the above, a rough figure of about 1,000,000 Credits would berequired.Class TL – Argon MammothThe first step is to contact a TLCaptain by getting within 8km ofthe ship and using the comm.Instruct the Captain to followyou. Then head to the Shipyard.As you arrive comm. the TLCaptain again and ask them tomove to the shipyard, and thenselect the Shipyard from themap. If you select the shipyardfrom your flying ship and press[ I ] you will be able to buy andsell without docking (if TradingSystem Extension is installed).42The factories available will turn from unavailable red to available white when the TL hasdocked with the shipyard. Purchase the factory and comm. the TL Captain to follow you or tomove to the sector you want to set your factory up in. Take this opportunity, by using the[ PgDn ] key, to purchase the TS ships that you will need to get the resources for your factory.Remember that you have to be in the sector where you need your station, to get the TLCaptain to place your station. Should your hired TL be destroyed while carrying your preciouscargo, you will receive a message to that effect.When the TL is in the immediate area of where you want it to be, comm. the TL Captain andask them to drop your freight here. Use the Factory Positioning and [ Insert ] keys to positionit in the X and Y-axis and set it’s orientation. (More info at Command Keys - FactoryPositioning)Alternatively if you are constructing a Silicon or Ore mine, you have will have to ask the TLCaptain to move to position, by selecting the target asteroid as the position to move to. Whenit gets within 4 km of the asteroid ask the TL Captain to Drop your freight and select theasteroid.