X3:Reunion Manual - Steam

Q: How do I set up turrets to fire automatically on enemies?A: Buy the combat software from an Equipment Dock. Then press [ Shift+c ] to call up theCommand Console of the ship select ‘Combat’, ‘Command all turrets’ and assign thecommands ‘Attack my target’, ‘Fire on all enemies’, ‘Defend ship’ and ‘Missile Defence’.Alternatively select each of the turrets for individual configurations.Q: How do I set up Wingmen?A: To make a particular ship a wingman, go into the ship’s details, Command Console andfurther down are three wingman settings, ‘Wingman: Yes/No’, ‘Missile Fire probability: X%’and ‘Formation: X’ By setting this to ‘yes’ the ship will show with a (W) in your sector listing.The [ Shift+7 ] hot key makes wingmen go in to formation or Attack target. The [ Shift+6 ] hotkey instructs them to Protect you. You can also use sector or carrier-wide commands byselecting one and ordering ‘All Wingman Attack…”Wingmen should be also equipped with Jumpdrive and energy, because if you jump toanother sector, they will then follow you, but if they do not have a Jumpdrive they will travelacross all the sectors to get to where you jumped.Q: If am under attack can I get some help?A: Yes, if you have a good reputation with the local race, you can comm. Destroyers, Carriersor Stations that are within 8km distance and tell them you are under attack, and they will thensend you assistance, if they have fighters available.Q: Which turret commands should I use for defence?A: ‘Missile Defence’ will prioritise missiles heading towards your ship and then the nearestship. ‘Protect Ship’ will target the nearest ship or missile. ‘Attack My Target’ will only attackyour target and ‘Attack Enemies’ will just attack the nearest enemy ship.Q: How do you remotely command other ships to follow you or protect you?A: To get a remote ship to follow you, you need to install Navigation software in it and installFight software for it to protect you or to be able to instruct it to attack. Go to you sector menu,select a drone, Command Console “Broadcast to all my ships in the sector”, “BroadcastSector, Fighters”, and select command "Protect me", "Attack all enemies" “Attack…” or"Protect…".Q: Where can I find out how many ships I have killed or captured?A: Pressing the [ p ] key will bring up your stats, use the [ PgDn ] or M.O.U.S.E to navigatedown the list which includes all the classes of ships, stations and other things you havedestroyed.ReputationQ: Can I get rich as a Pirate?A: In a word yes, but at a high cost. You can runillegal goods, like Space Fuel, Spaceweed,Slaves and Squash mines, while you also carryout not so legal missions from dealers at Piratestations and steal from innocent freighters. Youmay pay a heavy price with your reputation andranking with many of the races you prey on, orwhose sectors you try to take illegal goodsthrough, and also find yourself barred fromdocking at their stations or even hunted by themif they have cause to be really upset with you.65Q: How can I improve on my race ranks?A: You can get on their good side by proving your skills in killing Pirates, Xenon or Kha’akships and do race-specific and military missions. Most importantly, avoid collisions and fightswith the races you want to improve your relations with! Improving your race ranks will make it