Ouch... that'll teach me to read planet description more carefully... btw, is your avatar from Three Panel Soul? That mean guy in the gym?
I started a new game, found a destroyer and took it over. Then I accidentally fried my own team while using the on-ship AoE weapon on planet surface.
I have more questions:
1) Is there a list of the meaning planet colors? I discovered a few - it seems the color of the "o" is for atmosphere (green - corrosive, orange - exotic, blue - earth-like), but what about highlights? Does highlight just mean that there's something special on the planet?
2) How does turn sequence in space combat go? I fought and luckily killed a pirate ship once, but I'm not very clear on when it is time to move or fire. I also can't find a full list of what the characters mean (and I can't use the eXamine command). It seems to be move for a few turns, then fire all the weapons. Am I correct?
3) Where do you read description about an unique planet? I landed onto one with deadly alien robots and anti-air defense turret again. It's at the bottom of the scan screen, stupid!
I'm now the captain of an Explorer ship, and a crew of 5 (just got 2 red shirts killed). Half-way to the winning condition, and I still suck at both ship and personal combat!
Edit:
Explorer NNC - 0011 MISSION SUMMARY: 203031 pts
Made a profit of 108285 credits in 2424 turns.
Didnt try to be a merchant
1200 Credits were from bountys for destroyed pirate ships ( 1%)
Made all money with honest hard work
Discovered 64 Systems and mapped 252 of 292 Planets. (33%) Defeated 18 Aliens.
4 casualties among the crew.
Discovered Alien Artifacts:
no remarkable planets.
None
Mission type: Explorer
Hullpoints(max 15): 15 Crew Summary
Shieldgenerator(max 3): 3
Engine: 3(4 MP) Sensors: 4 Pilot : 4
Gunner : 2
Weapons: Science officer: 6
Gammaray Laser Ship doctor : 2
R:2/4/6 D:4
Imp Trac Beam Total bunks : 20
Rocketlauncher Cryo chambers: 0
R:3/6/9 D:3 A:10/10 Security: 5
Elite : 0
Veterans : 0
Green : 5
Cargo:
2 x Empty
Remarkable Planets:
An invisible labyrinth
The ruins of an ancient war
Found and recruited the best science officer in the sector
Captain got filthy rich as a prospector after 2424 Turns
Equipment:
2 p. forcefields
2 gauss guns
well balanced gauss gun
2 ballistic suits
camo thick full ballistic suit
2 imp. camo sets of combat armor
2 gyro jet guns
combat blade
17 jetpacks
combat knife
4 pieces of alien art
2 balanced laser guns
navigational computer
4 hover platforms
4 mono swords
3 sets of heavy combat armor
2 portable sensorsets
flood light
mining robot
8 medpacks
26 medpacks II
11 aux. oxygen tanks
vibro sword
4 laser rifles
3 strong anaesthetics
gun
2 old sets of heavy combat armor
2 sets of binoculars
laser gun
powerful laser rifle
combat gloves
2 vibro knives
2 powerful mining drills
seismograph
ship detection system
2 anaesthetics
3 mining drills
balanced mono blade
6 medpacks III
5 big aux jetpack tanks
combat armor
15 imp. air filters
6 communication satellites
5 aux jetpack tanks
10 good imp. air filters
gauss rifle
vibro blade
2 rifles
full ballistic suit
mono blade
7 plasma rifles
laser drill
13 layered p. forcefields
4 sets of adaptive bodyarmor
alien holokeycard
basic Infirmary
15 big aux. oxygen tanks
helmet lamp
full protective suit
End mission summary
I never explored those special places though... I didn't have the personal combat skills to back me up.
I had a few crashes when I returned to a base and talked to the guy there. Reloading and retrying seem to work, as I could turn in data and resources. It seems to involve quests, as in this game I can not open quest log (Q)... the game will show some pages of yellow text that flash past very fast, then quit itself.