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[Pnx]

One issue is that you can only do it one at a time, and upgrading the teleporter isn't really going to help. But yes, abduct and murder is the rule, and yeah, having no oxygen makes it much more effective.

[Darkmere]

After 3 or 4 games immediately ended by chains of enemies with missile launchers, I'm started to get really, really pissed that a constant pass/fail condition is "is there a shop that sells a drone bay and a defense drone before Sector 3 and can you afford to buy it instead of repair back to yellow? If any of those are no, die."

[Tiruin]

...I should've got this on Steam or any place where it can update. :x

[Leafsnail]

A cloak or a hacker also deal with enemy missiles pretty well.  Heck my last win didn't even have drones.

[mastahcheese]

...I should've got this on Steam or any place where it can update. :x

You could try looking up their website, they might have a link for it.

[Jim Groovester]

After 3 or 4 games immediately ended by chains of enemies with missile launchers, I'm started to get really, really pissed that a constant pass/fail condition is "is there a shop that sells a drone bay and a defense drone before Sector 3 and can you afford to buy it instead of repair back to yellow? If any of those are no, die."

You could also upgrade your engines so you take less damage from missiles, and you can upgrade your offenses so you disable their missiles before they get a chance to fire. There are probably other solutions as well, some that even work well together in combination.

It's not a strict 'defense drone or bust' situation.

[GlyphGryph]

Been unlocking more Type-Cs, hoping to find a good ship to use for my Prison Ship.

It needs to be a teleport-capable ship built to *not* teleport but rather to destroy enemy ships, and I need to get Mind Control with it in Sector One.

I'm actually wondering if the Fed Cruiser C and it's Flak Artillery might work...

[Leafsnail]

Wait wait wait flak artillery?  Goddamn I need this ship.

[Darkmere]

After 3 or 4 games immediately ended by chains of enemies with missile launchers, I'm started to get really, really pissed that a constant pass/fail condition is "is there a shop that sells a drone bay and a defense drone before Sector 3 and can you afford to buy it instead of repair back to yellow? If any of those are no, die."

You could also upgrade your engines so you take less damage from missiles, and you can upgrade your offenses so you disable their missiles before they get a chance to fire. There are probably other solutions as well, some that even work well together in combination.

It's not a strict 'defense drone or bust' situation.

I understand the alternatives, but cloaking is more expensive than a drone bay (I think, haven't seen one yet) and the rest is just attrition. Drones are by far the most reliable and give you another slot for something else fun, so it's just my preference. Maybe I'm getting impatient with the new stuff.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Did you know that if you mind control someone, you can teleport them back to your ship? If they have a teleporter they'll try to teleport them right back when it wears off, but otherwise abductions can be an effective way of getting rid of crew members when they have a medbay or some other circumstance that makes standard boarding difficult.

I just used it to cheese the final boss on the first phase and get rid of all but that one crew member (I didn't have to do this, I was definitely in a position to win without doing so).

I get really amused by the idea of them just suddenly stopping in the middle of trying to repair the engine and saying, "I must go now, my people need me." then teleporting off.

This also happens if they don't have a teleporter but they've hacked yours.

[miauw62]

I find that it generally works pretty well to just point an ion blaster at their weapon systems. You'll get hit by a missile occasionally, but not nearly as much.

[Leafsnail]

You could also upgrade your engines so you take less damage from missiles, and you can upgrade your offenses so you disable their missiles before they get a chance to fire. There are probably other solutions as well, some that even work well together in combination.

It's not a strict 'defense drone or bust' situation.

Upgrading engines is doubly important because it also increases your escape speed.  So you can just run away from that one black swan ship.

[GlyphGryph]

Wait wait wait flak artillery?  Goddamn I need this ship.

It's equivalent to a Flak Gun II but doesn't rely on your weapons system, AND it's a four-weapon weapons-system ship. It's not bad at all. I much prefer it to the Artillery Beam, which to be honest I still think is garbage.

Also, by default it comes with a clone bay 2 zoltans, and teleporter as well - it's an amazing ship for ALL OUT OFFENSIVE. 4 weapons, boarding party to distract the people on the enemy ship, and then blow the thing up and wait for your clones to pop out! Kill your own dudes to have them explode and hurry things along!

It is the first Federation Cruiser I actually like.

[tryrar]

Just unlocked Fed Cruiser C AND rock ship! Unfortunately, my run came to an end when the Flagship teleported its entire crew complement into my weapons room(plus mind controlling my zoltan weapons tech, but that was just being a dick at that point). Which was doubly bad since alpha striking the rocket artillery was my main way of disabling it(never did manage to pick up a teleporter, which is how I usually deal with it)

Edit: On a side note, I also fought the Flagship that was under construction in the stronghold sector. It was the main reason I decided to try to fight the real thing instead of restarting as soon as I got Fed C, due to how completely one-sided the fight was

[jaxy15]

So I just unlocked Lanius B and holy shit is this thing sweet. Lanius boarders wreck everything and so does the advanced flak.