![]() ![]() In this mission set, failure is often an option and in fact, some of the more interesting events only take place when things don't go to plan.As things progress your instructions will become less detailed, and you will have to work out exactly what you need to do.These will appear as special entries to purchase for free on the F3 equipment scree. Occasionally you be offered special weapons for use in the mission.Some of the planet descriptions on the F7 screen have been altered and so may provide you with additional clues on where to go next.The status of the mission and your current objectives are displayed on the manifest screen ( F5F5 page (ship's manifest)).It also causes Oolite to mark on the scanner the last ship to hail you (lines radiate from around its lollipop, just as they did when it originally hailed you).Īlternatively you can use the CommsLogMFD which preserves your message history - or the ClearHUD which displays the last few messages on your HUD. Holding down ¬ on some keyboards ( ~ on others) will display the most recent messages. While the mission screens will provide you with most of the relevant information, you will occasionally be contacted during flight, so keep any eye on your comms logs (especially when exiting witchspace) for any urgent messages.If a task does not succeed, you should report back to your contact or follow any instructions and attempt to remedy the situation. Trident Down is non-linear in structure and failure is often an option. Be aware that these updates are only available from main stations, however, and so you should make a point of checking in every so often for any details on developments. In addition to briefings received directly from various organisations, news reports will keep you up to date on the latest events. Once installed, the first event will occur when you are docked at a main station in Galaxy 4 with a combat rating of Dangerous or above. The mission makes use of data contained in three other OXPs and so requires the following to be installed: The OXP adds several new ship and station variants, advanced weapon systems, new AIs and hails, and changes to star systems in response to events.Īmong the new powers and organisations featured are the GalCop Anti-Terrorism Unit (the ATU), Jane's Shipyard Intelligence, The Bianti Telegraph, The League of Anarchists and OKB Korshkov, as well as a large cast of individual characters all with their own political agendas. Trident Down features a complex multi-threaded storyline with 9 different possible endings, involving over 150 mission briefing screens amounting to around 19,000 words of text. A Bandy-Bandy Courier operated by the ATU ![]()
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