I recently re-started the Privateer 'Steltek' and 'Righteous Fire' campaigns for about the 15th time since the game hit the stores and my PC. In the RF campaign, I like to concentrate on the Retros, and will have Lynch fix the pirates as enemies once I polish off Gov. Menesch. On this past go around, rather than going back to Lynch, I decided I'd make the pirates my buddies by taking out ConFed ships until we were pals. After several times around the Perry circuit, I was not only pals with the pirates, but the Kilrathi as well. I had never heard them say friendly greetings (friendly for a warrior cat, anyway) like: "You make me laugh, Monkey Boy". Usually I hear them talking only about my bones being mounted back in their housetrailer on Kilrah.
Of course after this little transgression the Militia, ConFed, and all the Bounty Hunters were after me, saying downright hurtful things to me on the vid-com, so I left the Clarke Quadrant for the Fariss Quad and proceeded to destroy as many Retros as I could to try and win back their affection. After some time of Retro scum-busting I was able to get ConFed, the Miltia, and The Bounty Hunters to back off with some kind words from me on the vid-com, with their ship designations going from red to blue in my radar screen. After several more Retros were mandatorily invited to suck void, I was friends with everybody in the known universe (except of course the scum Retros, who will never be friendly).
Life is good.
I have played this game more than any other, and even with the dated graphics it remains my favorite. Despite all this game time and accrual of nearly 15 million credits in one of my games, this was the first time I ever became friends with the Kilrathi, or experienced the ability to call off an attack by saying sweet nothings over the vid-com.
Maybe my little experience has been repeated by everyone here, but it's quite easy to miss this particular side of the game if you play the straight and narrow. Before I was so proud of never attacking ConFed ships, even when running contraband. Probably had something to do about my love for ConFed and my WC1/WC2/WCAcademy/WCArmada/WC3/WC4/WCP days flying for the government.
Of course after this little transgression the Militia, ConFed, and all the Bounty Hunters were after me, saying downright hurtful things to me on the vid-com, so I left the Clarke Quadrant for the Fariss Quad and proceeded to destroy as many Retros as I could to try and win back their affection. After some time of Retro scum-busting I was able to get ConFed, the Miltia, and The Bounty Hunters to back off with some kind words from me on the vid-com, with their ship designations going from red to blue in my radar screen. After several more Retros were mandatorily invited to suck void, I was friends with everybody in the known universe (except of course the scum Retros, who will never be friendly).
Life is good.
I have played this game more than any other, and even with the dated graphics it remains my favorite. Despite all this game time and accrual of nearly 15 million credits in one of my games, this was the first time I ever became friends with the Kilrathi, or experienced the ability to call off an attack by saying sweet nothings over the vid-com.
Maybe my little experience has been repeated by everyone here, but it's quite easy to miss this particular side of the game if you play the straight and narrow. Before I was so proud of never attacking ConFed ships, even when running contraband. Probably had something to do about my love for ConFed and my WC1/WC2/WCAcademy/WCArmada/WC3/WC4/WCP days flying for the government.