No Fragments Archive 10: Diskmags/nf_archive_10.iso/MAGS/POG/POG_01.MSA/TIPS/AUGUSTIN.TXT

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                                 *WELCOME!*

Firstly, may I point out that the name of the contributors is in
the name.doc file, (for all the ego-trippers who want to say
that they are the best.)

Thank you for sending your tips and disk. I hope that the disk
met with the month deadline. If it didn't I'm truly sorry, but
don't let that put you off sending for the next issue (send
contributions by the tenth of September, please.)

The reason that this disk may be late reaching you, is beacuse I
have been on holiday. Once again, sorry.

I am writing this text file before I have recieved any
contributions, so the actual contents will be in the 'docs'
folder, under the heading of
contents.doc.

Just a few requests. Does anyone know whether or not it is
possible to sector edit a frontier save game so that you can
improve elite rating, change ship, wipe criminal record
etc.....?

If you have a cracked version, for god's sake get rid of it!
Buy the origional. It won't break the bank, and you get a glossy
hundred page manual, Gazetteer, and stories of life on the
Frontier - all vital.
After all, when the data disks come out, you won't be able to use
them.
(This is how David Braben intends to support Frontier.)

This isn't going to be a one-shot thing. I want some sort of
forum, where people with Questions and answers write in. Please,
send me questions, tips, cheats, hints, and absolutely anything
Frontier - related.

Send all  text  either  on  paper  or  (preferably)  in:  ASCII, FIRST
WORD(+), PROTEXT, MARCEL  ,FIRST  WORD(+),WRITEON!,  WORDFLAIR,  or ST
WRITER ELITE format.
I will try to put them all on the disk. If push comes to shove, I
will have to make them into a LZH archive.

This software is not PD or Shareware, but please, don't
distribute it.
Just give your friend my adress. I promise that I will let no-one
down.
If you're scared that I might not get the disk, send it recorded
delivery with £1 and I'll send it back recorded delivery as
well.

Issue two will  be a mix 'n' match, but I would hope for some
military saves preferably Imperial (NB: to get far, you mustn't
have an Imperial criminal record), so send me those military saves,
by the 10th of September and I'll see how good they are. Expect
the disk back around the end of September/ beginning of October.

What do you want from a frontier group? Do you want me to include
saves from the original Elite? I want feedback. (If I'm
not carefull,  I'll need two disks for next issue!)

Has anyone got an address where I can contact David Braben?
I would like to arange an interview of some sort.


Thanks for buying the mag.

 Michael Gray, Editor.


Send all contributions and feedback (and constructive criticism)
to:

Panther Owners Group,
56, Whitley Crescent
   Wigan,
    Lancs.
     WN1 2PP

PS: Anyone got any Frontier related digital art?
Any submissions in PI?, PC?, NEO, GIF, HAM, or TNY format.

PPS: Everyone got a personal letter  from  me.  The problem is, I made
one mistake several times, the letter should read ' End Of September /
Beginning of October' not 'End Of September / Beginning of November'
Sorry for any confusion.
map,
        selected  the Galactic view F10 and zoom out untill you  can  see
        the  whole  of the galaxy if this distorted in any way  then  you
        have one or more incompatible programmes, accessories to find.

        6:Once the Frontier  is running don't press the Tab key,  or  the
        entire thing crashes.

        7:Federal Navy Recommended Vessel
             Viper Defence Craft
             Class 3 military drive
             2 shield generators
             Navy E.C.M. jammer
             Scanner
             Radar mapper
             Auto pilot
             Atomospheric Shielding
             5mw pulse laser
             No missiles
             Variation possible:
             Hyperspace cloud analyser
             30mw mining laser and laser cooling booster and  for  taking
             on heavily armed vessels

        8:Federal Navy Combat Procedure
        On being attacked by another craft switch off your auto pilot and
        locate the attacking craft in your scanner.  turn to face it  IE:
        go head to head but let it fly pass, it will fire at you but your
        combined  speeds will mean it will have little chance of  hitting
        you.  Now  switch to the rear view and adjust your  direction  so
        that you can see the craft in your rear view screen and now  lock
        the auto pilot on to it while still flying away from it. When you
        reach 10km from the target switch on the auto pilot and change to
        forward view.  Fire when at 8.5km. If the target is not destroyed
        by 3km then switch off the auto pilot and fly by again.  The size
        of  you laser and type of craft could mean you will have to  take
        evasivie manoeuvers to avoid hitting the target.

        9:Federal Navy Assassination Procedure
        Before  accepting a hit check on the craft's  maximum  hyperspace
        range  using  my supplied chart  'SHIP_ID.DOC/.TXT'  IE:  a  Lion
        maximum  range is 16.66ly and work out how much fuel you need  to
        match this in your ship or if you need to change your  ship/drive
        to match it and then any extra space can be used for more weapons
        shields etc. When at the target sight launch at lest five minutes
        before and hover if at a space station or land rough out side the
        city  limits.  When the target launches radar map it to find  its
        strength and let it hyperspace, Use your hyperspace cloud unit to
        get it destination and arival time.

        Now  you have to work out how long it will take you to  make  the
        same jump in your craft and here's how using this formula: 7 days
        the  time of maximum travel in any craft / the  maximum  distance
        for you class of drive * the distance you have to travel.

        So for a Viper with a class 3 drive travelling 5.25ly this  would
        be:  7days  / 27.69ly * 5.25ly =1.3271937 Now take the number  to
        two  decimal places 1.32 and this work out to be 1 day  the  fist
        decimal is 3 tenth of a day one tenth is 6 minutes,  now take the
        second  decimal  if 5 or less add 3 minutes,  if  greater  add  6
        minutes so it will take you 1 day 21 minutes to make the jump.

        Now  if  your following someone take your time to make  the  jump
        plus an extra 10 minutes so you get there early  away from  there
        arrival  time and this will give you the time you need  to  enter
        hyperspace.

        Following this you will now arrive ten minutes before your target
        and won't get attacked by pirates.

         10:Federal Navy Spying and Bombing Mission
        The  hardest part of these two is getting to the planet with  out
        crashing   or  being  detected by the  enemy,  and  getting  away
        safely.  So  always make sure you have enough fuel to get  to  at
        least another star system where you can refuel.  When you jump to
        the  system find the planet the base is on and fly there on  auto
        pilot, when the auto pilot cut out change your course to fly past
        the  planet and set your speed to slow down to  10,000km-h  while
        looking out for the base using the third time  accelerator.  when
        you  have found the base and your speed has slowed down then  and
        only  then  head straight to planet not to the  base  slowing  to
        2000km-h  using time accelerator two not any faster or you  won't
        be able to reacted fast enough,  at about 15,000 meters level out
        and adjust course  to head towards the base but continue to  lose
        height  to about 1000-5000 meters.  When you get to  about  600km
        from  the  base it will start launching fighters at you  but  the
        curve of the planet will work for you. At 300km from the base you
        want to be at a height of 1000 meters or less and moving in  real
        time,  Now  accelerate  to fly pass the base making your  self  a
        harder target to hit. Take your pictures from 30km untill you fly
        over,  or launch you nuclear missile at 60 km. Now all thats left
        is to hyperspace away or stick around and take out any ships that
        are following you.

        11:When  running away from a base you've attacked odds  of  10to1
        should be no problems if they are your in the wrong business.

        12:The  independent  star system of Ollaex  sector:  2,-3  has  a
        secret weapon on the planet Ollaex 6.  KEEP AWAY do not go there,
        on no account try to land there. Don't say I didn't warned you.
        13:When undertaking military missions into enemy space always try
        to  take  on as many as possible as the save on  fuel  and  helps
        towards quicker promotions.

        14:Don't  waste your time working for both military at  the  same
        time because at high ranks the missions need a full commitment to
        one navy or other as in a base of operations and the time  needed
        to get promotions.



        Commander Colonel P Augustin