This plug-in adds two ships to Escape Velocity. One is a HUGE freighter, the Mega Class. The second a fast courier-type vessel, the Sparrow. At the current release, Run'n'Carry contains nothing else, but I will probably add some missions (and maybe some systems) to it, if there is some kind of positive feedback on it. So please, if you like this plug-in (or if you don't) send me an e-mail. In this way I can evaluate if it's worth my marriage to undertake this kind of project.
◊ So, tell me more about this ships.
Ok, here goes…
Maskirovka BF-109 Mega Class Freighter
The Mega Class was created out of my frustrated attempts to capture a bulk freighter, which failed miserably (Ok, I didn't tried THAT hard). This ship is kinda cool if you want to make some big money trading wares around the profitable supplyroutes. Try that one: load equipment on Alkaidion, make it to New Istanbul where you sell it and by medicals instead. Than you jump to Spica where you can sell the medicals. If metal is cheaper than usual (five credits), buy it and sell it on Hodgon's World. Else you go to Maxwell Purchase and buy food, fly to Alkaidion and sell it high. With a Mega Class you can make big bucks out of that (sum' 200,000 to 300,000 creds a run). If you buy all upgrades you can even take on pirates! I did take out Corvettes and even Kestrels. But it is recommended that you get the cloaking-device first, before you start on the job of harrassing Confed warships or the like.
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Atinoda Sparrow
This ship is now one of my favourites. It first started out of my attempt to make money running UGE-courier jobs. With a Kestrel (or, not to mention a Rebel cruiser) you can only take on the shorter routes, because a Kestrel needs three days for a jump. So I deviced the Sparrow. It's fast and has plenty of shields, although it's a little bit low on cargo and armor. But nevertheless, if you get harassed by pirates and confeds (or rebels), you can put up quite a good fight (maybe sum' upgrades would do fine too). I bought the speed- and the thrustupgrade, duralsteel armor, and it worked out just fine. But watch out for the pirates you may run into, who discovered that a Sparrow might be a good ship for a change…
Ah, by the way. These ships require some amount of money to buy…
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◊ Whodunnit?
A few words about myself.
My name is Andreas Weik, I'm a german, so don't take me too hard on my english (snicker). I live in Kaiserslautern. Don't try to pronounce this one; the americans stationed here say "K'town". So, what else? Well, as mentioned above I'm married to my beloved wife Tina, my age at the time of writing is 35 (What?, sum' ole' man! ;-) ). I'm laid off, so I have to much time on my hands, time which I spend with doin' stuff like this and playing Escape Velocity of course (Yes, I know I haven't registered yet, but this will soon be amended)! Ah yes, I'm a musician, I play the bass most of the time and sum' guitar and keyboard. My faves are YES, Eros Ramazotti, Metallica, Mr. Big, Van Halen, Beethoven, Mozart, Clawfinger… and then some. Well, I think that's enough, so now for the credits.
◊ Credits
This plug-in was deviced with a li'l help from my friends…
- Specular Infini-D™ 3.2 DEMO (not so easy, no save feature…)
- Photoshop 1.0!
- Grafikconverter 2.4.3 by Thorsten Lemke. A sharewareprogram for converting those annoying formats one into another. Yes I know, not registered yet, but I promise I will do it. Programmed by a german. A MUST-have.
- ResEdit 2.1.3. THE super-duper-tool. The best thing since the invention of sliced bread.
- EV-Edit 1.0b10 by Ben Chess for some small part editings. The main part has been done with ResEdit. A little bit too buggy for my purposes, but nevertheless a nice work. Keep on it.
- EV-Bible revision 6/27/96 by Matt Burch.
- My trusty Performa 6200 with 24 megs and System 7.5.3 (what, you're not allowed to…!).
◊ Inspired by…
- EV Bernies Viper by Bernie Steinbach. Nice work.
- Enterprise 0.95 by Vikram Adukia. Live long and prosper (Thank you, Data.).
◊ Thank You!
- Apple Computer, for a still great computer.
- Matt Burch and all staff at Ambrosia, for the most addicting game I've ever played.
◊ The Technical Stuff
You have to place the plug-in named Rush'n'Carry 1.0.0 in the folder named EV Plug-Ins in your Escape Velocity folder. Mind, that if you have already a lot of plug-ins installed, you could experience difficulties like some ships won't show up in the shipyard, or they don't occur in the game. This is most likely a resource-id conflict. In this happens to you, read the second part in the Legal Stuff section.
◊ The Legal Stuff
This piece of software works fine on my Mac in the livingroom of our apartment on the third floor in Kaiserslautern, Germany. If this plug-in smokes your harddrive or eats your computer for breakfast, I can't be held responsible for that. Every risk by using this plug-in is solely on you, the user of this plug-in. Wrap on that!
However, if you experience any bugs, inconsistencies or the heck knows what else, please let me know. Maybe the resource-ids I used foul up when another plug-in is used with my plug-in. So tell me the name of the plugs you're using, so I can trace back on possible errors. You may contact me via eMail or snailmail.
This plug-in should only be distributed in whole, that is the plug-in, the readme, and the folder containing all beforementioned files. This files should not be changed or tampered with in any feasible manner. It may be uploaded to any bulletinboard or ftp-server, as long as nobody is charged for the downloading of this software besides the usual fees to uphold the service. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me via eMail. Besides that, please spread it!
