Let's Play Freelancer Crossfire: Intermission 1

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Okay. Our order of business is to get about 80 thousand credits out of nowhere to get Juni to notice us again.


It would actually be fairly easy with Crossfire. The escape pods picked up in Mission 1 would be far more that enough... except, I'd have to sell them on LPI Huntsville in Texas. And I'm still locked in New York!


Normally this means do missions until green. However, there is one thing.


Crossfire has Dynamic Economy. Which means that each time you update it, all prices on stations change. Which means you can luck out.


And luck out I did. I stumbled on a trade route of Niobium from Baltimore Shipyard to Planet Pittsburgh (15 credis buy, 1368 credits sell). Of course, I needed a freighter to trade, so I switched to Rhino.


Small advice: Try to avoid trade routes that involve Fort Bush. There is ALWAYS a queve at the Fort Bush.


Another thing is. The Trade Lane to Pittsburgh is almost ALWAYS disrupted. The Liberty Rogues have all the tenacity of cockroaches. Good thing you can go off the lane before you get disrupted (you can know if TL is disrupted by selecting it and checking its shield bar) and cruise past Rogues. They don't have cruise disruptors so they can't do jack all about you.


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As luck would have it, one Rhino's haul of Niobium was enough.


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Juni: Trent? This is Juni. I have a new assignment for you if you're interested. King and I are waiting for you on Manhattan.


But before I start, I'll change the ship for something combat capable.


Taking Trade Lanes to Fort Bush and then to Norfolk Shipyard, I land on Battleship Missouri.


There, I buy the Defender HF and equip following loadout:

Lavablade Mk3 x3

Magma Hammer Mk1 x2

Lavablade Turret Mk2 x1

Countermeasure Dropper x1.

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No Video Aids this time. Have Trent's Log updates instead.

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"Across the savage skies and through the fissures in the fields,
The rumble of the engines and the trundle of the wheels,
Through hell and horror trudge and yet their spirits never yield.
Will they sing of these forsaken pawns of war?"
-Miracle Of Sound, "Pawns of War".

Comments 6

  • the media elements (googleusercontent) dont seem to work

    • Dammit! I'll try to fix that tomorrow.

    • Was it also the case for Mission 1 article?

      Speaking of Mission 1 article, do you even see it? People seem to ignore it.

    • Okay. Is it working now? Had to change the place where I host images. Thanks for letting me know.

    • looks good now

      and yes, the other article had the same issues

    • Good, thanks.