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Fastest Unlock Method: Kill Paranid ships in Argon Space or Xenon in Getsu Fune or do random missions for Argon
Hints/Comments: the The starting ship is unarmed and lightly shielded making combat impossible however it has a medium cargo class enabling it to do profitable taxi and personnel transportation missions. Get a Cargo Lifesupport from the Pirate base in Atreus' Clouds and start upgrading the capacity of the cargo bay. Salvaging missiles in the warzone is also an alternative for getting starting capital. Salvaged missiles can also be used to help weaken NPC TS ships for other pieces of equipment and maybe a free ship.
Boring Boron
Starting Ship(s): Octopus (M5)
Starting Equipment/Wares: 1MJ Shield, SETA, 2x Engine Tuning
Starting Credits: 2,000
Start Locations: Kingdom End,
Starting Race Ranks: Argon 0, Boron +3, Paranid -4, Split -4, Teladi 0, Terran/ATF ?, Goner 0
Unlock Requirements: Trade Rank of Petty Financier (15)
Scenario Misson/Available Plots: Commonwealth Main Plot when Argon Race Rank is +4, Terran Race Rank is <0 and the player is in Argon Sector 418
Fastest Unlock Method: Use stock market manipulation of wares with a low cargo volume and high production rate like Space Fuel to buy and sell shares at a profit to drive up the player Trade Rank
Hints/Comments: The challenge of this start is that the starting ship is not good for anything but scouting and lacks the cargo class to do Taxi missions and lacks the cargo space to make profit from anything but salvaging missiles and Scan Asteroid missions. To complicate things further by having both the Paranid and Split willing to shoot the player on sight the player is forced to travel via sectors owned by the Pirates and Xenon to get to the warzone. It is recommended to trade Energy Cells singly to boost Argon Race Rank to +1 so access to the warzone is granted. The high prevalence of Strong Arms fighters also makes travel dangerous. Fortunately both the Paranid and Split are close to -3 Race Rank so having a Wheat Farm L and Space Fuel Distillery L complex in Hatikvah's Faith selling at 350 credits will soon solve the reputation problems.
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