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X3: Farnham's Legacy allows you to chose from different pre-defined gamestarts enabling you to decide how fast or slow paced your start in the universe will be and what challenges you will have to overcome. Thereby, the gamestart you choose affects: Your initial pilot name (you can change this in-game), your character's race (faction), your initial starting location, your initial cash, your initial ship(s), and what equipment and upgrades are installed, the initial assets you own and your initial reputation with the different races . (factions). The start also determines whether you will be able to play the main plot.

Some of these starts are unlocked from the beginning, while for others you will first have to play through the main plot of X3: Farnham's Legacy in order for them to get unlocked. Furthermore some starts have additional short-term difficulties, such as extra tasks to complete in order to receive certain items. If none of the predefined starts suits you, the Custom game allows you to define your own starting parameters.

Note: Apart from the above, the game start gamestart has no effect on combat difficulty levels, rewards, or anything else in the game.

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These starts allow you to jump straight into the game without having to follow the plot. They require you to find and activate the Headquarters to access other plot-related items. Start Name Race (Faction) Age Start Money Start Ship Difficulty Description   Disowned Lar Epione Boron (Atreus) 10 10,000 Octopus Tough Despite a noble name, your life wasn't as joyful as people might think. Constantly swimming against the tide led you to the conclusion that a simple life would be the better choice. Rookie Buccaneer Libaras Yahondras Yagosias III Teladi (Duke's) 39 0 Pirate Harrier Almost Impossible In hindsight, trying to steal from the Yaki may not have been the best idea. Fortunately, living in the shadow of the Duke has its advantages: you got to keep your life, but not much else. Time to start anew. Former Gunrunner Pu t'Lt Split (Strong Arms) 31 10,000 Asp Prototype Interesting After many years of running guns for the Strong Arms, you decide on a change of pace. Time to go out into the universe and make a name for yourself. Nividium Miner Huritis Gogoeolos Yohulis I Teladi (NMMC) 22 42,000 Falcon Miner Moderate Your thirst for the precious mineral is intoxicating. Although you have lost many friends, you still can't get enough of it. Nividium is Power, Nividium is Life, Nividium is Everything. Lost TerraCorp Pilot Gil Braks Argon (TerraCorp) 38 5,000 Advanced Spacesuit X-Treme Insanity While testing a new type of Jump Beacon for TerraCorp, something went wrong. You ended up stranded a long way from home, without your ship. Will you make it back alive?

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