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The subject of this article is from the NEXT update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 October, 2018.
NmsMisc Space Battle

Space battle (Pathfinder)

Space battles are ship-to-ship combat episodes.

Summary[ | ]

Space battles are battles staged in space where two or more parties are fighting. They may currently involve the player, the sentinels, pirates and a single faction. Faction-on-faction battles were mentioned before the initial release, but are not currently implemented. Sentinels do not intervene during pirate attacks.

Locations[ | ]

  • When warping into a system, freighters can come under attack from pirates (always capital freighters)
  • Occasionally, hostile ship scans can be randomly triggered during a Pulse Jump or during normal space flight. You will be given the opportunity to pay a ransom by answering the Communicator ("X" key by default on PC) during the scan to avoid combat. If the hostile ship scan is allowed to complete, one or more hostile pirate ships will warp in and initiate combat.
  • Piracy can be initiated by attacking any ship during flight, alerting Sentinel ships.
  • Freighters can be attacked to obtain materials stored in their containers, alerting Sentinel ships.
    • Smaller ships within Freighter fleets may also be attacked to steal cargo, alerting Sentinel ships and incurring a Reputation penalty of -1 towards the faction occupying the system.
    • During spaceflight, bounties may also randomly be detected. If the player chooses to destroy the target, they are awarded the amount of Units named in the bounty (depending on the difficulty presented), and any loot dropped by the pirates upon destruction.

Relationships[ | ]

  • Saving freighters, and destroying pirates in general will award the player with reputation for the faction controlling that system.
    • Destroying small, single-engine haulers within a Freighter fleet will incur a Reputation penalty of -1 towards the faction occupying the system.
  • If the player's reputation with the system faction is high enough, nearby ships will come to the player's aid if they are attacked by pirates.

Avoiding Combat[ | ]

NmsShip Battle

Space battle (pre-release)

There are at least two ways a player can avoid combat if desired:

  • Using the intercom to speak to the pirates before they warp to your location (X key on PC) gives you a chance to negotiate a monetary bribe to the pirates, who may or may not attack you depending on how much money you give.
  • Using throttle to get as far away from enemy ships as possible, then using your Pulse Engine to escape their reach.

Benefits of Combat[ | ]

  • If you choose to assist a distressed freighter, the rewards are often worthwhile, including units, resources, and reputation.
  • Loot gained by destroying the individual ships and if pirating freighters, the cargo containers.
  • Freighter Captains must be spoken to after saving them from pirates to retrieve your reward.

Release history[ | ]

  • NEXT - Tropheum is no longer the most common loot gained when destroying individual ships
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