I feel a little bad now...

[Duke Flapjack]

I was wandering around a moon trying to find a replacement for my Starbound Guardian (as I find it ugly) and stumbled across a Ecliptic Claymore (which I'd never seen before). I boarded it and searched all over for enemies and couldn't find any but the ship wouldn't let me fly away with it. So I decided to leave and noticed three Ecliptic mercs board. I immediately jumped on them and killed them all with an emergency axe. The game let me take the ship then.

Now I feel a little bad because these guys were just coming back onboard after wandering around on the nasty barren moon back into their nice, safe ship and immediately got attacked by an axe murderer immediately after coming through the hatch.

[cdplayer906]

you should sleep fine knowing they'd do it to you too in a heartbeat. at least you were nice enough to be outnumbered when you attacked...

[Saintanik]

Sounds like you're forgetting that laughter is the biggest part of slaughter my friend.

[maeharaprojekt]

When Ecliptic stop attacking me, I will stop un-aliving them.

[BaneBlackGuard]

they are ecliptic, they were probably hired to off some settlers or researchers or something, don't lose any sleep.

[nzguzzi]

You stumbled upon the Bounty Hunter ship, they out looking for you. The leader has a dialogue set for when he finds you, you cant take that ship landed but can board and capture it in space ( Cutlass variant looks the best IMHO ~ Bounty Hunter Captain ship ).
Also many of the Freestar ships landed are quest markers for the smuggler package dialogue, again, those ships cant be taken landed but can be boarded in space and captured.

LIST ships can not be boarded in space ( not authorised to pilot bug ) but can be taken landed.

The DR Dewala or whatever can be boarded in space ( immediately EM grav drives before dialogue starts ) ~ This can also bug out Slaver, Eclipse so that only one ship attacks if they jump in to your system , the others will stay blue
Transport ships can be boarded in space ( try get the tier III or IV they are the best )
Tier IV seem to start appearing around level 68+
Valentine ships level 60+ are also very good, have sales value of 400K with good equipment 40 reactors etc.

Level 75 systems have higher chance of spawning better tier ships with higher level

[Duke Flapjack]

Originally posted by cdplayer906:

you should sleep fine knowing they'd do it to you too in a heartbeat. at least you were nice enough to be outnumbered when you attacked...

Since I've been trying to avoid going back to the Lodge and the game doesn't give me any weaponry at the beginning of the new game + I've been berzerking through groups of enemies. I ambushed and wiped out a group of six Ecliptic mercs not too long beforehand with that axe and just now took command of a Falaca II with a sword. Melee has become fun now that I take very little damage.

Honestly it was just the thought of how absolutely *terrifying* it would be to come back on board your ship and get attacked by a faceless creature with an axe.

[Jaggid Edje]

What happened to your face?

[Duke Flapjack]

Originally posted by nzguzzi:

You stumbled upon the Bounty Hunter ship, they out looking for you. The leader has a dialogue set for when he finds you, you cant take that ship landed but can board and capture it in space ( Cutlass variant looks the best IMHO ~ Bounty Hunter Captain ship ).
Also many of the Freestar ships landed are quest markers for the smuggler package dialogue, again, those ships cant be taken landed but can be boarded in space and captured.

LIST ships can not be boarded in space ( not authorised to pilot bug ) but can be taken landed.

The DR Dewala or whatever can be boarded in space ( immediately EM grav drives before dialogue starts ) ~ This can also bug out Slaver, Eclipse so that only one ship attacks if they jump in to your system , the others will stay blue
Transport ships can be boarded in space ( try get the tier III or IV they are the best )
Tier IV seem to start appearing around level 68+
Valentine ships level 60+ are also very good, have sales value of 400K with good equipment 40 reactors etc.

Level 75 systems have higher chance of spawning better tier ships with higher level

The weird thing is I *had* the wanted trait but got rid of it a while ago. I wonder if it's got some residual affects.

[BEEP!]

I straight up feel bad just walking up to a normal guys ship and taking it standing them on a barren world I've done this 5 times and I remember each one and feeling bad for all of them lol

[Duke Flapjack]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

What happened to your face?

I have the guardian spacesuit. The helmet is totally opaque. Honestly it's kind of creepy.

[Berserk Slayer]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, I do it all the time. Welcome to the Space Viking life.

We do need dismemberment, though.

Originally posted by maeharaprojekt:

When Ecliptic stop attacking me, I will stop un-aliving them.

I used to say that about pirates until they stopped attacking me. How can they complain, right?

[ULTRA]

Remember that one Galbank mission where you meet the only Ecliptic merc in the entire game that doesn't attack you on sight?

[beagle]

Too funny.

[Animal Al]

I really liked the Ecliptic Claymore. I upgraded its guns and reactors and stuck with it through much of the story. Sweet ride, good cargo space.

[maeharaprojekt]

Originally posted by ULTRA:

Remember that one Galbank mission where you meet the only Ecliptic merc in the entire game that doesn't attack you on sight?

I don't recall it being for GalBank, but I did meet an Ecliptic goon who didn't try to light me up on sight.

I even talked to him and got to use my internal neuro-amp to diplomacy my way out of being forced by him to insert his Grendel so far up his four-corners-of-contact that his duodenal sphincter clamped around the flash-hider. He has been the only jerk-merc, so far, whose eyes I haven't had to close, to place coins on the lids.