OUR FLEET IS CURSED - Starsector PAGSM Meme Lets Play #3

BUY SINDRIAN - OR ELSE.
Praise be to the Glorious High Overlord Gas Station Manager Phillip Andrada
Fuelly McFuellerson takes to the stars to go planet to planet delivering Sindrian Antimatter fuel in.. well.. non-traditional ways ;) ;) ;)
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A New Level of Confidence - 40
Autosave
Combat Chatter
Dassault-Mikoyan
Diable Avionics
EXPSP
Grand Colonies
GraphicsLib
Industrial Evolution
Interstellar Imperium
Iron Shell
Kadur Remnant
LazyLib
Luddic Enhancement
Magellan Protectorate
MagicLib
Nexerelin
PAGSM
Progressive S-Mods
QoLPack
Roider Union
Scalartech Solutions
Shadowyards
SpeedUp
Substance Abuse
Arma Armatura
Tahlan Shipworks
Take No Prisoners
UAF
VIC
Xhan Empire
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[@dragonsmash3r]

"Take a shot every time Timo hits an asteroid" *Meanwhile at the overpacked ER...*

[@TimoRedbeard]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@hollowofme4381]

timo you need to fly in times like this, try to control the ships, or they may get whiped, love your vids hope it goes well.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Yeah, starting to fly myself a lot more! :D

[@hollowofme4381]

@@TimoRedbeard Yeah saw that in the later stage, when ai does their silly stuff its often better to take control to mitigate any massive damages, as ai drops shields often and vents xD

[@ragemadd6340]

I always feel this certain ships like tanker had the same kind of luddic ships style were they really like to go banzai themselves easily, either by ramming or using ied.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Hahaha, there are some ramming ships that I want to use

[@aureliusagustinustansil8526]

Ah yes, that moment when your AI being dumb and causing your fleet to get wiped out. Funny how much having one officer change in battle. Edit: as far as I remember, I find the sindrian fuel fleet easy to hunt without any of its bigger ships since those are better equipped despite being clunky and slow. What I can say is if the AI are being dumb some manual help is probably recommended.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Yeah, gona need to be much more hands on!

[@simondemoulin5815]

As soon as I saw the title I was : "THAT'S IT ! Dear Timo, you have my blessing to acquire/stole/salvage any IED launcher from the Luddic Path you can get. It's ample time you show them the efficiency of such weapon WITH Syndrian fuel inside and to" Realisation that the LP wasn't involved at all. "Ah... Nevermind". Joke aside, your fleet always scatter and you are always outnumbered. The order "Protect that ship" might force you fleet to stay together and give you an advantage over bigger vessels.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Hahaha! Yeah, I started doing this is Episode 5 recording and it started going much better haha :D

[@simondemoulin5815]

@@TimoRedbeard Started doing what ? The "Protect that ship" or the gathering of Luddic IED launcher ? :)

[@TimoRedbeard]

@@simondemoulin5815 Protect the ship orders haha

[@NstHarlequin]

Love the vids. I think the big issue you are facing is fitting ships efficiently. Some kinetic for shields, explosive for armor etc and ranges. AI will try to get shortest range weapon to bear, even in a slow ship even in a fragile ship.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Yeah I think you're right, gota learn more and get better at it :D

[@convict_reloaded5569]

I don't even play the game, i just enjoy watching your videos.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Aw damn, that's super cool thanks! :D

[@Hafutsuri]

you could also dip your toes into some colonizing, building only where you can maximize fuel output ;D and you know... TRADE some fuel for profit

[@TimoRedbeard]

Ha! i tried trading fuel for profit, it's basically impossible hahaha

[@jasperavelis9678]

Today we learned that when one isn't running an overpowered mod, one needs to at least give orders to their ships if they aren't going to manually fly. Either that or have a fleet much more "powerful" than the enemy's fleet.

[@TimoRedbeard]

I'm working on it! Stay tuned!

[@dragonsmash3r]

Personal preference, probably not something others agree on... Phaeton is a bit mediocre... Something about the relatively slow speed and low firepower leaves a lot to be desired. A couple of frigates end up easily outclassing it, which makes sense considering the fact that it's just a modified tanker with extra armor and guns slapped on.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Yeah, The Phaeton's pretty crap, Not keen on it at all haha

[@mllhild]

Oh, also one of the colonies in the Arksona system has a place where you can leave your ship to get Dmods removed.

[@TimoRedbeard]

I saw that when I was recording last night, goooood to know :D

[@budthespud3226]

IT'S A CRUISER! IT'S A SALVAGE RIG! IT'S A FUEL TANKER! IT'S A FREIGHTER! IT'S A CARRIER! IT'S THE CLEPSYDRA FROM SINDRIAN FUEL COMPANY!!!!! A must have vessel for any fueler fleet. BUY ONE TODAY!!! Brought to you by Sindrian Fuel Company. SINDRIAN FUEL, BUY IT!!! OR ELSE.....

[@fibrisodarkstar4017]

Enemies: I choose or else. *half fleet explodes after few salvos, rest runníg away* We will be back! Enemy: ... that was fun.... when we have another target practice on fuel tankers?

[@TimoRedbeard]

IT'S EVERYTHING! Hahahahaha

[@TimoRedbeard]

Hahahahahah Right?!

[@roygray7666]

Liver failure may be because I turned you running into asteroids into a drinking game. Delivery!

[@TimoRedbeard]

HAHAHAHAHA yesss

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

Housekeepi- I mean, Delivery!

[@TimoRedbeard]

Deliveryyy!

[@mllhild]

If you need support, you can go to Arkonia, use the skill follow me and call the syndrian fleets. Then you go to the pirate station and and join the combat there.

[@TimoRedbeard]

That.. would have been great to know yesterday hahahaha

[@NstHarlequin]

Clepsydra means “hourglass” in Greek btw, looks like a cool ship :)

[@TimoRedbeard]

Ooooh, that's super nice of a name I love it.

[@slyfoxkgar]

you need to label one.. ID-10-T Error (from us tech guys) lol

[@TimoRedbeard]

Oh that's 100% going in hahaha

[@mllhild]

I think only the UAF and Dassault Mikoyan have complete rosters of ships as far as mods go.

[@NstHarlequin]

There are quite a few more I think. Unless you count things like tugs, salvage rigs and auxiliaries.

[@brendanmassaro9595]

In all seriousness, have you considered purchasing an extended warranty (insurance) on your ships so that when you inevitably get fleet wiped you don't have to start from scratch or reacquire the rarer ships like the FmcF Delivery? You were making fun of insurance brokers, but I think you yourself were the ideal candidate. Also how are you going to sell an extended warranty if you are not willing to have one yourself? Show that Sindrian fuel values their own products enough to use it themselves and is not the shady shadow military that some lunatics think it is.

[@TimoRedbeard]

The problem I have with the insurance is that it literally costs 90% of the value of the ship hahahaha, it doesn't make a ton of sense to me. I love the meme tho ;)

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

Ah, sunk cost fallacy strikes again! Don't worry little moth, there's no defeat that's totally unrecoverable.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Hahaha, RIGHT?!

[@EnablingBarley]

I would have gone for the Gryphon missile Cruiser, with your play style of going in or staying away trowing missiles is the best option, but your own way is also entertaining just waiting for the next rebuild effort :P Also to answer your question about not being able to outrun anyone is simple, Your a Modified Tanker a bloody Tanker, not a Combat oriented Military ship. so your slower than other ships so also easy to catch.

[@TimoRedbeard]

I'm trying to run SFC ships exclusively, for now at least, that may not be viable later on :D

[@EnablingBarley]

@@TimoRedbeard I did not check what faction it was from, but you sure it was not from the SFC ? I have not seen to many non SFC ships in there shops (unless its the black market) But yes later it is not gonna be viable I mean you already have a hard time and its still early in the game.

[@kurniawanhartonoherjana7923]

Timo, your mods still not done yet? Im not interrupt everyone interest but i hope mod you created will go booming around.

[@dragonsmash3r]

Mods are *very* time consuming and difficult to get running, so even in best case scenarios, expect the first early builds to show up a couple months from now.

[@mllhild]

You are going to have to start flying your ships at some point. There are weapons and ships that are best in the AIs hand, but at the same time there are ships the AI cant deal with at all.

[@TimoRedbeard]

That's exactly what I'm learning to do in E4 and 5 :D

[@mllhild]

@@TimoRedbeard Also Syndrian Fuel Company ships have far to many and too large hardpoints for their flux capacity. So its often better to leave a lot of them open and just go with the weapons you can actually use. Starsector has essentially 3 policies: 1. Get in an personal with the enemy need speed -> safety overrides or the ship has a boost ability need damage -> lots front facing guns and acelerated ammo loader Often a combination of Safety Overide on a faster ship with lots of anti shield missles and assault chain guns or any other high armor shred works well. Or you can go heavy armor, shield shunt, armored weapon mounts, safety overirde and go in as a wreaking ball. I tried the a few Syndrian ships with this and one of the cruisers worked quite well. I essentially did only use 4 of its 15 weapon mounts and for a 25 DP ship I was killing anything under 40 DP in a 1v1 just with the no brain tactic of charge them!!!! 2. Out range them need speed and range, usually a lot of cruisers here with large energy/balistic mounts There is the Syndrian Fast Destroyer who would be good with this. 3. Missle spam capital ships One of the reasons the UAF is considered OP is because this build is terrible vs them since their fighters and PD focus counter it so hard. Recommended initial fleet: 1 Heavy Syndrian Armored Cruiser for close range as a flagship for the DPS 3/4 Fast destroyers with long range energy weapons and missles as support in the hands of the AI. to distract and keep their shields up, hence slowing them

[@TimoRedbeard]

@@mllhild Noted! That makes an absolute TON of sense for sure.

[@jtojagicc]

I swear Starsector has different AI for player fleet and enemy fleet

[@TheCyanAngel]

I hope I don't come off as screaming at you "How are we slower than a massive pirate fleet" From what I've seen so far all the SFC ships you've brought are all retrofitted fuel tankers, The pirate faction fleet doctrine is hit and run tactics. Augmented Drive Fields might help you out of combat and Safety Overrides in combat but I suspect speeds always gonna be an issue for you.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Yeah, I'm coming to realise that speed is messed up with my ships haha. I'll just have to get smarter!

[@Saika_Sakitora]

i think you should try test your ship in simulation first against a Paragon. my logic - "if my ship can take down a Paragon then she can take down anything with more ship of the same setup" lol

[@TimoRedbeard]

A Paragon eh? That's.. smart tbh.

[@ragemadd6340]

Delivery! 😂👌

[@TimoRedbeard]

Deliveryyyy!

[@ragemadd6340]

@@TimoRedbeard btw last hope ships with unstable injector was the good answer on mods choosing on pagsm ships, they lacked mobility

[@TimoRedbeard]

@@ragemadd6340 Yeah! Been using it alot more often :D

[@greenerion]

it'S not Delivery, it'S Delissio

[@TimoRedbeard]

Is that a harry potter joke? xD

[@Akymma]

Sometimes is better to not overshoot on flux in ships cause otherwise they become usless in combat, You don't need to fill every spot on every ship, you're playing with a lot of mods so if you don't know a ship don't engage until you're sure you can take them or at least find out what that ship actually does first.

[@Akymma]

Also, it seems to me that the independents hate your guts (I'm not sure) but if they do, you might need to consider doing a different playthrough cause that is a big no-no.

[@Akymma]

One last thing, about flux in ships: If your ship uses 900 flux and your shield uses 100 then your ship uses 1000 flux.. take that into account. The flux on your shields ADDS to the flux of your ship.

[@TimoRedbeard]

Yeah, I definitely am learning about not needing to fill all the slots that's for sure.

[@Akymma]

@@TimoRedbeard That's something I'm also learning myself (spoiler: it's more difficult than it sounds.. xd)

[@slyfoxkgar]

If they are not aggressive they stay back and do nothing.. reckless is too agro.. but steady may as well be cowards...

[@TimoRedbeard]

I'm kinda noticing this!