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Just a lil' update here, have been thoroughly enjoying the game, having spend around.. 20-25 hours or so. One thing I noticed, I tried the alien crafts I got so far (spathi, orz, pkunk, thraddash, arilou, zoq-fot-pik, human also of course) but never used any of them after the test run. As soon as I had the weapons upgrade for the Vindicator I didn't bother, now I have every upgrade and I just carry the spathi ships as spare crew and some other alien ships for aesthetics

I'm wondering, is there any (obvious) use for them that I missed or are they 'early game' combat ships or something? I maxed the Vindicator speed and side-thrusters rather early, after that the other ships were just uh.. fun new stuff, not really useful.

Just finished the Ultron quest thingie, busy with the Shofixti quest, have loads of RU and already bought all the One-eyed (multron?) aliens had to offer. I read something about the Uhr-ah starting a mass genocide quest thingie after an X amount of time, so just fearing I might get owned by that.. Really happy with the Quasi-space travel, man travelling took so long, wish I found out earlier.

So bottomline; Combat turned from running a hellish gauntlet to one/two shot kill (unless I accidentally crash into a planet or its a ur-quan or something strongish), scouring the galaxy for the quests I heard about (gotta do something about those bird aliens, shofixti quest, found a big bom, ) Don't even bother with materials since I got nothing to do with them (except for fuel and crew). Finding it very hard to actually quit the game, always doing 'just one more planet', then end up finding something else.. distracting.

Oh and of course a big thanks to the people responsible for all this fun, both to the original creators and to those who polished this gem up again! =)

Alright, thanks for the replies people (and the small spoiler, but I bet I get to discover enough myself )

Reading the manual as we speak, I'm positive I got a fighting chance after that, once again thanks for the prompt replies and wish me luck =)

Hello everyone,

After reading and hearing about the game I came upon the Ur-Quan Masters, installed the game, gave it a spin. I think I got most figured out but after getting my ass handed to me in battle I figured i'd look up a manual of sorts. Can't really find one to be honest, I checked the wiki, google search and this forum. Is there a sticky I missed or somesuch obvious?

I really just need a few pointers, been exploring planets and filled up my cargo bay, went to earth, fled the scene when the drone told me he was getting his buddies. So now I'm just kind of wondering what to do. Hyperspace comes with battles I can't win, can't get more cargo, etc.

So a beginners guide of some sort would be greatly appreciated, this game looks awesome so I really want to continue =)

Thanks in advance,