Elite / Frontier Frontier Elite 2 - Amiga Version
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The system is Cemiess (-2,-2) but this "feature" only works on the Amiga and Atari ST versions, not the PC :smilie:
The blackmarket contact is:-
Patrick's Exchange
Mackenzie Relay
Emerald
Cemiess (-2,-2)
Mackenzie Relay
Emerald
Cemiess (-2,-2)
Hope that helps Styggron
I still have my FE2 notebook from 1993
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The blackmarket contact is:-
Patrick's Exchange
Mackenzie Relay
Emerald
Cemiess (-2,-2)
Hope that helps Styggron
I still have my FE2 notebook from 1993
Thank you SO much for this. Going to play some FE2 when I get home.
Thank you SO much for this. Going to play some FE2 when I get home.
No probs...
Tiny Guide:-
Best to go with a medium/large fighter ship, I used an Asp with military drive (less cargo space required), shields and beam lasers etc, the Cemiess system is in anarchy so its highly likely you'll get attacked by pirates (normally around 2-4 times, sometimes 3 at once) and these guys don't muck around...
...once you get there, search the BBS for the contact in the previous post, sometimes he won't be there so just advance time until he is. Don't use any other contact as it will be a Police trap.
Sell everything from you ship, leaving yourself just the star drive, fuel and autopilot, you won't need anything else for the return journey, giving you the maximum cargo space to fill up with Gemstones, you'll get a bit of money by selling your equipment, but each cargo space is worth much more money empty
You won't even need Atmospheric Shielding
Once you are full to the brim, set your destination system and launch hitting hyperspace as quickly as possible, 3 more jumps you'll be in Barnard's Star system, where you never get attacked and Radioactives (by-product of Military fuel) are not illegal (as they are in Sol).
Sell your Gemstones, re-buy your equipment, rinse repeat!
There are places where you get BBS buyers paying a premium for Gemstones, but they are a bit far away, you'll definitely need a well armed ship (loosing cargo space that could be for Gemstones).
It is possible to do this in a trader*... but it costs alot to arm it, harder to defend, of course you'll need to make more jumps and when you finished doing the trade runs you'll have staff to fire
*to me it didn't feel, uhmm... right! I preferred to think of it as a quick dash, daring, risky mission... rather than a legit trade run.
...once you get there, search the BBS for the contact in the previous post, sometimes he won't be there so just advance time until he is. Don't use any other contact as it will be a Police trap.
Sell everything from you ship, leaving yourself just the star drive, fuel and autopilot, you won't need anything else for the return journey, giving you the maximum cargo space to fill up with Gemstones, you'll get a bit of money by selling your equipment, but each cargo space is worth much more money empty
You won't even need Atmospheric Shielding
Once you are full to the brim, set your destination system and launch hitting hyperspace as quickly as possible, 3 more jumps you'll be in Barnard's Star system, where you never get attacked and Radioactives (by-product of Military fuel) are not illegal (as they are in Sol).
Sell your Gemstones, re-buy your equipment, rinse repeat!
There are places where you get BBS buyers paying a premium for Gemstones, but they are a bit far away, you'll definitely need a well armed ship (loosing cargo space that could be for Gemstones).
It is possible to do this in a trader*... but it costs alot to arm it, harder to defend, of course you'll need to make more jumps and when you finished doing the trade runs you'll have staff to fire
*to me it didn't feel, uhmm... right! I preferred to think of it as a quick dash, daring, risky mission... rather than a legit trade run.
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Generally works, though you can still find yourself stuck with a bulletin board which offers no crew. One way round is to only upgrade your ship when you've seen enough crew advertising on the board.
I reckon Bernard's > Sol then jump to Ross 154 and then to Bernard's is a lucrative take on the galaxy's most famous milk run. Pick up animal skins on Merlin - u can sell them on the black market I think @ Bernard's and on occasion some guy wants to pay a pretty high prove for them - much like robots/computers in Sol
Philip Coutts
Volunteer Moderator
Righto chaps and chapesses I was lucky enough to find a complete Frontier : Elite 2 game in a local charity shop for £1. Now I obviously bought it despite my wife saying......"You already have that up on your shelf!", "That may be true said I but I can't not buy it can I?"
So I now have 2 games and the question is would anyone like one? This is the Amiga Version and it contains:
Large star chart, A2 size I think
The manual
The Gazatteer
Frontier Quick start guide
The form to fill out if you wanted a limited edition t-shirt
The Book of short stories "Stories of Life on the Frontier"
The two 3.5 inch floppy disks
All of the above is in pretty good condition.
If anyone wants this and lets be clear I'm giving it away for free, I'll even cover the postage, then PM me your name and address, first come first served.
So I now have 2 games and the question is would anyone like one? This is the Amiga Version and it contains:
Large star chart, A2 size I think
The manual
The Gazatteer
Frontier Quick start guide
The form to fill out if you wanted a limited edition t-shirt
The Book of short stories "Stories of Life on the Frontier"
The two 3.5 inch floppy disks
All of the above is in pretty good condition.
If anyone wants this and lets be clear I'm giving it away for free, I'll even cover the postage, then PM me your name and address, first come first served.
Philip Coutts
Volunteer Moderator
Just to confirm that my extra copy of Frontier Elite 2 will be heading to a new home very shortly. Sorry if anyone else wanted it.
That was a real shame, the CD32 was the latest version of Frontier ever produced on any platform, I think, but if you used it with a normal Amiga, it tended to fire the laser the first time you selected something in a station, giving you a record.
I think it had greater capabilities regarding locking the autopilot on to ground planet-based targets ...or something.
There's one massive downside to that route. Ross 154 is notorious for being jam-packed, being in the core systems - with only 1 starport and only 2 landing pads there.
Totally ! I had to wait 3 days once to dock !!
All of those illegal goods like narcotics and slaves waiting to make themselves comfortable in the homes of Sol citizens make it so worth it.