Talk:Unlocks

I got no business giving out a guide to "Press Gang" unlock, but just want to brag about unlocking it at 210.42AE. Literally, nothing but luck. Literally, first 2 ship combats, just trying to take advantage early b/c you only get 2 years (212.03) to complete. 1st fight against a Clan Javat explorer, I followed the guide with having 7 vacant slots, adjusted to give myself a minimum of 100% with pilot/navigation/electronics, so entered that fight with 4 vacant crew slots. Here's the onion: My template sucked so bad (thought i had a good one), that all the deaths from the 4 boardings it took to beat ship #1? 5 of my crew died, so I pressed a total of 9 into service. 2nd fight against a Clan Javat (lol! later) merchant: went with 7 open crew slots, and long story short, 4 crew died, and after 3 crew battle boardings, was able to press 11 (!) new crew, unlocking "Press Gang".

Stupid lucky, yes, I won't argue. Wanna know my template? It's awful:

Thulun faction, Hard difficulty, Default map, Male Ginger Face w/ the freckles

(A) Ship = Stellar Falcon, but Dragoon Cruiser would work fine, I just thought I'd outsmart everyone b/c Stellar Falcon has the best shield % of all template ships, which means your (potential) boarding crew has the best defense against HP loss going into the shit.

(B) Skills = 5 rifles 10 evasion, here's where I thought I'd create "Duh Ultimate Sniper" that can't be hit in combat. Just wait...I got lucky

(C) Attributes = 30 Quickness 24 Wisdom everything else stands at 12, my captain "died" 3 times on that first boarding but still fought in that 4th round contrary to his 12 resilience...RNG thanks man!

(D) Contacts = Blackheart & Ex-Bounty Hunter, the idea was to get crew battle gear plus missions that gave crew battles b/c I was planning to unlock Warrior/Warmaster too. They helped with about 3-4 early contracts, but otherwise never fulfilled their purpose. Why? Because i did a couple of story missions too, plus choosing to destroy & salvage those 2 Clan Javat ships put me -160 Rep with Clan Javat haha! Clan Javat seemes to let their emotions get the best of them. And, everything about this run is a hot mess: crew needs replacing, no money for repairs, spice hall is showing 9 crew right now; so i retired "Mr. No Mercy" and his ginger looks. He's also REALLY bad at crew combat, and that's why he's retiring b/c he won't unlock WARRIOR/WARMASTER.

(E) Experience = Military Officer, and this is where I learned, from losing all those crew battles, that if you make a crew battle captain, you HAVE to take Zealot b/c of the "no morale break" trait.

Got no business speedrunning this unlock or anything, but I've found that when you press hard to finish these speed unlocks you tend to be oh so gloriously successful :)