Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

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Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby DevNull » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:29 am

Yesterday finally bought a Cobra MkIII and made some SC in I-Bootis sector to see what i can do with this beast at "unknown signal" spots.

Find one near station, drop in, hardpoint deployed looking for some bad guy to shoot at :)

After few seconds came up a NPC in Lakoon (yay! free stuff !:P) asking me through comm channel to sell some "red crystals".

oh well: who's that guy ? How to interact with him ? And, moreover, where i can find "red crystals" ?!?! :)
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby Avago-Earo » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:18 am

DevNull wrote:Yesterday finally bought a Cobra MkIII and made some SC in I-Bootis sector to see what i can do with this beast at "unknown signal" spots.

Find one near station, drop in, hardpoint deployed looking for some bad guy to shoot at :)

After few seconds came up a NPC in Lakoon (yay! free stuff !:P) asking me through comm channel to sell some "red crystals".

oh well: who's that guy ? How to interact with him ? And, moreover, where i can find "red crystals" ?!?! :)


Usually buy them crystals at your local hippy store. very over priced.
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby GlobusDiablo » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:24 am

Avago-Earo wrote:Usually buy them at your local hippy store. very over priced.


:D 8-)

Mmmmm..... what?......



On a more serious note; I haven't a clue. Never heard of this before. Sounds fun though. :)
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby Philip Coutts » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:29 am

These guys are dotted throughout the galaxy. Basically they fly around buying different stuff at every location. If you are lucky enough to come across one of these and you have the right stuff they pay huge prices. For example I was once carrying around some tea on a trade run and came across a lakon 9 that wanted to buy tea. All you do is fly close to them, your cargo disappears and you get paid whatever they are offering. In my case I got double the value of the tea! You have to be lucky when you come across these blokes, you have to be carrying what they are looking for.
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby Neillm » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:32 am

Philip Coutts wrote:These guys are dotted throughout the galaxy. Basically they fly around buying different stuff at every location. If you are lucky enough to come across one of these and you have the right stuff they pay huge prices. For example I was once carrying around some tea on a trade run and came across a lakon 9 that wanted to buy tea. All you do is fly close to them, your cargo disappears and you get paid whatever they are offering. In my case I got double the value of the tea! You have to be lucky when you come across these blokes, you have to be carrying what they are looking for.


Ah, the flying close to them is good to know. I saw one that was offering to buy something (unfortunately, not anything I had) but didn't have a clue what I'd have done anyway.

Thanks.
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby DevNull » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:46 am

Thanks Philip !
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby Philip Coutts » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:22 pm

Not a problem. I should add you see these guys here and there, they are usually looking for something pretty specific such as a type of technology or tea. They only ever look for one thing so it really is down to luck if you happen to be carrying what they are looking for. Very worthwhile though as I say they pay a lot! :shock:
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Re: Who is that guy in Lakoon Type 9 ?

Postby Nemetos » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:26 pm

Philip Coutts wrote:These guys are dotted throughout the galaxy. Basically they fly around buying different stuff at every location. If you are lucky enough to come across one of these and you have the right stuff they pay huge prices. For example I was once carrying around some tea on a trade run and came across a lakon 9 that wanted to buy tea. All you do is fly close to them, your cargo disappears and you get paid whatever they are offering. In my case I got double the value of the tea! You have to be lucky when you come across these blokes, you have to be carrying what they are looking for.


Cheers pal ...
Ive often wondered how that works. I thought it would be like requesting docking ... get a buy/sell screen from them.
Or tried getting a comms link with them . Ive never had any stuff they want though !!

Nice one !
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