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	Don’t expect to catch a ruffian napping with a [[Q bomb\|Q-Mine]], most are smart enough to hit the [[Witch fuel injectors\|injectors]] as soon as one is launched. Although you can complete a mission by using an [[Energy Bomb]], you will be fined for causing collateral damage and you will not earn any titles or improve your reputation as a bounty hunter by resorting to such cowardly tactics!		Don’t expect to catch a ruffian napping with a [[Q bomb\|Q-Mine]], most are smart enough to hit the [[Witch fuel injectors\|injectors]] as soon as one is launched. Although you can complete a mission by using an [[Energy Bomb]], you will be fined for causing collateral damage and you will not earn any titles or improve your reputation as a bounty hunter by resorting to such cowardly tactics!
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	* A [[Space Bar\|Space Bar]] is added to every Anarchy System.		* A [[Space Bar\|Space Bar]] is added to every Anarchy System.

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 [[Image:Cobra2Mark.png|right|thumb|300px|Sneaking up on a bony batoid with a price on his head.]]
-You are now ready to play, so slip an Ingram hand laser into your shoulder holster and set your course for the nearest Anarchy System. Upon entering the system set your [[Advanced Space Compass]] to ‘B’ in order to locate the local [[Space Bar|space bar]]. <font size="1">If you do not have an [[Advanced Space Compass]], not to worry, the bars are constructed inside large hollowed out asteroids amongst fair sized clusters. Set your course for the planet and keep your eyes open.</font>
+You are now ready to play, so slip an Ingram hand laser into your shoulder holster and set your course for the nearest Anarchy System. Upon entering the system set your [[Advanced Space Compass]] to ‘B’ in order to locate the local [[Space Bar|space bar]]. If you do not have an [[Advanced Space Compass]], not to worry, the bars are constructed inside large hollowed out asteroids amongst fair sized clusters. Set your course for the planet and keep your eyes open.
 Before you get too near the bar, remember to check your legal status. Once you come within 25 kilometres, the Bar’s Sentinel Satellites will perform an automatic scan of your legal records. You don’t want to be within striking range of the bar if you are anything less than squeaky clean!
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 == Update Notes ==
 The last version came out in 2018 (the original came out in 2007).

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 * A [[Space Bar|Space Bar]] is added to every Anarchy System.
 * [[GalMine Hopper|GalMine Hoppers]], [[GalMine AutoMiner|GalMine AutoMiners]] and [[GalMine AutoMiner|GalMine Cargo Drones]] conduct mining activities nearby.
 * Over ''one trillion'' different missions and Bulletin Board advertisements.
 * Any given mission will have at least eight different endings.
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 * Characters fly over 50 types of space craft.
 * Over 5,000 new hails and messages.
 * Employers keep in contact with the player by Galactic E-Mail.
 * The Criminal Underworld keeps an eye on successful bounty hunters.
 * Successful hunters may also be offered special assignments.
 * New AIs, using tricks not included in the unexpanded game.
 * New and customized escape craft.
 * Titles and Ranks to be won. [[File:IconBGS.png|right]]
 * Hidden features and Easter eggs.
 * [[BGS]] enhances this OXP
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 == Hints ==
 A Cobra Mk III should be fine for 'easy' and 'medium' level victims. Easy victims fly ships like adders, mambas and sidewinders, so you should have no difficulty taking out one of them in a Cobra III. Medium victims fly ships like the Cobra III itself, pythons and boas and so on. A Cobra should be enough even for difficult victims, but you will need to have a full iron ass for the really tricky ones.

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 {{OXPLevel|1|5}}
 [[Image:SeedySpaceBar3.png|left|thumb|400px|Docking at The Furry Feline Bar & Grill.]]
-"Easy to Hard".<font size="1">The OXP does not add any new ships to the game generally; all ships only appear when a mission relating to a character is running.</font> Even a Harmless [[Jameson|Jameson]] can safely install the OXP, as the [[Space Bar|space bars]] do not present a threat to clean Commanders. Indeed, if you are passing a [[Space Bar|space bar]] and come under attack by [[Piracy|pirates]], hunters aboard the Bar are likely to put down their drinks and launch to eliminate the brigands. Remember though that these guys are mercenaries not cops. If you are being harassed by three ‘Offender’ [[Piracy|pirates]], the hunters may well decide to collect the larger bounty on a passing non-hostile ‘Fugitive’ slave trader before coming to your aid! Approaching a [[Space Bar|space bar]] if you yourself have a price on your head, could prove extremely hazardous!
+"Easy to Hard". The OXP does not add any new ships to the game generally; all ships only appear when a mission relating to a character is running.</font> Even a Harmless [[Jameson|Jameson]] can safely install the OXP, as the [[Space Bar|space bars]] do not present a threat to clean Commanders. Indeed, if you are passing a [[Space Bar|space bar]] and come under attack by [[Piracy|pirates]], hunters aboard the Bar are likely to put down their drinks and launch to eliminate the brigands. Remember though that these guys are mercenaries not cops. If you are being harassed by three ‘Offender’ [[Piracy|pirates]], the hunters may well decide to collect the larger bounty on a passing non-hostile ‘Fugitive’ slave trader before coming to your aid! Approaching a [[Space Bar|space bar]] if you yourself have a price on your head, could prove extremely hazardous!
 Missions vary in difficulty, depending on the Credits being offered for a successful kill or capture. None of the ships in the OXP are uber; if a character is flying a [[Cobra_Mk.3_(Oolite) |Cobra Mk III]] then his ship is just the standard [[Cowell & MgRath]] model available in all good shipyards. The [[Oolite Equipment|equipment]] fitted to a character’s ship will vary. A scheming horned solicitor wanted for tax evasion may only have equipped his craft with the most basic [[Oolite Equipment|equipment]]. On the other hand a homicidal blood-sucking goat, suspected of industrial espionage against Voltaire Stinger Pulse Drives Limited, will be likely to have blinged her vessel out as a fully equipped [[iron ass]].
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 == Main Features ==
 Every Bulletin Board entry, mission description, incoming message, communications hail and mission briefing screen is procedurally generated using a similar method to that used to create all the [[Oolite planet list|crazy planet descriptions]] in Oolite. The messages are created using a database of over 40,000 words, generating over one trillion different missions and bulletin board entries. The missions are therefore effectively never-ending, rather like the Bulletin Board in [[Frontier|Frontier]]. Every time you visit a [[Space Bar|space bar]] a new set of bulletin board messages are generated. Due to the way Oolite’s ‘dice’ work though, new missions are usually generated when you enter a system from hyperspace. For example if you jump from Lave to Riedquat and dock at the Worlds End Bar, a new set of Bulletin Board entries will be displayed. If you launch, flip over and re-dock, the missions will generally be the same as the ones you have just seen. Since version 1.4 are missions randomly generated with a time stamp. New missions are only generated when re-docking after more than an hour since mission generation. (One hour game time as seen on the ship's clock).

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 == Fiction ==
-First Day on the Job - aka - Baptism of Fire
+==== First Day on the Job - aka - Baptism of Fire ====
-It had been a tough slog, to reach this point. Even before I'd ever climbed into the pilot seat of a Cobra Mk III, I'd dreamed of becoming a bounty hunter, tracking down miscreants across the 8, and dishing out justice with my lasers.
+It had been a tough slog, to reach this point. Even before I'd ever climbed into the pilot seat of a Cobra Mk III, I'd dreamed of becoming a bounty hunter, tracking down miscreants across [[The Eight]], and dishing out justice with my lasers.
 White-knuckled and sweating, I'd managed to survive the docking practice runs, so I set out into the Ooniverse, to trade my way to all the high-tech kit I'd need for my chosen profession. Month after month of mind-numbingly boring milk-runs passed, hauling computers one way, furs and booze the other, to pay for the basic gear needed to make life in the trading lanes a little less hazardous. Hardhead missiles, an extra energy bank, an escape capsule, docking computers, injectors, and so on.
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 Along the way, I'd gradually added various items to "Attitude Adjuster", the rather presumptuous name I'd given my trusty Cobra Mk III. A front Military laser, a beam laser aft, mil-grade ironhide armour, shield boosters, a targeting memory expansion, etc.
-Then the day came when I'd offloaded almost 5 tonnes of platinum, at a hefty profit, at Xexeti, a typical TL 3 Anarchy of the type which seems to be the favourite destination of cargoes like mine, and I happened to notice that just a few lightyears away was a spick and span TL12 Commie system called Onlema.
+Then the day came when I'd offloaded almost 5 tonnes of platinum, at a hefty profit, at [[Sector1/Xexeti|Xexeti]], a typical TL 3 Anarchy of the type which seems to be the favourite destination of cargoes like mine, and I happened to notice that just a few lightyears away was a spick and span TL12 Commie system called Onlema.
-Taking stock of my situation, I realised I now had over half a million credits to my name, and a combat rating of Above Average(127). Perhaps it was time to begin my real job..
+Taking stock of my situation, I realised I now had over half a million credits to my name, and a combat rating of Above Average (127). Perhaps it was time to begin my real job..
 I jumped across to Onlema and started spending money as if it were water.. all the good stuff I'd been drooling over in the Ship Chandlers catalogues for so long was going to be mine!
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 Only as I'm setting up the nav-puter for the jump out of system, does it dawn on me.. there was a Rock Hermit located in the asteroids near that Astrofactory.. I'd blundered right into a Pirate Cove!
-My rating was now Competent(139). With one exception, the last dozen were the toughest kills of my life. Jumping to Riraes, in the Devil's Triangle, I report to the Seedy Space Bar there, "The Fat Feline". I was now officially a "Recruit"! I collect my 440 credits, and order an Inzaqumaian Mallard Souffle, washed down with a tankard of wicked strength goat blood. It goes down well, and I idly watch the local Vacuum Cricket Charity Match, as I ponder my next mark.. one Rabbi Brynison. He and his MkI Cobby won't know what hit them.. [[User:Diziet Sma|Diziet Sma]] ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=172958#p172958 2012])
+My rating was now Competent (139). With one exception, the last dozen were the toughest kills of my life. Jumping to Riraes, in the Devil's Triangle, I report to the Seedy Space Bar there, "The Fat Feline". I was now officially a "Recruit"! I collect my 440 credits, and order an Inzaqumaian Mallard Souffle, washed down with a tankard of wicked strength goat blood. It goes down well, and I idly watch the local Vacuum Cricket Charity Match, as I ponder my next mark.. one Rabbi Brynison. He and his MkI Cobby won't know what hit them.. [[User:Diziet Sma|Diziet Sma]] ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=172958#p172958 2012])
 == Links ==

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 Every Bulletin Board entry, mission description, incoming message, communications hail and mission briefing screen is procedurally generated using a similar method to that used to create all the [[Oolite planet list|crazy planet descriptions]] in Oolite. The messages are created using a database of over 40,000 words, generating over one trillion different missions and bulletin board entries. The missions are therefore effectively never-ending, rather like the Bulletin Board in [[Frontier|Frontier]]. Every time you visit a [[Space Bar|space bar]] a new set of bulletin board messages are generated. Due to the way Oolite’s ‘dice’ work though, new missions are usually generated when you enter a system from hyperspace. For example if you jump from Lave to Riedquat and dock at the Worlds End Bar, a new set of Bulletin Board entries will be displayed. If you launch, flip over and re-dock, the missions will generally be the same as the ones you have just seen. Since version 1.4 are missions randomly generated with a time stamp. New missions are only generated when re-docking after more than an hour since mission generation. (One hour game time as seen on the ship's clock).
-I have included in the database all the words from [[:Category:Classic|Classic Elite]] (so watch out for killer arts graduates, lesser spotted yaks and so on), but I have also added to the call list a lot of other references to the Elite series of games. Procedurally generated organizations and companies also feature in the OXP and the names of the characters include the names of most of the regular posters on the [http://aegidian.org/bb Oolite Bulletin Boards]. If you are a poster on the real life [http://aegidian.org/bb Oolite Bulletin Boards], you may find a contract on your own life being advertised here!
+I have included in the database all the words from [[:Category:Classic|Classic Elite]] (so watch out for killer arts graduates, lesser spotted yaks and so on), but I have also added to the call list a lot of other references to the Elite series of games. Procedurally generated organizations and companies also feature in the OXP and the names of the characters include the names of most of the regular posters on the [https://bb.oolite.space Oolite Bulletin Boards]. If you are a poster on the real life [https://bb.oolite.space Oolite Bulletin Boards], you may find a contract on your own life being advertised here!
 The ruffians will use tactics not used by typical [[Piracy|pirates]]. They may have (and use) [[Q bomb|Q-Mines]] and aft mounted weapons. Don’t expect them to always fight to the death, they may just run away on [[Witch fuel injectors|injectors]] or make a hyperspace jump, requiring you to pursue them through the wormhole. You are being paid to terminate the scoundrel not merely his ship, so if your victim manages to abandon ship in an [[Escape Pod|escape pod]], you must kill or capture the [[Escape Pod|pod]] to complete the mission.
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 For an easy victim you'd probably want an ECM and a Beam Laser, but that should be enough. A Military and perhaps a shield booster and energy unit should ensure your trusty Cobra prevails against a medium victim. A fully equipped Cobra is recommended though for 'hard' victims. Injectors are always really a necessity regardless of the level of victim, so you can give chase if they bug out!
-Equipment fitted boosts the resale value of your ship, so if you beef up a bit to take some medium victims it is not a wasted investment when you trade up. You can of course trade your way to the victim's system, so the hit money should be a bonus over and above what you'd have made anyway. [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=79266#p79266 Littlebear (2009)]
+Equipment fitted boosts the resale value of your ship, so if you beef up a bit to take some medium victims it is not a wasted investment when you trade up. You can of course trade your way to the victim's system, so the hit money should be a bonus over and above what you'd have made anyway. [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=79266#p79266 Littlebear (2009)]
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 == Endnote ==
-I’m fairly hopeful that I’ve squashed all the bugs but if you do find a bug could you post it on the [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=44759#44759 Random Hits OXP thread]. The readme file gives some instructions on bug reporting. If at all possible could you follow these.
+I’m fairly hopeful that I’ve squashed all the bugs but if you do find a bug could you post it on the [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=44759#44759 Random Hits OXP thread]. The readme file gives some instructions on bug reporting. If at all possible could you follow these.
 Part of the fun of the OXP is that, due to the randomization, I have no more idea than you do what missions you will be offered when you dock at a bar. As there are literally trillions of possible missions running in all eight Galaxies, I need to know ''who'' you were after and ''where'' you were when you encountered the bug in order to track it down!
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 Only as I'm setting up the nav-puter for the jump out of system, does it dawn on me.. there was a Rock Hermit located in the asteroids near that Astrofactory.. I'd blundered right into a Pirate Cove!
-My rating was now Competent(139). With one exception, the last dozen were the toughest kills of my life. Jumping to Riraes, in the Devil's Triangle, I report to the Seedy Space Bar there, "The Fat Feline". I was now officially a "Recruit"! I collect my 440 credits, and order an Inzaqumaian Mallard Souffle, washed down with a tankard of wicked strength goat blood. It goes down well, and I idly watch the local Vacuum Cricket Charity Match, as I ponder my next mark.. one Rabbi Brynison. He and his MkI Cobby won't know what hit them.. [[User:Diziet Sma|Diziet Sma]] ([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=172958#p172958 2012])
+My rating was now Competent(139). With one exception, the last dozen were the toughest kills of my life. Jumping to Riraes, in the Devil's Triangle, I report to the Seedy Space Bar there, "The Fat Feline". I was now officially a "Recruit"! I collect my 440 credits, and order an Inzaqumaian Mallard Souffle, washed down with a tankard of wicked strength goat blood. It goes down well, and I idly watch the local Vacuum Cricket Charity Match, as I ponder my next mark.. one Rabbi Brynison. He and his MkI Cobby won't know what hit them.. [[User:Diziet Sma|Diziet Sma]] ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=172958#p172958 2012])
 == Links ==
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=44759#44759 Random Hits OXP thread] (2007 - date)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=44759#44759 Random Hits OXP thread] (2007 - date)
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3977 Random Hits - or Your Murder Here!] Development BB thread (2007-8)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3977 Random Hits - or Your Murder Here!] Development BB thread (2007-8)
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9191 Random Kudos] (2011 - Scooping the mining pods)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9191 Random Kudos] (2011 - Scooping the mining pods)
 *[[Ethics]]
 {{mission-OXP}} {{ship-OXP}} {{station-OXP}}

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 * Get this one from the [[Expansions Manager]].
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