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 *See also the '''OoliteRS''' (Reference Sheets) and '''AdviceforNewCommanders''' which came as .pdfs in your original game download. Probably worth printing out!
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11047 Pointless survey - Jameson's first upgrade] (2011) with poll! Interesting debate on the subject.
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11047 Pointless survey - Jameson's first upgrade] (2011) with poll! Interesting debate on the subject.
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 *See also the '''OoliteRS''' (Reference Sheets) and '''AdviceforNewCommanders''' which came as .pdfs in your original game download. Probably worth printing out!
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 Uncle Blix’s Guide To Upgrading Your Ship. SPACE – Interstellar Edition, Iss. 4 Vol. 143, MirrOor Publishing, 2083500, sec. '''Talking To The Experts'''.
-One of the most common types of letters we get here at SPACE can be paraphrased like this: ‘I’ve just graduated from a Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Flight Academy and have found my Cobra Mk III very under-equipped. What should I install to improve my chances for fame and profit?’  We though the best being to answer the question is '''Blix neClee'''. For those who don’t know of him, Blix is the founder, owner and spokesbeing for Uncle Blix’s Star Yards, the largest independent network of shipyards in Galactic Chart 5. A popular quote about him is that, ‘What Uncle Blix don’t know ’bout starship upgrades would fit in a photon.’ So without further ado, here’s Uncle Blix.
+One of the most common types of letters we get here at SPACE can be paraphrased like this: ‘I’ve just graduated from a Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Flight Academy and have found my Cobra Mk III very under-equipped. What should I install to improve my chances for fame and profit?’  We thought the best being to answer the question is '''Blix neClee'''. For those who don’t know of him, Blix is the founder, owner and spokesbeing for Uncle Blix’s Star Yards, the largest independent network of shipyards in Galactic Chart 5. A popular quote about him is that, ‘What Uncle Blix don’t know ’bout starship upgrades would fit in a photon.’ So without further ado, here’s Uncle Blix.
 ''Note: links to equipment at the bottom of this page''

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 *[[Mr Gimlet]]
 *[[How do I ...]] dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick ''etc''
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 If ya want to see the universe an’ get paid for doing it, ya could do a lot worse that working in the Carrier Market transporting people. Ya’ll need an Advanced Navigational Array to figure out where ya are going an’ to see if the if contract on offer is worth the effort. I shouldn’t need to say it, but for those Jamesons out there, ya need a Passenger Berth fitted ’fore ya can bid for the contract. The big money is transporting to dangerous systems, so look at saving up for: Extra Energy Unit, Multi-Targeting System, ECM Hardened Missiles, Energy Bomb, Scanner Targeting Enhancement, Target System Memory Expansion, Witchdrive Fuel Injectors an’ Shield Boosters.
 === Working As A Beast Of Burden ===
 If ya don’t mind taking the slow but steady route to wealth, then being a Carrier Market cargo hauler is the profession for ya. A Python is the minimum ya need to be flying, as most contracts are for 50 or more tons of cargo. The real money is in mega loads that only an Anaconda can carry, but ya need to save up a while for one those. Make sure that ya got the standard upgrades of: Missiles, Fuel Scoop, ECM System, fore Beam Laser an’ aft Pulse Laser. If ya don’t ’ave an Advanced Navigational Array, it’s gonna make working out the quickest and cheapest route hard. A Docking Computer is a smart buy too since all freighters are such bloated queens to dock. Since every freighter are as slow as a bloated queen too, ya should look in to getting the extra protection of: Escape Capsule, Extra Energy Unit, Energy Bomb an’ Shield Boosters.

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 === Things Stopping Ya Being Killed! ===
 The Extra Energy Unit is more than that large copper coloured central control an’ distribution module that everyone talks ’bout. To install one, we ’ave to upgrade the ship’s energy collection, storage an’ distribution systems too. What ya get out of it? A  doubling the ships’ energy banks recharging rate, that what. The more juice ya ’ave, the more ya can shoot an’ the longer ya live.
+[[File:GalTech escape pod E1 01.PNG|right|150px]]
 Since the ship’s shields is its first line of defence, a Shield Booster is an important upgrade for ya combatants out there. We add additional emitters an’ feedback compensator’s are installed an’ upgrade the energy recyclers. What ya get is double the shields for the same energy costs. Of ’cause the Galactic Navy ships ’ave a Military Shield Enhancement, which is even better. Don’t worry, I can sell ya one of those too, after ya bought the Shield Booster for it to plug into.
 The Electronic Counter Measures Systems (ECM Systems) ionises the particles in space around the ship to fool the missiles into detonating. All missiles within scanner range are blitzed by the ECM, including ya own. If a ECM Hardened Missile been launched ya can still take it out with the ECM, it will just take a few goes. Don’t go firing it off on every antennae twitch nether, sucking vacuum ’cause you ECM’ed ya energy banks to nothing is a dumb way to die.
 When there’s nothing left to fight with, ya can always bail using an Escape Capsule. Sure you lose ya cargo an’ passengers an’ some reputation as a carrier when ya ship goes bang;    ya’ll, on the claw, wake up in the system’s GCW station with a replacement ship an’ whatever creds ya got in the bank to start again. Speaking of capsules, use yer Fuel Scoop to capture any ya see  an’ deliver it to the GCW station for a nice reward.
 === Things To Earn Ya The creds! ===

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 === Things That Go Boom! ===
 In other words, those things mounted in the belly of ya ship with the warning - high explosive labels. In me younger days, all ya could get was the standard Missile, but these days ya get a much better choice. GalCop is great an’ all but it’s so cheap that when a Jameson graduates Lave, they get given a Coby that got four pylons but only three standard Missiles. Don’t get me wrong, being self-guiding an’ flying at 0.75 Light Mach, it’s still a pretty potent weapon; it’s just that ya gotta know when to use it. With most ships carrying ECM Systems these days, including yer own ya if got any brains, the standard can get taken out long ’fore it reaches detonation range. Use them at close range, so the wasps don’t get a chance to react or to at least make them ECM their own missiles when taking out ya’s.
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 A better choice is the ECM Hardened Missile, even if cost nearly twelve times the price. The  ECM Hardened Missiles are designed to be resistant to ECM attacks. Ya noticed how I said resistant, ’cause there’s always a small chance that a ECM ion pulse will con the missile into ’ploding early. A small chance is better than none in me book. Other than being smarter, a ECM Hardened Missile looks an’ works just the same as a standard one, so learn how to use the standards ’fore spending ya creds on the hardened.

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
	The following is an article printed in [[Other fictitious magazines\|SPACE]], covering the range of equipment available to civilian commanders to upgrade their vessels. Not only does it provide a basic overview of the technology, it also gives a general guide to what is appropriate for many professions that a commander can undertake. Since the focus of this article is on upgrading the Cobra Mk III we have reprinted the article in its entirety with the publishers permission.		The following is an article printed in [[Other fictitious magazines\|SPACE]], covering the range of equipment available to civilian commanders to upgrade their vessels. Not only does it provide a basic overview of the technology, it also gives a general guide to what is appropriate for many professions that a commander can undertake. Since the focus of this article is on upgrading the Cobra Mk III we have reprinted the article in its entirety with the publishers permission.

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 == Afterword ==
 *This little gem was dug out of KZ999's [https://app.box.com/s/gfhtyd9c38/folder/31008442 Box] of goodies.
 *[[Mr Gimlet]]
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