Newbe questions

[ohartenstein23]

Don't shoot down the probes, wait until they land.

[Zippicus]

I took a lot medium size ships, but no reticulan on board.

To be clear I'm talking about medium sized reticulan ships, not just any old medium sized ship.

[legionof1]

Probes must be followed till they land to get the mission. Blowing them up yields no mission at all.

[khade]

I think it's possible to buy the technician, though I can't verify it.

[BBHood217]

Have you contacted the sectoids (i.e., researched "Contacts: Reticulans")?  If so, that'll make them stop appearing.  But if you've missed out on any live sectoid research, you can still get them with the Reticulan Files that the contact provides.

[LouisdeFuines]

@BBHood, thank you for your hint. I will try that out!
EDIT: It worked. I had the contacts: Reticulans. Thats why they disappeared.
But with the Reticulan Files I finally got the research I needed at that point.


Any idea about getting the bootleg laser disc?
EDIT: Bootleg laser disc no more necessary. Got the research topic from a decrypted data disc.
But would really like to know, where to find that damn disc. Just out of curiosity.

[sanyaskillpro]

But would really like to know, where to find that damn disc. Just out of curiosity.

I think it's a rare drop from a raider boss or a bandit boss(or both).

[LouisdeFuines]

Or maybe a drop from DOOM race? Since it lead to UAC Weapons...

One other thing:
Do I get points for research? What influences infamy?

[legionof1]

infamy is gained from score on the battlefield, knocking out some types of UFOs, and research. 

[LouisdeFuines]

And the regular points? Does research help here in any way? What about capturing people alive? Does that have any influence?

[legionof1]

Score is infamy. Just naming convention is not uniform throughout the mod cause it would involve alot of mucking about with engine level strings.

[Zippicus]

Any idea about getting the bootleg laser disc?

I know for sure I got one from a hitman bounty mission, and I think I got some from the little pink ships but I'm not 100% sure on that.

[LouisdeFuines]

Just for my notes:
What creates negative score then? Do flying police vessels create negative score too?
What about skipping some missions? Do all skipped missions count into the negative or only certain ones?

[legionof1]

Most enemy craft generate some minor amount of negative score, just flying around. Some don't. Some missions, like pogroms after *mutant alliance*, have large penalties for ignoring them.

It all depends on what the event is.

[LouisdeFuines]

Is there any way to purchase / produce power armor parts?

The same question about the energy weapon parts.