So still playing X3: Terran conflict
again, the learning curve is large,
again, I keep dying.
So right now, I'm doing a police-style arrest and scan mission out in one of the frontier systems. My escort and I destroyed the main target, an illicit drugs smuggler and started scanning other targets when we noticed a red flotilla jumped in,
A race (from a previous game) called the Khaak came in with a carrier, which tore off pods which were individual cruisers which tore off fighters, these..
Of course I'm in an advanced recon scout, so there is no way in hell I could pick off even one of their ships, so I run to the edge of the system and hide while I watch from afar this task force destroy what are normal factory and trading outposts.
They also destroyed all the convoy I needed to scan.
Usually when large-scale ships are used in space sims, their actions are scripted for the most part, even in FS2.
This was the first time I saw a flotilla engaged in a raid that created all-out carnage, and this wasn't even part of the game's theme. It is about a mystery involving self-replicating AI-based terraformers causing shit.
I'm impressed.
Also tried the bankrupt assassin campaign. Didn't make it far, the bounty hunters wanted me more than I wanted cash.