The M7 class Hyperion, one of the rewards for completing the tedious Bala Gi missions in X3: Reunion, seems like a godly craft. The frigate boasts of 3 1GJ shields, multiple main HEPTs as well as turreted HEPTs on a frame that’s as speedy as a heavy fighter. To put all that gobbledegook in proper perspective, I jumped back into that sector with the jillion Pirates and blew them all away. I did this a few times. For fun.
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At some point during my X3: Reunion campaign, I satisfied the conditions that triggered the Bala Gi missions, the bonus missions included with the 2.0 patch. The payoff for completing these included a new Player Headquarters (a super shipyard of sorts), a unique M7 class frigate and the M3 Plus class of heavy fighters.

New toys for the X3 sandbox, in other words.

The missions themselves were typical Egosoft designs. Long, tedious, obscure … “not fun” is the message I’m trying to convey here. I think it would be fair to say Egosoft is primarily concerned with inflicting German discipline upon the frivolous fun-loving Ausländer. If there’s any opportunity to suck the fun out of something, Egosoft will most assuredly be on it assiduously sucking away.
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My adventures in X3 space continue.

Having completed the storyline missions, I was free to set my own goals in X3’s sandbox. I had an automated merchant fleet scouring the universe looking for profitable deals and it was adding a million or so credits to my account during every game session. Money, once so hard to come by, was no longer a pressing concern.

I decided to try my spanking new M3 class Argon Nova heavy fighter in combat and so went looking for trouble, fully confident that the Nova could handle it when I found it.
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