

X3 ALBION PRELUDE HOW TO
Also, some patrol missions will cause pirates to spawn.Let's start off with some basics, talk to the fight school pilot, he will give you your first ever mission should you chose to accept it, (every preset has one) to accept this mission target his ship by left clicking on him, click open communication (or hit C) and hit the first option (or simply tap 1) he will tell you how to fly, target objects, opening the comm links, requesting docking permission (i reccomend using autopilot for a while untill you get used to X3AP), firing your ship's main weapons aswell as loading and firing missiles. The major down side to befriending the pirates is, you'll lose access to those lucrative assassination and defend the station missions. If your main goal is to access their PBG forges, then its probably easier to just find a station hacker (they have to be with 2 sectors of the PBG forge) to hack it for you. Fly into that station and then get the M1 or M2 in that sector to blow up the station for you (by hiding underneath the station), then go away for a period of time until the station comes back, then it should be blue. If Duke's HQ is hostile to you and you think your rep is high enough with them, then what you have to do is force a 'station reset'. Others will turn blue if you approach and then scan them. Even if your rep is high enough with them, some pirate ships remain hostile to you no matter what.I believe there are at least 2, if not 3, pirate factions (not including the Yaki) even though they all show up the same.
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Typically their face has an eye patch or they're covered with scars, etc. Make sure the mission you are accepting is from a pirate.Those are the best at bumping up reputation, and also creates additional pirate stations for you to potentially obtain missions from. Fly up to the pirate base/stations there and see if they have any station building missions. Duke's HQ is another good place to go to, but there's always a M1 or M2 patrolling there so be careful). Next, spend some time jumping from pirate sector to sector (I like to go to the pirate sector east of PTNI Headquarters as well as Loomankstrat's Legacy. The Elephant is a great choice since its the fastest, but if you got the marines, the Terran Atmospheric Lifter has the biggest capacity and decent speed. The easiest way to befriend a pirate is first to have access to a TL so you can do a lot of station building missions. Being friends with 1 faction doesn't mean you'll be friendly with another faction.

The trick, however, is that there are actually multiple pirate factions.
