Rescue 2.0.2 Cube Ship

[Peter RWood]

I have read all of the solutions on this group to defeat the cube ship and
have tried most of them. However, when I try to beam my team down, they
either vanish or get the ship to sleep, but if they do get it to sleep
then the Enterprise gets blown up anyway. How do I getr around this? Also,
is there any way to get the "Kigons" to help? Please send replies to my
email address.

Peter Wood
peter...@launchpad.unc.edu

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[Wade Masshardt]

I seem to have figured a way to kill the Borg ship easily. It might be
a bug in the game, I don't know. When the Cube appears, fly to
intercept it. Stop in its path, set a far away destination by clicking
in the map window. When the ship gets close, but before they start
telling you how futile it is, raise the shields. As soon as you hear
them, engage the warp drive ( I usually have it set at warp 2.) For
the next part to work, you need to pick a speed such that the cube is
not displayed on the main viewer window (going to warp 3 usually
works), but is still near you. Now just fire the phasers a couple of
times. Blows the crap right out of them. Has anyone else discovered
this method?

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[Michael A. Long]

In <2u0l5l$6...@news.doit.wisc.edu> wa...@macc.wisc.edu (Wade Masshardt) writes:

>I seem to have figured a way to kill the Borg ship easily. It might be
>a bug in the game, I don't know.

It is.

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>Blows the crap right out of them. Has anyone else discovered
>this method?

yes.

[TrippE1970]

I have found a similar method of killing the Borg ship. If you are
just zipping along at warp 3(maybe other warps too) and the Borg is
close enough to hit with phasers, just a few blasts and the Borg ship
will be obliterated. I have also managed to put the ship to sleep,
but have found no utility in doing so. Is there any good to be had
from it?

Tripp

[Doug Ferry]

In article <2u377p$6...@search01.news.aol.com>,

there's a lot of good to be had from it. once the Cube is asleep,
you have a window of opportunity where they will not fire at you and
you can fill them full o' photons.

the first 10 times i tried this technique i either:
a) did not successfully put it to sleep.
b) put it to sleep but was too damaged to do anything about it.
c) put it to sleep but was too far away (run away!) to get back and
blast it.
finally i had it asleep and in my sights but was so excited i forgot
to beam my away team back before blowing the Cube to smithereens.
sorry riker...

anyway, once i have them at my mercy, i set the torpedo salve to 3
and lay on the torps until they're gone. this usually results in about
15 being fired although i think only about 10 are really necessary.
maybe less. the time you have to do this does not allow for
experimenting by firing 1 at a time until they're dead. then again,
maybe it does and i'm too trigger happy to find out.

happy cube hunting!

-doug

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[Joe_Z...@nrunner.mil.wi.us]

>once the Cube is asleep,
>you have a window of opportunity where they will not fire at you and
>you can fill them full o' photons.

Question: HOW do you put the Borg/Cube ship to sleep??

Thanks,
-Joe
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[Breier W. Scheetz]

In article <1994Jun25.0...@nrunner.mil.wi.us>,
Joe_Z...@nrunner.mil.wi.us wrote:

> Question: HOW do you put the Borg/Cube ship to sleep??

Try transporting away teams to the Borg. Of course, it's difficult to
lower your shields in order to do this without getting fried.

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[Heetan Parmar]

> I seem to have figured a way to kill the Borg ship easily. It might be
> a bug in the game, I don't know. When the Cube appears, fly to
> intercept it. Stop in its path, set a far away destination by clicking
> in the map window. When the ship gets close, but before they start
> telling you how futile it is, raise the shields. As soon as you hear
> them, engage the warp drive ( I usually have it set at warp 2.) For
> the next part to work, you need to pick a speed such that the cube is
> not displayed on the main viewer window (going to warp 3 usually
> works), but is still near you. Now just fire the phasers a couple of
> times. Blows the crap right out of them. Has anyone else discovered
> this method?

I also use the same method exept I use photons it works the same way but
50% of the time. I was wonderingif anyone else noticed if you kill the
borg and rescue ALL of the colonists it still says "the msiion to rescue
the colonists was demmed a dismal faliure"

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[Doug Ferry]

In article <1994Jun25.0...@nrunner.mil.wi.us>,
<Joe_Z...@nrunner.mil.wi.us> wrote:

you must beam a team over to the borg ship, then, given enough time,
they might put the borg to sleep. it seems like they achieve it 1/3 to
1/2 of the time. it usually takes them about 20 seconds (playing at high
speed).

anyone who has fought the cube will see several difficulties with this
method.

a) you must have your shields down to beam a team over, exposing
yourself to a devastating attack.

b) you must survive for 20 seconds under the cube's onslaught.

my solution to a and b is to wait until the cube appears, then, in rapid
succession, beam down a team, raise shields, and get the f**k outta
there. usually i only sustain minor damage this way.

it's best to flee on manual impulse, usually in a cardinal direction
(0,90,180,270). the cube can't really get close enough to do any damage
when you're going full impulse so you can fly with shields down, saving
energy. then, the instant your team announces the cube is asleep, you
must return and finish it (beaming out your team if you're feeling
generous). the best way to get back is command-T (chase nearest enemy)
but if your computer or warp drive are damaged, you'll have to fly
manual impulse. this is where the cardinal direction helps; you know
exactly which direction the cube is.

again, this doesn't always work. usually it seems your away team
vanishes and your left with a damaged ship and an angry cube on your
tail. either that or you return to the cube just a bit too late and
are assimilated.

happy cube hunting!

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[comblab.ucdavis.edu]

Here is one my roommate claims works. He can kill the Borg Ship (I used
ResEdit to change names, it makes the game less confusing) in one encounter
using normal weapons. His latest method is firing phasers in warp, I guess
the Borg lowers their shields in warp. See if any of you can repeat this.
BTW, I have never tried beaming a team over, it sounds fun.
David

[Michael A. Long]

Yes this works in the 2.0.2 release it is a bug and it is fixed in the new
version 2.0.3 there is also a pretty cool easter egg in the new version
(the Phaser Cannon) Have fun finding and using it.

Michael.