Log 3: OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD
Things have changed. I know more. I've explored this hellscape, and I'm going to be dumping its various properties on you all today.
But first... new vessel.
Anyway, this place is... odd, to say the least. It's like I'm in a simulation of home, but it's off in ways I can barely describe. First of all, the enemies I've been facing just... appear out of nowhere. Even though they're usually 4 kilometers away at the very LEAST, they'll still shoot at me, wasting their ammunition in the process. I don't know why they do this... and even weirder are the enemies themselves.
So I'm here with my newly painted boat, right?
And then, out of nowhere... an enemy from the Deepwater Guard appeared. As usual, I had to take it out. This photo was taken after some decisive bombardment from HEAT and APHE shells.
After I obliterated it, I went back to collecting resources. But then, another enemy appeared. This time, it was an Onyx Watch sailboat.
This photo was taken after I took the sails off it. It died shortly after with a neat combination of shells and missiles.
Then, THIS THING from the Grey Talons spawned in, along with a jet from the Scarlet Dawn. The jet helped out a lot, but that was because its AI didn't see my boat as more of a threat. I ended up quickly melting the jet with a few missiles.
After going through a portal...
...I managed to take a breather and modify my ship to be slightly better. More propulsion, a better interception system, and another missile added to my octet were all I did. I also made another one of the cargo ship things.
Then... my worst nightmare. The ship pictured below costs over TWICE the total cost of every vehicle under my control (144k compared to 340k). And, just to spite me FURTHER, another enemy from the SAME FACTION spawned in! When two enemies of the same faction are present, you know what happens?? It becomes a 2v1 slogfest!!
After seeing these two, I hightailed it the HELL out of there.
When I made it to a GREEN portal, which decreases the threat level, an enemy IMMEDIATELY spawned in the area that I had just appeared in. Fun.
Killed this one too. There were also a whole bunch of other enemies that died pretty easily and I won't go over 'em. Strange how most of them were from the same faction though...
Well, something's become very evident from my encounters with these new vehicles; I need to make a new boat.