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====War Targets and Criminals==== | ====War Targets and Criminals==== | ||
War Targets are players who are at war with E-UNI and want to kill you. They will show up on your Overview Window in blinking red, but by that time they will probably be close enough to | War Targets are players who are at war with E-UNI and want to kill you. They will show up on your Overview Window in blinking red, but by that time they will probably be close enough to start shooting at you, so you want to see them sooner. The same goes for Criminals, who will show up in blinking yellow, or sometimes just unblinking yellow (for Amateurs, especially). | ||
There are two ways to deal with these dangers: | There are two ways to deal with these dangers: | ||
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If you see a single Criminal in the Chat list, you can probably just keep mining while increasing your use of the Directional Scanner. As long as you don't see Combat Probes or groups of ships nearby, you are likely to be safe. | If you see a single Criminal in the Chat list, you can probably just keep mining while increasing your use of the Directional Scanner. As long as you don't see Combat Probes or groups of ships nearby, you are likely to be safe. | ||
The exception to this happens when you mine in a system with only a few Asteroid Belts. Since the belts are always in the same locations, a Criminal does not need to scan to find victims. He or she can just warp to each belt in turn and look around. This why you should start out mining in systems with lots of Asteroid Belts. | The exception to this happens when you mine in a system with only a few Asteroid Belts. Since the belts are always in the same locations, a Criminal does not need to scan to find victims. He or she can just warp to each belt in turn and look around. This why you should start out mining in systems with lots of Asteroid Belts. | ||
====NPC Pirates and Others==== | ====NPC Pirates and Others==== | ||