I have just created a character and been put on its homewrold... i can only access nine rooms and no-one is there... what am i meant to do? where is a good place for a newbie pilot to go?
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"Tread with care in foreign lands human, if you are lucky you will only lose your pride."
The first thing a new player whould do is join a faction, they'll get someone to pick you up and teach you how to move aroun in the game.
take a look at the factions here: http://www.swcombine.com/community/factions.php
How do you mean? Do you mean talk to, or have them in your party?
To talk to them, simply approach them on foot (not in a vehicle) and hail them from the scan screen (I think it is). To have them in your party, you need to buy them (or have them assigned to you by your faction).
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"May the Grace of Ara go with you, and His Vengeance be wrought upon your enemies."
Hmm, I haven't spoken to NPCs in a while, but usually it comes up with a dialog from them. Perhaps you're looking at other (inactive) PCs, rather than NPCs?
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"May the Grace of Ara go with you, and His Vengeance be wrought upon your enemies."
That sounds like an inactive PC you're talking to.
Look around the city you're in (Position > Scanners) for a NPC called 'Vehicle Rental' (or something along those lines) and head over to him/her. You'll be able rent a vehicle from them that'll allow you to move around much faster.
in darkness messages? no, not yet anyway. I wrote a messaging system for another project that was very similar to DM's but a whole lot faster and neater, 've been considering replacing DM's with it. If I do that 'll try and remember to enable signatures on it, unless there are a lot of complaints.