Hello All
First time posting here, so I have always loved the X series, but never really got into X4 due to time and other commitments until now, so after a few hours toying with a random start, I thought I would do a custom start, this time no ship, no credits, in middle of Argon Prime.
Backstory, not important but I am a boron left for dead, still feeling the boot imprint my chest as I was kicked out of an airlock.
After a few attempts of oxygen running out I finally realised you can comm an NPC for help, the issue is, you can't really tell them where you would like to go as you don't know any stations or anything, so I let them take me wherever they are going, once arrived I started doing the simple maintaince missions and a few side hustle at the trader, if they have crafting stuff to craft you can make a nice quick buck, like putting a needle, bandage and medicine in a bag and calling it first aid, easy 10,000 credits.
The help comm thing broke after awhile, so I modded in a taxi gaTaxi mod, might be cheating, I call it immersion, anyway this saved a bit of time and allowed me to get to stations quicker. The other mod was the more jobs mod thing, which in my mind fixes the job offers so you get more, although as I had no ship, could only really do a handful. (Hence the modified flair)
After 4 hours I could finally afford my own ship, 240k, I don't know the name of it, but it was an argon scout (cost a bit more for the gun).
But, it's amazing the amount of ways you can jump into the game and never have the same experience. Egosoft really knows their stuff.
Anyway just thought I would share a random start and see if anyone else has done similar.