Yup. Either a ship or maybe its moon. There's a few of those you can land on that are hard to see on the screen.

Ah yes, sorry, it's been a while since I picked up the game. They're level VII weapons and are better than the level VIII and IX weapons you can also buy at that point. And yes, the requirement is that you get the "rich" achievement with 1 M, no license required. Apparently, there is also a level X version, but I've never seen that.

Which one is the Privateers quest?

UNC: Privateers Mission:

In order to find it on the galactic map:

This game is really fun. I'm only 10 hours in, but I find it relaxing, and more enjoyable than Oblivion (but I'm a sci-fi geek too). I'm a Paragon Infiltrator. I've been going with Ashley and Wrex for all the missions to try and get the Ally achievements there. It's pretty awesome. I do see a lot of KOTOR in this game, but the more I play it, the more I think it would be an awesome model for a Star Trek game.

Also, I love the galactic map music.

Thanks for the help with the Privateers.

One other question, what's with the trinket the consort gives you? I don't think I did anything more with it after getting it my first playthrough, but I missed a LOT of stuff that go.

On the planet of Eletania, in the Hercules system of the Attican Beta cluster, there lies a mysterious Prothean artifact in the southwestern corner of the map. It's very difficult to get to with the Mako, as it lies nestled in a valley that's hard to climb to. If you reach it, it'll activate, and say that there's some kind of keyhole in it.

Thanks. Also, to get the Spectre X weapons, you just need to be level 50.

Without spoiling too much, when do the romance missions begin? I've done the mission where you save the blue doctor alien but haven't done any other planet missions yet.

They aren't romance missions (unless I missed them), you just talk to the chick you want to romance on your ship and be nice to her in conversation. After a certain number of completed missions you can talk to your female of choice and "get it on", assuming you said the right things.

I got it on with Liara, and pretty much ignored Ashley since she's a real bitch some times. Anyone know what would happen if you try and keep things going with both of them?

At some point they confront you and you have to pick one.

Yup, I maxed on my charm stills, and still couldn't get a threesome It's funny because you can actually suggest a threesome, but Ashley turns it down.

Another question; If you're stuck on a mission that you don't want to play anymore is there a way to quit it and go back to the Normandy?

There is an achievement for accomplishing a romance. It depends who you invest the most time in conversation with, and it depends how you steer the conversation. If at any point you 'shut them down' in convo. they dont pursue you. You have to do all the work.

On an assignment, it's as simple as getting in your Mako and hitting the button to go back to the Normandy. I'm not sure what needs to be done for Missions but I'm sure it's the same.

The only part of this game that really annoys me is on the missions the lack of autosave. I tend to go through the whole maze only to get killed at the end of the mission, 20 minutes later.

Of course what really annoys me about it is how reckless some of the AI is (or smart I guess). I am an infiltrator so I only have pistol and sniper training, but I constantly get rushed and smacked down by enemies in melee.

I save this game almost every few minutes because I die a lot.

Yeah, I forget to save sometimes too, but I've realized I die a lot in combat as well and try and save right before I know i'm going into a big fight.

I think i'm just not using the biotic powers as much as I should and pausing the game to decide what to do other then using Unity to revive my dead friends.

I died all the time till i started using my biotics. It really turns the tides.

Yeah, I forgot to save a gajillion times. I can't remember how many times I had to redo levels. Pisses me off. I think it should autosave any time you are about to go on to a mission.

I"m 9 hours in and have 72 saves.

I just finished it having visited every planet (some a few times over) in every system and I only had 24 saves... it took me 27h30m apparently to complete it.

I kinda felt like this game was generic. I have played both the KOTOR games and started getting through Jade Empire... this one didn't really blow my mind. I did really like the ending (not really my specific ending, but the basic general ending)... I know with KOTOR, I was so dreadfully bored with it until I got off the first world - then it sucked me in. This one seemed like so many corners were cut while they spent so much time on details I couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to (like the specific gravity of some gas giant I can't even visit). Everywhere I landed (except for the few key plot-planets) seemed like the same crappy planet in a different color scheme. It also didn't seem very done - lots of graphical glitches and mechanical glitches for me.

I'm really enjoying this game. The only space-based "universe" I have liked was Star Wars but I found this one to be very, very good. I also like the different concepts in the game and feel like that future is based a lot more in reality than most sci-fi films I've seen.