OT: Game Recomendations?

[AgentZero]

Yeah, I'm slogging my way through X2 right now. Thing is it takes a looooong time to get anything done. Even a simple cargo run can take 10-15minutes each way, even with time compression on. Anyone remember Protostar, from way back? I remember you could have yourself a very nicely tricked out ship after only about an hour of playing. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if you can actually buy yourself one of them big carriers and go cruising around the galaxy in it?
If so, I'll give it a bit more time, otherwise looks like it's back to KotOR2...

[PTF]

AgentZero said:
Yeah, I'm slogging my way through X2 right now. Thing is it takes a looooong time to get anything done. Even a simple cargo run can take 10-15minutes each way, even with time compression on. Anyone remember Protostar, from way back? I remember you could have yourself a very nicely tricked out ship after only about an hour of playing. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if you can actually buy yourself one of them big carriers and go cruising around the galaxy in it?
If so, I'll give it a bit more time, otherwise looks like it's back to KotOR2...

This was possible with XTension (X1) already. You can buy different carriers (5 or 6) there without limitations, equip them with hyperdrives and use it as a battleship carrier for all of your ship fleets. You were also able to move asteroids (ram) with the carriers, if they had enough energy shield. This often has been abused to destroy competitors (plant stations) without the risk of war, because asteroid collision would be a kind of natural disaster.

I am going to skip X2 just because I know of X3 will be released end of this year...