Newcomer / Intro What are you up to?

[Miscellaneous]

The concept of voting machines and their rigging hasn't reached the old continent yet. We still vote with pen and paper.

Oh there you go, it could be voting BOOTHS and the humans will walk right in to their clutches

 

[Markov Chaney]

That one is probably a "just me" but this one might be better: has someone worked out the Asimov "Spacer" worlds?

The answer to this seems to be worse than "no" - in Foundation and Empire, Trevize finds the Hall of Worlds which lists all 50 and allows Trevize to deduce the location of Earth. Except even he misses, and ends up on Alpha [Centuri.] So we know about Alpha, Melpomenia (location unknown, no clues), Solaria (the last of the 50), Aurora (we do know this one - Tau Ceti), and Baleyworld/Comporellon. Zero clue where any of them are...

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

As expected, EDHM will need a tweak from their wizards as some of the colours are a bit squiffy.

All binds are OK.

I'm now en route to Sol to see if there's anything worth seeing.

EDIT: OK, I've spotted something. I wonder how many C I can get up to before I get there... (600c and climbing).

EDIT 2: 1190c and climbing...

 

[TR]

As expected, EDHM will need a tweak from their wizards as some of the colours are a bit squiffy.

All binds are OK.

I'm now en route to Sol to see if there's anything worth seeing.

EDIT: OK, I've spotted something. I wonder how many C I can get up to before I get there... (600c and climbing).

EDIT 2: 1190c and climbing...

Any clues...hints...for them of us what have been up since 03:15 and maybe not totally with it?

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Any clues...hints...for them of us what have been up since 03:15 and maybe not totally with it?

Well, I'm en route to an "Ancient Probe" in Sol but it's a longer journey than the one to Hutton... not sure if this has always been in Sol but hey ho. Voyager is out here too but I know that's an old thing.

EDIT: oh, actually, there's three "Ancient Probes" but I have no intention of going to them all.

EDIT 2: 1,500c and climbing.

 

[TR]

Well, I'm en route to an "Ancient Probe" in Sol but it's a longer journey than the one to Hutton... not sure if this has always been in Sol but hey ho. Voyager is out here too but I know that's an old thing.

Voyager, Voyager 2 and New Horizons have been in-game for a while. But still worth the trip

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

Okay, starting to download...

Edit: Progress bar moves, but no percentage...
Edit 2: Must have been a test run. Now it moves and I get percentage...
Edit 3: Might take some time @ ~9.5 Mbit/s...

 

[CMDR🤐 Wolfzx12r]

Well, I'm en route to an "Ancient Probe" in Sol but it's a longer journey than the one to Hutton... not sure if this has always been in Sol but hey ho. Voyager is out here too but I know that's an old thing.

EDIT: oh, actually, there's three "Ancient Probes" but I have no intention of going to them all.

EDIT 2: 1,500c and climbing.

EDIT 4.9 face. CMDRWolf12r Sol
EDIT 2 1,500 climbing ed-dlo ninor

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Well, according to my left hand panel and my scanning reticule, I should be able to just reach out and touch this "Ancient Probe". But there ain't no nuffin there. Not to physically see, anyway.

Ah well, an interesting diversion...

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Edit 3: Might take some time @ ~9.5 Mbit/s...

Ooof.

I won't share how long it took me

 

[TR]

Well, according to my left hand panel and my scanning reticule, I should be able to just reach out and touch this "Ancient Probe". But there ain't no nuffin there. Not to physically see, anyway.

Ah well, an interesting diversion...

Hmm. The 'Ancient Probes' were always there as objects...one of them, I think, has an associated tourist beacon.

 

[]M[]

Hmm. The 'Ancient Probes' were always there as objects...one of them, I think, has an associated tourist beacon.

Is that the one that was on Mars already? Are they showing up as objects in-game now? :]

 

[Ozric]

Well, according to my left hand panel and my scanning reticule, I should be able to just reach out and touch this "Ancient Probe". But there ain't no nuffin there. Not to physically see, anyway.

Ah well, an interesting diversion...

They should work like signal sources. Voyager 2 was definitely there when I visited 18/12/2014 (crikey that's scary in of itself )
I have photos

Edit. Heh I've just realised from the screenshots that it took me 2 days to find voyager 2. They weren't in the nav panel so you had to line up by eye to nothing and hope for the best. I seem to remember it taking me two tries.

 

[]M[]

Well, according to my left hand panel and my scanning reticule, I should be able to just reach out and touch this "Ancient Probe". But there ain't no nuffin there. Not to physically see, anyway.

Ah well, an interesting diversion...

Oh... or not? ;p

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

Ooof.

I won't share how long it took me

Let me guess. Somewhere under 5 minutes? Or even mere seconds?

Well, I won't have to suffer too long, anymore. The penultimate step of us getting connected to the fibre optics network has been done today. At the rate this has been going so far, the last step should be done around next summer.

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

Ah. Download completed. Installation in progress.

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

Done. See you out there. o7

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

Well, looks like I'd better wait a little... Game keeps crashing.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

I've been playing for a couple hours with no issues at all.

 

[0threeleven]

Well, I'm en route to an "Ancient Probe" in Sol but it's a longer journey than the one to Hutton... not sure if this has always been in Sol but hey ho. Voyager is out here too but I know that's an old thing.

EDIT: oh, actually, there's three "Ancient Probes" but I have no intention of going to them all.

EDIT 2: 1,500c and climbing.

I remember watching a video of a commander chasing one of the star-goids coming at him and he maxed out at 2000c, don't know if that's ship type specific or not.