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Community Event / Creation Buckyball Run A*: What do you do when a mountain is there? Move it.
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Thank you.
Yes, each row is a stage, so as I have used for the nav. To have the stage targets in the Excel spreadsheet had the advantage that I could quickly continue the route when I had to choose the next star manually.
By the way, I believe the nav try to troll me in the third quarter. He often chose unscoopable stars for the route, although millions of scoopable stars were all around.
Not seriously. They are just a little tired of playing all the time.
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Man, I just can't bring myself to fly back all the way. I'm still with Sadge and have no motivation to get all the 26.000ly behind me again. What about a race back? That's the kind of motivation that will help... in addition, I swear yesterday Sadge whispered through the silence to me: "Hey Sym... you don't have to. Just fly into me... I will teleport you to Lomas Orbiter instantly... believe me!"
Haha... I had exactly the same. I ended up resolving to be the A* welcoming barge for a few days.
I'm well on my way now though, only 12k left!
As well as stalking unsuspecting sidewinders
Like I said though, it may have just been me. The browser on my phone gets lazy sometimes and just refuses to open sites.
I'm 416Ly from Human occupied space now, limping at a full sprint. I'll be pulling into dock with 25% hull health and a cargo-hold loaded to the brim with urine and feces jars. I sure hope my thrusters malfunction(some more) and send me crashing into the side of the outpost. That would be great...
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So... the exploration data took 6 to 7 hours to sell, including me moving on to a new system each time the current system becomes "ALLIED"...I've managed to become allied with around 5 or 6 systems just by selling data to them..
In total I got like 45 mill for the data... which is kinda interesting because now I bought an Asp with that money... so I dunno if I'm gonna "follow the crowd" and race an Asp to Sadge, or stick with my original plan and run the Vulture up there instead....
In total I got like 45 mill for the data... which is kinda interesting because now I bought an Asp with that money... so I dunno if I'm gonna "follow the crowd" and race an Asp to Sadge, or stick with my original plan and run the Vulture up there instead....
Not bad ... Was that exploration data the result of a leisurely trip back from Sag A with a detailed surface scanner? (only that's what I'm planning to do and I did wonder how much I'd be likely to earn from that).
Yes I had a detailed scanner. In the beginning it was VERY leisurely, until I got hit by that trinary system. Then it was more hurried - jump/ping and maybe scan a few interesting looking things. Sometimes I deviated slightly for Neutron Star fields or Black holes, but more or less I was heading in a straight line back home.
By the time I was 5,000 LY from home I was in Buckyball mode, jump/ping all the way home, no scanning. By this time tho, you start to see systems with "First discovered by...." anyway
By the time I was 5,000 LY from home I was in Buckyball mode, jump/ping all the way home, no scanning. By this time tho, you start to see systems with "First discovered by...." anyway
I recognise the feeling...
I reached halfway home earlier today, having been slowly scanning along the way (5 earth-likes so far...). Now I've started just sprinting as I want to get home
.The sad thing is, part of the reason for wanting to get back is to get an Asp and have another go!
Going Out and Coming Back
Who likes statistics? We like statistics!
Time - There And Back Again
12:58:00 03-May-3301 Start Time
15:58:00 17-May-3301 End Time
14d 03h 00m 00s Total Duration
Money - What's the Damage, John?
9,781,444 CR Start Balance
35,336,551 CR End Balance
26,338 CR Module Repair Cost
5,878,779 CR Ship Integrity Cost
25,555,107 CR Total Profit before repairing Ship Integrity
19,676,328 CR Total Profit after repairing Ship Integrity
(I haven't repaired the hull yet - that ~6 million seems harsh)
Ship - How Swiss Cheese Is It?
0% Ship Integrity
77% Hull
76% Frameshift Drive
100% Radiators
(Of COURSE the radiators were at 100% health when I got back)
Reputation - How Impressed Were They?
2,648,948 CR Trailblazer Starting reputation
3,964,297 CR Trailblazer Checked after each few pages sold
4,982,649 CR Pathfinder Ticked over between 3.9 and 4.9 million
11,197,719 CR Pathfinder Last time I checked before the next level
18,863,098 CR Ranger Ticked over between 11.1 and 18.8 million
24,586,182 CR Ranger Ending reputation
Dim the Lights, Time for the Slides
I've created an album of the coolest shots from my trip out and back, but I'm going to highlight a few fun things below.
The best part of going out was finding Earth Like Worlds
The worst part was taking an Anaconda and getting back to discover the repair cost was 26k CR
Actually that's a lie, the absolute worst part was checking the repair screen and discovering the ship integrity repair cost was nearly 6 million CR
Another tip for the future is don't take vanity shots in a trinary system because you might have to exit the game to stop from exploding
You can tell I'm a casual explorer because I took one look at this system and jumped right out
The first time THIS happened I nearly fell out of my chair
You get to see spectacular things out in the dark
When selling your data, spread it around to get some reputation - I managed to get this personalised invitation!
Lessons Learned
Thank you to everyone who took part, and to my friends - including Commanders Alex Rider and Halo Jones - for chatting during the trip out and back. Time to get the Vulture out and cook some fools.
Who likes statistics? We like statistics!
Time - There And Back Again
12:58:00 03-May-3301 Start Time
15:58:00 17-May-3301 End Time
14d 03h 00m 00s Total Duration
Money - What's the Damage, John?
9,781,444 CR Start Balance
35,336,551 CR End Balance
26,338 CR Module Repair Cost
5,878,779 CR Ship Integrity Cost
25,555,107 CR Total Profit before repairing Ship Integrity
19,676,328 CR Total Profit after repairing Ship Integrity
(I haven't repaired the hull yet - that ~6 million seems harsh)
Ship - How Swiss Cheese Is It?
0% Ship Integrity
77% Hull
76% Frameshift Drive
100% Radiators
(Of COURSE the radiators were at 100% health when I got back)
Reputation - How Impressed Were They?
2,648,948 CR Trailblazer Starting reputation
3,964,297 CR Trailblazer Checked after each few pages sold
4,982,649 CR Pathfinder Ticked over between 3.9 and 4.9 million
11,197,719 CR Pathfinder Last time I checked before the next level
18,863,098 CR Ranger Ticked over between 11.1 and 18.8 million
24,586,182 CR Ranger Ending reputation
Dim the Lights, Time for the Slides
I've created an album of the coolest shots from my trip out and back, but I'm going to highlight a few fun things below.
The best part of going out was finding Earth Like Worlds
The worst part was taking an Anaconda and getting back to discover the repair cost was 26k CR
Actually that's a lie, the absolute worst part was checking the repair screen and discovering the ship integrity repair cost was nearly 6 million CR
Another tip for the future is don't take vanity shots in a trinary system because you might have to exit the game to stop from exploding
You can tell I'm a casual explorer because I took one look at this system and jumped right out
The first time THIS happened I nearly fell out of my chair
You get to see spectacular things out in the dark
When selling your data, spread it around to get some reputation - I managed to get this personalised invitation!
Lessons Learned
- Take a much smaller ship
- Take a smaller fuel tank
- The D-rated modules are good for weight
- But smaller class modules that are A-rated for weight and heat management
- Take more Auto-Field Maintenance Units than you think you need
- No, really, take a much smaller ship, that hull repair hurt
- Equip some scanners and use them on the way back
- Going out and back got me a lot of ranks in explorer and more than paid for the trip
- The Buckyball Run A* event got me used to exploring in the same way that the BBR 5 got me used to docking
- That is to say, slamming my ship frantically into the corona of stars in a desperate effort to make it to the next waypoint
Thank you to everyone who took part, and to my friends - including Commanders Alex Rider and Halo Jones - for chatting during the trip out and back. Time to get the Vulture out and cook some fools.
You make my activities sound really sketchy...As well as stalking unsuspecting sidewinders
Amen to that...
I'm atill about 17K from home, 8k out from Sag.
Halo Jones Keeps getting tempted with earth like worlds. Almost thinking of turning back to go look at the great annihilator.. This lil' Hauler is still at 93% hull.
Ahem. Yes I am aware of the Iron Lich effect... My next post may be less (Au)cocky
.,;:|| Cmdr Over ||:;,.
Halo Jones Keeps getting tempted with earth like worlds. Almost thinking of turning back to go look at the great annihilator.. This lil' Hauler is still at 93% hull.
Ahem. Yes I am aware of the Iron Lich effect... My next post may be less (Au)cocky
.,;:|| Cmdr Over ||:;,.
@Dean Smith
I assume that 6million integrity repair bill was for an Anaconda?
Edit: never mind, just looked at your photo album.
I assume that 6million integrity repair bill was for an Anaconda?
Edit: never mind, just looked at your photo album.
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I think it was said earlier in the thread that the scan data from just honk and run there and back gets about 12m credits.
Plus you save whatever the insurance cost of your ship is.
And if you go more slowly (and actually do some detailed scans), you get your name on a number of systems as "first discovered by" (plus more credits from Universal Cartographics).
If those aren't sufficient, then Sadge is calling...
EDIT: Oh, and bragging rights. Mustn't forget the bragging rights
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A certain texan ranger would probably just say "for the damn glory" but if you don't subscribe to that point of view then how about in order to see some wonders and to make a small fortune in exploration data (and raise your exploration rank a notch or two) while doing so which you can spread around when you get back in order to earn reputation with numerous different factions?
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