Take your time, enjoy the sleep! I'm sure Bucky probably has a wicked hangover to add to the jet-lag too...So, race summary! Uh... A bunch of stuff happened. Alot's back on top. Ughhhh... I got some work to do.
Be nice to play some 1.3 at some point, too. And get some sleep. Seriously, I got some world class jet-lag setting in.
So anway, maybe in the next couple of days I'll get it all straightened out. Or maybe not. You know how it goes.
Radio Sidewinder of course.. though im not sure I could do 12 hrs of tori chimes ads again.
Welcome back Ez, be sure to check Alots bmps haven't been doctored for me , what he posted looked suspicious
get bucky to give them a good sniff.Great time, well done.Yes, that is 10 hrs 54 Mins and 20 Secs
Yes, that is 10 hrs 54 Mins and 20 Secs
. Welcome back and I hope you had a good holiday!Cheeky so-and-so.Welcome back Ez, be sure to check Alots bmps haven't been doctored for me , what he posted looked suspicious
Welcome back EZ, hope you had a good break, oh and a very professional job on the updated leader board by the way!Tranquility base here, the Roo has landed!
Back after a two-week self-imposed exile, Bucky will be back on the job updating the leaderboard and mailing out bumper stickers. From the looks of things, looks like we're gonna need another roll of stamps.
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I think that's a bit closer to the truth.
Hello my old friend!
I crawled out of the bar on Galileo sometime last night and decided to head off early to beat the worst of the traffic, like all good Brits going on holiday.
In the end, it didn't take as long as you would have thought to get to Sag A* in a 1.4M ship.
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Yes, that is 10 hrs 54 Mins and 20 Secs
Whilst I am very, very pleased with the time, I was on track for a much better time for the first 18 Kylies or so...then the GalMap absolutely slaughtered me, with nearly 54 minutes spent on the last 8 plots. Remember that I travelled 17 kylies last weekend just to make sure I had my magic numbers sorted, so I thought I would do better than this.
I tried absolutely everything to get a good time but the map just locked solid at 0 fps once a plot was started, I even had to exit (very, very slowly) to main menu to kill one plot (which worked). The map performance was very variable over the last 10 kylies. with frame rates between 5 and 15 fps just looking at it, let alone plotting.
Anyway, the last 811 LY was an exciting race against time - I wanted to break 11 hrs! I was at 10 hrs 21 mins, with a 25 Jump route to plot. 15.5 mins later I finally got a plot and was off. I don't think she was much below 75% heat for those last few jumps
Here are some numbers for those who enjoy such things:
- Running Bare had a max range of 34.9 LY, and a jerry can for a fuel tank
- 795 Jumps, averaging 32.6 LY per jump (straight line, not actual, haven't calculated that distance yet)
- 26 plots, totalling 1 hr 19 mins 21 secs
- Average of 49 seconds per jump (including all that plot time)
- Only 1 instance of 2 non-scoopables in a row, but lead to 2 replots to manually get past a cluster of browns
- Not one emergency stop
Considering that I have exceeded the manufacturers limits on running at sustained high temperatures. Running Bare has come out of this very well.
Finally, the most important modification,View attachment 43915
Red Paint does make you go faster, especially with speed stripes
It's the only way to travel.
Hey there, good luck and be sure to pack some entertainment.
Findings regarding PowerPlay and Its Effects on Buckyball Runs (current and future)
In a nutshell... almost no effect. "Civilizsed space will be hostile to the majority of players" (only to those who have pledged to a power), while technically true, is underwhelming. It was no more dangerous than taking a stroll in an anarchy system.
In order not to present a "wall of text" for people who are not interested, the rest of this post is placed inside spoiler tags.
Before I started my test, these are the conditions:
1. Friendly to Federation
2. Neutal to Empire and Alliance
3. Start location is Sol
4. ALLIED with all minor factions in Sol.
5. In SOLO mode - did not want players to muck up my tests
Since I wanted to test hosilities, I deliberately picked an Empire power to pledge to.. and who better than that hot chick Aisling?
After pledging, I noticed the word "HOSTILE" on my dashboard, where the usual "Speeding" and "WANTED" labels are. So now I'm supposedly in hostile space, in Sol.
I launched from Abraham Lincoln, and all ships are still GREEN to me. I saw a couple of neutral ships, they were supporting some other people (Edward and Archon something). They ignored me, I ignored them. Nothing happened.
I jumped into SC, headed for Titan. Primarily I just wanted to fly around and see what the reaction was. I got interdicted twice - once by "Federal Agents" belonging to that Archon guy (which I promptly dispatched and earned 600 cr for all 3 of them), and the 2nd time was by a Sol authority system vessel.. the cops. Interesting since I'm CLEAN and cops normally don't interdict "clean" players. So I dropped out and let him scan me. He's GREEN to me. After that he just jumped out with no shots fired.
Incidentally that was when I learnt Sol was under the control of Hudson. Maybe that's why I got interdicted by the cops (different PP faction) but no shots fired (ALLIED Federal Congress).
Step 2 test - jump to another Federation system where I am not ALLIED with the minor factions. So I did, to EZ Aquarii. Ships still GREEN to me, cuz I am "friendly" with Federation. No interdictions happened.
Step 3 - Empire system test. I picked ZELAND because it's under control of Patreus, directly opposing Aisling (the one I pledged support to). Jumped in, no "HOSTILE" tag. Interesting. All ships neutral, could see a couple of GREEN ships cuz they were traders from Federation. No interdictions all the way in to the station.
Step 4 - Alliance system test. I picked LAVE (good old Lave!). Nothing happened on the way to Lave. After arriving at Lave, about 50% ships were GREEN to me. Ah, probably due to being friendly for trading rares in the past. "HOSTILE" tag appeared. No interdictions all the way to Lave station.
As you can see, it's almost no difference whether you pledged in PP or not. It may make a difference if you're a trader or a bounty hunter where you may probably need to pay attention to who controls what, but for people like me who are mainly explorers, PP made not a lick of difference. It should also make almost no difference to future Buckyball Runs.
Still I clicked "LEAVE ALLEGIANCE" once I got out to about 400 LY away on my next exploration trip
