Out of Fuel? - Explorer Rescue Service, The Fuel Rats
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Awesome, been tight for time due to work atm. Are the stranded now using irc directly?
Yeah that all went down on chat yesterday.
Excellent news! Props to Surley for setting it up, damn you He-Man, two more?!!?!11?!!?
I thought about it. But then I would have had to write something to push the letters out at 300baud. And have a start-up screen where you connected and it was black while there was an audio of a modem negotiation.
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Crap. I kinda like that idea.
Did I or did I not warn you all about my lack of design skills and sensibilities? I did! I did!
I would like to encourage people to post here stories, rescue-reports, chat logs, screenies, whatever related to rescues. Not because I don't trust people, but because it's glorious and interesting!
Muffindrake had some serious trouble with instancing during his rescue; this is something we need to figure out how to resolve because we nearly lost a client.
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I love the idea.
FOR GLORY !
Also when I rescued someone we (Anuranium and I) had some trouble with instancing, but it was resolved when we checked the "enable wing beacon" from our side. SO what I gather from this is rescuee and rescuer have to enable wing beacon to both be in the same instance. Weirdly enough, the Rescuee said he was seeing us both but we weren't seeing him. A quick trip to SC after enabling wing beacon sorted things tho.
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STOP PRESS - FUEL RATS MAKE GALNET NEWS
Each year, thousands of pilots go missing in the black.
Some are waylaid by pirates. Others are lost to the dangers of space.
However, an estimated 63% of all deep space losses are attributed to
pilots who simply run out of fuel in an area where others rarely tread.
Now a new initiative, which is being backed by the Pilots Federation,
is hoping to turn those figures around. A group of independent pilots,
calling themselves the Fuel Rats, have begun patrolling the outer fringes
of civilisation. Their mission? To provide assistance to traders and
explorers before their life support runs out.
Commander Murishani of the Fuel Rats issued the following public service
announcement regarding what to do in case of a fuel shortage:
1) Do not panic. Panicking costs fuel and air. You are running out of both!
2) Remain with your ship. Exit supercruise. Throttle to 0. Disable nonessential modules.
3) Call for help from the Fuel Rats immediately. Time is precious.
4) Reduce activity and food consumption. Preserve oxygen. Wait for help.
A full list of active members of the Fuel Rats is available from the
Pilots Federation upon request.
Each year, thousands of pilots go missing in the black.
Some are waylaid by pirates. Others are lost to the dangers of space.
However, an estimated 63% of all deep space losses are attributed to
pilots who simply run out of fuel in an area where others rarely tread.
Now a new initiative, which is being backed by the Pilots Federation,
is hoping to turn those figures around. A group of independent pilots,
calling themselves the Fuel Rats, have begun patrolling the outer fringes
of civilisation. Their mission? To provide assistance to traders and
explorers before their life support runs out.
Commander Murishani of the Fuel Rats issued the following public service
announcement regarding what to do in case of a fuel shortage:
1) Do not panic. Panicking costs fuel and air. You are running out of both!
2) Remain with your ship. Exit supercruise. Throttle to 0. Disable nonessential modules.
3) Call for help from the Fuel Rats immediately. Time is precious.
4) Reduce activity and food consumption. Preserve oxygen. Wait for help.
A full list of active members of the Fuel Rats is available from the
Pilots Federation upon request.
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This is cool. I'm glad to be offering to help in this way and props to all those guys who've managed a rescue so far. I'm in my ASP again right now, but gonna sell my T9 to build my Anaconda explorer ship for more deep space stuff.
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Sure. Anuranium will be the first to achieve Elite rank in fuel ratting.
Joking aside, that's quite cool.
Nice!
(Wait, I never signed up, did I. Sign me up, please.)
(Wait, I never signed up, did I. Sign me up, please.)
Yep, dumb luck strikes again. Was down in Eravate for some advertising, and checking in on a dubious CMDR down there when a call came in - In a system less than 20LY away. Just as I enter station to resupply limpets another call came in, only 6 jumps away.
This is awesome!
Now for the instancing troubles. Some of my thoughts and suggestions:
- First of all, when trying to wing up with a customer, send a text message and a voice comms request (no need to accept it) to him/her before the wing-invite. This has proven successful several times. I have no technical explanation for this other than it seems to "open the p2p channels".
- If you are unable to get into the instance where the customer is located, completely exit the game, both you and the customer. A previous wing, long travel distance or a long gaming session seems to increase the likelyhood of these kinds of failures. Often a complete client restart (not just to main menu) will solve this.
- Geographical real life position may have some influence on wether or not you are able to connect to the customer. If multiple fuel rats on site and no-one is able to jump in to his/hers instance, let the fuel rat who is closest geographically create a wing with the customer and get in the instance. (Worked with Loetmichel in his rescue)
- If all else fails and the customer has enough fuel, ask him/her to do a short hop into supercruise. This seems to "reset" the p2p, as you will most likely be able to see him/her in SC, and jump into the same instance when the costumer drops to normal space.
If anyone has other ideas/suggestions on how to improve this, I'm all ears. Should the day come when a customer dies because of the "instance bug", we have to make sure we have done everything in our power to prevent this from happening.
Kudos to Muffindrake for figuring this out under great duress in a most dramatic rescue. I salute you!
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Ah this is still happening? In addition to sending a text you can also send a voice request, iirc the request doesn't need to be accepted just made.
It seems ot be the same principle as sending the text, you're establishing a direct p2p link (or something) to the other player.
OK, you asked for it:
First one was a Viper ... juckily with shields. On that note: i would say we should add a requiremet to put the limpets all alone in a firegroup.
I had a little mishap with the wrong fire button there... I can confirm that 2 med beam turrets can eat 2 shield rings off a viper in the time needed to retract them.
Second one was a Vulture, where we (anuranium, domaq and me) had loads of problems jumped into his wing beacon about 8 times: noone there
only when i dissolved the wing and rewinged to him alone i could get into his instance.
Gentlemen. If I could draw your attention to this thread https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=160633
it looks like the time has come to open an Xbox Fuel Rats chapter.
Maybe the OP can add the Xbox guys to the front end post once they organise?
it looks like the time has come to open an Xbox Fuel Rats chapter.
Maybe the OP can add the Xbox guys to the front end post once they organise?
Indeed but not deliberately, re reading the other thread an Xbox guy said squadron. I just feel a chapter of rats is fitting
Personally, I like it
I just feel a chapter of rats is fitting
"Chapter" sounds better (and less smelly) than "Nest"
"Chapter" it is!
Definitely, a wing of Fuel Rats is a Mischief.
That way we can say: "For the mischief!"
It means that we won't get a bounty on our tails for rescuing someone!! This is important because it, uh, differentiates us from pirates. Or something.
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