I think his silence means he's stumped for an answer....
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I think his silence means he's stumped for an answer....
Did you just...?
Hey I could've said he limped home you know....
When I started this thread I was distraught, a bit shell shocked even. I genuinely intended to walk away from Elite for a few weeks.
Not quite 96 hours later and I've spent most of my idle time thinking about what I'll call my new ship (Sunny Side Up is lost in the void, her replacement will be called Unbounded Silence) and where I'm going to take her (I think out to the Crab Nebula - I was on a final approach when I blew up intending to turn Solwards and return home along the line of nebulae from there to the Pleiades as my planned return leg so it can be my new outbound leg and I'll decide where to go next when I get there).
Stick of Truth is a good game and I'm enjoying it, but I think I might have become addicted to flying my spaceship in the black.
Not quite 96 hours later and I've spent most of my idle time thinking about what I'll call my new ship (Sunny Side Up is lost in the void, her replacement will be called Unbounded Silence) and where I'm going to take her (I think out to the Crab Nebula - I was on a final approach when I blew up intending to turn Solwards and return home along the line of nebulae from there to the Pleiades as my planned return leg so it can be my new outbound leg and I'll decide where to go next when I get there).
Stick of Truth is a good game and I'm enjoying it, but I think I might have become addicted to flying my spaceship in the black.
Sorry for your loss, but if you still have a journal, or if you made screenshots of where you went and what you discovered, whatever you lost out there could still be preserved via the mapping project. It won't bring back your credits or the potential rank you would have gained, but a little bit of what you achieved could live on and be part of the maps we're putting together.
Something to ponder?
Edit: Just realised, even the system your ship blew up in is now a historical point of interest. If you can think of an appropriate name for that system I'll add it to the relevant map? You made a bit of Elite history as the longest expedition that failed to return.. that's a good historical entry.
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I do have a folder full of screen shots and I am intending to make a post with my favourites before I head back out again.
I know roughly where I bought it, I'll be going back past (there was a planetary nebula one jump away - that was the picture I was renaming - that I do have the name of but I don't want to reveal until I get back and see if it's discovered yet). I'll have a think about an appropriate name.
I know roughly where I bought it, I'll be going back past (there was a planetary nebula one jump away - that was the picture I was renaming - that I do have the name of but I don't want to reveal until I get back and see if it's discovered yet). I'll have a think about an appropriate name.
Excellent. I'll also need the name of your ship that was lost so I can add it to the system description.
Maybe petition FD to rename the nebula the "Oops Nebula" or "Iain Cloud"
Or looking at his forum name & what he was doing :
"The Devil's Picture" or "The Devil's Downfall"
Either way I smart every time I come to this thread, horrible
Excellent. I'll also need the name of your ship that was lost so I can add it to the system description.
The Cobra Mk III Sunny Side Up was lost in the system CYOIDAI KD-B B33-0 (henceforth to be known as 'Sunny Side Down') when a bizarre camera malfunction lead to a catastrophic overheating while attempting to take a picture of the planetary nebula CYOIDAI GH-U E3-3
Her replacement, Silence Unbounded, has now reached the scene of the incident and there is no longer any observable wreckage.
The planetary nebula was successfully jumped to on the return trip where much fun was had flying round the small (2.6 solar masses) black hole watching the background warp with every turn (one day I'll figure out how to get the camera on this ship to record video...).
CMDR INTERFECTOR XTF has been here already and registered the details with UC but hey ho.
A few pictures:
(there are rings around the Y dwarf, honest)
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Silence Unbounded...haha I like it.
Similar thing happened to me, although not so much was lost. So I bound my Silent Running to that furthest switch over there on the right. I have to reach for it, so no mistakes.
Similar thing happened to me, although not so much was lost. So I bound my Silent Running to that furthest switch over there on the right. I have to reach for it, so no mistakes.
Silence Unbounded...haha I like it.
Similar thing happened to me, although not so much was lost. So I bound my Silent Running to that furthest switch over there on the right. I have to reach for it, so no mistakes.
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I must have that. It calls to me.
