I haven't been involved in any of the previous work, partially due to lack of time, and partially due to interest in pursuing other things... but this is planetary exploration so you can count me in.
Thargoids, Unknown Artefacts, and Merope; A Planetary Landing Expedition
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It's probably still nonsense, but the UA could very well be a link here.
Even better than finding the alloy would be to find a large barnacle
I like it - going barnacle huntin !
OH GOD PLEASE NO! Don't stir up that hornets nest again.
They may not spawn in beta but if we find the Meta Alloys, we know where they can live.
My guess is metal rich in some way.
This reminded me of a quote from Jim Cameron's Avatar.
"I'll do it with minimal casualties to the indigenous. I'll drive 'em out with gas first. It'll be humane. More or less." - Colonel Quaritch
From another Cameron classic, Aliens
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." - Ripley
I want the second one as a bumper sticker on my SRV.
"I'll do it with minimal casualties to the indigenous. I'll drive 'em out with gas first. It'll be humane. More or less." - Colonel Quaritch
From another Cameron classic, Aliens
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." - Ripley
I want the second one as a bumper sticker on my SRV.
Video of UA planet side - thanks to cmdr Civay! He always seems to be around to record things when I have a UA
[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=thAHCvEyIBo[/url]
I saw this earlier today and, having watched it again, it's just... I don't... I...
The 12 year old me would say "It's mental!"
I have now finally arrived at Maia, after numerous detours along they way (I think I have finally figured out this mineral hunting thing out, I now have enougth for 3 refuels, after only using nearly one tank).
Just as Glynie showed, the services are available in Horizons beta.
Here is the commodities view:
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So what kind of ships are you all going out in?
I'm trying to decide between an Asp with explorer load-out or a Python with a general load-out.
What are you all bringing?
I'm trying to decide between an Asp with explorer load-out or a Python with a general load-out.
What are you all bringing?
I'm still undecided, between courier, clipper and cutter, and I'm undecided which role I want to play there.
To anyone thinking of going in a massive ship - be wary of high-gravity planets.
A federal corvette coming in too fast will struggle to climb and will make for a very large pancake
A federal corvette coming in too fast will struggle to climb and will make for a very large pancake
To anyone thinking of going in a massive ship - be wary of high-gravity planets.
A federal corvette coming in too fast will struggle to climb and will make for a very large pancake
I was rather hoping to watch someone do that!
(I'll be in my DBX!)
I accept your challenge.To anyone thinking of going in a massive ship - be wary of high-gravity planets.
A federal corvette coming in too fast will struggle to climb and will make for a very large pancake
So after three days of experimenting and learning the basics of approach, landing, cruising planetside and figuring how the wave scanner works, I'm ready to go exploring the surface of the moons in Merope.
Thinking about this and planning my trip, I had an idea of test to do : is the ship who have an UA on-board do take damages while the pilot is out in a SRV ?
Do a dismissed ship is taking damage at all?
I'll look forward to test this this evening, but if someone did the tests before hand, I'd like to hear about the answers
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Also, subsequent question : do a SRV with an UA on-board take damage?
Thinking about this and planning my trip, I had an idea of test to do : is the ship who have an UA on-board do take damages while the pilot is out in a SRV ?
Do a dismissed ship is taking damage at all?
I'll look forward to test this this evening, but if someone did the tests before hand, I'd like to hear about the answers
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Also, subsequent question : do a SRV with an UA on-board take damage?
To anyone thinking of going in a massive ship - be wary of high-gravity planets.
A federal corvette coming in too fast will struggle to climb and will make for a very large pancake
As an anecdote, I recently tried to take off with my Anaconda from Achenar 3 (which is an almost 7G planet). And i had to boost away just to take off, as soon as I stopped boosting, the ship dropped like a rock and crashed without remedy.
But I believe all of Merope's moons are low gravity so no problem there.
Also, a question about the project, wi'll we be asigned to squads to different moons, or we'll all search one at a time?
I'll have to watch that!
First of all, I'd like to thank you for those fascinating posts about Merope and the UAs. But it see.ms there are still bugs FD has to fix before such stories come in Horizon.
I explain (It's up to you to decide about the conclusion).
Something weird happened to me on Merope 1A yesterday.
I've got shot on Merope 1A in my SRV !
I saw a strange structure with a flashing blue light 400 meters away and I approached (bad idea). Two sentinels took off (the same we have already seen on videos before Horizon Beta release) and attacked me with lasers and missiles. I survived only one little minute.
I went back on the planet at the same location and there was nothing (It may spawn randomly).
I went to another location on the planet (around the blue spots on the surface) and I saw this :
For your (curious) eyes only :
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I've got more pictures but they are too big to upload on one post:
Any ideas?
I explain (It's up to you to decide about the conclusion).
Something weird happened to me on Merope 1A yesterday.
I've got shot on Merope 1A in my SRV !
I saw a strange structure with a flashing blue light 400 meters away and I approached (bad idea). Two sentinels took off (the same we have already seen on videos before Horizon Beta release) and attacked me with lasers and missiles. I survived only one little minute.
I went back on the planet at the same location and there was nothing (It may spawn randomly).
I went to another location on the planet (around the blue spots on the surface) and I saw this :
For your (curious) eyes only :
4 Sentinels
And something looking an UFO with strange symbols on it
I've got more pictures but they are too big to upload on one post:
Any ideas?
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Naturally I'll record the results, for science.
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