Distant Worlds - A journey beyond the Abyss

Valkyreh · Jan 28, 2016

Hey, I posted this in the wrong thread previously sorry!

I've been hearing some strange noises at waypoint 5 and I wanted to check if anyone knows more. Are they normal sounds? Or are they specific to the planet as I only noticed them upon landing at the waypoint(one other cmdr there confirmed he was hearing them too)?

I made this thread to discuss it - I'd love to hear your feedback! https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228106

Ziljan · Jan 28, 2016

Valkyreh said:
Hey, I posted this in the wrong thread previously sorry!

I've been hearing some strange noises at waypoint 5 and I wanted to check if anyone knows more. Are they normal sounds? Or are they specific to the planet as I only noticed them upon landing at the waypoint(one other cmdr there confirmed he was hearing them too)?

I made this thread to discuss it - I'd love to hear your feedback! https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228106

I started a thread with your video in the explorer forums here
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228258
And people are investigating. Confirming where the sounds can be heard.

Ziggy Stardust · Jan 28, 2016

In other news, I found the smallest piece of metal I've come across, just 179 km radius.

AbsolutePK · Jan 28, 2016

Walter Harriman said:
I was wondering why my rank went from 0 % to 1 % during this trip. Unfortunately I don't know how many km's in the SRV that was, somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 km and ~300 materials.

In the Statistics there's SRV distance travelled.

Macros Black · Jan 28, 2016

Ziggy Stardust said:
In other news, I found the smallest piece of metal I've come across, just 179 km radius.

Quick, put it in your pocket before anyone notices it's gone...

Henkka77 · Jan 28, 2016

Just arrived at waypoint 5, really nice place here. Sauna is warming up and beer is cold. Yes, i have a sauna in my Python, after all, im from Finland.

Gudjon262 · Jan 28, 2016

wow that's really cool!
Mind if I ask also how you make your game look like that?

BigF · Jan 28, 2016

Ziggy Stardust said:
In other news, I found the smallest piece of metal I've come across, just 179 km radius.

Do you reckon that if enough of the expedition land there they could either change its gravity or remove enough of its raw materials to change it.

Actually can you land in something that small?

Tried landing on a very very large rock in a planetary ring last night, I could only get a 1mtr hover at best.

Traveller_GG · Jan 28, 2016

Very quickly: what kind of range are people getting out of their 'condas now? I've put together a package that does 33LY unladen. Is that about reasonable? (can't find the discussion on builds at the moment)

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=706,,2-7_Ba9Y8S9YD88I,53c7Um0AA0PAmpU1LU1LU5f62UI2jwm slight tweak gives 34LY

Ziggy Stardust · Jan 28, 2016

BigF said:
Do you reckon that if enough of the expedition land there they could either change its gravity or remove enough of its raw materials to change it.

Actually can you land in something that small?

Tried landing on a very very large rock in a planetary ring last night, I could only get a 1mtr hover at best.

Maybe if we line up and gun it, we can push it out of orbit.

Henkka77 · Jan 28, 2016

Theres actually something strange in this base camp, it duplicated my ship!!

Ziggy Stardust · Jan 28, 2016

It's the Tribble virus! Run!

Walter Harriman · Jan 28, 2016

AbsolutePK said:
In the Statistics there's SRV distance travelled.

Oh I know, what I meant was I didn't actually check when exactly this increase in rank happened, so I don't know exactly how many km's or materials are required for the rank to go up.

Freebird · Jan 28, 2016

I wrote this a while back, but I figure it may become appropriate for many as we progress

Into the void

I must go once more into the void
into the eternal night
A myriad dots in the quiet blackness
Cold and hard, diamond light.

Twinkle twinkle little star,
but not out here;
not where we are.
Here amongst the whispering spheres,
who's song's not meant for human ears
A siren's call, to a deadly embrace,
the last adventure,
an endless sleep

Cula-Ta · Jan 28, 2016

We need a poets corner...

Ziggy Stardust · Jan 28, 2016

Would the corner allow limericks?

cliarlaoch · Jan 28, 2016

Wow. Colour me impressed. Good luck, all!

Cula-Ta · Jan 28, 2016

I think they would be OK in the naughty corner...

Cula-Ta · Jan 28, 2016

As the Crow Flies
A String of Commanders tore across the skies, all heading for base camp one. Little thought was given to their final destination.
Commander Ziggy Stardust joked 'Are we there yet'? Effectively summing up the lighthearted mood of the fleet.
Over the comms a young commander could be heard screaming '1/65th boys, 1/65th' To which many whoop whoops could be heard.
A sage confident voice cut through the cheers, 'As the crow flies commanders, as the crow flies'.

Take-off from base camp one was somewhat subdued after news filtered through an hour before take-off that Cmdr Rikk had downed his ship attempting to land on a 3g world.

The sage Commander from earlier came across the comms '1/130th boys, 1/130th, suit-up, buckle-up we're explorers. We don't follow crows'.

robbyp · Jan 28, 2016

Traveller_GG said:
Very quickly: what kind of range are people getting out of their 'condas now? I've put together a package that does 33LY unladen. Is that about reasonable? (can't find the discussion on builds at the moment)

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=706,,2-7_Ba9Y8S9YD88I,53c7Um0AA0PAmpU1LU1LU5f62UI2jwm slight tweak gives 34LY

37ly unladen. You need 34 -35 for Beagle without jumponium

I have 8 limpets for emergencies later which bring it down to 36.5 at the mo.

The ship eats light years up.