Made it back, but not before almost blowing it.

Bartizan

Bartizan
Made it back from my first trip to Beagle Point today...what a blast. However I almost ended it feet from the finish line with some bone head move. Found this T Tauri system about 6k from bubble with a nice close rock. Decided to commemorate the occasion with a selfie.

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As you can see I had to zoom away, which of course meant reverse thrust on my setup....going to change that. I lift off, point up and throttle up, hitting boost (as I have done hundreds of times) but alas my throttle was still set to reverse from the selfie and I crashed backwards into the planet violently. Lost shields and 20% hull in a blink. Now down to 71%, I took some screenies of the damage once in orbit and safely headed home feeling foolish I almost blew the trip.

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I know this is more about the ship than my trip but something else I noticed during the trip was a gradual increase in burn residue around leading and trailing edges on the ship as if all the jumps or scooping caused a build up of residue. I couldn't be 100% sure till I got back to a station and did before and afters. Never noticed it before I used the Orange...makes the streaks and burn residue really stand out.

Dirty

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Clean (after repair all)

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Gaffa

Gaffa
Wow, didn't realise that damage was actually viewable, always thought it was just a figure shown on the dash of the ship, must have a look around the ship next time I am damaged badly. Thanks for your most interesting post.
Yours Aye
D38
 
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Bartizan

Bartizan
Gaffa said:
Wow, didn't realise that damage was actually viewable, always thought it was just a figure shown on the dash of the ship, must have a look around the ship next time I am damaged badly. Thanks for your most interesting post.
Yours Aye
D38
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Sadly it's not persistent as you can see in the dirty ship pics, it does linger a bit so you can catch shots right away. Should see what my annie looks like at 12% hull after a battle...can see right into the passageways and compartments
 

Traveller_GG

Traveller_GG
So let me get this straight: you reversed your ship into a planet?

Reverse

Planet

Ship.

Might I suggest you point your ship AT the planet next time? It might help.
 

Bartizan

Bartizan
Traveller_GG said:
So let me get this straight: you reversed your ship into a planet?

Reverse

Planet

Ship.

Might I suggest you point your ship AT the planet next time? It might help.
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yes yes yes......yup.....uhhh....yes. ;)

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Sniffy75 said:
After reversing into a planet, I'd hate to see how you park a car. :D
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Well, to be fair, I have hit more planets than cars.....wait, is that good thing?

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ForeverN00b said:
After 500+ hours in this game I did not know boost worked in reverse!

You learn something new every day.
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Boost doesn't afaik, but it sure seemed to be ignored.
 

dognosh

dognosh
I think you went backwards normally and not because of reverse boost,as it doesn't exist.
I tried the exact thing 2 days ago, I flew backwards at max speed,and boosted. It slowed me down.
Bug maybe?
 

Bartizan

Bartizan
My crashing backwards into the rock was all me....the boost being ignored while in reverse? Would have to try it tonight and see. I chalk the whole thing up to not paying attention which is silly after so long in the black dodging NS and WD and dozens of landings. :)
 
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