Equatorial cannonball run

[HJ]-RedRaven

[HJ]-RedRaven
Qohen Leth said:
For some reason, I think it's both great and a bit sad that we have to come to that kind of challenge to rekindle the fun in exploration.
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I don't think its sad. Why? Historically, explorers have picked all sorts of seemingly-pointless goals to pursue. Why stand at the top of Everest? Why be the first to stand at the South Pole?

In ED - Why go to Beagle Point? And why drive around it when you get there?

George Mallory's famous line "Because it's there" speaks volumes to the true explorer.
 

disorganise

disorganise
Is it ok to paste responses from support here? If not, mods feel free to delete.

Thanks for getting in touch. This is perhaps the most bizarre thing I've ever seen whilst working here, so congratulations!

After watching your video, my guess was that the game's calculators were off and it though you'd collided with some terrain. I loaded up your game logs to investigate and... well...

We have five categories of death. Five different ways in which a commander's ship can be destroyed. These are easily categorised for us in Customer Support to quickly ascertain what's happened, so we can see a number 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and immediately understand why a ship was destroyed.

Your game logs have a number 6 next to them. A 6! I've never seen a 6 before.

Basically, not even the game can work out why you died. What you've encountered is a completely unique, one-of-a-kind bug that has no way of being reproduced and will likely never happen again.
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Soooooo....guess that puts any question of what to do out the window doesn't it? We all knew BP was a bit....odd. Now we know it it has a mind of it's own :D Support also indicated they've replaced the SRV - need to decide whether to acknowledge it's existence for RP reasons; either I exploded and therefore have just one SRV left, or I didn't really explode. I'll back on the surface in the morning to make a decision.....
 

Jon474

Banned
Jon474
For RP purposes treat it like a "Pam wakes to hear Bobby in the shower" moment. (cf TV programme Dallas, for those of you too young to have watched this!)

You just had a bad dream after collapsing through exhaustion at the controls of the SRV. After all, it is now widely acknowledged, albeit with great respect, that you are as mad as a bag of frogs.

The craft recognised you were unconscious and so went into safety shut down mode. You will regain awareness back in the driving seat of your SRV...exactly where you fell asleep. Nothing has happened here.

Don't drive tired.

Fly safe
Jon
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Arnoldo

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Glad you got confirmation that death is only a glitch :) Wishing you continued good luck (better luck??) with the next stages of your epic journey..
 
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Macedonica

Macedonica
A 6?!?! Now that is a legend in the making! Shame it happened but what a comment to receive from the support guys. You rolled an unlucky 6 . . .

Tricky position now, though. I sympathise with your plight!
 

disorganise

disorganise
Maybe 6 is "death by Thargoids" but since that code isn't supposed to be active yet, support haven't been informed of the 6.

I found myself about 280km above the surface and a bit over 3 degrees off the position of the srv when it let loose.

I landed (ultra carefully since it been weeks since I've flown, let alone land) near the last known and was a bit disappointed not to find any wreckage.

On the other hand, no wreckage does make the Dallas style possibility more feasible so will probably go with that. Just have to ignore the fact the gun is fully rearmed - not only did I have a terrible dream about going 'pop' but I also managed to synthesise ammo in my sleep.....or......hold the fire button down a for while :D
 
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Alec Turner

Alec Turner
disorganise said:
Day 47; End position Ship in Orbit
Have no idea what happened. One second I was skipping over a small mound and the next a big flash and a force almost strong enough to detach my eyes from their sockets as the emergency ejection capsule activated. Mission failure.
http://plays.tv/video/57ab8f1462a626413c/srv-explodes-mid-air
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Arghhh! I don't know about you but that stabbed me through the heart, even from here.

My sincere condolences.

P.S. so just how long DID you stare at VEHICLE DESTROYED before you were able to move again?

Edit: although having caught up with this thread now I see that rumours of your death have been greatly exaggerated.
 
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disorganise

disorganise
Alec Turner said:
Arghhh! I don't know about you but that stabbed me through the heart, even from here.

My sincere condolences.

P.S. so just how long DID you stare at VEHICLE DESTROYED before you were able to move again?

Edit: although having caught up with this thread now I see that rumours of your death have been greatly exaggerated.
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Thanks mate.
Probably stared in utter disbelief for a good 10 mins.

But all's good now. I WILL finish this little jaunt :)
 

disorganise

disorganise
Day 47; End position 0.0103/29.1020, Distance today 10km, Cumulative total 4,690km, Completed: 58.08%
Day 48; End position -0.126/32.0411, Distance today 60km, Cumulative total 4,750km, Completed: 58.90%
Day 49; End position -0.0023/38.3976, Distance today 140km, Cumulative total 4,890km, Completed: 60.67%

AAAARGGGHHH!
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It's been a couple of days, but I still can't shake that image of the structural integrity failing and the entire buggy experiencing explosive decompression. Dream? Night terror? I don't know what you call it, or what the cause of it is, but it has certainly left me shaken. Each 'morning' I wake to the cold sweats and increased heart rate. Maybe I've been out here too long. Maybe this is the space madness that is spoken of.
Extra care is the result. A nagging worry of a future ending with a flash of light....a premonition if you will. And so progress is inevitably a little slower. But there is progress - I should be thankful for that...I could, after all, have departed this universe with a bang.

 

disorganise

disorganise
Day 50; End position 0.012/41.4816, Distance today 70km, Cumulative total 4,960km, Completed: 61.52%
Day 51; End position 0/43.8369, Distance today 50km, Cumulative total 5,010km, Completed: 62.18%
Day 52; End position 0.0315/45.6983, Distance today 50km, Cumulative total 5,060km, Completed: 62.69%
Day 53; End position 0/47.8503, Distance today 40km, Cumulative total 5,100km, Completed: 63.29%

Be glad to see the back of these frustrating forties. Seems to be an endless series of valleys and progress killing hills.
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It's also growing darker again now that the galaxy is setting behind me
http://plays.tv/video/57b6202f747ccf1c3d/bp2-going-dark-again
 

disorganise

disorganise
Day 54; End position 0/60, Distance today 270km, Cumulative total 5,370km, Completed: 66.67%

The forties were awful. So glad to leave them behind. The fifties were much flatter - there were some troubling sections, but nonetheless I was able to get a wriggle on. Whilst my average speed in the 40's was around 16m/s, the 50's saw me averaging 21 m/s. A huge increase and much more satisfying. The day was about chasing red. A fairly bright red star appeared on the horizon early in the 'day' (remembering it's permanent night in this area) and slowly climbed. At first I thought I was seeing things - maybe a refracted light element, but after several checks, it was indeed *above* the horizon line. Sadly, the SRV is suffering for its long journey and the camera took the glitch hit today. Oh well.
 

[HJ]-RedRaven

[HJ]-RedRaven
2/3 of the way round, wow. Just wow.

Agreed driving in the dark is just plain difficult, and tiring. Depending on the terrain, the headlights are either great, or a nuisance.

Repped again (dang, can't!) :/
 

Jermus

Jermus
Hello CMDR disorganise (at least, I presume this is also your CMDR ID),

I just read about your undertaking and I have to say that I am totally impressed with it. In hindsight I have to admit that I had enough hints to have noticed this thread sooner (e.g. I have been a faithful follower of CMDR Felix Macedonica's planet bound travels), but I was a tad bit preoccupied with my own attempts to get to Beagle Point to give this thread the attention it deserves. Mind you, I have not arrived yet at Beagle Point, but if all goes well I might even make it before you have completed your circumnavigation of Darwin's Legacy. If so, I will come and visit you in the hope to offer some moral support in the latter days of your cannonball run. I do have some experience in planet bound travel, as I have spent some 20 days on gathering enough jumponium to make it to Beagle Point. This pales of course in the light of your achievement, but gives me enough confidence to travel some time together with you.

Hope to see you on Darwin's Legacy.

Fly Drive safe,
CMDR Jermus
 

disorganise

disorganise
[HJ]-RedRaven said:
2/3 of the way round, wow. Just wow.

Agreed driving in the dark is just plain difficult, and tiring. Depending on the terrain, the headlights are either great, or a nuisance.

Repped again (dang, can't!) :/
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Appreciate the support Cmdr o7

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Jermus said:
Hello CMDR disorganise (at least, I presume this is also your CMDR ID),

I just read about your undertaking and I have to say that I am totally impressed with it. In hindsight I have to admit that I had enough hints to have noticed this thread sooner (e.g. I have been a faithful follower of CMDR Felix Macedonica's planet bound travels), but I was a tad bit preoccupied with my own attempts to get to Beagle Point to give this thread the attention it deserves. Mind you, I have not arrived yet at Beagle Point, but if all goes well I might even make it before you have completed your circumnavigation of Darwin's Legacy. If so, I will come and visit you in the hope to offer some moral support in the latter days of your cannonball run. I do have some experience in planet bound travel, as I have spent some 20 days on gathering enough jumponium to make it to Beagle Point. This pales of course in the light of your achievement, but gives me enough confidence to travel some time together with you.

Hope to see you on Darwin's Legacy.

Fly Drive safe,
CMDR Jermus
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Yes to Cmdr Disorganise....With a capital D in game - somehow stuffed it up signing up for the forum. I shall look forward to your visit - can you bring a razor? :D
 

disorganise

disorganise
Apologies if this boring, but I don't know how else to collate the pics from Imgur into some sensible order with meta-data. At least here I can add spoiler tags :D

I have a feeling the co-ordinates system is somewhat broken - at least on the grid map view of the planet. I neglected to take regular snaps, especially 'round back' but was surprised to see I was allegedly starting a 2nd circuit. so now I'm taking more regular snaps. Here's what I have so far:

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In all cases, I have not rotated the planet in any way.

Edit; hmmm... the feint 'ribbons' that come from the planet seem to be different. I wonder if the overall sphere is somehow oriented to the system? Despite being tidally locked, the planet must still rotate relative to the star as it travels *around* the star - so maybe this diagram is showing the grid rotated relative to star?
 
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