Screenie(s)...

[SpaceGoblin]

OMNOMNOMNOMNOM
https://i.imgur.com/haV7n9n.jpg
These missions are really profitable.

Wait...

Is that sidey scooping the Thargoid artefacts directly to the cargo-hold like some kind of purple pac-man?!?!?!?!?!

I wish I'd thought to try that!

Also - that last shot is also very atmospheric!

 

[Vardaugas]

Wait...

Is that sidey scooping the Thargoid artefacts directly to the cargo-hold like some kind of purple pac-man?!?!?!?!?!

I wish I'd thought to try that!

Also - that last shot is also very atmospheric!

You can target mission items from quite a distance and scoop them up with your ship. Not sure if it works with bigger ships or normal cargo canisters. Non-mission items need you to get much closer, almost poking your nose on them, but it works.

 

[Stealthie]

You can target mission items from quite a distance and scoop them up with your ship. Not sure if it works with bigger ships or normal cargo canisters. Non-mission items need you to get much closer, almost poking your nose on them, but it works.

Works with any ship and anything collectible.

Pro-tip: Best ships for it are the "short & wide" ships (Sidey, Cobra, Viper) cos you retain a useful degree of pitch without bumping the nose/tail on the ground.
It's possible with longer ships (or any ship) but you have to be much more precise about your angle of pitch as you move in to scoop.
I've also tried it with an Eagle, DBX and an iCourier and it was possible but fiddlier.
I also tried it with an Anaconda but, erm, we don't talk about that anymore.

Here's me tying it in my starter Sidey:-

And here's my Viper 3 earning it's living:-

 

[Spacecat]

Haha, never knew this was possible!

 

[SpaceGoblin]

Adventures of a SpaceGoblin!

Refuelling somewhere in the Pleiades Cluster:

So, after a little (and in fairness to the guilty, it was only a little ) encouragement from a couple of CMDRs in this thread I have created my own 'Adventures of a SpaceGoblin: in pictures' thread!

Its in the RP section, seemed the best place for it, but don't let that put you off, its pretty lightweight stuff, honest - its mostly captioned screenies of my travels and activities!

Fair warning its already (just) onto its 2nd page!

 

[vermu]

My first big ship.

 

[merlin851526]

Ah good old Dav's Hope still there.

 

[PashPliskin]

My first big ship.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4641/38656464894_8f06f6c813_k.jpg

What settings are you running the game with? It looks amazing!

 

[Rojo Habe]

Haha, never knew this was possible!

This was used extensively during DWE in order to get a Sidey to Beagle Point: couple of commanders in SRVs shooting rocks for the Sidey to scoop up and make jumponiuim.

This was, of course, before Engineers made it possible any other way.

 

[merlin851526]

The Cathedral size cockpit of the T10 is a sight to behold. God I wish we had space legs.

 

[vermu]

What settings are you running the game with? It looks amazing!

It's my reshade settings, nothing fancy, just a little boost to original. That pic was one of the moments you get with elite. Some times lightning is just spot on.

 

[vermu]

I thought I couldn't enjoy any ship after asp X. Boy I was wrong. I am having so much fun with my anaconda. This is real photoshooters ship. It looks good in all angles.

 

[SpaceGoblin]

More inflight refuelling, this time at Asterope:

 

[SpaceGoblin]

Star images seem to be well received, so here's a few more

Observing a modest CME event:

Aaaand a few stars later, an Icarus moment!

I'm going to blame it on having changed the spoiler - I'll have to change it back! [uhh]

 

[Lightspeed]

Vandalism 3303

 

[PiLhEaD]

More inflight refuelling, this time at Asterope:

https://i.imgur.com/6NvIZ7R.png

Nice!

 

[Stealthie]

The black.

 

[2Karl]

I'm fantastically late to the party regarding all of this alien ruins nonsense, but I went there and I done this:

And then I swung by Antares on the way back (I know it's not on the way back), just to see if my Ghar army were anywhere in sight:

 

[Riverside]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd....982/2870FAAE50AFCE105115EC9325405F3F45EEC0DB/

Ruins aside, one of the things I've done is to fly from one planet to another without supercruise. I like that the game is able to handle that.

 

[AkenBosch]

You can target mission items from quite a distance and scoop them up with your ship. Not sure if it works with bigger ships or normal cargo canisters. Non-mission items need you to get much closer, almost poking your nose on them, but it works.

Works with any ship and anything collectible.

Pro-tip: Best ships for it are the "short & wide" ships (Sidey, Cobra, Viper) cos you retain a useful degree of pitch without bumping the nose/tail on the ground.
It's possible with longer ships (or any ship) but you have to be much more precise about your angle of pitch as you move in to scoop.
I've also tried it with an Eagle, DBX and an iCourier and it was possible but fiddlier.
I also tried it with an Anaconda but, erm, we don't talk about that anymore.

Here's me tying it in my starter Sidey:-

https://i.imgur.com/N0nLMqF.png


And here's my Viper 3 earning it's living:-

https://i.imgur.com/XPZe5GI.png

Haha, never knew this was possible!

Everything Stealthie said. At the start of the year the BRC even hosted a small event centered around this "technique". Some fun times.