I swear, sometimes I do things backwards.
Per title, my current tale starts with a paintjob. I casually visited Frontier Store because I noted festive countdown in the launcher. Store page showed me few interesting paintjobs so I bought one - iridescent for Imperial Clipper. Now - the hilarity starts: I don't have a Clipper.
Well, I once had one but due to various reasons sold it long time ago. So I have a paint for a ship I don't have. Don't think of me as a blind ED supporter that buys things just to throw some money at devs. Far from that. So... color is, ship is not. Time to change it. I haven't been playing ED for weeks so quick log in, flight training mission to check if my bindings are ok or vanished again (yeah, found a way to check it without panicking inside the station - yay me).
Controls are ok, logging into the world. Quick switch to my Black Adder (midnight paint, tempted to rename her "Baldrick"), course plotted, little short than 200 LYs for a 15% off deal. Total of 6 jumps - pfft, I'm there in no time. I even tune scanned one or two systems on the way, you know - fuel coverage.
Upon landing quick shipyard check - yup, Imperial Clipper is there. ED wiki told truth. Quick price check - correct 15% off. Click. Bought. Ok, now I have Imperial Clipper.
Livery - apply paint. Done. While at it - ID, name plate (quick inara/EDSM reference for name I gave previous one), engine trail, modules swap (3A fuel scoop from Adder FTW). Sadly I didn't found many D-rated modules to lighten the build and extend the range from stock 8 LYs. Max what I got was 10 or 11. Home trip plotted - ugh... 35 jumps. Oh well, unexpected exploration time
Off I went, jumping home and spending lots of time refuelling while scanning everything. 6 Jumps into the journey I facepalmed hard. My Adder had gFSDb that I forgot to reinstall - I could almost double my current range, halving my jump count. Oh well, without it I will visit more systems, more scans, more credits. Proceed.
<now this is the part when I jump, scoop and scan for the next 29 systems>
Arrived home, docked and sold the data. Nearly 400k - nice. Ordered Adder delivery and went to properly outfit my Clipper. Engineered FSD, top grade gFSDb, D-rated rest, top scoop, hangar with 2 scarabs, detailed scanners, lightweight shields. 30LYs max range. Not bad. I remember breaking 40 mark last time I tinkered with Clipper. What's missing? 4A AFMU and D-rated life support. Quick EDDB search, one jump later range is 33 LYs now.
All right - test flight. Where to go... Ok, this black stain looks interesting, what's that? Coalsack. Will do, under 400 LYs, perfect for a quick trip; 12 jumps and we're there. As usual, took some time due to scanning on the way. Got to the place and started to think - how to make it more interesting. I know, let's search for wolf-rayet star.
Map filter applied... empty. Add black holes. Still empty. Hmm... add neutron stars? Nope. White dwarf maybe? Still nope. , proto stars? Oh, how many... ee, T-Tauri, scratch that. Lets change the other side of the spectrum. O, B, A...now we're talking. I like white and white-blue stars. There is a nice selection of those around Coalsack. So I was jumping from one to another, scanning everything.
Finally decided to go back home. Quick way, just jumping, no scanning (tho I did check scanner, just in case). Found 4 WWs on my way back. Docked and sold the data. Over 3.6M. Really nice for such a short trip and test flight.
I got hooked again. Something what was totally boring for me now turned into interesting feature. I can scan whole systems or just search for prime targets (I learned where to look on the scanner, won't say* since it will be censored - not my fault that fdevs picked exactly that wording).
Today I'll be exploring as well.
And it all began with a paintjob...
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Tho missing part you have to add yourself - as I said, censored
Per title, my current tale starts with a paintjob. I casually visited Frontier Store because I noted festive countdown in the launcher. Store page showed me few interesting paintjobs so I bought one - iridescent for Imperial Clipper. Now - the hilarity starts: I don't have a Clipper.
Well, I once had one but due to various reasons sold it long time ago. So I have a paint for a ship I don't have. Don't think of me as a blind ED supporter that buys things just to throw some money at devs. Far from that. So... color is, ship is not. Time to change it. I haven't been playing ED for weeks so quick log in, flight training mission to check if my bindings are ok or vanished again (yeah, found a way to check it without panicking inside the station - yay me).
Controls are ok, logging into the world. Quick switch to my Black Adder (midnight paint, tempted to rename her "Baldrick"), course plotted, little short than 200 LYs for a 15% off deal. Total of 6 jumps - pfft, I'm there in no time. I even tune scanned one or two systems on the way, you know - fuel coverage.
Upon landing quick shipyard check - yup, Imperial Clipper is there. ED wiki told truth. Quick price check - correct 15% off. Click. Bought. Ok, now I have Imperial Clipper.
Livery - apply paint. Done. While at it - ID, name plate (quick inara/EDSM reference for name I gave previous one), engine trail, modules swap (3A fuel scoop from Adder FTW). Sadly I didn't found many D-rated modules to lighten the build and extend the range from stock 8 LYs. Max what I got was 10 or 11. Home trip plotted - ugh... 35 jumps. Oh well, unexpected exploration time
Off I went, jumping home and spending lots of time refuelling while scanning everything. 6 Jumps into the journey I facepalmed hard. My Adder had gFSDb that I forgot to reinstall - I could almost double my current range, halving my jump count. Oh well, without it I will visit more systems, more scans, more credits. Proceed.
<now this is the part when I jump, scoop and scan for the next 29 systems>
Arrived home, docked and sold the data. Nearly 400k - nice. Ordered Adder delivery and went to properly outfit my Clipper. Engineered FSD, top grade gFSDb, D-rated rest, top scoop, hangar with 2 scarabs, detailed scanners, lightweight shields. 30LYs max range. Not bad. I remember breaking 40 mark last time I tinkered with Clipper. What's missing? 4A AFMU and D-rated life support. Quick EDDB search, one jump later range is 33 LYs now.
All right - test flight. Where to go... Ok, this black stain looks interesting, what's that? Coalsack. Will do, under 400 LYs, perfect for a quick trip; 12 jumps and we're there. As usual, took some time due to scanning on the way. Got to the place and started to think - how to make it more interesting. I know, let's search for wolf-rayet star.
Map filter applied... empty. Add black holes. Still empty. Hmm... add neutron stars? Nope. White dwarf maybe? Still nope. , proto stars? Oh, how many... ee, T-Tauri, scratch that. Lets change the other side of the spectrum. O, B, A...now we're talking. I like white and white-blue stars. There is a nice selection of those around Coalsack. So I was jumping from one to another, scanning everything.
Finally decided to go back home. Quick way, just jumping, no scanning (tho I did check scanner, just in case). Found 4 WWs on my way back. Docked and sold the data. Over 3.6M. Really nice for such a short trip and test flight.
I got hooked again. Something what was totally boring for me now turned into interesting feature. I can scan whole systems or just search for prime targets (I learned where to look on the scanner, won't say* since it will be censored - not my fault that fdevs picked exactly that wording).
Today I'll be exploring as well.
And it all began with a paintjob...
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if you're really curious... but be advised - explicit content
In scanner mode you have wave range and label "FILTERED SPECTRAL ANALYSIS"
Earthlikes, Ammonia and Water Worlds are exactly there where label says:
Earthlikes, Ammonia and Water Worlds are exactly there where label says:
FILTERED SPECTRAL YSIS
Tho missing part you have to add yourself - as I said, censored
