Somewhat disappointed to discover that scanning one of the un-credited planets in the Colonia system did not put my name on itI mean it did seem unlikely, but I'm pretty sure I did find a planet at th edge of the bubble and get my name on it earlier this year x)
Was it a glitch that some of them were scanned and tagged?
You won't regret the Vulture. It is probably the ship with the highest fun factor in the game. It's got agility, packs a punch and can be quite sturdy when needed. Start by engineering the PP to Overcharged G1 or G2. Then add a Thermal Spread experimental effect. The Vulture is rather power hungry once you start engineering the rest of it. Pin the Overcharged blueprint, so you can upgrade whenever you need more power.
I certainly will look at overcharging the powerplant. Haven't yet really started engineering (though I originally headed to Maia to unlock Felicity). At the moment I think I will mostly want to engineer for combat in the vulture, are there some particular engineers which would be most useful first? My playtime is limited so I don't want to "waste" a huge time building an engineer which isn't really that helpful yet. I will likely go for frag cannon or cannon, to change to pacifier later.You won't regret the Vulture. It is probably the ship with the highest fun factor in the game. It's got agility, packs a punch and can be quite sturdy when needed. Start by engineering the PP to Overcharged G1 or G2. Then add a Thermal Spread experimental effect. The Vulture is rather power hungry once you start engineering the rest of it. Pin the Overcharged blueprint, so you can upgrade whenever you need more power.
I've used the Vulture a lot to test different weapons and their engineering. It's excellent for that. I ended up with frag cannons, rapid fire, screening shell. It's a beast, but you quickly run out of ammo. No free lunch
Well.. I think it gets your name. Is your name goofy?
It depends. If you want to build a combat ship, I would definitely look into shield generators and shield boosters, but those are mainly good for combat and not much else. I think most people start by unlocking an engineer that can fix the FSD, like Felicity or Elvira. Next the thrusters, PP and PD. You can skip those and go straight for the weapon engineers, but the core modules are important in combat as well.
I think it looks pretty normal. You are in a bright ring, which seems to cause pixelation. Try selecting the nearby star as target and fly in the ring towards the star. Then you'll see the dark side of the rocks, making it easier to distinguish the ones you're looking for. On the other hand, here you get the beautiful god rays for free
I will try that next time I'm on! Hopefully that's all that's "wrong" - user error!I think it looks pretty normal. You are in a bright ring, which seems to cause pixelation. Try selecting the nearby star as target and fly in the ring towards the star. Then you'll see the dark side of the rocks, making it easier to distinguish the ones you're looking for. On the other hand, here you get the beautiful god rays for free
Well, the Crab Pulsar is NOT the portal to Raxxla
Still, no gain, no pain, and I managed to survive. From a distance of 600 km I started approaching the star carefully at sub supercruise speed, until I reached the exclusion zone at 270 km. From there I couldn't get any further. It was actually not very dramatic, even though it felt that way. The heat build up towards the exclusion zone, but only reached ~55%. You need to approach the star at a 90 deg angle to the jets, as the jets become rather violent once you get close.
As a bonus I managed to image the actual neutron star. I think that is the first time that has been done. At least a google search and a forum search didn't find anything. I haven't looked through all the images I took yet, but here is one showing the star:
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(Edit: Better version)
Not the prettiest picture, but it proves that there is really something in there beneath all the light and harsh radiation. The attention to detail in this game keeps surprising me.
On my way I also passed the Rosette Nebula and found this beautiful "stellar sunrise":
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All in all it has been a very content rich day so far, and it ain't over.
On my PC, in the default user specific Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\ folder.
If you haven't found it, open explorer, go to "This PC" and search for "HighResScreenShot_". That should find them.
I'm at work (shhh...) but I will have a look tonight. And show where my home is!
Btw. I like teasing by deliberately using wrong expressions like "no gain, no pain". I do know that "Over" and "Out" is "I expect a reply" and "I don't expect a reply", and that "Roger, over and out" causes any radio enthusiast to go through the roof, but that just makes it more fun. It's like asking an astronomer what sign they were born in, or whether they do horoscopes. That works every time
I volunteer at the local science museum, showing telescope at night. I always get, "the moon landing was a hoax, no stars in the photos proves it..."It's like asking an astronomer what sign they were born in, or whether they do horoscopes. That works every time
oh! look there's an Alien....
