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- Thread starter Tyres O'Flaherty
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Wow, smashing through the engineer unlocks. Unfortunately I've now got to work for the filthy Imperials to get the Achenar permit. 
Death to the Empire!!Wow, smashing through the engineer unlocks. Unfortunately I've now got to work for the filthy Imperials to get the Achenar permit.
'Big haul like that, I'm surprised you made it this far!'
'Piloting skills like that, I'm surprised you haven't smashed into a planet yet. Ah, there ya go!'
'Piloting skills like that, I'm surprised you haven't smashed into a planet yet. Ah, there ya go!'
I'd prefer those "insults" to be vocalised rather than text. I'd love to hear a voice say "I'm gonna boil you up!".
What does it even mean? lol. I had one say this to me just now, in fact, as I was about to enter a station.
It was a bit late
I got half way to GM Cephi (Elephant's Trunk Nebula) on Sunday evening, but haven't been able to log on since, as the other half is working from home and has commandeered my desktop.
I stopped off at Cepheus Dark Region to have a look, but was disappointed there's not much there. I was expecting it have something inside, as a dust cloud that large surely should have a remnant of some form within. Not even Raxxla!!
I'm currently about 20 jumps away from GM Cephei, so I may make it this evening. I appear to have been lucky so far in that the majority of systems are scoopable (and I'm so happy with my 4A Fuel Scoop!), with only the odd T-Tauri here and there. I've been FSS'ing each system and DSS'ing anything worthwhile within range (Waterworld at 32kly, no thanks).
I've come across lots of Geological signals and have been wondering if I went planetside and scanned these, would I get extra credits for doing so?
As per Tyre's and Codger's suggestions, the first thing I intend to do when I get back is get a Guardian FSD Boost and engineer my FSD up to G5.
o7
I stopped off at Cepheus Dark Region to have a look, but was disappointed there's not much there. I was expecting it have something inside, as a dust cloud that large surely should have a remnant of some form within. Not even Raxxla!!
I'm currently about 20 jumps away from GM Cephei, so I may make it this evening. I appear to have been lucky so far in that the majority of systems are scoopable (and I'm so happy with my 4A Fuel Scoop!), with only the odd T-Tauri here and there. I've been FSS'ing each system and DSS'ing anything worthwhile within range (Waterworld at 32kly, no thanks).
I've come across lots of Geological signals and have been wondering if I went planetside and scanned these, would I get extra credits for doing so?
As per Tyre's and Codger's suggestions, the first thing I intend to do when I get back is get a Guardian FSD Boost and engineer my FSD up to G5.
o7
Well, I made it!
Back in 2015, when I last played this, I travelled to Barnard's Loop, the Maia area and out to the Coalsack. By the time I'd arrived there, my hull was compromised and my canopy cracked. Every jump was nerve racking.
I arrived at GM Cephi with just 5% of my paintwork scuffed, 2,300ly's! I know it's not much in the scale of things considering the distances some Cmdr's have done, but I've dipped my toes now.
Anyone know what this is? It was very prominent as I was approaching the Elephant.
Should/could I head out there?
It doesn't show on the Galaxy map, but seemed to get bigger with every jump.
Back in 2015, when I last played this, I travelled to Barnard's Loop, the Maia area and out to the Coalsack. By the time I'd arrived there, my hull was compromised and my canopy cracked. Every jump was nerve racking.
I arrived at GM Cephi with just 5% of my paintwork scuffed, 2,300ly's! I know it's not much in the scale of things considering the distances some Cmdr's have done, but I've dipped my toes now.
Anyone know what this is? It was very prominent as I was approaching the Elephant.
Should/could I head out there?
It doesn't show on the Galaxy map, but seemed to get bigger with every jump.
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DRINK!
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Exploration subforum drinking game
Here's a drinking game for the exploration subforum. If you have any suggestions for new rules, by all means post them! Drink a shot of your drink of choice (default: tea) every time when somebody says or asks: what those strange lights in the distance are - usually they turn out to be NGC...
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Interesting! Have you ever used it?
Yeah I gave it a try yonks ago (2017). I ditched it as it used to rely on a online service which had only a limited free usage rate. I don't know if it still uses that or indeed if the fee for that site has reduced or maybe the usage limit increased. you would have to read up on it to see what the current state is. There is a thread about it:
Release - TTS4ED: speech synthesis for NPCs (and players)
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Hmmm ... I am getting 404 errors trying to find things, I wonder if the project is now dead.
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Looks like it is now abandoned, sorry.
Yeah, it's dead. No worries!
I was drinking when I wrote it.DRINK!
First item in the list of:
Exploration subforum drinking game
Here's a drinking game for the exploration subforum. If you have any suggestions for new rules, by all means post them! Drink a shot of your drink of choice (default: tea) every time when somebody says or asks: what those strange lights in the distance are - usually they turn out to be NGC...forums.frontier.co.uk
I'll head there next.
Not something you see every day - Jamesons Crash Site in daylight:
Engineers unlocked, barring the the combat rank ones and the Colonia muppets.
While doing this, Fed rank went up and gave me PLX 695 permit. Never been, let's have a look. Nothing special, but this is slap bang in Fed territory, excellent for further bumping Fed rank. Might get Tanya to set up base here for a while, combat rank through missions.
Fed rank currently Ensign 55%, expecting this to move quickly without paying it much attention now.
Keeping an eye out for decent trade routes.
While doing this, Fed rank went up and gave me PLX 695 permit. Never been, let's have a look. Nothing special, but this is slap bang in Fed territory, excellent for further bumping Fed rank. Might get Tanya to set up base here for a while, combat rank through missions.
Fed rank currently Ensign 55%, expecting this to move quickly without paying it much attention now.
Keeping an eye out for decent trade routes.
Those joysticks are known for that problem. I've had 2 and they both eventually died that way. Not bad for the price, though. I have a VKB Gladiator now, much sturdier.