So are you saying Scott of the Antarctic was ganked?
How Gankers Made my Game more Fun.
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How often do you get ganked in an unexplored region of space in ED?
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Went to Dav's Hope for some mats for my alt CMDR (Mostly Harmless, barely engineered but A-rated multi-purpose Cobra 3, so no hull nor shield tank) and it was infested with gankers.
I toyed with them a little bit, managed to escape not once but twice in a row low-waking from ships that were faster than me (Chieftan & Krait, one of them only spotted me when I recalled my ship to leave, and took about 40% of my hull, but that was it - you'd be surprised how much a little bit of fancy flying and silent running can add to your survivability), and watched a couple of Corvettes from the comfy chair in my SRV, right under their noses - they just couldn't see me.
Came for the mat grind, but spent a lot more time having fun.
I toyed with them a little bit, managed to escape not once but twice in a row low-waking from ships that were faster than me (Chieftan & Krait, one of them only spotted me when I recalled my ship to leave, and took about 40% of my hull, but that was it - you'd be surprised how much a little bit of fancy flying and silent running can add to your survivability), and watched a couple of Corvettes from the comfy chair in my SRV, right under their noses - they just couldn't see me.
Came for the mat grind, but spent a lot more time having fun.
It happens regularly when there’s a point of interest(like the North Pole),people are drawn to it and the gankers are also.
I was thinking more of explorers like Hanno, Zeng He, and Magellan...who either suspected they'd encounter other people, or who didn't have good reason to expect they wouldn't. Magellan was almost ganked by his own expedition early on, and was eventually counter-ganked by some natives he tried to forcibly convert.
Scott was exploring lands that were uninhabitable, of no economic value, and were unlikely to encounter anyone.
Fixed points of interest generally aren't unexplored. They're tourist destinations, not unknowns.
It should also be noted that the history of arctic exploration is riddled with violence. The arctic is not entirely uninhabited and is also home to potentially dangerous fauna. Plenty of expeditions suffered from mutiny or attacks by natives. There was also much potential for conflict over what was presumed to be economically viable sea routes and natural resources.
Conversely the antarctic is desolate. No one expected to find anything of economically exploitable value there and the race for the south pole was largely sporting and a matter of pride.
In ED, you aren't likely to be ganked trying to reach a new 'galactic north pole', because such areas are not well trafficked. However, if you're going to Sag A*, beagle point, or any other place popular enough to have a station, tourist beacon, or collection of FCs; or traveling with a massive, publicly announced, expedition that is following a route designed so anyone can keep up and tag a long, you'd have to be a fool to not expect and prepare for trouble.
I think the biggest reason that players don't go to the open world is the fact that you can't choose where to be respawn, rebuys everyone can practically pay, the thing that really p1ss3s you off is the fact that you don't have the option to choose the system/station from respawn. Anyway, I sympathize with the gankers because they “force” us to evolve in an understated way in the game. If you want to survive, be strong and make some good friends.
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Well, for explorer's at least, the DSSA is a godsend. If an explorer has visited a DSSA FC and gets wiped, she will respawn at that particular FC. For those of you who may not know. The DSSA, Deep Space Support Array, is a constellation of Fleet Carriers placed throughout the entirety of the big black whose purpose is to render aid and comfort to those in need.
Of course, the DSSA renders aid to gank units, too. But at the very least, exploration data can be sold more often and with more safety.
Of course, the DSSA renders aid to gank units, too. But at the very least, exploration data can be sold more often and with more safety.
elitedangerous-spear.com just for your knowledge there are many gankers out there pretending to be Spear. But Spear is the Lawful site of things.
So if someone attacks you for no reason and is calling him self Spear its wrong
Players will attack you for no reason, no matter what side of the fence they allegedly support - from my own experience in Carcosa - ignore whatever they call themselves, if they wish to shoot at you they will. 
