So what with our new octagonal neighbors popping round for a schufty I thought I'd finally get around to visiting the alien crash sites and maybe meet a working example.
The first stop was HIP 17862 and the second site found. This was the first time that I'd looked for something on a body that didn't have a marker, so it was very gratifying to fly over a ridge and actually see the thing.
Obligatory Asp shot:
I managed to arrive at night, so the growling and the glowing of the UAs was extra creepy:
Areal view just before moving on:
The next stop was HIP 17403, the third site. This site was quicker to find, but there was still quite a bit of alt-tabbing out to calculate the right heading. Also the terrain around the site is quite uneven, so finding a landing spot was tricky.
Feel that atmosphere:
Poor s. I've lost enough T-9s to know how helpless they must have felt:
There was less growling here:
What were the crew thinking as they went down? Was anyone even left alive?
Clearer areal shot:
And so on to Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4 and the first crash site discovered. I think that I managed to make finding this site harder for myself than necessary. For future reference, just head to the Noctrach-Ihazevich Research Facility, then fly on a heading of ~240 for about 13.5 km. The site is in the canyon. If you're heading towards a capital ship then you're heading in the right direction.
There wasn't any growling here. Also no UAs.
The research facility is on the ridge on the left here. When I looked up the location of the crash sites I didn't find any mention of the facility. Still it was a convenient place to repair the ship.
So that's the crash sites visited. No hyperdiction yet.
The first stop was HIP 17862 and the second site found. This was the first time that I'd looked for something on a body that didn't have a marker, so it was very gratifying to fly over a ridge and actually see the thing.
Obligatory Asp shot:
The next stop was HIP 17403, the third site. This site was quicker to find, but there was still quite a bit of alt-tabbing out to calculate the right heading. Also the terrain around the site is quite uneven, so finding a landing spot was tricky.
Feel that atmosphere:
And so on to Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4 and the first crash site discovered. I think that I managed to make finding this site harder for myself than necessary. For future reference, just head to the Noctrach-Ihazevich Research Facility, then fly on a heading of ~240 for about 13.5 km. The site is in the canyon. If you're heading towards a capital ship then you're heading in the right direction.
There wasn't any growling here. Also no UAs.
So that's the crash sites visited. No hyperdiction yet.
