Guide / Tutorial Colonia Prison Taxi : 12.5k LY to Colonia

Cmdr Kpikid

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Part of the Prison Taxi fails to go beyond Eagle Sector. I tried dying there 4 times and all I get is Eagle Sector (Ground Hog Day).

I will press on ahead via NH and report back.

Maybe Fdevs Nerfed it or I am dying incorrectly. :)
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Cmdr Kpikid said:
Part of the Prison Taxi fails to go beyond Eagle Sector. I tried dying there 4 times and all I get is Eagle Sector (Ground Hog Day).

I will press on ahead via NH and report back.

Maybe Fdevs Nerfed it or I am dying incorrectly. :)
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Finally got around to checking this :)

The Eagle Sector Secure Facility has been taken over by the Inmates - who are an Anarchy faction - so no Fines, no Bounties and no Prison. Updated the route to use the nearby Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117 Eagle's Landing - which works fine (y)

Thanks!
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Probably broken by Anarchists now - if anyone finds it working pls post :)

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Factabulous

Factabulous
Momatty said:
Lol I was just doing this and pad loitering at Amundsen gets you a bounty from Colonia Council (I was already friendly with them) and it somehow unlocked the invitation for Baltanos.
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yeah, if you already have the required status then anything that changes it slightly will make the game notice it - even negative things it seems :)
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Updated the OP to remove the 'this is broken' warning (as Momatty says it is ok), and also adding in the CB-20 / Eagle Landing alternative. I should really also look and see if the other m/s can further optimise - maybe later :)
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Looks like the Colonia Bridge has indeed changed the optimum route - the first two suicide points should now be:

  • Smojue PZ-R c4-5 : CB-8 Tamandua
  • Plaa Aescs QD-T c3-28 : CB-21 Ragnar's Rest

As the middle of the bridge is missing it then reverts the the existing route. This should bring the total travelled distance down to 11879 (Sol -> Colonia). Hopefully once the bridge is complete this will be even shorter - will probably test at that point.

I haven't tested this! I wouldn't try it unless you like unexpected stuff to happen - the existing route in the OP is still the tested one (y)

Edit: And just realised - the theoretical best distance for the Prison Taxis is around 11k (it can only ever save half the distance), so it seems we are actually getting close to a near optimum taxi route :)
 
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Factabulous

Factabulous
Umm, so apparently the Prison Taxi is fast as well as convenient - who knew :)

Running The Prison Express

Been doing Sol Colonia Sol runs this weekend. Current best times using The Prison Express. Current best times: Sol Colonia: 57m13s without landing at Jaques, 61m01s with Colonia Sol: 57m42s without landing at Deadalus, 60m24s with I will be streaming my last run in about 5 minutes...
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Surprize960

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Factabulous said:
Updated the last leg in the OP to use CB-50 in Eoch Flyuae ZU-Y b17-16 - not tested but should bring the distance down to 12.5K Ly to Colonia. Now we just need the Phase 3 bases to see if they can improve it further :)
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Did the last stage yesterday via CB-50. Shot* a Sidewinder at the navigation buoy and got a bounty. Docked and then enjoyed the class 42A Frameshiftinstadrive of the Prison Taxi.

Thank you all for this Guide 🙏🏼👍🏼

(* because of immersion ☺️ my exploration ships are always fully armed. Now there's a real reason!)
 
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