I have played many, many hours in Elite Dangerous, and I have many, many memories in it.
One of my most exciting moments was when I was still very young in the game, and the game itself had just launched officially only a couple of weeks before.
I had dreamt with getting an Asp Explorer to get lost in the immensity of the huge Milky Way simulation that Frontier has created. Back then, credits were hard to come by and the prices of ships were, in comparison, astronomical! (pun not intended?)
So, I had just discovered the joys of rare running -buying exotic, unique commodities that increase their value the farther you sell them- and had just designed a "loop" route that used to take me to 10 different systems around the civilized bubble of star systems around Sol. Each loop reported around 500,000 credits. I needed over 5 million for my dream ship.
Last run on my T6, a small haulage ship that loyally took me to all of these systems, and decision needed to be made: invest all my money into buying commodities on this last run, exposing re-buy insurance and all, but earn the money for the Asp, or, play it safe and go for less cargo and run an extra run afterwards?
Impatience is a bad advisor for success. But, oh boy, it's such a sweet voice! So, I went all or nothing. And launched into the void for a last juiceful profit, I did.
Arrived to destination system, and the station where I am going to sell my full haul of goodies is some 5,000 ls away. I set course, and I am happy, so ever happy, I will finally get my Asp.
A bleep in the radar...a hollow square appears behind me in supercruise...an interdiction ensues...
Next thing I know, I have been knocked out of Supercruise... and this huge, shiny, beautiful white ship paces in front of my windshield.
Majestic and threatening all the same, this Imperial Clipper deployed weapons and through the comms, demands me to stay put for scanning or face its deadly lasers.
I had never seen an Imperial Clipper before and I had never been interdicted before. I had no idea how pirating worked, but I knew that all my earnings, all my profits and dreams were there in my haul. Maybe more importantly, I had no idea I could eject cargo, and with that ignorance in mind, I was certain he was going to blow my ship up in order to get some of the valuable cans I was carrying.
My heart was pounding out of my chest, palms sweating as the "scan detected" message showed up in my screen...
I hitted max throttle and went for the run! The chase is on! the pirate's threats in the comms!
I didn't know how to boost -I was that noob- and I later learned the Clipper was among the fastest ships in the galaxy in spite of its size...but the fact is, that I, somehow, that day, escaped this pirate and went back to super cruise and flew straight to the station!
Half an hour after docking, i could still feel the adrenaline shaking my hands and body!
I've made it! What a glorious moment in the life of my commander!
For the station all around my ship, it was just another regular business day, bustling with ships and selling rares.