Diaguandri system, Ray station: market and outfitting offline

AgingGamer · Sep 30, 2016

I am a regular visitor to Ray Station in the Diaguandri, and I swear they normally have a booming market and a lovely outfitting selection. But today I find both sections are missing for the starport services list- what calamity has caused this?

Note that I've checked the local news as well as GalNet, and see no mention of UA bombing or other issues. There are, however, many mentions of how 'booming' industry is, which must be a challenge in the absence of an operational market. Does anyone have any guidance for a novice trader confused by these developments?

Jackie Silver · Oct 1, 2016

I don't know, but I'm prepared to take bets on guessing the spurious and freshly-minted excuses of whoever has UA-bombed the place.

My money's on some variant of "it's for your own good really" as that seems to be trendy at the moment, displacing old staples such as "heehe i am teh terorist" and "we claim this system in the name of XYZ."

Ton Canister of Lavian Brandy on it?

PanTast · Oct 1, 2016

The system is in the state of lock down ...

~S~

Traveller_GG · Oct 1, 2016

PanTast said:
The system is in the state of lock down ...

~S~

and there are a few around as well... always worth checking this when entering a system

CMDR Synchrouk · Oct 1, 2016

What can cause a system to go into, "lock down"?

Traveller_GG · Oct 2, 2016

CMDR Synchrouk said:
What can cause a system to go into, "lock down"?

Recovering from civil unrest, civil war or war states from what I recall

Robbie84 · Oct 2, 2016

If we go with the theory that Bounty Hunting reduces the time, where to do it?

Diaguandri does not have any RES. Interdicting pirates would take too long and I was lurking around and there are really only few of them. 90% of vessels are clean and are sirius or brotherhood.

I know you can get bounties for the Brotherhood in other systems but does that affect the Diaguandri system?

Galnet\local news does not says it was UA bombed but who knows. But there is a clear message that system is in lockdown because of pirates.

Aura Lorell · Oct 2, 2016

Hazzu said:
If we go with the theory that Bounty Hunting reduces the time, where to do it?

Diaguandri does not have any RES. Interdicting pirates would take too long and I was lurking around and there are really only few of them. 90% of vessels are clean and are sirius or brotherhood.

I know you can get bounties for the Brotherhood in other systems but does that affect the Diaguandri system?

Galnet\local news does not says it was UA bombed but who knows. But there is a clear message that system is in lockdown because of pirates.

http://i.imgur.com/tsvz5vJ.png

I think this is the result of human players in an attempt to destabilise the system.

Dewson · Oct 2, 2016

Is this the station with basically every ship at a discounted price? An alternative to Founders World.

Robbie84 · Oct 2, 2016

Dewson said:
Is this the station with basically every ship at a discounted price? An alternative to Founders World.

Yep, there is a few of them but Rays Gateway is in top 5 for sure since outfitting is also great.

racer1 · Oct 2, 2016

It's actually not as good as it used to be. Still a good place to start outfitting a ship though.

Trinity Star · Oct 2, 2016

Removed.

Mengy · Oct 3, 2016

Jameson Memorial in Shinrarta Dezra is also in lockdown today, it wasn't this morning but it is now. I think some commanders are going around UA bombing popular stations.

AgingGamer · Oct 3, 2016

Ah, Lockdown! Now I know: many thanks to the folks who posted that explanation here. I was looking for UA bombing reports, and never realized that lockdown was another situation that could cause what I was seeing.

If civil unrest includes pirate activity, would that mean that player pirates (i.e.: folks who blow up other player's ships and get bounties) push the system into lock down?

If player piracy can cause lockdown, that's interesting. My first reaction was frustration: as a relatively new pilot, I only know of a few 'good' options, and Diaguandri has been my 'go to' station for outfitting as well as ship upgrades. But I suppose I should appreciate the fact that this is a dynamic universe that is 'alive' with things like this happening

CMDR Synchrouk · Oct 3, 2016

Anyway to, "fix" a UA bombed station?

Trinity Star · Oct 3, 2016

Mengy said:
Jameson Memorial in Shinrarta Dezra is also in lockdown today, it wasn't this morning but it is now. I think some commanders are going around UA bombing popular stations.

Diaguandri back online, both were in lockdown not due to UA bombing.

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CMDR Synchrouk said:
Anyway to, "fix" a UA bombed station?

Sell Meta-Alloys to the station.

In the case of a lockdown you need kill pirates and hand in bounty vouchers.

Traveller_GG · Oct 4, 2016

VictoriaG said:
Diaguandri back online, both were in lockdown not due to UA bombing.

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Sell Meta-Alloys to the station.

In the case of a lockdown you need kill pirates and hand in bounty vouchers.

Which I was going to do for 17 Draconis... popped in to Jameson Memorial to buy guns for my unarmed trade-conda and THAT system was in lockdown! I may have sulked mightily at this point.