Drinking and space flight DON'T mix... (My sad tale)

[OldSalt]

I am ashamed to say that I am frequently glad security scans don't extend to breathalysers.

 

[cwstad]

Glad i'm not alone. Had smashed into several sations trying to dock, and worse still kept forgetting i had stolen good. Tens of thousands in fines later, i decided to turn the computer off and wait until new years day

 

[JeffRyan]

Yep I smashed an Asp full of cargo because I was drinking whiskey about a week ago.

 

[moondog]

Most of my ED + alcohol mishaps have been in these forums.

 

[Hans Olo]

Like someone wrote in a thread before regardng the same theme:
Don't drink and fly? What a strange concept is that?

;-)

 

[OnePercent]

I haven't played whilst drunk on this game (yet)

 

[Jesters09]

So I had taken a three hour exploration trip out toward the Coal Sack Nebula. I had gathered a couple 100k in exploration data at least. Was on my way back, less than 100 ly's from inhabited space. When disaster struck....

You see, I had just polished off a couple (ok 5 or 6) rum and cokes (or as you in the civilized world call them Cuba Libres). Well in my inebriated state I forgot you couldn't fuel scoop from brown dwarfs. So of course I get SLAM emergency stop...taking heat damage. Well, instead of just calmly backing off till my heat dropped, turning away from the star and engaging super cruise, I panic and madly try to pick a jump point and go straight to hyperspace. Which results in my heat jumping to over 250% as I madly try to locate the jump coordinates. Long story short Eject Eject Eject and three hours of work down the drain.

Lol! And I can't even blame it on a server malfunction or glitch. 100% my fault. But, God I love this game as unforgiving of stupidity as it is.

I think that is sound advice, I have noticed a massive drop in my death rate since I cooled down on the drinking.
Its good you can laugh about it and move on, I checked my insurance claims yesterday....2.5mill.

 

[RedCorvus]

So glad to know that I am not the only one drinking and flying

New Year eve, voice attack was having a very hard time understanding my slurred words as i bounced off the landing pad a few times LoL

And I so agree with OldSalt, thank goodness the authorities don't do breathalyzers in space!

 

[Twix166]

The worst of it is that all your Lavian Rum has now disappeared along with your ship. I am sorry for your loss...