Explorers Free Ticket Home?

Nothing to be afraid of.
If you want to get spooked everytime a dev hints at some oh so mysterious danger, you may as well stay docked.
Of course they'll say that, having created hundreds of billions stars of nothingness.
It's what people want to hear, fuel the hysteria.

It's the McCarthyism of Elite.
 
It's the McCarthyism of Elite.
Damn commie aliens?

I really wonder what "some defensive capability" should look like, taking down a DBX in a T-6 is not really fun after the first 15 minutes ;)

I expect something on Galnet about an exploration vessel with weird scorchmarks drifting into a borderworld outpost or something similarly foreboding before explorers will really have to worry.
 
CMDR's, I was 18kLY out exploring out in the Norma arm in my un-armed ASPx when I caught the first 'countdown to engineers' podcast. In it, I'm sure I heard Mike Brookes say 'I wouldn't recommend exploring without being able to defend yourself'. Now, when MB makes a statement like that I expect it wont be anything trivial !!

For those (explorer) commanders running no weapons and zero/minimal shielding and choosing to not return before 2.1 drops - I wish you luck.
I'm now home and 50Mcr richer (with a load of first discovered's) - I couldn't take the risk of losing it all.
 
Now, when MB makes a statement like that I expect it wont be anything trivial !!
Sure it will. It's just more impressive when Mike says it with his commanding presence emphasized by the Beard.

It's Sandro you have to look out for. He's counselled by the loach, which is evil.
 
Sure it will. It's just more impressive when Mike says it with his commanding presence emphasized by the Beard.

It's Sandro you have to look out for. He's counselled by the loach, which is evil.

We may well find out more from Sandro in the podcast tonite (with his loach)
 
I can't find the thread to quote it, but the dangers being referred to was part of a dev release somewhere around here.

They've stated that exploration is going to become more, well, dangerous; they want to encourage explorers to actually consider their defensive ability, and make it less viable to pilot exploration ships that are stripped down to the very bare essentials.
 
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