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So, my Beluga is out exploring near the core and in urgent need of some repairs (after testing out the frame rate on my new gpu by rather carelessly zipping around some mountains with FA off). Rather than head back to Colonia, I looked up Inara and was pleasantly surprised to see a fleet carrier only a few jumps away. So over I headed all bright eyed and bushy tailed and... nothing. A lovely black hole right there on arrival, but no signs of life anywhere to be seen. Checked the system map, did a complete system scan, flew around and visited a few planets for good measure... nothing. I tried reloading in Horizons and Odyssey, Solo vs Open, etc. Also tried searching for nearby carriers by filtering the galaxy map (which works in Horizons but not Odyssey it seems) but it appears I'm definately all alone out here. Very, alone.
I took a closer look at Inara, and the carrier is supposedly still here, last location update a couple of days ago. Odd... so figured I'll just try again later. Came back the next day, and there's been a station update and a market update for the carrier on Inara, but no location update. I'm guessing that means somebody docked with it, but the owner hasn't logged on perhaps?
Feeling adventurous and already down the rabbit hole anyhow, I had a look at the owner on Inara, and it appears they are on an expedition with a few other people on board, and were last seen in a scout ship just a couple of jumps away from the carrier. I headed over there for a quick look around, and found some interesting planets but no ships, so headed back to the black hole system. I sent a private message to the carrier owner through Inara, but am yet to hear anything back.
Of course, I could have just flown to Colonia and back in the time I've spent searching, but that wouldn't be nearly as much fun. I feel like I'm on a mission to track down this 'ghost' carrier now.
I know the most obvious explanation is that the carrier has moved on without updating Inara... but feels like that's unlikely given the pattern of events I'm seeing. Carriers are supposed to be persistent aren't they? Is it possible that I'm a victim of unlucky server instancing and just not being matched up with the carrier?
So, my next step is to invoke the brains trust: any suggestions on what might have happened folks, or what should be my next step in trying to track down the ghost carrier?
I took a closer look at Inara, and the carrier is supposedly still here, last location update a couple of days ago. Odd... so figured I'll just try again later. Came back the next day, and there's been a station update and a market update for the carrier on Inara, but no location update. I'm guessing that means somebody docked with it, but the owner hasn't logged on perhaps?
Feeling adventurous and already down the rabbit hole anyhow, I had a look at the owner on Inara, and it appears they are on an expedition with a few other people on board, and were last seen in a scout ship just a couple of jumps away from the carrier. I headed over there for a quick look around, and found some interesting planets but no ships, so headed back to the black hole system. I sent a private message to the carrier owner through Inara, but am yet to hear anything back.
Of course, I could have just flown to Colonia and back in the time I've spent searching, but that wouldn't be nearly as much fun. I feel like I'm on a mission to track down this 'ghost' carrier now.
I know the most obvious explanation is that the carrier has moved on without updating Inara... but feels like that's unlikely given the pattern of events I'm seeing. Carriers are supposed to be persistent aren't they? Is it possible that I'm a victim of unlucky server instancing and just not being matched up with the carrier?
So, my next step is to invoke the brains trust: any suggestions on what might have happened folks, or what should be my next step in trying to track down the ghost carrier?
