Anyone ever run across one of those, before?
I am out in COL 359 Sector SY-D and was exploring a pretty large system, then somehow got out into the middle of nowhere (and I mean "middle of nowhere" in a star system in "middle of nowhere") and kept dropping out of SC. I took massive hull damage because I couldn't see but there was a giant asteroid belt/planetary ring between me and all the other system objects. I was so far out from the light of the sun that it was black on black and the planet with the ring was just a tiny spot; impossible to navigate.
It took me a while to realize what was going on by which point I had lost 10% of my hull.
Because I'm in a sector near the edge of one of the spiral arms, there weren't a lot of choices to jump for in the direction away from the planetary ring. So I spent 20 minutes trying every possible jump point from where I was and looking for one off the plane of the ecliptic. I was, literally, starting to panic! I've come a long way and I don't want to die out here, unknown and unlamented, leaving my ship like an empty shell for some other discoverer, someday, to find. Finally, I found one that looked like a decent chance, and started my jump, angling away from the rocks. Made it!!!
At what point do other explorers turn around and head for civilization? The plastic bits on my cobra's dashboard melted enough to begin to droop like wilted lettuce and the whole cockpit reeks of hot metal and unwashed armpit.
I am out in COL 359 Sector SY-D and was exploring a pretty large system, then somehow got out into the middle of nowhere (and I mean "middle of nowhere" in a star system in "middle of nowhere") and kept dropping out of SC. I took massive hull damage because I couldn't see but there was a giant asteroid belt/planetary ring between me and all the other system objects. I was so far out from the light of the sun that it was black on black and the planet with the ring was just a tiny spot; impossible to navigate.
It took me a while to realize what was going on by which point I had lost 10% of my hull.
Because I'm in a sector near the edge of one of the spiral arms, there weren't a lot of choices to jump for in the direction away from the planetary ring. So I spent 20 minutes trying every possible jump point from where I was and looking for one off the plane of the ecliptic. I was, literally, starting to panic! I've come a long way and I don't want to die out here, unknown and unlamented, leaving my ship like an empty shell for some other discoverer, someday, to find. Finally, I found one that looked like a decent chance, and started my jump, angling away from the rocks. Made it!!!
At what point do other explorers turn around and head for civilization? The plastic bits on my cobra's dashboard melted enough to begin to droop like wilted lettuce and the whole cockpit reeks of hot metal and unwashed armpit.
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