I got griefed for the first time in 3 years...

[Junky Juke]

...and it happened the strangest way. I had myself parked near a guardian site in the Synuefe cluster. I went afk for like 15 minutes for a breakfast. I forgot to dismiss my AspX. Bad mistake. I came back, put my Oculus on, something strange was happening. A hollow contact on my scanner and no sign of my beloved Gaia II. 5 seconds later the hollow point on the scanner was gone... together with my Gaia II and a bunch of exploration data.

I was stuck there
in my rover,
over 200 ly from home.
I climbed the highest peak
pushed hard on the throttle
max engine, min systems
poof
at least I was back home
(in my brand new Gaia II)

thank you Mr. procedurally generated griefer

the end

 

[MickyG1982]

Hollow contact means human player...

That was no procedurally generated griefer, unless you consider the act of creating said human being procedural generation...

 

[Cmdr DRAGONHEART]

Well call it procedural generation instances then...

But AFK in open is looking for trouble...

 

[Marra Morgan]

Not sure where the "griefing" part is here, but lessons learned about going AFK yeah?

 

[dm06]

Pre-requirements for AFK in ED :

• solo mode
• clean criminal status
• no cargo
• no active missions
• stay still or fly into void

 

[Villany]

next time just load up ED without horizons, and you'll be back in your ship orbiting the planet you were on

 

[Jethro49]

Pre-requirements for AFK in ED :

• solo mode
• clean criminal status
• no cargo
• no active missions
• stay still or fly into void

An alternative, a bit more dirty : esc -> main menu.

 

[Midian Cabal]

An alternative, a bit more dirty : esc -> main menu.

As Yamiks would say: "That breaks my immershun!"