I was 2000ly into my planned 7k trip when I decided to land on an interesting looking planet. I came in very steep like I am used to in my courier but I learned the hard way large ships don't handle the same. Despite nosing up and applying full thrusters I was unable to slow the decent and slammed right into the surface where I was introduced to a 1.4 million rebuy screen. Lesson learned lol. I'm just happy I wasn't further out. Can anyone beat that?
I nominate myself for the moron of the year award
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Several probably can. [yesnod]
But you have my sympathies.
But you have my sympathies.
A very similar tale to yours...
I took part in the Distant Worlds Expedition and managed to face plant myself into this very nice looking watermelon, which I think from memory was Way Point No. 5 and approximately 11,000 LY's from the starting point and 8,000 LY's as the crow flies from the station I ended up in after clicking OK on the rebuy screen.
On my approach...
After my ever so slightly harder than planned landing...
Regardless of what the sales brochure or the Lakon salesman will have you believe, but the Asp Explorer doesn't like to bounce!
I took part in the Distant Worlds Expedition and managed to face plant myself into this very nice looking watermelon, which I think from memory was Way Point No. 5 and approximately 11,000 LY's from the starting point and 8,000 LY's as the crow flies from the station I ended up in after clicking OK on the rebuy screen.
On my approach...
After my ever so slightly harder than planned landing...
Regardless of what the sales brochure or the Lakon salesman will have you believe, but the Asp Explorer doesn't like to bounce!
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Isn't this like a rite of passage for every explorer?
Do you remember how many Gs that planet was?
Do you remember how many Gs that planet was?
I did the same thing in my Cutter.....rebuy was about 10x what you paid in your story
I cant remember the Gs index, but I think it was slightly low (which makes it worse lol), I did manage to get this lovely screenshot right before I plummeted to my death below.
I second the nomination. Who in their right mind would crash on a planet? Only a foo...whoops (where's the Edit link?, arrh crap)
Not so far into a journey as you were but after having just got horizons I was not familiar with planetary flight.
As I was thinking to myself "wow I am approaching this station so fast, what an efficient nose dive." all too late realized perhaps my greater than usual speed could become troublesome. Trying to correct well above the surface, 5 km maybe, resistance was futile as I planted my stupid into the dirt destroying my explorer.
I was dismayed haha.
As I was thinking to myself "wow I am approaching this station so fast, what an efficient nose dive." all too late realized perhaps my greater than usual speed could become troublesome. Trying to correct well above the surface, 5 km maybe, resistance was futile as I planted my stupid into the dirt destroying my explorer.
I was dismayed haha.
I managed a similar thing on a recent trip to Jacques station. Coming into land on a planet with some rare minerals, doing my standard (too fast and too steep) landing routine.
I come out of glide and pull up to level out, wondering why I'm still heading down rapidly, only then noticing the gravity just clicking over 4G.....
Point the nose space wards, boost, boost.... Crash....
I lost 75% of my Hull in the crash and another 15% bouncing along the surface before I remembered to lower my landing gear.
It was a very careful journey for the rest of the trip...
I come out of glide and pull up to level out, wondering why I'm still heading down rapidly, only then noticing the gravity just clicking over 4G.....
Point the nose space wards, boost, boost.... Crash....
I lost 75% of my Hull in the crash and another 15% bouncing along the surface before I remembered to lower my landing gear.
It was a very careful journey for the rest of the trip...
While we're on the subject of fool of the year, I challenge your nomination, and nominate myself. It didn't end up with a rebuy thank goodness, but it's monumentally stupid - like the Frank Spencer of space.
So I'm bounty hunting in a Nav beacon, grinding rep for Sirius Corp, and I'm doing well, lots of ship kills. However a few ships made me use my SCB, and my Python massively overheats when I'm all guns blazing and firing off a shield cell... So I inevitably run out of cells, and here is where the fun starts.
A rookie power management error, and my shields go down. The massive overheating from all the shield cells has left my canopy with so little integrity that it blows out immediately. Undeterred, I finish off the Fed Dropship, and head out to the only station in the system - 2000LS away, and an Outpost.
With 2 minutes of oxygen remaining, I dock and... THERE'S NO REPAIR FACILITIES AT THIS OUTPOST.
Panicking, I quickly went into the hangar to restore my atmosphere and checked outfitting for a higher rated life support... Only C... Still, it's better than the D I've got, so I buy it and start frantically searching the galaxy map for systems with nearby stations to the entry point.
Thankfully I find one, jump to it, dock and repair with another 2 minutes remaining - what a ride! What a moron.
So I'm bounty hunting in a Nav beacon, grinding rep for Sirius Corp, and I'm doing well, lots of ship kills. However a few ships made me use my SCB, and my Python massively overheats when I'm all guns blazing and firing off a shield cell... So I inevitably run out of cells, and here is where the fun starts.
A rookie power management error, and my shields go down. The massive overheating from all the shield cells has left my canopy with so little integrity that it blows out immediately. Undeterred, I finish off the Fed Dropship, and head out to the only station in the system - 2000LS away, and an Outpost.
With 2 minutes of oxygen remaining, I dock and... THERE'S NO REPAIR FACILITIES AT THIS OUTPOST.
Panicking, I quickly went into the hangar to restore my atmosphere and checked outfitting for a higher rated life support... Only C... Still, it's better than the D I've got, so I buy it and start frantically searching the galaxy map for systems with nearby stations to the entry point.
Thankfully I find one, jump to it, dock and repair with another 2 minutes remaining - what a ride! What a moron.
This happened to me once. I ran out of air on approach to the second station. This is why most of my ships have upgraded life support now, lol.
I once tought its a funny Idea to do FA-off high speed low flying racing on a 4g planet in the Corvette. I mean it really was funny, but a bit expansive and not as it turned out not really racing either
I always approach the surface full speed full thrusters nose down, skipping the gliding phase. Personal record 20,1 km drop from the surface.
I did that also in my A-rated Python full of ENGs stuff (40 modular terminals 50 Painite... before unlocking the engineers).
On Khun, without checking the gravity... Beat that.
Result: 1 week not playing and cursing the engineers...
I did that also in my A-rated Python full of ENGs stuff (40 modular terminals 50 Painite... before unlocking the engineers).
On Khun, without checking the gravity... Beat that.
Result: 1 week not playing and cursing the engineers...
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I added a crater there with my AspX.
One has not truly experienced Horizons until one has teabagged a planet XD
My condolences. As others have pointed out it seems to be a rite of passage for explorers to fall foul of the siren call of a pretty moon at least once. Back in April I smashed an Asp into a canyon wall on the way back from Sag A*. Not much of a material hit in the grand scheme of things, but the loss of the exploration data and invested time still stings.
It's the silly lapses in concentration. In that case I just hit the boost button when I shouldn't, but I've almost come a cropper on a few occasions since because I forget about gravity and try to fly the ship like an aircraft; nose down until the last second then pull up. Flight Assist will let you do that on very low-g worlds, but anywhere else and only a nose-up boost and a lot of luck will save you.
Just before beta dropped I embarked on my second long-range exploration trip, starting with a pilgrimage to the moon that claimed my Asp all those months ago. Concentration is the key. FD's warnings about what's waiting out there notwithstanding, exploration is probably the safest long-term occupation because of the lack of external threats. But the risk of self-inflicted harm, through complacency and lack of attention, is the real killer.
Good luck if you decide to try your hand again, OP.
It's the silly lapses in concentration. In that case I just hit the boost button when I shouldn't, but I've almost come a cropper on a few occasions since because I forget about gravity and try to fly the ship like an aircraft; nose down until the last second then pull up. Flight Assist will let you do that on very low-g worlds, but anywhere else and only a nose-up boost and a lot of luck will save you.
Just before beta dropped I embarked on my second long-range exploration trip, starting with a pilgrimage to the moon that claimed my Asp all those months ago. Concentration is the key. FD's warnings about what's waiting out there notwithstanding, exploration is probably the safest long-term occupation because of the lack of external threats. But the risk of self-inflicted harm, through complacency and lack of attention, is the real killer.
Good luck if you decide to try your hand again, OP.
Before I got my Python I had some hair risingly close calls in my Asp while landing on planets, but apparently I didn't learn anything
While going hunting for engy mats found a nice metallic moon and promptly dove down. Um, the ground is REALLY closing in fast... Uh, what? 2.5G?! Uuuh... *BOOM*
After that spectacle I think I finally learned to take it easy while on approach
While going hunting for engy mats found a nice metallic moon and promptly dove down. Um, the ground is REALLY closing in fast... Uh, what? 2.5G?! Uuuh... *BOOM*
After that spectacle I think I finally learned to take it easy while on approach
Haha this thread is awesome. I went back and checked via a screen shot, seems the planet was high gravity. That makes me feel a little better lol