If it can happen to me, it can happen to you.

Scoob

Scoob
Stealthie said:
Been there, done that.

Fortunately, I got "stuck" in a populated backwater system and managed to refuel and buy a poxy 3E fuel-scoop which made the rest of my journey tortuously slow-going - something which ensured I learned my lesson.
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Urgh, that must have been painful...likely a better lesson that having to call for assistance lol.

By the way, is calling the Fuel Rats something that can be done in-game, or is it something one does outside of the game? I guess if you have one in your friends list it's all in-game, but I was wondering how it works if not.

Scoob.
 

Spacecat

Spacecat
Haha, happened to me once, just a few jumps away from Sol. I knew I had to fuel scoop in the next system. Pure muscle memory took over and I forgot to scoop and jumped instead. Yes, I had a fuel scoop, just forgot to use it. Felt like a doofus as I called the fuel rats.
 

Spacecat

Spacecat
MottiKhan said:
It happened to me once. I forgot to fit my fuel scoop as well. But I didn't call the fuel rats.

I logged on one of my alts and fitted for a fuel rat mission, then went and met me. I told me not to forget the fuel scoop again. Me thanked I and we went about my separate business.
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I think some vodka may be involved here also.:D
 

Spacecat

Spacecat
TheMegaTurnip said:
Nope, If I run out, I eat a rebuy. It's my own fault. I'm not getting on the line to receive a lecture about fuel scoops and route plotting this late in the game.

It happens sure, but I've never been one for making people mop up my mess.
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Yeah, the lecture was kind of annoying, lol. Still appreciated the rescue though.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Scoob said:
By the way, is calling the Fuel Rats something that can be done in-game, or is it something one does outside of the game? I guess if you have one in your friends list it's all in-game, but I was wondering how it works if not.

Scoob.
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The fuel rats website is all very proper now, like calling the AA.
Go to https://fuelrats.com/ and there's a text-chat doodad where they log your call, allocate somebody to help you and offer advice about how to stay alive until they arrive. [up]

I have a couple in my friend list but I wouldn't call them directly.
Probably better to go through the "official channels".
 

Scoob

Scoob
Stealthie said:
The fuel rats website is all very proper now, like calling the AA.
Go to https://fuelrats.com/ and there's a text-chat doodad where they log your call, allocate somebody to help you and offer advice about how to stay alive until they arrive. [up]

I have a couple in my friend list but I wouldn't call them directly.
Probably better to go through the "official channels".
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Cool, thanks for the link. I'd not realised how far the role-play had gone. Thankfully I've not needed them so far, but I can see it happening one day when I'm doing one of my "really should go to bed, but one more jump" type evenings.

I've not read the site yet...erm, it's a little later (earlier?) than I realised...but I assume we pay them for their services somehow? I.e. drop some unflagged cargo for example for them to legitimately scoop up.

Scoob.
 

Xious

Xious
Mysturji said:
Jum... <<INSUFFICIENT FUEL>>
My fuel scoop was 170 LY behind me at the CG station, and the nearest inhabited system was 79 LY ahead.
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Mysturji

Mysturji
Scoob said:
Urgh, that must have been painful...likely a better lesson that having to call for assistance lol.

By the way, is calling the Fuel Rats something that can be done in-game, or is it something one does outside of the game? I guess if you have one in your friends list it's all in-game, but I was wondering how it works if not.

Scoob.
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Just google "fuel rats".

Ninja'd.[ugh]
 

Kathryn Kando

Kathryn Kando
Funny read, cool story +1Rep.

As I am flying in RL, I can tell you: routine is killing the most experienced pilots, that’s what checklists are for...[big grin]
 

Zeeman

Zeeman
Economical route can save you in these scenarios, just FYI. You'd be amazed how far you can jump when it's 5LY or less at a time.

Z...
 

Marklar_

Marklar_
I can't count the number of times I've tried to scoop only to realize...oops forgot the scoop!

Fortunately, I've spent almost all of my time inside the bubble, and have always found a station to refuel at. When exploring, at least, I've managed to remember the fuel scoop so far :)
 

DaveB

DaveB
Ashnak said:
And? Did you complete the mission?
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Nope. The rats are good but they can only jump so fast. So we had the additional "complication" of them refueling a ship that had failed a cargo delivery and therefore had technically "stolen" cargo on board in an area where there was station security flying around.

Fortunately I had logged out to conserve remlok-juice while a rat made their way to my location and when they notified me on IRC that they were on-site and I logged back in, the relog had fortunately put me outside the NFZ and not quite so vulnerable to getting scanned and attacked by the plod as I would have been drifting helplessly across their patrol patterns. They fueled me up enough that I could jump out to a neighboring system, scoop to cap and then slink off to a nearby anarchy to lose the hot cargo.
 
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