Now here I was just chilling and doing some transport mission in my well engineered Vette (ok legacy Engineering: I just can't bring myself to newly engineer everything now, step by step as time goes by, no hurry).
They've sent some pathetic NPCs after me for interdiction, peace of cake.
I got interdicted, usual procedure, submit - kill - continue travel, so what.
They interdicted me while I was supercharging the FSD at a neutron star. I'm flying since Beta in Elite. I know what to do and what not to do, so I thought. Stupid, stupid me submitted.
After leaving supercruise I saw briefly the NPC getting sucked in by the jet cones and die. Eat this, smartass.
My Vette was spiraling in the cone, warnings and so on.
No problem. Get out of the danger zone. But no matter what power setting, thrusters, FA off... it just didn't leave the neutron star streams.
Ok, waking up. The situation has my attention. No Netflix.
Slowly the modules take damage, but damn it is my Vette "Wendimoor", she can take a lot. Only slighlty annoyed that there will be repair cost. But what is money in Elite these days...
So trying each and everything. Aligning the ship to leave in supercruise or hyper jump: impossible. For a few seconds it may be aligned but the spin doesn't stop. Loosing module after module, energy drain, so beginning to switch of unnecessary power suckers.
Loosing cargo. Really annoyed now.
FSD starts to fail. And to make the atmosphere more interesting the canopy broke. 25m life support.
Maybe I should add here that I am a RL pilot. I am trained to stay calm, consider options and try out the possible.
So I stay calm as 25 min is an eternity in Elite (and in RL).
20.min. 15 min. 10 min. 5 min.
I just tried everything I can imagine.
I just cannot believe what is happening to me. I fly always insured but the feeling of being an idiot is overhelming.
I switch to cockpit camera mode looking at my avatar. She seems relaxed as she would think "let's fix some tea, shall we?". I am not relaxed anymore. Not. a. bit. (could they add a bit more emotion animation in general pls.?)
Shall I watch myself die? No. I just cannot see me suffocate. 2min.
Self-destruct sequence initated.
I am stupid.
I love Elite.
They've sent some pathetic NPCs after me for interdiction, peace of cake.
I got interdicted, usual procedure, submit - kill - continue travel, so what.
They interdicted me while I was supercharging the FSD at a neutron star. I'm flying since Beta in Elite. I know what to do and what not to do, so I thought. Stupid, stupid me submitted.
After leaving supercruise I saw briefly the NPC getting sucked in by the jet cones and die. Eat this, smartass.
My Vette was spiraling in the cone, warnings and so on.
No problem. Get out of the danger zone. But no matter what power setting, thrusters, FA off... it just didn't leave the neutron star streams.
Ok, waking up. The situation has my attention. No Netflix.
Slowly the modules take damage, but damn it is my Vette "Wendimoor", she can take a lot. Only slighlty annoyed that there will be repair cost. But what is money in Elite these days...
So trying each and everything. Aligning the ship to leave in supercruise or hyper jump: impossible. For a few seconds it may be aligned but the spin doesn't stop. Loosing module after module, energy drain, so beginning to switch of unnecessary power suckers.
Loosing cargo. Really annoyed now.
FSD starts to fail. And to make the atmosphere more interesting the canopy broke. 25m life support.
Maybe I should add here that I am a RL pilot. I am trained to stay calm, consider options and try out the possible.
So I stay calm as 25 min is an eternity in Elite (and in RL).
20.min. 15 min. 10 min. 5 min.
I just tried everything I can imagine.
I just cannot believe what is happening to me. I fly always insured but the feeling of being an idiot is overhelming.
I switch to cockpit camera mode looking at my avatar. She seems relaxed as she would think "let's fix some tea, shall we?". I am not relaxed anymore. Not. a. bit. (could they add a bit more emotion animation in general pls.?)
Shall I watch myself die? No. I just cannot see me suffocate. 2min.
Self-destruct sequence initated.
I am stupid.
I love Elite.