Let me set the scenario......
...Iv being playing since launch in Dec 14. I'm an explorer as shown in my ranks of Elite for Exploration (since Jun 15) & only 80% Mostly Harmless in Combat. I really despise the pewpew side of the game & will avoid it at all costs.
So along comes Engineer's & I think, GREAT! a chance to extend the jump ranges on my Asp & Newly bought 'Conda (from the selling of my DWE data).
I get going with Engineer's & upgrade the FSD range to lvl 1 adding around 1 LY to both their ranges. Not enough, so I swap to my Python do a couple of days of Exploration just outside the bubble to get me some more data to sell & hopefully get me to lvl 4 or 5 with Farseer & try to get a decent FSD upgrade.
After 3 days in the black I decide to cash in the data, which happens to be around 4 mil credits including an undiscovered ELW...
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...problem 1. do I go to Farseer first to sell the data or go back for my 'Conda, then go to Farseer. I decide to head back for my 'Conda.
Problem 2. on the way back I notice that I'm close to 40 Ceti & can pick up a couple of Energy Grid Assembly for the lvl 4 upgrade. I reach home swap to the 'Conda & set off to Deciat to see Farseer.
Problem 3. I then notice that I can go en route to Chemaluk & pick the Magnetic Emitter Cells for lvl 5. This stops me going back & forth, kills 2 birds with 1 stone.......BIG MISTAKE!
I'm only about 1LS off Virts Dock, when I notice Im being hounded, I get interdicted (which is extremely difficult to avoid in a slow 'Conda) & lose the mini game. Hitting boost like 15 time a second, the messages start rolling in....
Shields Offline....Taking Thermic Heat Damage, Hull Temperature Rising...Power Disruptor Malfunction....Hull down to 47%....
Damn, that's around 15-20 mil insurance claim for the ship PLUS losing 4 mil of Exploration data INCLUDING an ELW discovery....all gone if I lose the ship!
Fortunately, somehow I manage to get the FSD activated & just pick a system, jump & then immediately jump out of SC & exit the game...NO! IT'S NOT COMBAT LOGGING! It just prevents the NPC player from following me.
I then manage to limp to the nearest hub & spend around 300k repairing my battered ship. I give up on going to Chemaluk & set off to Deciat & reach Farseer's base, sell my data, to get to lvl 4 & generate the lvl 4 upgrade....which increases the FSD range from 33 to 44.4LYs & ups Farseer's lvl to 5.
So in the end I'm happy......& lucky!
It's been an eventful day & the lesson is....just do one thing at once in Engineer's & don't go around with various commodities in your cargo hold for upgrades....you attract attention & risk losing it all.
...Iv being playing since launch in Dec 14. I'm an explorer as shown in my ranks of Elite for Exploration (since Jun 15) & only 80% Mostly Harmless in Combat. I really despise the pewpew side of the game & will avoid it at all costs.
So along comes Engineer's & I think, GREAT! a chance to extend the jump ranges on my Asp & Newly bought 'Conda (from the selling of my DWE data).
I get going with Engineer's & upgrade the FSD range to lvl 1 adding around 1 LY to both their ranges. Not enough, so I swap to my Python do a couple of days of Exploration just outside the bubble to get me some more data to sell & hopefully get me to lvl 4 or 5 with Farseer & try to get a decent FSD upgrade.
After 3 days in the black I decide to cash in the data, which happens to be around 4 mil credits including an undiscovered ELW...
.
...problem 1. do I go to Farseer first to sell the data or go back for my 'Conda, then go to Farseer. I decide to head back for my 'Conda.
Problem 2. on the way back I notice that I'm close to 40 Ceti & can pick up a couple of Energy Grid Assembly for the lvl 4 upgrade. I reach home swap to the 'Conda & set off to Deciat to see Farseer.
Problem 3. I then notice that I can go en route to Chemaluk & pick the Magnetic Emitter Cells for lvl 5. This stops me going back & forth, kills 2 birds with 1 stone.......BIG MISTAKE!
I'm only about 1LS off Virts Dock, when I notice Im being hounded, I get interdicted (which is extremely difficult to avoid in a slow 'Conda) & lose the mini game. Hitting boost like 15 time a second, the messages start rolling in....
Shields Offline....Taking Thermic Heat Damage, Hull Temperature Rising...Power Disruptor Malfunction....Hull down to 47%....
Damn, that's around 15-20 mil insurance claim for the ship PLUS losing 4 mil of Exploration data INCLUDING an ELW discovery....all gone if I lose the ship!
Fortunately, somehow I manage to get the FSD activated & just pick a system, jump & then immediately jump out of SC & exit the game...NO! IT'S NOT COMBAT LOGGING! It just prevents the NPC player from following me.
I then manage to limp to the nearest hub & spend around 300k repairing my battered ship. I give up on going to Chemaluk & set off to Deciat & reach Farseer's base, sell my data, to get to lvl 4 & generate the lvl 4 upgrade....which increases the FSD range from 33 to 44.4LYs & ups Farseer's lvl to 5.
So in the end I'm happy......& lucky!
It's been an eventful day & the lesson is....just do one thing at once in Engineer's & don't go around with various commodities in your cargo hold for upgrades....you attract attention & risk losing it all.
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