Out of Fuel? - Explorer Rescue Service, The Fuel Rats

[Orange Sheets]

Anyone know why Drew Wagar was on our IRC last night ? I feel this should be mentioned somewhere. Soon there'll be a lot of Formidine Rifters coming to our place looking for clues

Last night? Hm, funny. All my logs from last night are scrambled and distorted, never happened before. It's like they'd been affected by some weird radiation.



[alien]

 

[Alec Turner]

P.S. Anyone know why Drew Wagar was on our IRC last night ? I feel this should be mentioned somewhere. Soon there'll be a lot of Formidine Rifters coming to our place looking for clues

Probably doing research for his book.

 

[Hiyu]

I might just add a Fuel Rat Ship with the GSAR Skin on the right side, to make the courrier less lonely. And maybe a flying limpet of Glory. And unicorns, and rainbows, and, and and...

Go for it Let me know if you want a full res of that courier image, I *should* have it on my PC at home.

Probably doing research for his book.

Man, having an accurate fuel rat rescue featured in the book would be amazing.

 

[Becks]

\o/ \o/ \o/

 

[Alec Turner]

https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/valghwr8/

\o/ \o/ \o/

Hey Kerenn ... you still got that history of the Fuel Rats you were drafting up ages ago? I wonder if it would be useful for Drew as research material for any Fuel Rat background story he might want to include in his book?

 

[drew]

Hey Kerenn ... you still got that history of the Fuel Rats you were drafting up ages ago? I wonder if it would be useful for Drew as research material for any Fuel Rat background story he might want to include in his book?

Material like that would be v. useful. I'd like to ensure you folk are happy with the representation and it's as accurate as possible.

Cheers,

Drew.

 

[Alec Turner]

Material like that would be v. useful. I'd like to ensure you folk are happy with the representation and it's as accurate as possible.

Cheers,

Drew.

Hey Drew, Kerenn will no doubt chip in here shortly but I've got an early draft of his history that I was going to proof read (alas never got around to doing it properly). It's basically a chronology of early events pieced together from this thread (which is pretty much the definitive, unexpurgated history of the Rats). You're probably aware of the website (www.fuelrats.com) which is also a terrific (if somewhat anarchic) collective of material. Some highlights ...

About the Fuel Rats
https://www.fuelrats.com/about-the-fuel-rats/

The Fuel Rats Lexicon
https://www.fuelrats.com/fuel-rats-lexicon/

Assorted drama/fiction
https://www.fuelrats.com/category/drama/

Some stat's (as of Nov 3301)
https://www.fuelrats.com/2015/11/25/some-statistics/

Fuel Rats in the press
https://www.fuelrats.com/category/inthenews/

Radlock's most awesome Fuel Rats video
[video=youtube;3h2x6e216c8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h2x6e216c8[/video]

 

[Uvelius Sång]

Material like that would be v. useful. I'd like to ensure you folk are happy with the representation and it's as accurate as possible.

Looks like I have to buy a book there.
Collegial greetings and write away!

 

[Orange Sheets]

Also the origin of chocolate bars:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ge80?p=2469577&highlight=snickers#post2469577

 

[Traveller_GG]

Also the origin of chocolate bars:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ge80?p=2469577&highlight=snickers#post2469577

Gawd... I remember that! I was on the IRC channel at the time it all kicked off. Didn't the hi-jacked commander combat log out when the threat became evident? Then everything got... fraught.

Oooh yeah... I thought I'd posted something about it: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...he-Fuel-Rats?p=2471744&viewfull=1#post2471744

 

[Kerenn]

I tried raising Drew on Discord's Comms. I guess I'll have to make it personal and go to PMs. I would also love to suggest we hail Surly_Badger and reinstate those podcast/Rat Radio evenings where we hanged around in Discord Voice Chat and spoke about what the Rats were, meant, how they evolved... I remember spending the Last mission of XCOM 2 listening to those talks, Live. Good Times.

@Traveller_GG : I remember that day. I was the "hi-jacked" guy and combat logged as soon as I saw 15 hollow triangles. It would have gone without a hitch had I not hit "boost" before DC-ing. And I remember how you were "how in the seven hells did he manage to jump back on IRC ?" and I was like "By the power of Greyskull Alt-Tab". Good Times !

 

[Traveller_GG]

I bet if I popped in to Ratchat now - they'd all be like "who's this noob?"

 

[Alex Brentnall]

I bet if I popped in to Ratchat now - they'd all be like "who's this noob?"

Wait, just let me login first and I'll make that a reality


As for that fuel rat advert in game, thats epic. Congrats all

 

[Alec Turner]

As for that fuel rat advert in game, thats epic. Congrats all

OK, one of us is as confused as the day we chose our commander names. My understanding is that Fuel Rat holographic advert is a mockup, a "wouldn't it be cool if this was in the game" kinda thing. It's not actually in the game tho ... is it?

 

[Alex Brentnall]

OK, one of us is as confused as the day we chose our commander names. My understanding is that Fuel Rat holographic advert is a mockup, a "wouldn't it be cool if this was in the game" kinda thing. It's not actually in the game tho ... is it?

but but but... It looks so real. Darn why is that a mockup.... FDev, where are you, you're my only hope!

 

[Alec Turner]

On a different subject, any of you rats got an Oculus or Vive? If so, how do you monitor and interact with the IRC?

 

[Traveller_GG]

On a different subject, any of you rats got an Oculus or Vive? If so, how do you monitor and interact with the IRC?

Have you seen Tron?

 

[drew]

Looks like I have to buy a book there.
Collegial greetings and write away!

Material above was v. useful. I have ratted up an excellent scene for the recent rescue as part of the story now... everything seemed quiet up until...

Oops.

Cheers,

Drew.

 

[Valije]

Let me guess... The Spanish Inquisition!!

 

[phredd10]

Thanks Fuel Rats for getting me out of the Aries Dark Region!!! Not sure how I was going to make it out without killing myself, when I remembered the motto, We have fuel, you don't, any questions?