Please Fasten Your Seatbelts..

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead · Jul 20, 2017

I don't know if I'm hearing things, but I just got an Orca, and whenever I boost, the very first sound it makes before the woosh, sounds remarkably like a "Please Fasten Your Seatbelts" chime on a passenger plane...

Anyone else hear it?

The poor passengers don't get long to get back to their seats and fasten in though.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

Lightspeed · Jul 20, 2017

CMDR_Cosmicspacehead said:
I don't know if I'm hearing things, but I just got an Orca, and whenever I boost, the very first sound it makes before the woosh, sounds remarkably like a "Please Fasten Your Seatbelts" chime on a passenger plane...

Anyone else hear it?

The poor passengers don't get long to get back to their seats and fasten in though.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

It's a great soundscape in the Orca isn't it? First the "ding" then the ghostly whale-like sound of boost.

Hot tip for passenger safety - make sure they are all seated before boosting. They have 0.1 seconds to fasten their belts

Jethro49 · Jul 20, 2017

CMDR_Cosmicspacehead said:
I don't know if I'm hearing things, but I just got an Orca, and whenever I boost, the very first sound it makes before the woosh, sounds remarkably like a "Please Fasten Your Seatbelts" chime on a passenger plane...

Anyone else hear it?

The poor passengers don't get long to get back to their seats and fasten in though.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

Yeah, and I love it (sometimes I boost only to hear it). What would be wonderful for immersion is to be able to make PA during the flight. It's nearly there : we already have texted-PA from other airliners !

CMDR MRMAURICE · Jul 20, 2017

https://youtu.be/UINhE8L1yXg

Lightspeed · Jul 20, 2017

Jethro49 said:
Yeah, and I love it (sometimes I boost only to hear it). What would be wonderful for immersion is to be able to make PA during the flight. It's nearly there : we already have texted-PA from other airliners !

And a "ding" from the fussy passengers requiring extra stuff for their journey

shadragon · Jul 20, 2017

Lightspeed said:
And a "ding" from the fussy passengers requiring extra stuff for their journey

I cross-wired my ships "Call pilot" button to initiate passenger ejection. Works a treat.

CMDR Harada · Jul 20, 2017

Who gave them permission to get up ? See ? That's your first mistake...

Jack Schitt · Jul 20, 2017

Yes! I also like the different sounds you get when you fit different passenger cabins. The "bing" for business class and what sounds like a pocket full of rattling change for economy cabins. Maybe not very 34th century but they do make me smile.

IcyScope · Jul 20, 2017

There is also a distinct clicking sound when you are banking hard in the Orca. As for the passenger call buttons, I simply pulled the fuse, "Oh sorry did you ask for something, I must of missed it, too bad we are back from your trip already I would of loved to stop and get you 4 tons of illegal narcotics."

Jethro49 · Jul 20, 2017

IcyScope said:
As for the passenger call buttons, I simply pulled the fuse, "Oh sorry did you ask for something, I must of missed it, too bad we are back from your trip already I would of loved to stop and get you 4 tons of illegal narcotics."

^ Funny

Cmdr Tel · Jul 20, 2017

Never have a problem with the passengers on my dolphin, they hear the "screaming banshees" before boost and are nicely huddled in then seats super quick and they certainly aren't interested in seeing the flight staff, not that I would listen anyway.
For some reason they always seem to be really happy when they get to their destination and disembark. ��