Thankfully, I thought to put my Imgur links into Notepad, since this form was down this morning, because that particular site hates me on mobile... 
I logged on to the server, and was greeted by the Sun low on the horizon to the east. I quickly hopped into my new Star Flea, eager to get into space. Meanwhile, Casey decided to invite the rest of those online to witness this momentous occasion. Sadly, I had at best two hours available to me, they were many jumps away, and I was burning valuable daylight. So I shot for the stars!
Just one problem:
I actually forgot to switch over the H2 tanks from stockpile. I really should’ve made a checklist... or even better, I could use a timer block for liftoff. After adding one, and setting up the necessary actions, I was ready to go!
Having someone to chat with made the long wait between asteroid clusters more interesting. The plan was to rendezvous over my base, though the night was getting long by the time they were ready for the last jump. I’d managed to map four asteroid clusters, finding iron and nickel, by the time I was almost out of fuel. Finally, they jumped to my location... and the RNG dropped them into the gravity well. I didn’t know about that little quirk of the game mechanics, otherwise I would’ve made GPS coordinates further out.
I was maneuvering for a closer look, and moments after I took this screenshot, my game froze. By the time I got online again, my tiny ship was already 20km down, and falling fast. Thankfully, I installed and armed a parachute!
I landed less than 300m from home. I jet packed back to base, and used the Dragonfly’s landing gear to return the Flea to base. Casey and company were still trying to sort things out in orbit when the server crashed. The last update was about 30 minutes ago. Everyone found themselves respawning at survival kits and medical rooms.
It was already late for me, so at that point I decided to call it a night.
The good news is that I retained all my bookmarks from scouting. That was valuable information. The bad news is that unless I get very lucky, my Star Flea is very likely drifting into the void, batteries completely drained. The great news is that I realized my strategy to establish a presence in space was flawed, and my new plan is going to be much more efficient.
Especially if the Flea is recoverable.
... what happened to the preview button???
I logged on to the server, and was greeted by the Sun low on the horizon to the east. I quickly hopped into my new Star Flea, eager to get into space. Meanwhile, Casey decided to invite the rest of those online to witness this momentous occasion. Sadly, I had at best two hours available to me, they were many jumps away, and I was burning valuable daylight. So I shot for the stars!
Just one problem:
I actually forgot to switch over the H2 tanks from stockpile. I really should’ve made a checklist... or even better, I could use a timer block for liftoff. After adding one, and setting up the necessary actions, I was ready to go!
Having someone to chat with made the long wait between asteroid clusters more interesting. The plan was to rendezvous over my base, though the night was getting long by the time they were ready for the last jump. I’d managed to map four asteroid clusters, finding iron and nickel, by the time I was almost out of fuel. Finally, they jumped to my location... and the RNG dropped them into the gravity well. I didn’t know about that little quirk of the game mechanics, otherwise I would’ve made GPS coordinates further out.
I was maneuvering for a closer look, and moments after I took this screenshot, my game froze.
By the time I got online again, my tiny ship was already 20km down, and falling fast. Thankfully, I installed and armed a parachute!I landed less than 300m from home. I jet packed back to base, and used the Dragonfly’s landing gear to return the Flea to base. Casey and company were still trying to sort things out in orbit when the server crashed. The last update was about 30 minutes ago. Everyone found themselves respawning at survival kits and medical rooms.
It was already late for me, so at that point I decided to call it a night.
The good news is that I retained all my bookmarks from scouting. That was valuable information. The bad news is that unless I get very lucky, my Star Flea is very likely drifting into the void, batteries completely drained. The great news is that I realized my strategy to establish a presence in space was flawed, and my new plan is going to be much more efficient.
Especially if the Flea is recoverable.
... what happened to the preview button???
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