Star One reached at last

[Frankymole]

Surprised to see the number of visitors to Star One listed on EDSM being so low. I managed to increment it by one last night though.

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The Uncle Ed, Star One, and the Andromeda Galaxy...

Lovely! I went back to land on some of the planets recently now Odyssey lets us walk about.

What jump range does The Uncle Ed have?

 

[Unifex]

Lovely! I went back to land on some of the planets recently now Odyssey lets us walk about.

What jump range does The Uncle Ed have?

Just over 75Ly. The journey isn't as bad as it was when the thread was started. Still... Bucket list item ticked.

 

[Frankymole]

That's a decent ship. And not a fleet carrier in sight! (Hutton Orbital was a lot more painful anyway, I reckon.)

 

[OrdinaryMan]

Can i reach with 68 ly asp x?

 

[CMDR Von Abrahart]

Can i reach with 68 ly asp x?

How do you make a 68ly ASPX

 

[protoculturejunkie]

How do you make a 68ly ASPX

On paper I got this one above 71 ly. I don't know how it performs in game though. https://edsy.org/#/L=Gg00000H4C0S00...OG03G_W0B4SG05K_W0BNCG03G_W0BZY00,,5220034a00

 

[Frankymole]

Can i reach with 68 ly asp x?

Yes, you should have no trouble with that. My range must've been a lot lower - this was before Guardian FSD boosters. I used a lot of jumponium (synthesised jump boosts).

 

[Frankymole]

How do you make a 68ly ASPX

Looking back at the posts, looks like the range of my AspX was 50.52ly. It made it a bit of a tense trip at times as routes seemed to run out or end in dead-ends just beyond jump range. But it's doable.

 

[OrdinaryMan]

How do you make a 68ly ASPX

I have exactly this build. Still, Coriolis shows it a bit wrong. I can actually jump longer distances by downsizing the Power Plant. However, if I make the power plant smaller, heat management becomes difficult despite engineering. Finally, if I complete a few shortcomings in my ASPx production, I can easily skip 69-69.5 ly i think.

 

[JJGoldberg]

This is my ASPx exploration build, 76.8 max 71.8 loaded https://s.orbis.zone/j932

 

[Frankymole]

Very nice! I'm using a Krait Phantom now, which doesn't quite make Anaconda range, at 77.35 ly max. https://s.orbis.zone/j9ca

The 'Conda is 83.36ly https://s.orbis.zone/j9cb

 

[Orvidius]

Was it the Liberator that got there first? That would be fitting.

For the record, it was a huge mistake when they re-cast Travis.

 

[Frankymole]

I think the Andromedan shapechangers' scouting party got their first, but we're not allowed to talk about it.... oops, I mean, yes Travis II, totally indistinguishable from the original (not)...

 

[CMDR Von Abrahart]

This is my ASPx exploration build, 76.8 max 71.8 loaded https://s.orbis.zone/j932

Thats a lot of engineering i suspect - i have now idea how to get the guardian jump booster ?? Cos me is a noob

 

[OrdinaryMan]

Thats a lot of engineering i suspect - i have now idea how to get the guardian jump booster ?? Cos me is a noob

It's a matter of taste and opportunity. I don't think you have to do that, even my humble ASPx build might not be necessary for you. Any ship that can bounce between 50-60 ly on average can reach almost 99% of the galaxy.

What I want to say is that you don't need to overwork yourself or have super heavy engineered ships, just start somewhere. Step by step....

 

[Extremecheese]

WOW! B7 fans, I thought we were all extinct Way back in 2009 I modelled a fair amount of the liberator (all corridors, bedroom, bridge and teleport) and put a simple fps game engine to it. As it's so old, you can imagine that it's pretty low res for todays standards, however maybe I can resurrect it, update the grpx and put it into a more modern engine (maybe godot) and even slap a VR option in there too(given any interest). Here's a screenie from years ago......

 

[Frankymole]

WOW! B7 fans, I thought we were all extinct Way back in 2009 I modelled a fair amount of the liberator (all corridors, bedroom, bridge and teleport) and put a simple fps game engine to it. As it's so old, you can imagine that it's pretty low res for todays standards, however maybe I can resurrect it, update the grpx and put it into a more modern engine (maybe godot) and even slap a VR option in there too(given any interest). Here's a screenie from years ago......View attachment 306968

Lovely work! I know someone who has done some Blakes 7 games for Roblox. A bit blockier, obviously, but playable enough.

 

[Extremecheese]

Lovely work! I know someone who has done some Blakes 7 games for Roblox. A bit blockier, obviously, but playable enough.

Thanks!
I searched through my old HD and found a version of it in a reasonable state. It was written in Blitz3D and is suited to the old 'square' sized monitors (maybe I can toggle the 'full screen mode' off) - If I can get my website up and running I'll post a link to a downloadable exe asap.
There is one slight problem with it though, and that it's just a simple "walk around the ship" program - in other words, there is no actual shooting, opening panels & inspecting plants (eg cacti on Zonda) involved in the game - and we all know from ED:Odyssey that simply walking around a ship is not what people want.

 

[Yanick]

Lovely work! I know someone who has done some Blakes 7 games for Roblox. A bit blockier, obviously, but playable enough.

You may be happy to hear that the forthcoming Passage to Andromeda Expedition is heading out to Star One!
Apart from being an epic trip, it's a celebration of the Elite Exploration community and everything its achieved over the years.
And you CMDR Cral Travis will be one of those Elite Explorers to be honoured.
o7

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[Mohenjo]

Well done, well done indeed
o7