I recently came back from a 3 week trip to the crab pulsar and surrounds. No shields and, as I found out, 50% hull integrity and sunburn from my first ever binary roasting at NGC 2264 SECTOR UO-Q D5-16.
Made it to founders world and thought YES, I'm back safe, and I proudly stuck it through open. So I get to the station, heart slowing down, only to be greeted with the biggest lag fest I have ever experienced, commanders warping everywhere.
I just aimed at the hole and gritted my teeth hoping I wouldn't hit anything. I made it, thankfully. But I learnt two important lessons that trip.
1. Unless you really need that extra light year or so reach where you are going, take a shield.
2. When you've spun out of supercruise and are sitting on the belly of a sun, staring into another sun, the phrase "align escape vector" means you will be buying more laundry powder in the morning.
Made it to founders world and thought YES, I'm back safe, and I proudly stuck it through open. So I get to the station, heart slowing down, only to be greeted with the biggest lag fest I have ever experienced, commanders warping everywhere.
I just aimed at the hole and gritted my teeth hoping I wouldn't hit anything. I made it, thankfully. But I learnt two important lessons that trip.
1. Unless you really need that extra light year or so reach where you are going, take a shield.
2. When you've spun out of supercruise and are sitting on the belly of a sun, staring into another sun, the phrase "align escape vector" means you will be buying more laundry powder in the morning.
