The cautionary tale of the DV Icarus

Celvin Aarden

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Why, hello.

I'm a bit shaken, to be honest. I never thought using the Rift with Elite would be a poor idea - then I flew through a sun. That changes a man.

So, I'm on my first real exploration expedition, heading alone towards the Orion nebula. I've traveled about 1300 light-years so far, and I feel pretty confident. I christen my trusty Asp the DSS Vagrant, and I smirk like a jackass. Fast forward to a few minutes ago, I'm reading Commander Kat's Cosmic Compendium - A Beginners Guide to the Galaxy. I scoff, of course - while the guide is excellent, I am no mere beginner - my ship has a name now! I sail the cosmic seas of the gods like a divine kraken!

Alas, I read on and come upon the following passage:

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Again I scoff, before speaking with a voice so booming that a nearby moon splits in half. This is no mere ship, I proclaim like a prophet of the dark void. This is the DSS Vagrant, chosen stallion of the Arbiter of Infinity! Return from whence thy came, foul ignorance, for I ride, I scream as I power up my frame shift drive.

And then I fly straight into a binary star system, crash right through the smaller star and scream like a toddler as I burn into nothing.

I christen my ship the DV Icarus.
 
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SirAdelaide

SirAdelaide
Good name. I trust your escape pod frame shifted you home ok.

You can get out of secondary stars pretty easily now as you can launch heat sinks from supercruise. Keep launching them as you accelerate away from the stars, and jump out as soon as you can, and you should survive ok.
 

Celvin Aarden

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anikaiful said:
:D heh, why "fix"? A good scare now and then is just plain fun (after you've recovered from the shock).
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I agree, I do like the risk. Even though it genuinely freaked me out to fly that fast into something that big in VR. Ugh.

Speaking of, how would you predict this in the galaxy map? I checked afterwards, and the stars are so close that you can only see the bigger one on the map.
 

777Driver

777Driver
Celvin Aarden said:
I agree, I do like the risk. Even though it genuinely freaked me out to fly that fast into something that big in VR. Ugh.
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Happened to me last night with another Cmdr, genuinely scares the $%^$ out of me in VR. A system in the bubble with a white dwarf right next to a larger star, the FSD takes you out of hyperspace at the high mass dwarf & slams you into the other star.

Dropping into the rear of an Orbis or Ocellus starport in VR is beyond intense, only happened a few times in the last 2 years. Wish I had a recording of my reaction.
 
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Celvin Aarden

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777Driver said:
Happened to me last night with another Cmdr, genuinely scares the $%^$ out of me in VR. A system in the bubble with a white dwarf right next to a larger star, the FSD takes you out of hyperspace at the high mass dwarf & slams you into the other star.

Dropping into the rear of an Orbis or Ocellus starport in VR is beyond intense, only happened a few times in the last 2 years. Wish I had a recording of my reaction.
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Exactly! I mean, I want to get back out there, but after this I'm honestly afraid of powering up my FSD. Not because of the insurance costs, but because I just don't want to experience that again. [sad] Which in turn, is pretty awesome - exploration should be scary as hell.
 

Hajile

Hajile
777Driver said:
Dropping into the rear of an Orbis or Ocellus starport in VR is beyond intense, only happened a few times in the last 2 years. Wish I had a recording of my reaction.
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I love the shock and surprise of this... everything seems dandy then you have to emergency boost to avoid a Giant solar FIN... priceless

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this is why you carry a few heat sinks and a pair of high end repair units.
 

Pazmino

Pazmino
Jumped into a system with three suns close by. Heat damage out of nowhere, Whotha? I only saw the sun in front of me until the honk revealed the two monsters in my back boiling my Asp. Heatsink and asap out of there. She, Thunderhorse, made it and the Black Friday dress covers her charred bits nicely. (now I wish the damage model would finally work in ED, 2.1:rolleyes:)
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JeffRyan

JeffRyan
Pazmino said:
Jumped into a system with three suns close by. Heat damage out of nowhere, Whotha? I only saw the sun in front of me until the honk revealed the two monsters in my back boiling my Asp. Heatsink and asap out of there. She, Thunderhorse, made it and the Black Friday dress covers her charred bits nicely. (now I wish the damage model would finally work in ED, 2.1:rolleyes:)
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Why'd ya build yur ship outta wood?
 

tiger61378

tiger61378
Moments like this are why I explore in a Diamondback. That extra heat resistance comes in VERY handy when you find those terrifying binary/trinary/etc systems and the FSD decides to dump you into a horrific location (or THROUGH a star). I don't jump away though...I just get out a distance from the stars, turn around, and scan the stars that tried to murder me ;)
 
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