THE FORMIDINE RIFT MYSTERY (Part 4)

Yep. Not sure what the range is though. Im planning on bringing some. I picked up 2 today, and hope to find time to get another 2 before the event.

You can blame Han-Zen for thinking of it on the canonn thread.

I always blame, err, credit Han Zen. It is always his fault, err, idea. I even tell people it was him who thought of Eclipsing Binary, Pulsar.
 
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I have to say, despite my optimism earlier, I am seriously considering knocking this on the head and just going to the cinema instead.

It's a pity, but it seems CoR have got themselves in with some little Hitlers. Such a shame. They really could have been the good guys here, but I am close to removing their logo from my sig now.

If I do show, I'll be looking to protect Tsu, then Raan then Salomé. And it will be in one of my full combat Pythons. Full weapons, fully engineered, no interdictor. There will be enough of those. But I can see Salomé getting to her destination and having four Faraguts and dozens of Elite npcs who kill her because the Hitlers demanded no one have weapons.

But let's see, dodging arseholes who are supposed to be the same side vs Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2...

I am with you here. I understand their tactic to get those Characters safe. But what then? I already said that a simple message would not be a way FD might end this (i wouldn't). Maybe i am wrong, but i would drop the most lethal NPCs i could on top of them, once they did what they want to do. And then? Most pilots without weapons? What then?
 
I am with you here. I understand their tactic to get those Characters safe. But what then? I already said that a simple message would not be a way FD might end this (i wouldn't). Maybe i am wrong, but i would drop the most lethal NPCs i could on top of them, once they did what they want to do. And then? Most pilots without weapons? What then?

So, assuming a whole bunch of Stuff(tm) comes screaming out of Col 70 Sector behind Salomé, does that mean the permit will be down tomorrow? And if so, who cares what she has to say, shouldn't we be heading in to check out Col 70 Sector FY-N c21-3??? Or do our scientisty-friends have ships and spreadsheets ready to go with a secret plan they haven't told anyone about for that eventuality (or worse, CoR)? Opening the damn sectors again and seeing what new content is there for us would be the best ending possible for this whole rigamarole. (Although it ending in Tionisla with the Orbital Graveyard coming online would be cool too).
 
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I am with you here. I understand their tactic to get those Characters safe. But what then? I already said that a simple message would not be a way FD might end this (i wouldn't). Maybe i am wrong, but i would drop the most lethal NPCs i could on top of them, once they did what they want to do. And then? Most pilots without weapons? What then?

It's a pity, I was just saying on our slack channel, in effect you now have a enemy force who are trying to kill Salome, who may ignore you or may try to kill you.

And then a 'friendly' force who will try to kill you.

So if you are trying to defend Salome, you are in more danger from the other defenders of Salome...
 
Ok, after reading the latest (unintentional) announcements of PAC, I've decided to go to a concert tomorrow evening. Its starts at the same time as the event so I will be back online earliest 3h later. Its a pity but for me the whole event was spoiled by the actions of some overly eager people. I guess this is part of the game so I don't blame FD or Drew for this. I am eager to see how things will develop from here and how all of this reads in the next book. I wish everyone a nice event nonetheless.
 
I plotted a route between the starting point and Sol, and will probably position myself along the frontier. I will probably tune into one of the streams to follow the chase.
 
Back when explorers were explorers, could do their own thing, and no one was giving orders or assigning people to things or telling you who you have to fly with and where you have to go and what you have to do while you are there, and what Discord or Teamspeak you had to be in to hang with the cool kids who see themselves as in charge of such things. Yup, I miss those days too. I even remember the far-off halcyon days when there were no Player Groups in-game, and FDev swore up down and all around that there never would be.

Edit: Except for those spreadsheet-happy "scientists" on that Other Thread... ;-)

We infiltrated you ages ago!
Though I do prefer a glass of Lavian brandy to a spreadsheet!! :rolleyes:
 
What are all us theorycrafters going to do once we're kicked out into unemployment with the closure of the rift mystery? The seemingly obvious answer to me is Raxxla, but we'd be working with even less than we started with here if I'm not mistaken.

Perhaps we'll stake claim to it and create a camp of refuge for redundant rifters in the coming months.
 
You won't catch them either way. Refuel run will be done in seconds and then its high wake bye bye.

It's when they get to the bubble that things will get interesting.

Most forces on both sides will be around the edge of the bubble taking each other out if they are in the same instance.

I'm sure there will be lone pilots out there looking for fame on Salomes head, there are entire factions doing the same.

The event will bring plenty of people out in open which is good, the dynamics arnt there in game yet for it to be an all out war with Hundreds of Cmmndrs.

It will be smaller skirmishes and quite a social event so bring a bottle.

And just as someone lines up the killshot on Salome' A Tharg drops buy to see what all the fuss is, and EVERYONE in that instance tries to potshot the Tharg, Salome' gets away to deliver yet another stirring speech about the blindingly obvious corrupt political setup. The server then collapses under the shear weight of player salt.
 
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Open letter to PAC s



Then why your build includes:
Hardpoints:
2X Frag Cannon (M) (G) G5 Lightweight 1X Drag Munitions
1X Beam Laser (M) (G) G5 Lightweight 1X Regeneration Sequence

Seriously. For all explorers, rifters and whatever beings out there (who don't read the discord-channel):

The PAC has declared the region a Gun-Free-Zone. Anyone with guns will be considered a possible threat (as we all know, the story of the Galaxy is rich in betrayal, murder and assassinations). Yes, there are a few CMDRs at discord, who are maybe slightly exaggerating their pvp-skillz. But if you turn up in the area, carrying guns without being on the whitelist the following will happen:

scouts will spot you, and report you up the command chain as possible threat.

You will then be
a) chain-interdicted by the fast builds (read: you will be chasing the escape-vector for the whole event)
or
b) jumped by complete wing opening up with plasmas, rails, and whatnot. Think CG-gank, but in 'serious'. SO even If you rate your pvp-skillz as en-par with the skillset of the defenders ... It will be not enough too survive a 4vs1 engagement, right?
or
c) you will enjoy the possibilities a) and b)

Additionally, there will be no comms-activity during the whole process. You will not be able to explain yourself. The 'Thing' will be fast moving, and "Ain't nobody got time for that!" So seriously: If you do not plan to shoot at the VIPs, don't bring guns. Except if you are on a whitelist, or a well known white-hat - your chances are slim to ejoy the event.

Yes, I do know, the noises the pvp-crowd tends to make when boasting with their abilities are sometimes slightly irritating. But believe me: the no guns directive is probably the only way for slimming down the chances of some assailant/traitor/whatnot killing one of the VIPs from point-blank range. I don't have a better Idea, and I haven't heard of a better Idea.

TL;TR: If you want to attend the event as visitor, come UNARMED. At least the pro VIP-Side will very likely not open up on you. The opponents probably will, for blowing of steam due to their frustration. Bring Heat sinks, and some decent shields (if you pop a Heatsink when >2km out the attacker will likely lose target-lock, giving you time FSD-Out).

And to be extra clear: anything fitted in a hardpoint is considered a gun. So: no healing lasers, no mines, no missiles, no anything.

And spread the word along your friends: NO GUNS
Always remeber: Friends don't let their friends bring guns to the event!

@PAC Ban me from here s, i didn´t say anyting without respect to you in the discord. I´ll copy the message

I´m just here because of your threaten. I used to think that I wanted to hear salome but now I want her dead. I´m just a python commander but what you are doing here is to completely up the game experience cause if we are not part of your lobby we can´t go help Salome fighting. Which means you want us to make your dirty job and you will be the chosenones for have fun.

I´ll never do anything for you.

Couldn´t have been don’t come with something bigger than a cobra? No, it is, interdict for hours while we feel like the paladins of the galaxy.

Greetings


30 secs banned and deleted. That was definetly a good definition of what you are.
 
Excellent post. Expect for the above bit. She is fighting for herself in my view. nothing else.
Possibly true. Or she's so steeped in her mission that the end justifies the means. And surely she realizes a cult of personality has built up around her. Those normally don't end well, either violently or by literally drinking their own koolaid.

Regardless, a lot of innocent people will be killed tomorrow. Only she could put a stop to it, if it isn't too late.
 
Commanders, please dont be persuaded out of the event :( Something like this doesn't come along very often, so dont miss the opportunity. Show up, wing up, multicrew or run solo, get involved and enjoy the maelstrom!

In all honesty there will probably be more independents showing up then any player group. Even if that isn't the case, who cares what one or another player group decrees? Someone's always trying to tell us independents what to do, how often do we actually listen? ;)

I'm "blazing my own trail" and doing what I like on the day. I don't give a frak if I see any of the outlaws, I am getting up at 3AM on a Sunday to participate in this event because it interests me. I want to go and see, maybe shoot something, maybe get blown up a few times, try and keep up with the pack, maybe be targeted myself - who knows? I just want to go and have fun, playing a video game and following a story I love.

Fly safe o7
 
Commanders, please dont be persuaded out of the event :( Something like this doesn't come along very often, so dont miss the opportunity. Show up, wing up, multicrew or run solo, get involved and enjoy the maelstrom!

In all honesty there will probably be more independents showing up then any player group. Even if that isn't the case, who cares what one or another player group decrees? Someone's always trying to tell us independents what to do, how often do we actually listen? ;)

I'm "blazing my own trail" and doing what I like on the day. I don't give a frak if I see any of the outlaws, I am getting up at 3AM on a Sunday to participate in this event because it interests me. I want to go and see, maybe shoot something, maybe get blown up a few times, try and keep up with the pack, maybe be targeted myself - who knows? I just want to go and have fun, playing a video game and following a story I love.

Fly safe o7


I can't rep you again - but in reality I cannot rep this enough - the original spirit of the event was to include as much of the ED community as possible, and ALL are welcome to participate in any way shape or form.
 
Commanders, please dont be persuaded out of the event :( Something like this doesn't come along very often, so dont miss the opportunity. Show up, wing up, multicrew or run solo, get involved and enjoy the maelstrom!

In all honesty there will probably be more independents showing up then any player group. Even if that isn't the case, who cares what one or another player group decrees? Someone's always trying to tell us independents what to do, how often do we actually listen? ;)

I'm "blazing my own trail" and doing what I like on the day. I don't give a frak if I see any of the outlaws, I am getting up at 3AM on a Sunday to participate in this event because it interests me. I want to go and see, maybe shoot something, maybe get blown up a few times, try and keep up with the pack, maybe be targeted myself - who knows? I just want to go and have fun, playing a video game and following a story I love.

Fly safe o7

I can Rep you and so i did. Hope people have fun. In the end, the instance blocking might even save a lot of players who want to get along. Who knows. This is a game, so... have fun all!
 
I can't rep you again - but in reality I cannot rep this enough - the original spirit of the event was to include as much of the ED community as possible, and ALL are welcome to participate in any way shape or form.

Under the threaten of beeing destroyed if you want to fun with guns. Not any way shape or form
 
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