Funny story here. So I decided to take another Scavenger Elimination mission, and flew to the site.....only to see a Keelback and an SRV already at the location. Then I noticed in my mission screen (top right corner), that 2 of the 6 Scavs I needed to take down were already dead. I got to the Settlement to find 2 other commanders, laying waste to the Scavs left and right. By the time I got in there, 5 out of 6 were dead. Thankfully, I was able to take down the last one all by myself....so that is something, I guess .
Hey, look, the biological and geological filters finally "worked" for me and I did not get a Vomit Green Orb of Death! Aren't they purrrty? Look how easy it is to use them for navigation and read the HUD. I think I was better off when they didn't work. Not quite seizure-inducing (I assume, but I wonder if anyone has checked? Ditto for the exobiology mini-game).
A planetary base adventure in screenshots (apologies for how many there are but it was quite a fun afternoon).
It starts at this base on an ice planet where I decide to test the Odyssey SRV's ability to wall climb. It does just fine and I end up on top of one of the medium height buildings where I climb out and scramble higher to better enjoy the view.
I jump the SRV across to another building where I stage a scene from a crime movie where our hero is trapped in a dead end alleyway (which just happens to be at the top of a skyscraper).
Unfortunately, while trying to get another screenshot I then fall off the building (on foot), leaving my SRV back at the top of that building.
Errr, now I'm in a bit of a pickle!
Fortunately my ship is parked on the ground just at the edge of the base so I then start running back to it across the landing pad area, taking a few snaps as I go.
Swinging on a cargo hoist.
Aiming my gun down a huge pipe.
Wow these landing pad blast shields are HUGE!
As is this sidewinder's landing gear.
It's cool to see that things made for humans way back in Horizons are just the right scale now that we can actually walk up to them.
(that tower in the backlground is where the social hub is - more on that in a minute)
SRV garages are about the size of an indoor basketball court!
Eventually I reach my ship and then fly back to find my SRV which is still where I left it in that alleyway at the top of the skyscraper.
Errr, yeah - that's something of a predicament. In the end I have to land and relog to persuade the station to issue me a new one.
It's at this point that I conceive a grand plan ... I will stage a sneek attack on the Odyssey bar area ... from the outside!
The end result of that folly is this rather marvelous pair of screenshots ..
.. but I then find myself on the ground again, with my SRV still parked on top of the social hub tower ... and this time there's no ship I can run to and I can't recall it unless I run over 5km away from the town! Well sod that, I run back into town (which I've only just noticed is rather appropriately named) ..
.. and explore a bit more while I wait for my energy ..
.. and eventually my Oxygen, to expire.
What an absolute hoot. Now all I need to do is recreate that when there are players inside the bar. Can you imagine sitting there and suddenly seeing a commander fall past the window outside! That's gotta be totally worth it!
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