This was my 2nd visit to SPOIHAAE XE-X D2-9, a system containing a White Dwarf and a planet which is right next door. I'm by no means the first to discover this system, or take videos of it. Credit goes to those brave Commanders who have boldly gone where I've just visited recently.
The first time I visited, I kinda....well, died on take off. My poor ship was in a hazardous environment (inside the jet cone), so when I attempted to take off.....I landed soon after. In hot pieces. Not even my Grade 5 Clean Drives could save me.
And the White Dwarf laughed, claiming another death.
So, I re-brought my DBX (Venture) and jumped right back into the System of Death.
The orbit of the sole planet is so close, and so fast, I had to wait until the poor, well baked planet was outside the jet cone of the White Dwarf. I had to pop off a couple of heat sinks just to land, but, I made it:
Once down, I was aware of the sun about to set:
[video=youtube_share;dvJpx69Zacs]https://youtu.be/dvJpx69Zacs[/video]
So off I went to get some materials, because, that's what you do on the surface on a planet which is trying to kill you. During which time, I experienced a sensation I hadn't realised in this game for months - fear. Would I die on this barren rock, again?
A trio of outcrops gave me a generous helping of stuff. I went back to the ship and OhMyGawd! The sun is coming up already! This should be worth recording. Get the suncream out folks, along with any clothes you need to put on the line, because its getting hot out there!
[video=youtube_share;Teo4iXWMg2I]https://youtu.be/Teo4iXWMg2I[/video]
I went back to the ship, confident I was outside the jet cone and it was safe to take off. But I wasn't outside the exclusion zone of the White Dwarf!
Luckily, the game bounced me out of that zone, just in time for me to see this:
[video=youtube_share;svbjYE7nYV0]https://youtu.be/svbjYE7nYV0[/video]
Its times like this that remind me why I play this game, despite the bugs, the quirks and the ''Seriously FD?!?' moments of gameplay. And why I'm hoping for exploration to get the sweet loving it deserves in Q4.
The first time I visited, I kinda....well, died on take off. My poor ship was in a hazardous environment (inside the jet cone), so when I attempted to take off.....I landed soon after. In hot pieces. Not even my Grade 5 Clean Drives could save me.
And the White Dwarf laughed, claiming another death.
So, I re-brought my DBX (Venture) and jumped right back into the System of Death.
The orbit of the sole planet is so close, and so fast, I had to wait until the poor, well baked planet was outside the jet cone of the White Dwarf. I had to pop off a couple of heat sinks just to land, but, I made it:
Once down, I was aware of the sun about to set:
[video=youtube_share;dvJpx69Zacs]https://youtu.be/dvJpx69Zacs[/video]
So off I went to get some materials, because, that's what you do on the surface on a planet which is trying to kill you. During which time, I experienced a sensation I hadn't realised in this game for months - fear. Would I die on this barren rock, again?
A trio of outcrops gave me a generous helping of stuff. I went back to the ship and OhMyGawd! The sun is coming up already! This should be worth recording. Get the suncream out folks, along with any clothes you need to put on the line, because its getting hot out there!
[video=youtube_share;Teo4iXWMg2I]https://youtu.be/Teo4iXWMg2I[/video]
I went back to the ship, confident I was outside the jet cone and it was safe to take off. But I wasn't outside the exclusion zone of the White Dwarf!
Luckily, the game bounced me out of that zone, just in time for me to see this:
[video=youtube_share;svbjYE7nYV0]https://youtu.be/svbjYE7nYV0[/video]
Its times like this that remind me why I play this game, despite the bugs, the quirks and the ''Seriously FD?!?' moments of gameplay. And why I'm hoping for exploration to get the sweet loving it deserves in Q4.
