I didn't intend to head for the core, I just wanted to get in amongst that thick knot of stars surrounding it, thinking it would be a nice change from my last trip to the outer arm, so yesterday I'm about 6000k from the core having decided I have to pay it a visit now. I'm on day 16 of this trip and not had any problems so far other than stupidly face planting a planet which took my hull down to 97% so checking my route planner I see my next stop is another Neutron star with four other system stars, nothing to worry about I'm an experienced explorer right, WRONG!
Dropping out of the hyper jump I catch a glimpse of a yellow star like I'm flying right through it and get the message "Dropping to close" as the ship go's into a spin and ends up facing it " Warning Heat Critical". Smoke rising, turn away, full throttle, drop heat sink, (automatic reactions) take your thumb off the boost button you idiot; 82deg drops to 55 but it's on it's way back up. Where am I, what have I done, where's that Neutron star, am I heading towards it? Heat now 65deg steady not climbing hull still 97% I might just get of this alive.
Contacts tab first item 0.18ls, (Neutron) 90deg left on the compass, second item 3.41ls (Star) 90deg right. Detail scan, nothing else close, 'Must Escape' = Boost = temp 75deg, you idiot brain do that again & I'll cut your thumb off. Think! Ok power off scanners, fuel scoop and sensors I know what I have to do now I cant fly out of this at 263kmh. Drop heat sink, charge FSD, "Align with Escape Vector" Noooo it's turning me right back into the stars corona "4,3,2,1, Engage". Waiting, waiting cabin filling with smoke & fireworks display from the consul temp 160 and climbing fast and then I'm in sc, with the ships computer keeping me entertained with warning sounds and silly messages about heat & hull damage after it steered me into the star with it's escape vector. I'm not making any progress and the temp is now 218 deg I now know I'm going to die out here along with my collected data. Then I'm starting to move steering back towards the gap hoping I don't get pulled out by the Neutron star I see the temp dropping through 216deg and the two stars are falling back I'm going to make it after all. Stopping 1000ls away hull 70% Power Plant 96%, canopy still intact but all modules damaged some badly, repaired critical modules with the AFMU's, detail scanned every star in the system and I'm on my way towards the core again. If it hadn't been for those AFMU's I had on-board and the resilience of the Asp I'd be on my way home now. Interestingly all the modules that took the worst damage (some as low as 30%) were the ones that were powered off, why is that?.
Anyway I'm now 4500k from Sagg A, trying to avoid Neutron Stars with accompanying stars, just wish I could tell my route planner I don't want to go there, again, or the ability to set my own way points would be good.
Fly safe people.
Dropping out of the hyper jump I catch a glimpse of a yellow star like I'm flying right through it and get the message "Dropping to close" as the ship go's into a spin and ends up facing it " Warning Heat Critical". Smoke rising, turn away, full throttle, drop heat sink, (automatic reactions) take your thumb off the boost button you idiot; 82deg drops to 55 but it's on it's way back up. Where am I, what have I done, where's that Neutron star, am I heading towards it? Heat now 65deg steady not climbing hull still 97% I might just get of this alive.
Contacts tab first item 0.18ls, (Neutron) 90deg left on the compass, second item 3.41ls (Star) 90deg right. Detail scan, nothing else close, 'Must Escape' = Boost = temp 75deg, you idiot brain do that again & I'll cut your thumb off. Think! Ok power off scanners, fuel scoop and sensors I know what I have to do now I cant fly out of this at 263kmh. Drop heat sink, charge FSD, "Align with Escape Vector" Noooo it's turning me right back into the stars corona "4,3,2,1, Engage". Waiting, waiting cabin filling with smoke & fireworks display from the consul temp 160 and climbing fast and then I'm in sc, with the ships computer keeping me entertained with warning sounds and silly messages about heat & hull damage after it steered me into the star with it's escape vector. I'm not making any progress and the temp is now 218 deg I now know I'm going to die out here along with my collected data. Then I'm starting to move steering back towards the gap hoping I don't get pulled out by the Neutron star I see the temp dropping through 216deg and the two stars are falling back I'm going to make it after all. Stopping 1000ls away hull 70% Power Plant 96%, canopy still intact but all modules damaged some badly, repaired critical modules with the AFMU's, detail scanned every star in the system and I'm on my way towards the core again. If it hadn't been for those AFMU's I had on-board and the resilience of the Asp I'd be on my way home now. Interestingly all the modules that took the worst damage (some as low as 30%) were the ones that were powered off, why is that?.
Anyway I'm now 4500k from Sagg A, trying to avoid Neutron Stars with accompanying stars, just wish I could tell my route planner I don't want to go there, again, or the ability to set my own way points would be good.
Fly safe people.
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