To infinity...and, slightly left

[Skybird]

Commanders, having fun exploring -- no idea where I am but the long hours and lack of human contact is starting to take it's toll. I hear strange noises coming from the cargo bay. I talk to myself. I lose arguments with my on-board computer. He won't open the pod bay doors.

Anyway - having navigated the galaxy map quite extensively over the past few days, is there anyway to see where the edges of inhabited space actually are? By this, I mean where the stations are located, and where they start to fade out? I have been using the view > map option, but with billions of stars, its a little hit and miss, I wondered if there was a better way to see 'inhabited space'?

What was that? the PIPES!, retoot, scrududle, nureeeeeeeek! *Leaves to investigate*

 

[jgm]

Use the 'government type' option and disable 'none' gives you a decen tview.

 

[Sams]

Commanders, having fun exploring -- no idea where I am but the long hours and lack of human contact is starting to take it's toll. I hear strange noises coming from the cargo bay. I talk to myself. I lose arguments with my on-board computer. He won't open the pod bay doors.

Anyway - having navigated the galaxy map quite extensively over the past few days, is there anyway to see where the edges of inhabited space actually are? By this, I mean where the stations are located, and where they start to fade out? I have been using the view > map option, but with billions of stars, its a little hit and miss, I wondered if there was a better way to see 'inhabited space'?

What was that? the PIPES!, retoot, scrududle, nureeeeeeeek! *Leaves to investigate*

With Sol as the centre point stations thin out around 400 light years.

 

[RipperJack]

SO MUCH WIN, HERES A REP

and for those wondering he's on about, duct soup, red dwarf, heres the script -

Spoiler

[KOCHANSKI present, lying in bed, wild eyes staring at a set of pipes fixedto the wall beside her, and a spanner held tightly in her fists]
KOCHANSKI
One more time, and you get *this*. D'you hear?? Don't think I don't mean
it! One more time, just - one more.
almost be believed that some kind of immense alien monster is dying within
them. Like a striking cobra, KOCHANSKI smashes her spanner into the
offending ironwork, sending three loud 'clang's reverberating throughout
the ship>
KOCHANSKI
What did I tell you? I told you! Didn't I tell you?? How many times
have I told you? Right, what was the last one?
through the pages and consults the latest entries>
KOCHANSKI
'Nureek'. So the next one will be a 'retut', and the one after that will
be a 'hanunga'.
Four seconds; three seconds; two seconds --
KOCHANSKI
Now 'hanunga'...
KOCHANSKI
No, that's wrong! You've gone out of sequence! 'Nureek', 'retut',
'hanunga' - what's wrong with you??
'clang's rattle Starbug>
KOCHANSKI
If you're gonna keep me up all night just do it right, okay?!?
KOCHANSKI
'Squrlookal'?? Where does 'squrlookal' come from?? It's new!

 

[Skybird]

Use the 'government type' option and disable 'none' gives you a decen tview.

Thanks, that worked perfectly. Wow, there is a lot of 'space' in space!