I tell you mine.
I came out of supercruise on the opposite side of the entrance the coriolis starport. This distracted me a bit as I had to come across the whole station. Boosted for a while leaving the station on my left. Looked at it slowly passing on my side until I was able to see the entrance. Finally. Had to slow down. Thrusters in the blue... landing gear, drifted a bit with my full loaded Asp, but I did a great short radius turn and I center the letterbox while still drifting at a certain speed. Said "hey, nice manoeuvring buddy, perfect stylish entrance!". Saw a lot of lightened up pads... "uhm, which is mine?" I looked down in the middle of the cockpit, searching for the usual blue message from the station... "HEY! !! No blue messages!!!" Instead I found a pretty scary RED one, alerting me of traspassing. I see the walls of the letterbox quickly passing by on my sides. Too late, too FAST to stop and go backwards! I'm 80-100 m/s. The timer runs fast: 23... 21... "DAMN! I'm lost. I'm so heavy and full of kinetic energy now." Pushed down the ship to gain space for a speed turn. Throttle to zero, thrusters backwards, pulled suddenly up, almost touching a control tower (saw scared people inside putting hands at their heads). The ship turns hardly, dissipating the entrance speed as I pulled up. The speed indicator falls into the blue. Now I'm very low, I see the exit up and far, very far. Full throttle... "I can't do it. I'm lost. And with me, the 1.5M Palladium cargo!". Full throttle but the ship is heavy and doesn't move. Timer 15... 13... I must boost. "FFFF! The landing gear... Landing gear up!". -Landing gear retracted- (It's scary how she says it this tranquil while we are facing the death). I carefully aim for the letterbox... full power to shields... BOOST! I'm out in 3 seconds, almost touching the exit grid on my left. Last time I looked at the timer it was 12. I don't remember anything else, except the cold thrills *everywhere*.
"Pretty slick flying, sir."
I came out of supercruise on the opposite side of the entrance the coriolis starport. This distracted me a bit as I had to come across the whole station. Boosted for a while leaving the station on my left. Looked at it slowly passing on my side until I was able to see the entrance. Finally. Had to slow down. Thrusters in the blue... landing gear, drifted a bit with my full loaded Asp, but I did a great short radius turn and I center the letterbox while still drifting at a certain speed. Said "hey, nice manoeuvring buddy, perfect stylish entrance!". Saw a lot of lightened up pads... "uhm, which is mine?" I looked down in the middle of the cockpit, searching for the usual blue message from the station... "HEY! !! No blue messages!!!" Instead I found a pretty scary RED one, alerting me of traspassing. I see the walls of the letterbox quickly passing by on my sides. Too late, too FAST to stop and go backwards! I'm 80-100 m/s. The timer runs fast: 23... 21... "DAMN! I'm lost. I'm so heavy and full of kinetic energy now." Pushed down the ship to gain space for a speed turn. Throttle to zero, thrusters backwards, pulled suddenly up, almost touching a control tower (saw scared people inside putting hands at their heads). The ship turns hardly, dissipating the entrance speed as I pulled up. The speed indicator falls into the blue. Now I'm very low, I see the exit up and far, very far. Full throttle... "I can't do it. I'm lost. And with me, the 1.5M Palladium cargo!". Full throttle but the ship is heavy and doesn't move. Timer 15... 13... I must boost. "FFFF! The landing gear... Landing gear up!". -Landing gear retracted- (It's scary how she says it this tranquil while we are facing the death). I carefully aim for the letterbox... full power to shields... BOOST! I'm out in 3 seconds, almost touching the exit grid on my left. Last time I looked at the timer it was 12. I don't remember anything else, except the cold thrills *everywhere*.
"Pretty slick flying, sir."
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