Oh MY ,,, Nooo,, how ,, !! wHY!!! the humanity of it. i just had a terrible moment.I'm sure there was a similar thread somewhere which i couldnt find just now,, about a bad mishaps etc.. but not quite like the moment i had i think.
There i was in my nice Python, Its a nice thing,, not full on combat,, but i run it at present spec for armed transporting, self protection. a nice 176 ton capacity and ability to kick a pirate or three back to whence they came.
i was working on gaining some faction rep,, i need those promotions to get access to the ships. ( empire ) , doing missions as they come,,, run some cargo here,, trade data there. smuggle this and that, shoot a few pirates.
now with 176 tonnes capacity,, it can be nice to bulk stack around 6 missions or so in each run. Along with maybe whatever each station has to trade. may as well combine all available profit gains as well as reputation.
Slaves they wanted,,, hmm,, thats not really in my morality,, smuggling fine i will do that all day ., but darn,, this station has just that one run to do.... why not,, theyre all empire,
theyre wanting them shipped to the next system i'm heading to so i turn a blind eye.
8 tonnes of them,,, poor folk,,, ok just hide them along at the back,,, they can go along with the trade data,, atmospheric processors,, uranium, food cartridges,clothing, consumer tech,water purifiers,domestic appliances, you name it,, i had a range of everything,,, 8-20 tonnes of most cargo,, buy it cheap,, sell it pricey. there was 20 tonnes space left,, my downfall.
heading to my next trade dock,, up pops a weak signal source. Interesting... maybe this could be a little more profit,, and hey.,. i have the room. in i dropped to investigate. derelict with tech blueprints floating nearby,., nice.
Now at this point, i would with hindsight loved to have had collector limpets,, could have salvaged something far easier. but no,.. pop open the cargo hatch and shovel them in. its only 5 or so blueprints.
Leaning over in the cockpit of my ship to hit the open the cargo hatch button, i found i had hit another button,, not the one i was looking for,, just next to it. End.
and things did END. oh gawd.. what had i done,., why was that there... why would you have a JETTISON ALL CARGO button. Without a safety lock , i didnt even know there was a jettison all button in my ship.
In horror i watched as 8 tonnes of poor slaves were jettisoned in a cloud about my ship along with 168 tonnes of various appliances, minerals, medicines,and everything.
quick realisation,,, i must salvage it all,, fast,,, no,,, too much,, they will degrade far quicker than i can collect!>. ok foget the trade goods,. the Slave mission. at least i must save them, if just not to fail the mission at least.
All was in vain, as a cloud of cargo now was engulfing my ship exploding containers impacts and screams, i had managed to collect up 4 tonnes of cargo,, destroying far far more in the process, along with those poor slaves.
What was that END key,,, well it ended a lot there in that moment. i hit it again,, why keep 3 tonnes,, clean the hold out..
Heading back to a starport to remove that little button from config. pretend that incident didnt happen, and have another beer,,
Woah,,, It really was a bad day. hope you dont have the same problem ,, or you had a bad day experience worse than this ??
