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[The Own of Noon]

I bought a diamondback explorer and took it to a couple of nebulae nearby.

There's Dryooe Prou AA-A H131. We'll call that the pretty one

And Dryooe Prou AA-A H55. We'll call that the wispy one.

Looking back at the pretty one through a veil of the wispy one, brightened in retrospect

And bringing a touch of civilization to Colonia, we'll be recycling the temporary company Cobra, in favor of the freshly arrived original company Dolphin.

 

[0threeleven]

Quick question, what is the blue + sign in-between your shield strength and hull integrity HUD? It's not there all the time, every now and then.

 

[CMDR-NOBODY]

I'm still wandering around those guardian sites, got 3 module + 1 vessel blue prints. Will try get some weapon blue prints as well and having hard time choosing between G.Guass cannon and G.plasma charger...

Significant set back on my EDH progress as I'm hopping between DCS and EDH after watching Tog Gun: Maverick ...

I found myself like a fresh DCS player after almost half year focusing on EDH

The only key binds remain in my memory were landing gear, flaps and arrestor hook (for tomcat & hornet).... I have review from scratch for each modules i purchase.....

 

[aRJay]

Quick question, what is the blue + sign in-between your shield strength and hull integrity HUD? It's not there all the time, every now and then.

I believe it shows a Regeneration Sequence is happening, which is a laser weapons special effect that can heal friends shields.

There are all sorts of symbols that show up there and in the target display to inform and warn of you of things like that or corrosion etc.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Two modifications to go then I'm done with on-foot engineering. At least for a good while.

Stabillity needed for my sniper rifle. And, I think, I'm going to go for emhanced tracking on my battle suit. I'll do the latter last in case I change my mind.

I really ought to get back to exploring soon... the rank-up is close enough to smell but not enough to touch.

 

[CMDRQuainMarln]

Will try get some weapon blue prints as well and having hard time choosing between G.Guass cannon and G.plasma charger...

G.Guass cannon if you want to knock out a Thargoid heart quickly and you have good aim. It's considered the 'meta'. If you're like me and can't aim a railgun type weapon if you're ship depended on it, the Guardian Shard cannon is the next best option.

 

[CMDRQuainMarln]

And Dryooe Prou AA-A H55. We'll call that the wispy one.

Looks like the nebula is not showing properly - too dark. It's a 'feature' of Odyssey - some nebula turning invisible or just being black. Are yo playing Odyssey here?
I switch back to Horizons to take a look at nebula now.

 

[The Own of Noon]

Looks like the nebula is not showing properly - too dark. It's a 'feature' of Odyssey - some nebula turning invisible or just being black. Are yo playing Odyssey here?
I switch back to Horizons to take a look at nebula now.

I have brightened that picture to show up better!

Spoiler: brightened picture of H55

I find such faint features sometimes appear almost inverse like this, by blocking out milky way light, but would be curious to compare horizons side by side, too.

 

[CMDRQuainMarln]

I have brightened that picture to show up better!

Spoiler: brightened picture of H55

I find such faint features sometimes appear almost inverse like this, by blocking out milky way light, but would be curious to compare horizons side by side, too.

Not all nebula suffer this problems in Odyssey, but the Flame Torch Nebula is one of several I've seen that does:
Odyssey

Exact same location and ship orientation in Horizons:

 

[CMDR-NOBODY]

Wow, first time to see haze that thick on a planet.

 

[The Own of Noon]

Cool! I've been wishing for more weather and fogs and rains and more winds yeah

Hey haha my space combat career milestone! I almost beat my first promotion in combat, with my elite promotion in exploration, by one day (playing 1.25 years)! Ha ha I guess I'm just too powerful a combatant to have achieved elite exploration without that kind of serious accolades! puts mostly harmless patch on exobiology suit

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Weather would be a great addition. Wind, electrical storms... It'd be great!

However...

Given their track record, we'd all have to be running with overclocked 12900KS's and triple 3090ti's in SLI to cope

Just kidding.

But I would like my SRV tyre tracks back in U12.

 

[CMDRQuainMarln]

Wow, first time to see haze that thick on a planet.
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Funny thing is, I didn't enjoy my first visit to a Guardian site to get the FSD booster, but I did enjoy going back for shield reinforcement, to help a friend get FSD booster (air support in a DBX), Guardian fighter and two sizes of Guardian Gauss Cannon (that I can't hit anything with).

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

That's me done with suit and weapon mods \o/

Now... shall I go and experiment with this stuff or nip out for some exploration? Or mining? Hmm...

 

[CMDRQuainMarln]

Ugh.
My quest for Federation reputation missions for rank without data courier grinding has gone downhill in the latest system I'm based in. It's all planet scans for 5 rep+, so I'm just grinding those instead of data courier missions now. They require a trip to IF after each batch of 8 to 10 I do.

 

[KnezBP]

Weather would be a great addition. Wind, electrical storms... It'd be great!

However...

Given their track record, we'd all have to be running with overclocked 12900KS's and triple 3090ti's in SLI to cope

Just kidding.

But I would like my SRV tyre tracks back in U12.

That would indeed be great. I prefer space stations for convenience and tend to land on planets only as a necessity, but I'd lean much more towards planetary landings if the environment actually felt alive. For some reason LV-426 heavily springs to mind.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

... For some reason LV-426 heavily springs to mind.

That would be an excellent effect - loads of rain. Get inside and feel the "dry heat" of the atmosphere processors. They're manufactured by Wayland-Yutani you know.

Or how about Arrakis? Or Dagobah?

 

[CMDRQuainMarln]

Given up on not grinding Fed Rank with one more rank to go. Endless planet scan and block box recovery for decent rep+ for time spent get tiresome too.
At least I get to do courier missions in the delightful Imperial Courier (for Federation rank #irony) that has a boost speed so fast you're almost instantly out of mass lock leaving a station. Small pad access = no delays landing.

 

[KnezBP]

That would be an excellent effect - loads of rain. Get inside and feel the "dry heat" of the atmosphere processors. They're manufactured by Wayland-Yutani you know.

Or how about Arrakis? Or Dagobah?

It should be fun watching people experiment with the altitude they can fly before they're out of sandworm reach.

 

[aRJay]

It should be fun watching people experiment with the altitude they can fly before they're out of sandworm reach.

With the Arrakis we know being around 20 thousand years after Elite would there be giant Sandworms around?