The Phantom has the same number of optional slots as the MkII though of differing sizes and one fewer hard point and as Codger said no SLF capability otherwise very similar, one thing about the Phantom it can be built to run about as cold as a Diamondback.
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The Phantom has the same number of optional slots as the MkII though of differing sizes and one fewer hard point and as Codger said no SLF capability otherwise very similar, one thing about the Phantom it can be built to run about as cold as a Diamondback.
I'm wondering... follow the r2r or just take off in one direction to explore strange new worlds and seek out new life and civilisations...
You see, I'm just at 5% through Pioneer and I'd love explo Elite. Which of those two options would be quicker?
You see, I'm just at 5% through Pioneer and I'd love explo Elite. Which of those two options would be quicker?
R2R for sure, since it guarantees a hi-yield trip and rank is based on credits earned from the sale of exploration data. Picking the second star to the right is a more genuine experience, but you'll make much more much faster with R2R.
I combined both approaches a bit getting around the Cat's Paw, using the R2R route as waypoints on an economic plot. I actually came across a couple undiscovered systems with that method.
I combined both approaches a bit getting around the Cat's Paw, using the R2R route as waypoints on an economic plot. I actually came across a couple undiscovered systems with that method.
You’ll get there quicker if you take off for the unknown and find unexplored systems to tag and map..
Why not take a trip to Thor’s helmet and it’s environs, it is very scenic, and there are plenty of unexplored places within a few hundred ly of it. You can nip back to Sagan base in the nebula to cash in those data too, it will save a bit of fretting over carrying it all
Why not take a trip to Thor’s helmet and it’s environs, it is very scenic, and there are plenty of unexplored places within a few hundred ly of it. You can nip back to Sagan base in the nebula to cash in those data too, it will save a bit of fretting over carrying it all
Phantom or MkII? I'd say Python if you can live with the somewhat limited view from the cockpit.
Thor's Helmet is one of the most fascinating objects in the night sky:
Image credit: Morten la Cour
Image credit: Morten la Cour
If what you're wanting is just to rank up in Exploration, R2R will be faster than your own random exploration. Exploration rank is based mostly on how much money you've made selling data. You get a little for driving the SRV and some for Codex finds (new material found, that sort of thing). But it's mostly about scanning expensive worlds and selling that data. You can also rank up doing Sightseeing passenger missions. I'm not sure how fast that is, never bothered.
But R2R will prevent you from making any first discoveries of your own, and putting your name on them.
So there's a little trade-off there.
That's why I like the hybrid idea; use r2r for waypoints and plot an economical route. That way you're doing "real" exploration between the r2r hi-value systems.
Of course, that will slow you down quite a bit, so not a very efficient option; just made me feel better.
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Over in the Exploration sub, there was some testing done with the last update on what counted towards exploration rank, as Marx maintains an “Elite Plus” rank which is adjusted with any new credit awards such that attaining that rank is equivalent to having gotten Elite in the first release. (For fun info, the original Elite Explorer required just over 600Mcr, as scan values were a lot less then. With the last update, and the inflation of scan values plus mapping, it is now just over 2.5 Billion)
Anyway, this is a long preamble to saying that “They found that Codex data didn’t count towards Elite Explorer rank”.
I don’t think that has changed, though I could have missed something
Anyway, this is a long preamble to saying that “They found that Codex data didn’t count towards Elite Explorer rank”.
I don’t think that has changed, though I could have missed something
I used to haul passengers to exotic nav beacons before I went R2R to get credits for that Mamba. R2R was faster. But the nav beacons were pretty.
R2R is surefire guaranteed , as i understand it, the other way is slower paced, offers little in the way of tangible reward in the form of excitement (i would say meaningful interaction but i'm still stuck in solo),so you need to approach the journey from a different perspective,imo. It's quite an anti-social experience in many ways, But perhaps that's just me.Exploration is no friend to impatience and it is not for everyone.And it is quite disheartening to spend weeks accumulating data only to lose it all in a moment of inattention or distraction.Probably the biggest difference is the time between 'earning' and 'cashing in.' Your guns will be deadweight outside of inhabited space,but an explorers main weapon is his heels.
*caveat: Of course,there is no 'right' way to explore.
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I would consider naming a dedicated explorer build “Rincewind” for that reason
Can SLFs be named? If so, an SLF in a ship of this name would have to be "The Luggage".
I'm still making my way back to the Bubble, very slowly indeed. There are just so many interesting systems, thanks to the new scanning tools. I'm finding so many geo and bio sites and I can't help but map those moons because there are many things I haven't seen yet. The only disappointment has been that, so far, all the bio sites have been bark mounds.
Tonight's excitement was a new (to me) type of vulcanism, producing some pretty volumetrics against the night sky:
My raw mats bins are filling slowly but surely - this moon gave up a lot of vanadium, tin and zinc.
Tonight's excitement was a new (to me) type of vulcanism, producing some pretty volumetrics against the night sky:
My raw mats bins are filling slowly but surely - this moon gave up a lot of vanadium, tin and zinc.
Well if you love exploring take the slower option whichever it turns out to be.
No you can change the COVAS voice, the paint, the decals and the weapon and engine colours but no names or ID numbers, just like SRVs.
I’ve been running around Ancient Things, and having Guardian Sentinels shoot at me. After a frantic age of shooting rising obelisks, then shooting sentinels, then wondering where the blazes the data obelisks were that I had to scan, picking up a few things here and there, noticing some shootable panels that dropped materials, I finally got the blueprint, and went back to my ship, with the intention of being delighted to make like a shepherd and get the flock out of there.
Then I read that I need 21 Guardian Technology Components for the FSD booster I want (I have everything else). I have 6. Sigh.....
Does that mean I have to go back to the Ancient Structure and have my nerves rattled again to shoot some panels and get some more stuff? Can I just go and buy some somewhere?
Whilst I am at it, what data pattern does the FSD booster require? I have at least three of all of them except Epsilon.
I have acquired another 3 Guardian Relics whilst having a poke about the nearby Ruins. If I go back to the Ancient Structure, can I just dump a relic on the X and get another blueprint straight off? No... didn’t think so..
Then I read that I need 21 Guardian Technology Components for the FSD booster I want (I have everything else). I have 6. Sigh.....
Does that mean I have to go back to the Ancient Structure and have my nerves rattled again to shoot some panels and get some more stuff? Can I just go and buy some somewhere?
Whilst I am at it, what data pattern does the FSD booster require? I have at least three of all of them except Epsilon.
I have acquired another 3 Guardian Relics whilst having a poke about the nearby Ruins. If I go back to the Ancient Structure, can I just dump a relic on the X and get another blueprint straight off?
No... didn’t think so.. Yes the barkmounds can get a little monotonous although i find them quite restful,and often park up near to them for the night.It's a shame we haven't found a way to communicate with them.But keep looking,eventually you might find anemones,which are quite pretty,although we can't communicate with them either currently,not that we would likely understand the response.I'm still making my way back to the Bubble, very slowly indeed. There are just so many interesting systems, thanks to the new scanning tools. I'm finding so many geo and bio sites and I can't help but map those moons because there are many things I haven't seen yet. The only disappointment has been that, so far, all the bio sites have been bark mounds.
Tonight's excitement was a new (to me) type of vulcanism, producing some pretty volumetrics against the night sky:
My raw mats bins are filling slowly but surely - this moon gave up a lot of vanadium, tin and zinc.
I just noticed, the NSP's are swarming in colonia...thirteen separate signal sites. Somethings going on.
Don't know about communicating, but I wish there was more to do than shoot them!
Confession: I don't know what NSP's are. But it sounds like there's potential for excitement.the NSP's are swarming in colonia...thirteen separate signal sites. Somethings going on.
Notable stellar phenomena...molluscs and such like.And the spiky things that go with them.You can't interact with the spikes,(except head on,not advisable ),but the molluscs sometimes exhibit unusual behaviour,according to stimuli.
As far as i know,though,shooting them has no result,although i haven't tried this myself to be sure.
),but the molluscs sometimes exhibit unusual behaviour,according to stimuli.As far as i know,though,shooting them has no result,although i haven't tried this myself to be sure.