Look ma,no elephluvium !
I saw her today on my connexion..a copper wire nailed to trees..
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Look ma,no elephluvium !
I saw her today on my connexion..a copper wire nailed to trees..
And now, it's time to hang up the backpack and hiking boots, doff the pith helmut and drop the binocluars for a wee while. Time to put up one's feet then put the kettle on for a good, strong cup of English breakfast tea. What a marathon 
Will certainly do! I'm back in the Bubl making minor adjustments to the Asp, and then it's back to the black. Thanks for the link.
I like scoop-jumping while listening to audiobooks, scientific debates or podcasts My comment on 2way-Seti was mostly a sarcastic joke, with a grain of seriousness. I agree that those concerns are way overdue, and that an advanced civilization should be able to find us. I must admit that I also believe in the Great Filter hypothesis, so being discovered is not one of my major concerns.
I decided to mount some of those AX Multicannons on my Krait MKII and head out to Asterope to find some Scouts. I haven't even seen one since way back in the Beta when they were first introduced. But wAsh67 inspired me to give it go.
I did the minimum necessary to outfit the Krait, basically removing most of the internals and replacing with HRPs and one MRP, swapping the weapons for the AX multis, adding a military bulkhead, and swapping one booster for a Xeno scanner, just because. I left the prismatics on it, why not, they're already there.
Jump range went to heck, of course, so I flew out to Asterope in my Anaconda. On the way, I was hyperdicted by 2 Thargoids, one of which warped out immediately. The other followed me, just behind me, for quite a ways. But it never turned hostile and never scanned me.
Once my Krait arrives, I'll see what happens when I try to actually use it on Scouts
I did the minimum necessary to outfit the Krait, basically removing most of the internals and replacing with HRPs and one MRP, swapping the weapons for the AX multis, adding a military bulkhead, and swapping one booster for a Xeno scanner, just because. I left the prismatics on it, why not, they're already there.
Jump range went to heck, of course, so I flew out to Asterope in my Anaconda. On the way, I was hyperdicted by 2 Thargoids, one of which warped out immediately. The other followed me, just behind me, for quite a ways. But it never turned hostile and never scanned me.
Once my Krait arrives, I'll see what happens when I try to actually use it on Scouts
I couldn't even gank myself!
I don’t know, man. Did you see footage of that high G world along the DW2 route?
Explorer types tend to be the best and self ganks.
Explorer types tend to be the best and self ganks.
Will certainly do! I'm back in the Bubl making minor adjustments to the Asp, and then it's back to the black. Thanks for the link.
My comment on 2way-Seti was mostly a sarcastic joke, with a grain of seriousness. I agree that those concerns are way overdue, and that an advanced civilization should be able to find us. I must admit that I also believe in the Great Filter hypothesis, so being discovered is not one of my major concerns.
I think this is the video where he discuss this particular topic, though he have many more that touch on it.
Hidden Aliens
Also have SoundCloud for actual podcast of you prefer to not play it through YouTube. Weekly videos every Wednesday!
I'm based around there. Got interdicted with my haul of void opals, but they just had a look and went their merry way. As far as I'm concerned, they're friendly unless you're not.I decided to mount some of those AX Multicannons on my Krait MKII and head out to Asterope to find some Scouts. I haven't even seen one since way back in the Beta when they were first introduced. But wAsh67 inspired me to give it go.
I did the minimum necessary to outfit the Krait, basically removing most of the internals and replacing with HRPs and one MRP, swapping the weapons for the AX multis, adding a military bulkhead, and swapping one booster for a Xeno scanner, just because. I left the prismatics on it, why not, they're already there.
Jump range went to heck, of course, so I flew out to Asterope in my Anaconda. On the way, I was hyperdicted by 2 Thargoids, one of which warped out immediately. The other followed me, just behind me, for quite a ways. But it never turned hostile and never scanned me.
Once my Krait arrives, I'll see what happens when I try to actually use it on Scouts
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Related to this, any good sources for lore/history of what's going on in game?
Tharg just gave you an o7 and you're gonna kill its children? You're a monster!!!Once my Krait arrives, I'll see what happens when I try to actually use it on Scouts
So back in the seat and first jump found these:
They're everywhere out here!
Just plotted a straightline route back to Colonia, see what the data from this trip is worth.
They're everywhere out here!
Just plotted a straightline route back to Colonia, see what the data from this trip is worth.
looks at Tyres...
I'm building a Police T-9.
I'm building a Police T-9.
Probably the best overall treatment of history in Elite Dangerous is the Obsidian Ant series. It has history of all the superpowers and other stuff, and a 4 part section on the Thargoids. That'll catch you up to 2017 at least.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmX89YRYfWK2nI2NZAS_87PHM4lC1-DyD
After that it's more of a forum search. Check out the Thargoids and Aliens section, especially the stickied threads:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forums/elite-dangerous-aliens/
Google "Holdstock report", lots and lots of lore/background in there.
My first encounter with Thargoid Scouts went fairly well. I did not die. A few of them did. Caustic damage was the biggest threat, and rather hard to avoid. The decontamination limpets worked as advertised.
This is me, failing to avoid the caustic cloud left behind by my former enemy. Eww. Fighting these things is like fighting roaches or something. Makes my skin crawl, lol.
This is me, failing to avoid the caustic cloud left behind by my former enemy. Eww. Fighting these things is like fighting roaches or something. Makes my skin crawl, lol.
We'll have you in an AX Asp Scout in no time! 
I know, know. There's only three of us fly it.
The grind for the weapons is relatively easy. Made simple if all you want to unlock is certain specific variants. I did the 18 blueprint fragments plus associated mats, but did it in stages. I'm still going after scouts. Haven't had the courage to face one of the bigger boys yet.
I woke up too early and can't go back to sleep, so I'm looking at deep core mining ships.
Got myself a krait phantom yesterday, but not quite happy with it. It seem too drifty for my liking in the asteroid fields. I've been led to believe it's the most manoeuvrable of the kraits, and that the python is less manoeuvrable. Is this just pitch/roll or is the python more drifty? I've found an old acceleration table (https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/pitch-roll-and-acceleration-for-nearly-everyship.182465/) but it's from the beta so I can't compare to the kraits, and u don't know if it's still accurate.
I don't need more than 128 slots cargo, so looking at different alternatives. I had a look at AspX but that's not any better manoeuvrability than cobra (which was acceptable but I would prefer more). I found I spent a significant time flying over the field looking for potential rocks, so speed feels important. Now here's the thing; unless things changed from that table, why isn't Orca popular? The pitch is better than python while stationary, and it got higher speed and better lateral and longitudinal thrusters. How are the vertical ones (missing from table)?
Related to this, how does engineering affect these things? I can't engineer yet, but once I can, will the relative agility change?
Got myself a krait phantom yesterday, but not quite happy with it. It seem too drifty for my liking in the asteroid fields. I've been led to believe it's the most manoeuvrable of the kraits, and that the python is less manoeuvrable. Is this just pitch/roll or is the python more drifty? I've found an old acceleration table (https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/pitch-roll-and-acceleration-for-nearly-everyship.182465/) but it's from the beta so I can't compare to the kraits, and u don't know if it's still accurate.
I don't need more than 128 slots cargo, so looking at different alternatives. I had a look at AspX but that's not any better manoeuvrability than cobra (which was acceptable but I would prefer more). I found I spent a significant time flying over the field looking for potential rocks, so speed feels important. Now here's the thing; unless things changed from that table, why isn't Orca popular? The pitch is better than python while stationary, and it got higher speed and better lateral and longitudinal thrusters. How are the vertical ones (missing from table)?
Related to this, how does engineering affect these things? I can't engineer yet, but once I can, will the relative agility change?
I don’t know the figures for the various ships however I use a Python for Core and surface mining the main difference between it and the Kraits is that it is more sluggish to point in a new direction which does mean that it feels less drifty than they do.
I have an Orca that I used for surface mining it actually works very well at that since the module retry were removed and the speed is a great comfort, the issue for Core mining (for me) is that it only has three hard points which is enough but allows no flexibility.
I have an Orca that I used for surface mining it actually works very well at that since the module retry were removed and the speed is a great comfort, the issue for Core mining (for me) is that it only has three hard points which is enough but allows no flexibility.