Newcomer / Intro What are you up to?

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Found a decent price for my painite. Loaded up the Python as she's a dab hand at interdiction evasion, jumped the carrier.

Got to the station and found the price had dropped. Ruthlessly.

With a rude hand gesture at the station controller, flew away with my hold still full and my tail between my legs.

The scum.

I'm going find a faction in conflict with them and let them eat laser.

 

[Jcarmona]

Presently, I am filling holes at the edge of intergalactic space.

Take a look at the galaxy map in Elite Dangerous Astrometrics. Now take a look at the edges of the galaxy. Even though the most remote stars have already been tagged years ago by the pioneers, there are plenty of empty areas-the holes-that border them. Right now I am filling a rather large hole (exploring undiscovered systems and submitting my journals to EDSM so the ED Astrometrics map can be updated) in the Acheron region, about 61,000 LY from the bubble.

Before this, I explored previously undiscovered areas in the galactic limits in the northern area of Mare Somnia.

I did the same for almost the entire Essap/Gootio sector a few weeks ago. Before I arrived, these sectors were largely empty, with the exception of the stars that marked the limit of the galaxy. When I finished, the hole was filled.

In the process, I also completed some of the discoveries already made by the pioneers like CMDR Allitnil. In this case, the main star was already discovered by CMDR Allitnil but the rest of the system was not, so I scanned the rest of the system.

For those of you who want to fill a very large hole near the galactic limits, take a look at the eastern area of the Sagittarius-Carina region in ED Astrometrics. Plenty of opportunities to tag your name in undiscovered areas.

After I fill the hole I am in right now, I will probably keep heading toward the Abyss via the galactic rim.

And before exploring this area, I visited Colonia, Sagittarius A, and the galactic ceiling in the Ryker’s Hope area.

This trip started on 9/6/20.

CMDR Janet

 

[Speedcuffs]

Decided to have a go at the CG. Set off on a steady trip to the California Nebula scanning Ammonia worlds on the way.
Called in at a station on arrival for some repairs... nearly clicked to sell all data!

 

[Banger_uk]

Decided to Search a couple of Distress signals in wolf 636 that i done previous and nearly flew into a thargoid , managed to hyper jump out before he got a little peed off with me buzzing him.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

On a combat mission. 1/5th of the way through. 10m payout. Mamba 5 standing by... check those corrners! Check those corners! Remember, short controlled bursts!

 

[Speedcuffs]

On a combat mission. 1/5th of the way through. 10m payout. Mamba 5 standing by... check those corrners! Check those corners! Remember, short controlled bursts!

As in CZs?

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Cor blimey, guv. Each mission target is 26kls apart... yes, checking those CZs.

This mamba is hot

EDIT And done. 13m in the end after bonuses. What was interesting was that, when entering the instances, there were about 6 ships. Shooting one did not attract the wrath of the others. One would have thought they'd gang up. Still, their loss

The current CG isn't appealing to me at the moment - which may well change - so I think I'll see what else comes along.

 

[Esteban]

Had to take a break, so decided that some Zen-time, SRV surface prospecting & mining would be fun. At some point, I had to stop and watch the planet-sized marble roll by...

Ok, it didn't really "roll" but it was a pretty moment in time...

Have fun out there, CMDRs. Don't forget to stop and admire the scenery once in a while.

 

[aRJay]

Decided to have a go at the CG. Set off on a steady trip to the California Nebula scanning Ammonia worlds on the way.
Called in at a station on arrival for some repairs... nearly clicked to sell all data!

I am having a go at the Exploration CG, previously all you did was charge as fast as possible from one system to another honking whatever discovery scanner you had than handing in the data, it was fast and your progress looked good until the last couple of day when the real explorers would turn up and you would be back down in the top 75% band from top 10%.

With this new cg only Ammonia Worlds count, there are some moaning that it should be undiscovered Ammonia Worlds but that's the forums for you.
A good thing is that for the duration of the CG they are paying out for data at 4x standard rate which is what the reward will be for two weeks if the CG finishes at Tier 5.

I have heard of Spansh's route plotters but hadn't tried one before, I am using the "rough" one provided for Ammonia Worlds it is very good.

 

[Zieman]

I am having a go at the Exploration CG, previously all you did was charge as fast as possible from one system to another honking whatever discovery scanner you had than handing in the data, it was fast and your progress looked good until the last couple of day when the real explorers would turn up and you would be back down in the top 75% band from top 10%.

With this new cg only Ammonia Worlds count, there are some moaning that it should be undiscovered Ammonia Worlds but that's the forums for you.
A good thing is that for the duration of the CG they are paying out for data at 4x standard rate which is what the reward will be for two weeks if the CG finishes at Tier 5.

I have heard of Spansh's route plotters but hadn't tried one before, I am using the "rough" one provided for Ammonia Worlds it is very good.

I'll drink to that!

 

[CMDR Jago Kain]

Cor blimey, guv. Each mission target is 26kls apart... yes, checking those CZs.

This mamba is hot

EDIT And done. 13m in the end after bonuses. What was interesting was that, when entering the instances, there were about 6 ships. Shooting one did not attract the wrath of the others. One would have thought they'd gang up. Still, their loss

The current CG isn't appealing to me at the moment - which may well change - so I think I'll see what else comes along.

Those aren't combat zones, they're signal sources. The mamba is a great fighter, you chose wisely.

 

[MishaTX]

Still ignoring all of the Bubble CG "cool" stuff out here in Colonia (where I finally made it back when the Bubble was dead, only to find that FDev came back out of hibernation pretty much the moment I docked at Jacques for the first time. Yeah, my timing has always been horrid ).

Having fun, though. Not getting rich beyond avarice (I already am thanks to absolutely no effort on my part in this so-called "grindy" ED economy), causing as much mischief as I can

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Those aren't combat zones, they're signal sources. The mamba is a great fighter, you chose wisely.

Hehe, I was taking "CZs" to be a slang short way of saying "corners". My l33t speak is sadly lacking

 

[CMDR Jago Kain]

On reflection I think CZ is Conflict Zone. Either way, they're where minor factions battle to win a war. They're a lot of fun in a mamba but very different from shooting pirates in a barrel. You need situational awareness and tactics to not get your derriere handed to you by coordinated enemy fighters.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

I've done one CZ. Hairy was not the word and yes, I nearly did have my bottom returned to me, all wrapped up in a nice gift box with a fancy red ribbon. I ought to try again. I did it in my rather sluggish but fully engineered Corvette so a Mamba may be a different kette of fish.

I've just docked back at my carrier after another fruitless selling painite attempt. Once again, the bottom fell out of the market as demand had been met by the time I arrived. What I need is station with a large landing pad and an evern larger demand... could take a while.

EDIT

Oh yes, yesterday I ran afoul of the no orange blob again...

Not having a good time lately

 

[aRJay]

I've done one CZ. Hairy was not the word and yes, I nearly did have my bottom returned to me, all wrapped up in a nice gift box with a fancy red ribbon. I ought to try again. I did it in my rather sluggish but fully engineered Corvette so a Mamba may be a different kette of fish.

I've just docked back at my carrier after another fruitless selling painite attempt. Once again, the bottom fell out of the market as demand had been met by the time I arrived. What I need is station with a large landing pad and an evern larger demand... could take a while.

EDIT

Oh yes, yesterday I ran afoul of the no orange blob again...

Not having a good time lately

Didn't I read somewhere that Sidewinders are stealing all the orange from the blobs and logging off with it?

 

[Codger]

I cleared the save on my Alt and goofed around for a bit, testing a theory. I just wondered if the high payouts for extraction related deliveries would extend to a newbie.

So I dragged my little Sidey to what appeared to be a decent Extraction economy, outside the newbie zone. I goofed up and wound up in a Refinery economy instead. I found 2 delivery missions for 55k each going to the same place, 2 tons each, and my Sidey had room for 4 tons. So I did those.

Then I took that 110k and bought a Hauler. Outfitted it a bit, and went to a real Extraction system. First thing I see is a delivery mission, 27T of Palladium, 1.2 million payout. It would take 2 trips in the Hauler, but as a newbie with no rep and no credits, a 1.2 million payout for one mission used to be unheard of.

So now I have 1.4 million credits and a Hauler.

Maybe I'll work up to a T6 on that account, and ride the wave.

Notice that during all this I did almost fly without a rebuy at one point. 23 credits difference!

 

[KnezBP]

I'm not really in the mood for Elite this weekend. I've mostly been playing Alien Isolation and the alien has been riding my 'A' all week. I barely even saw it for most of the game.

I've been playing some Outer Worlds too. Trying to make space in my diary for Cyberpunk. I can pick up Elite any time. It's that type of game.

Interesting i
Suggestion. Have been wondering about Colonia... haven’t tried a Neutron jump yet either. Wonder how long that might take in my DBX (which does about 58LY jumps)?

I've been threatening to head out there for weeks now. All mouth and no action. I might give it a look, though, if you do. I don't wanna be beaten to it by a newbie.

 

[KnezBP]

I've done one CZ. Hairy was not the word and yes, I nearly did have my bottom returned to me, all wrapped up in a nice gift box with a fancy red ribbon. I ought to try again. I did it in my rather sluggish but fully engineered Corvette so a Mamba may be a different kette of fish.

I've just docked back at my carrier after another fruitless selling painite attempt. Once again, the bottom fell out of the market as demand had been met by the time I arrived. What I need is station with a large landing pad and an evern larger demand... could take a while.

EDIT

Oh yes, yesterday I ran afoul of the no orange blob again...

Not having a good time lately

I haven't planet mapped a ringed planet for a while but that's way more detail than I remember seeing.

Speaking of which, Jupiter and Saturn are kind've in conjunction so that's a nice sight.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Finally sold the painite. What a reduction in profit since the rebalancing However, it's still OK-ish for tritium purchasing and carrier UC.

I think I'll go back to exploring. I want to see more alien life. Of the list below, I've only encountered 'Goids, bark mounds and metallic crystals.

Species

The Milky Way galaxy contains countless organic and artificial species. While life in general is plentiful, sapient life is rare.[1] Only 4 sapient species are currently identified: Humans, Thargoids and the extinct Guardians with their Constructs. The existence of 2 unknown sapient species are...

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EDIT Do Guardians count? They're all dead aren't they?