Finally, on the way to Hutton!
Whaddya know, the Gnosis is there.
No hollow icons, time for a bit of X-files.
Whaddya know, the Gnosis is there.
No hollow icons, time for a bit of X-files.
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Thanks for the offer but i'm only a few jumps from safety,now,so i should be on my way again tomorrow.Did not know about ship rats.Or outposts in the clouds.
Im on 23% hull.If i was on 77%,i'd probably push on.Past experience has taught me that prudence gives a longer ship life.
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As I found out the hard way, the only explorer's enemy worse than White Dwarves is complacency and high self-esteem.
No matter how many planets you've successfully landed on, it is always the last one that kills you. So approach every one as if it was your first.
On my last trip I've wrecked my T6 pretty bad three days in and spent a whole month with 19% hull. Haven't lost a single percent after that.
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Right, time get pencil and paper, transfer the bookmarks from the PS4.
Then off to some Guardian sites. Not sure where I should visit for the Palin unlock...
Then off to some Guardian sites. Not sure where I should visit for the Palin unlock...
Much +rep.
Because I did!
Also found 9 bookmarks outside the bubble that I have no idea what they are...Google or visit?
Hm. Visit!
Wow. Just landed at the Guardian site (Vela Dark Region DL-Y D112/A1).
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I bet this is awesome in VR.
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Greetings from Colonia! I got my ship reassembled after shipping the modules out here, and all is well. I should be able to do missions and bounties and stuff, which is good because I need some combat bonds or something for the one Engineer dude.
But once I had my ship back together, I immediately took it apart again to fit it out for mining.
I was able to get the modules I needed out here, good enough anyway. I had to settle for a smaller refinery than I wanted, but it'll do.
I flew around a bit and dropped into a pretty ring. I didn't have time to really do much else, but I can tell that mining out here is going to be very scenic!
I'll keep y'all posted.
But once I had my ship back together, I immediately took it apart again to fit it out for mining.
I was able to get the modules I needed out here, good enough anyway. I had to settle for a smaller refinery than I wanted, but it'll do.
I flew around a bit and dropped into a pretty ring. I didn't have time to really do much else, but I can tell that mining out here is going to be very scenic!
I'll keep y'all posted.
Took a long, hard look at my Clipper, wondering what possible use it could be, particularly when I have a Python in the garage. Haulage? Python does it better. Passengers? Not really. Mining? Looks like my Krait II is better. Exploration? My Phantom and AspX are better. Combat? Don't know about that, being such a pleb at it.
What does your Clipper do, guys?
What does your Clipper do, guys?
Sits some way off in my future, when I eventually get one I suspect it will be used for posing (especially if we can get a Fireball XL5 look paint job for it) and gathering dust in the hanger when it is not being used for atmospheric flights.
Ages ago, I bought a paint-job for one.
I've never actually owned a Clipper, though! It was more in anticipation of getting one some day, eventually, maybe. Because it just looks so cool
So I expect it will wind up being a capable self-repairing explorer with the ability to make gratuitous, posey, shots of itself in interesting places when (or if!) I fancy a change from flying my Asp.Can't honestly forsee ever owning one.If i did i can't imagine it would ever do anything other than gather dust.Seems too much like a posh ship to me,i'd just spill my beans-on- toast on the luxury leather seating.Did wind up in a couriier once,which was (is) a very nice ship to fly,so i imagine it would be similar,but to recoup the investment must be hard going on something so 'grand'.Still,to each his own.I wish you many happy hours flying in it,whenever they come.
My Clipper is gathering dust, sadly. It's a joy to fly in many ways, and I want to get back to Engineering it one of these days, but...for now it sits.
In other news, I did successfully go mining today. It turned out to be rather more fun than I expected. I started out by canvassing a couple nearby systems to find some planets with rings. I then mapped the rings to find hotspots, and fussed around checking EDDB to see what the various stuff was worth. I'm definitely still at the learning stage There are no nav beacons around, so I had to use my now-stellar FSS skills to find stuff.
Eventually I found a Benitoite hotspot, and it looked like Benitoite could be sold at Jacques for about 1.1 million a ton. That seemed good enough for me, so I dropped in there, but missed and wound up some distance away. I looked around anyway, and found a 'core' asteroid by chance. It had Alexandrite in it, but I decided to blow it up anyway. Alexandrite was listed around 500k per ton, but I wanted to see how things worked so...boom.
I wound up with 12 tons of Alexandrite. But I still wanted to find Benitoite, so I relocated.
Of course, as soon as I did that, a pirate appeared out of nowhere. He literally just dropped in right next to me. I mean, I get it, it's part of the current game, but it's really lame. And of course he saw the Alexandrite in my hold and wanted half of it.
So, this gave me a chance to see how the mining build would hold up trying to defend itself. I had to run less shields and leave a couple weapons behind--and no fighter bay--so I wasn't sure how things would go.
I fumbled about at the beginning, trying to find the right fire group and hud mode -- mining requires lots of fire groups and I wasn't used to my new setup. But eventually I did get my weapons out and told Mr Pirate what I thought about giving my hard-won cargo away. He was still asking for cargo when he exploded...
[video=youtube_share;QKn8WfOlMKo]https://youtu.be/QKn8WfOlMKo[/video]
I was pleased. Despite my terrible flying (I forgot throttle till near the end, lol) and slow reflexes, the Krait pulled me through.
I goofed around for a while more and found one Benitoite asteroid, from which I got 15 tons of the stuff.
Of course, I got interdicted trying to fly back to Jacques because, of course. I evaded it and landed safely.
Sold my haul for 27 million credits. I was happy. I had fun and got paid well enough. I'm sure I'll do better in the future. Or not.
In other news, I did successfully go mining today. It turned out to be rather more fun than I expected. I started out by canvassing a couple nearby systems to find some planets with rings. I then mapped the rings to find hotspots, and fussed around checking EDDB to see what the various stuff was worth. I'm definitely still at the learning stage
There are no nav beacons around, so I had to use my now-stellar FSS skills to find stuff. Eventually I found a Benitoite hotspot, and it looked like Benitoite could be sold at Jacques for about 1.1 million a ton. That seemed good enough for me, so I dropped in there, but missed and wound up some distance away. I looked around anyway, and found a 'core' asteroid by chance. It had Alexandrite in it, but I decided to blow it up anyway. Alexandrite was listed around 500k per ton, but I wanted to see how things worked so...boom.
I wound up with 12 tons of Alexandrite. But I still wanted to find Benitoite, so I relocated.
Of course, as soon as I did that, a pirate appeared out of nowhere. He literally just dropped in right next to me. I mean, I get it, it's part of the current game, but it's really lame. And of course he saw the Alexandrite in my hold and wanted half of it.
So, this gave me a chance to see how the mining build would hold up trying to defend itself. I had to run less shields and leave a couple weapons behind--and no fighter bay--so I wasn't sure how things would go.
I fumbled about at the beginning, trying to find the right fire group and hud mode -- mining requires lots of fire groups and I wasn't used to my new setup. But eventually I did get my weapons out and told Mr Pirate what I thought about giving my hard-won cargo away. He was still asking for cargo when he exploded...
[video=youtube_share;QKn8WfOlMKo]https://youtu.be/QKn8WfOlMKo[/video]
I was pleased. Despite my terrible flying (I forgot throttle till near the end, lol) and slow reflexes, the Krait pulled me through.
I goofed around for a while more and found one Benitoite asteroid, from which I got 15 tons of the stuff.
Of course, I got interdicted trying to fly back to Jacques because, of course. I evaded it and landed safely.
Sold my haul for 27 million credits. I was happy. I had fun and got paid well enough. I'm sure I'll do better in the future. Or not.
The Guardian adventure continues!
Visited 6 blueprint sites so far, also a couple of the obelisk sites. Looks fantastic, getting much better with the SRV although navigating sites in the dark is... not good.
Couple more sites then back to the bubble.
As for the Guardian fighters, maybe another time (forgot cargo rack and energy weapon!).
Never considered, but killing the Sentinels has bumped my combat rank up twice. Nice.
o7
Visited 6 blueprint sites so far, also a couple of the obelisk sites. Looks fantastic, getting much better with the SRV although navigating sites in the dark is... not good.
Couple more sites then back to the bubble.
As for the Guardian fighters, maybe another time (forgot cargo rack and energy weapon!).
Never considered, but killing the Sentinels has bumped my combat rank up twice. Nice.
o7
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My Clipper is gathering dust, sadly. It's a joy to fly in many ways, and I want to get back to Engineering it one of these days, but...for now it sits.
In other news, I did successfully go mining today. It turned out to be rather more fun than I expected. I started out by canvassing a couple nearby systems to find some planets with rings. I then mapped the rings to find hotspots, and fussed around checking EDDB to see what the various stuff was worth. I'm definitely still at the learning stage
Eventually I found a Benitoite hotspot, and it looked like Benitoite could be sold at Jacques for about 1.1 million a ton. That seemed good enough for me, so I dropped in there, but missed and wound up some distance away. I looked around anyway, and found a 'core' asteroid by chance. It had Alexandrite in it, but I decided to blow it up anyway. Alexandrite was listed around 500k per ton, but I wanted to see how things worked so...boom.
I wound up with 12 tons of Alexandrite. But I still wanted to find Benitoite, so I relocated.
Of course, as soon as I did that, a pirate appeared out of nowhere. He literally just dropped in right next to me. I mean, I get it, it's part of the current game, but it's really lame. And of course he saw the Alexandrite in my hold and wanted half of it.
So, this gave me a chance to see how the mining build would hold up trying to defend itself. I had to run less shields and leave a couple weapons behind--and no fighter bay--so I wasn't sure how things would go.
I fumbled about at the beginning, trying to find the right fire group and hud mode -- mining requires lots of fire groups and I wasn't used to my new setup. But eventually I did get my weapons out and told Mr Pirate what I thought about giving my hard-won cargo away. He was still asking for cargo when he exploded...
I was pleased. Despite my terrible flying (I forgot throttle till near the end, lol) and slow reflexes, the Krait pulled me through.
I goofed around for a while more and found one Benitoite asteroid, from which I got 15 tons of the stuff.
Of course, I got interdicted trying to fly back to Jacques because, of course. I evaded it and landed safely.
Sold my haul for 27 million credits. I was happy. I had fun and got paid well enough. I'm sure I'll do better in the future. Or not.
You can get away with fewer fire groups than you would think in mining, I have currently one group with Pulse Wave and Weapon turret on trigger 1 (T1) and Prospector on T2, the next group has Weapon and Abrasion Blaster and Collector Limpet on T1 with Mining Laser on T2, next group has Weapon Seismic Charge and Collector on T1 with Subsurface Displacement on T2, there is also a group with Weapon and DSS on T1 with Discovery on T2. Switching out of analysis mode makes the weapon usable in any fire group otherwise I just ignore moans about wrong mode.
Nightvision mode is good for driving in the dark.
Ha! Totally forgot about that.[noob]
Ive been in a all out trading missions run these last days!
Trying to get my credits up, up, up...
So i can eventually try out the Anaconda, but for now im considering giving a go at the Type 9... At least for the task and job at hand, cause my heart is set on the exploration...
I did try in the middle of this to go to the guardian site that gives the blueprints for the fsd booster in my DBX but i am a trainwreck with the SRV so far so i lost it and didnt complete that, will give it a go later on, when i come back with more than 1 SRV, cause i think that will be the way to get it.
Trying to get my credits up, up, up...
So i can eventually try out the Anaconda, but for now im considering giving a go at the Type 9... At least for the task and job at hand, cause my heart is set on the exploration...
I did try in the middle of this to go to the guardian site that gives the blueprints for the fsd booster in my DBX but i am a trainwreck with the SRV so far so i lost it and didnt complete that, will give it a go later on, when i come back with more than 1 SRV, cause i think that will be the way to get it.
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A nice to increase mission rewards is to get allied with all factions in one (or more if time allows) system.
Currently parked at Beta Site asteroid base, Jellyfish Nebula.
It's quiet, too quiet.
Another couple of jumps for Palin, back to the bubble. Possibly time to smack some Thargoid Scouts about.[alien]
It's quiet, too quiet.
Another couple of jumps for Palin, back to the bubble. Possibly time to smack some Thargoid Scouts about.[alien]
Wait... asteroid base? Quiet?
Whenever I have to stay over night at one of those, somebody with a power drill is trying to snap the thing in half right next to my head.