...thinking it's the equivalent of buying a Sidewinder at Trinh Enterprise, Chacobog, because the Eagle didn't appeal, so you decided to engineer a Sidey to fly in Open instead.
But it's so long since you last died, having undertaken the long trip to Elvira Martuuk's base, plus the 300 LS that qualified you for her services, that you forgot 'free ship' would spawn back at Trevithick Dock, magically teleporting you 170 light years back to Trevithick Dock, far from your engineered Viper and Cobra. And for a chilling moment, you think you've gone back to square one, until you realise you've still got your money, and your ships are still out there.
Of course, I could just ask for my Viper to be delivered to me, which would take about 35 minutes, and cost about 20,000C (the Cobra, strangely, would cost nearly three times that, for the same trip), then fly it back, and buy a new Sidey to engineer.
However, as the point of buying the Eagle in the first place was to fly a disposable ship in Open for a bit, and find out what things were really like interacting with other players at low risk, I'm tempted to fly the Sidey straight to Kuhn in Open. Only problem is that I'm getting 'route plotting failed' when I try to set a course. I'm guessing this is because my Sidewinder's FSD isn't up to the trip, so how can I change that, when upgrading any of my gear seems to violate power draw limitations?
If I were to get rid of my weapons, say (or even my shields, probably not a good idea in Open?), would my ship become light enough to make the difference?
I'm unlikely to do anything until the weekend, so any nuggets of advice would be welcome (and I might be missing an even better fix). I'll probably call the Viper, but thought this might be informative for any other players who find themselves in a similar predicament.
But it's so long since you last died, having undertaken the long trip to Elvira Martuuk's base, plus the 300 LS that qualified you for her services, that you forgot 'free ship' would spawn back at Trevithick Dock, magically teleporting you 170 light years back to Trevithick Dock, far from your engineered Viper and Cobra. And for a chilling moment, you think you've gone back to square one, until you realise you've still got your money, and your ships are still out there.
Of course, I could just ask for my Viper to be delivered to me, which would take about 35 minutes, and cost about 20,000C (the Cobra, strangely, would cost nearly three times that, for the same trip), then fly it back, and buy a new Sidey to engineer.
However, as the point of buying the Eagle in the first place was to fly a disposable ship in Open for a bit, and find out what things were really like interacting with other players at low risk, I'm tempted to fly the Sidey straight to Kuhn in Open. Only problem is that I'm getting 'route plotting failed' when I try to set a course. I'm guessing this is because my Sidewinder's FSD isn't up to the trip, so how can I change that, when upgrading any of my gear seems to violate power draw limitations?
If I were to get rid of my weapons, say (or even my shields, probably not a good idea in Open?), would my ship become light enough to make the difference?
I'm unlikely to do anything until the weekend, so any nuggets of advice would be welcome (and I might be missing an even better fix). I'll probably call the Viper, but thought this might be informative for any other players who find themselves in a similar predicament.
