Would you turn up for a supernova?

CMDR Martin Dooley

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I was thinking... How amazing would it be for FD to host a supernova event? They could trigger one at a random star - any star - and people would turn up and take their seats at whatever angle they wanted. Whether or not the explosion would do no damage, massive damage or just straight kill you would be up to the devs, of course. As an nice little extra, they could even throw in some super rare materials if you're brave enough to risk getting too close to the resulting neutron star/black hole to collect them.

Either way, I'd turn up for sure. And I'm sure many other people would also. What do you people think? Would you turn up?
 
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Andovar

Andovar
That would be cool.
Just go hutton distance away from the star and you should be at a safe viewing distance.... maybe. ;)
 

JesusRocks1988

JesusRocks1988
CMDR Martin Dooley said:
I was thinking... How amazing would it be for FD to host a supernova event? They could trigger one at a random star - any star - and people would turn up and take their seats at whatever angle they wanted. Whether or not the explosion would do no damage, massage damage or just straight kill you would be up to the devs, of course. As an nice little extra, they could even throw in some super rare materials if you're brave enough to risk getting too close to the resulting neutron star/black hole to collect them.

Either way, I'd turn up for sure. And I'm sure many other people would also. What do you people think? Would you turn up?
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Depends whether we're sure of any stars due to go supernova in the next 1200 years... and not a procedural Supergiant that's the other side of the core. But yeah, I'd go to that definitely.
 
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c00ky1970

c00ky1970
If you stay in SC above 1c you could just skirt the edge of the maelstrom as it "slowly" expands.

Although a lot of players may complain that the supernova is too slow only expanding at 0.7c !!
 

JetsonRING

JetsonRING
More Stellar Phenomena Needed

CMDR Martin Dooley said:
I was thinking... How amazing would it be for FD to host a supernova event? They could trigger one at a random star - any star - and people would turn up and take their seats at whatever angle they wanted. Whether or not the explosion would do no damage, massage damage or just straight kill you would be up to the devs, of course. As an nice little extra, they could even throw in some super rare materials if you're brave enough to risk getting too close to the resulting neutron star/black hole to collect them.

Either way, I'd turn up for sure. And I'm sure many other people would also. What do you people think? Would you turn up?
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I for one, would like to see other stellar phenomena modeled. GRBs for example. Or (per OP) Supernovae, or comets big enough to land on moving thru systems. Parasitic stellar-pairs, rapidly spinning quasars, etc.

It's supposed to be a SPACE sim but mostly manages to be a space COMMERCE sim.
 
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Sterlino

Sterlino
not only the event but also a supernova remains system (with dust, clouds, etc..) would be awesome to explore.
 

Dimensions

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Wouldn't ring side seats to a supernova probably result in death, or you would have to be so far away that the light would take years to reach you?
 

the games masta

the games masta
that would be great! i think i would sit in a sidey as close to the star as possible. just take take some welders googles and factor 1000 sun tan lotion should be fine [cool]
 

MickyG1982

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CMDR Martin Dooley said:
I was thinking... How amazing would it be for FD to host a supernova event? They could trigger one at a random star - any star - and people would turn up and take their seats at whatever angle they wanted. Whether or not the explosion would do no damage, massage damage or just straight kill you would be up to the devs, of course. As an nice little extra, they could even throw in some super rare materials if you're brave enough to risk getting too close to the resulting neutron star/black hole to collect them.

Either way, I'd turn up for sure. And I'm sure many other people would also. What do you people think? Would you turn up?
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If they did, que the "Supernova is too OP & killed my ship with one hit!" Threads :)
 

JetsonRING

JetsonRING
fantasmic said:
It'd probably be best if they just implemented one that had been expanding for years already.
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I would be happy if they modeled the supernova remnants we already know to exist but they would look different when we got there, for instance: If we travel (for example) to a supernova 50 light years away from Earth, we will see the supernova (from our ship) as it will appear (from Earth) 50 years from now. It will look different than the supernovae we see in our telescopes from the vantage point of the Earth due to the travel time of the supernova's light to reach Earth.
 
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andrak

andrak
Nah, if FD hosted it, just like the "the goose chase begins on the 28th", then 10,000 players would turn up but the supernova event would be controlled by one FD employee and only be visible to about 10-15 players in a particular instance, while everyone else just saw nothing or, even better, saw nothing and then suddenly the rebuy screen.

I wouldn't bother turning up for that.
 
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