You know you’re ELITE when:

When you begin the docking sequence, the station says “Oh no, we got this” and moves in to dock on you.


When being harassed by pirates, you successfully mined a hole into the center of an asteroid, and the space cops showed up.


You outfitted a size two heat sink launcher, and the first time you used it, people scanned you to get discovery credit for a black hole.


A Type-9 transporter has yielded the right of way to you.


Imperial ships bask in your presence.


Federal ships bask in your presence.


Alliance ships bask in your presence. And it doesn’t even faze you that they exist.


Thargoid ships scan you for engineering data, because you permit this. They hold to their end of the treaty.


Famous explorers have scratched out their names around planets and moons, and put your name in their place. As a gift.


...And you have yet to accept or return these gifts.


When you warp into a system that has an Angry Mr. Sun, he gives you your space.


When you land on a high gravity world, it lightens up.


Every wing has room for you.


Every system you dock at saves a special mission just for you.


You’ve gained ranks in the Alliance, but haven’t maxed it out. You’ll get around to that when you’re good and ready.


When they told you you couldn’t dock at a station because there weren’t any large pads, you told them you could wait. And you did.


...And then you still got your mission done in time.


The commodity market always has extras in stash for when you visit.


Black holes and Neutron Stars are scared of you.


When you turn on silent running, your ship’s volume slightly decreases.


You do not gank other ships. You graciously bestow upon them, the damage. They politely accept.


When others are having fun, you join in. Your name is among the first in any community event.


You don’t always check the forums, but when you do, they’re invariably talking about you.


Stay dangerous my friends.
 
You outfitted a size two heat sink launcher, and the first time you used it, people scanned you to get discovery credit for a black hole.
A black hole the size of a ship would actually have a relatively high heat signature.
This is because the amount of Hawking Radiation (including infra-red) emitted is in inverse proportion to the black hole's mass.

Or maybe the Class 2 heatsink is just bugged (likely)
 
You have the intergalactic sponsorship for the "most interesting man alive" beer, Two X's, sown up.

Didn't purposely name the brand correctly to avoid trademark issues.

Lawyers.
 
When you land on a planet, volcanic vents and fungal life sprout up all around your ship. They didn't want you to have to drive all that way to find them.
 
You know you are elite when...

You fly a sidewinder armed with mining lasers, a pirate scans you...
"Sorry mate, thought you were someone else".

You request wing to a farragut battlecruiser... and they accept.

You were first discoverer of Saggitarius A. Twice.
 
When pirates jump in and protect you from authority ships.

When you just change your config file to alter the colour of metal-rich landables.

When you can interdict solo players.

When FDev begins a minor beta just to implement a feature you want.

When you are your ship's voice pack.

When you get missions directly from Galactic Power leaders.

When you put missions on the boards for NPCs to do.
 
When the alien ship asks you for permission to hyperdict you.
When you don't pick up meta alloys from the Barnacles: You DOCK on the barnacles and they ship them aboard.
When a coriolis station in Achenar asks you very kindly to clear the mail slot.
 
:D

...when the scoopable star types list is O, B, A, F, G, K, M, You

...selling Biowaste to a station cures Outbreak and Famine in the system

...you take a mission to kill 6 NPCs at a Conflict Zone and the war ends before you get there...
 
When you can dock and undock in rotating stations with FA off and rotational correction off without speeding, incurring any fines for taking too long, or banging into any station structures or other ships.

...in a T9.
 
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