What are you doing (ingame) now?

[Geopan]

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I'm purposely pulling out of the Nebula trip. I don't want to be in anything but a Vulture now, but it's got a pathetic jump range. Because nothing would piss me off more than being in a 22ly Python (let alone a 30ly Asp), coming back with all sorts of scanning data after 100+ hours of game play, and getting f'd right up the rear within 3ly of a station.

Wouldn't be the first time, and that was only after 2+ hours of mining.

I'm sure if you asked for an escort people would help out on your return, I'm happy to offer a Vette escort if you wanted, I'm sure others would as well.

I can bring an FDL/Python/Battleconda to the show too.

[thebs]

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I'm purposely pulling out of the Nebula trip. I don't want to be in anything but a Vulture now, but it's got a pathetic jump range. Because nothing would piss me off more than being in a 22ly Python (let alone a 30ly Asp), coming back with all sorts of scanning data after 100+ hours of game play, and getting f'd right up the rear within 3ly of a station.

Wouldn't be the first time, and that was only after 2+ hours of mining.

I'm sure if you asked for an escort people would help out on your return, I'm happy to offer a Vette escort if you wanted, I'm sure others would as well.

Your call, theBS, but they have Iridium Wing on escort duty. Me, I'm just packing my own lasers and shields. (Though I can usually escape anything before even getting my shields too singed if I choose to run.)

Well, I might change my ship to an Asp Explorer then. I'm definitely not bringing a Python at this point.

[Cometborne]

Kicking myself in the posterior fairly hard. Went all the way down to Maia in the Pleiades sector last week to look at the black hole and pick up some meta alloys. And did not think of visiting Merope and the other Barnacle sites, or doing more hunting for USS of type "Anomaly detected, threat 4".

So the Python goes back into storage after lucky 13 missions for the OoM with four interdictions and still no ship loss since the 2.1 launch (knocks on wood), the Cobra Mk III is re-tooled from CZ combat (3 hours in Exioce in the Low CZ, only about 1 million in combat bonds (yes, I suck)) to long-range exploring, and it is back down there for sightseeing. And making the missing "24 km in front of a black hole" screenshot.

[tinnitus]

I was in fighting in an amazing RES, beautiful large crystals sparkling like diamonds, one large chunk reminded me of the Crystalline Entity in Star Trek. I thought about blasting a few chunks and selling them in large drinking glasses with Vodka on the Rocks. Still a few NPC interdicting for Cargo when I have no Tasty Cargo, last week packet attack hopefully has been solved?

Man this game is *Awesome*

[Cometborne]

Talking about doing scans: Go into a conflict zone, do not pick a side, but simply hang around and do passive scans of the ships in the CZ for all those data packets.

Now that Sir, is a genius idea

Don't call me "Sir", I work for a living and my parents were married

[KLED]

Well, I might change my ship to an Asp Explorer then. I'm definitely not bringing a Python at this point.

I'll be armed well enough to at least provide a distraction while someone escapes if we happen to run into pirates. In my head I see us having one last meet up somewhere near the Bubble and then everyone heading back in wings for safety, so I'm happy to bring a couple of unarmed ships home if anyone needs it.

I'm also tossing up whether to bring a couple of auto-repair kits (which would leave me space for 4 buggies instead of 1) or a cargo rack and fuel limpets. I've never properly explored before and have little confidence in my ability to avoid cooking myself accidentally, so if anyone else is planning to bring fuel limpets I'll go for the maintenance kits. Either way my ship is pretty much built already and I'm ready to go whenever.

[Trinity Star]

More engineer grinding....

Corvette:
Shields 7A: 1,922.3 (5 Boosters Level 1Heavy Duty, Level 3 Reinforced Shields)
1 x 7A Shield Cell Bank (Level 1 fast recharge, adds 2% shield integrity)
1 x 6A Auto Field Maintenance
Power Plant 8A: 41.87MW (Level 3 Overcharged)
Power Distributer 8A (Level 1 Weapons Focused +8% Capacity +4.3% Recharge)
Hull Strength: 2,465 (with Hull Reinforcements)
6A FSD (Level 4 Increased Range 16.11LY max)

2 x Huge Gimballed Multi-Cannons
1 x Large Gimballed Pulse
2 x Medium Gimballed Pulse
2 x Small Gimballed Pulse
1 x Point Defence
1 x Heatsink Launcher

KWS, 4A Interdictor, 5A Life Support, 8D Sensors, 5A Fuel Scoop, 4G Planatery Vehicle Hanger (2 x Scarabs), 5C Fuel Tank, 8 Cargo Rack.
7A Thrusters (Level 1 Drive Strengthening, Integrity +19.5%, Thermal Load -9.3%)

[Falcon_D]

More engineer grinding....

Corvette:
Shields 7A: 1,922.3 (5 Boosters Level 1Heavy Duty, Level 3 Reinforced Shields)
1 x 7A Shield Cell Bank (Level 1 fast recharge, adds 2% shield integrity)
1 x 6A Auto Field Maintenance
Power Plant 8A: 41.87MW (Level 3 Overcharged)
Power Distributer 8A (Level 1 Weapons Focused +8% Capacity +4.3% Recharge)
Hull Strength: 2,465 (with Hull Reinforcements)
6A FSD (Level 4 Increased Range 16.11LY max)

2 x Huge Gimballed Multi-Cannons
1 x Large Gimballed Pulse
2 x Medium Gimballed Pulse
2 x Small Gimballed Pulse
1 x Point Defence
1 x Heatsink Launcher

KWS, 4A Interdictor, 5A Life Support, 8D Sensors, 5A Fuel Scoop, 4G Planatery Vehicle Hanger (2 x Scarabs), 5C Fuel Tank, 8 Cargo Rack.
7A Thrusters (Level 1 Drive Strengthening, Integrity +19.5%, Thermal Load -9.3%)

Hello,
Does the Level 1 drive strengthening take away manoeuvrability in combat?

Have fun, fly safe. o7

P.s.: 10k+ ly from Maia. Going to get Metal alloys then going to sell as much exploration data as possible to the Tinkerer as possible to make level 3. This is going to be a tense time.

[Trinity Star]

Going to remove that in favour of dirty drive tuning.

[Schmobius]

I spent all of the weekend, and maybe a couple days before, grinding for my level 5 FSD Range Increase.

Well, I got it today. Very "meh" results. It was an increase over level 4, but not much of one, as I didn't get a great roll. I guess it could have actually gone negative though, so I'm not calling it a terrible roll.

Imperial Cutter in a very multi-role build, A8 powerplant and thrusters, 6A shield, SRVs, scanners, full pulse lasers, 8 shield boosters, and a 6B fuel scoop. Still have over 500 cargo available.

25.87ly unladen jump range.

I guess that is going to have to do this weekend as I go out exploring.