Elite Dangerous

[MiniSanders 588]

Well I am still docked on the Carrier, so I am good for the full trip

[MasterShrive 2,015]

Just a flea along for the ride

[MiniSanders 588]

30 minutes ago, MasterShrive said:

Just a flea along for the ride

Absolutely!
As long as he doesn't discard me randomly along the way...

[MasterShrive 2,015]

2 hours ago, MiniSanders said:

Absolutely!
As long as he doesn't discard me randomly along the way...

I'll pay to make this happen!

[TheLaw 860]

1 hour ago, MasterShrive said:

I'll pay to make this happen!

I can forward on Predz's bank details for you  

[MasterShrive 2,015]

I'll put 100% of the clan's current fiances towards this.

[Predz 151]

Starting the jumps now. Trip will take about 8-9 hours, so more than likely we'll reach our destination sometime tomorrow.

 

Itinerary - https://www.spansh.co.uk/fleet-carrier/results/E690D718-D6CB-11EA-ABC3-4FAC94EB4526?destination=Stuemeae FG-Y d7561&market_capacity=11782&module_capacity=5900&source=Ogmar&tritium_fuel=1000&tritium_market=0

[TheLaw 860]

Well................................... I logged to join Predz in doing a couple of jumps..... turns out I forgot to dock with the carrier when I last played.... guess who is stuck in Colonia? 

[MiniSanders 588]

Bahahahahhahaha... gotta wait for the return journey now?

[TheLaw 860]

yeah i do haha otherwise its 273 jumps to where Predz is now lol 

Edited August 5, 2020 by TheLaw

[Predz 151]

I've got about 4-5 jumps left, so I'll be there in a couple of hours, and I'll invite @TheLaw through multi-crew, so he can at least still see the centre in some capacity. I'll hang around out there until @MiniSanders gets a chance to see the centre & anything else around there.

 

Once he's good to go, I'll be heading back to Colonia to mine the Tritium to refuel the carrier, make sure Law is docked on the carrier when that's done (this is important), then we'll head back to the bubble from there. I'll be coming back from the galactic core with less in the hold, so the fuel usage per jump will be lower.

Edited August 5, 2020 by Predz

[MasterShrive 2,015]

Jesus! That is unfortunate, haha.

[Predz 151]

Welp, despite everything, the carrier has made it.

 

And finally, after all this time... what a sight!

 

Spoiler

 

[TheLaw 860]

I present to you, the butthole of the universe! Sagittarius A! 

Predz ended up inviting me via the ingame "multi" crew function, jumped into one of the fighters docked in the ship and flew around for a bit. 

[Predz 151]

Here's another pic of @TheLaw in the fighter,

[MiniSanders 588]

Finally got around to logging on and checking out Sag-A... 

Almost forgot what system I started into get back to the carrier, but managed to work it out and I am re-docked on the Phoenix. 

Thanks for giving me a lift out to see that Predz

[Predz 151]

No problemo Mini. And don't worry, I got lost heading back to the carrier the other night, with that many systems around the core, I jumped to a different system before finding the right one.

 

So with that, I'll probably start the jumps back to Colonia either tomorrow or Monday.

[Predz 151]

I got the carrier back to Colonia last night. TheLaw has docked on the carrier once again. I might try to do some Tritium mining this week, though I'll keep an eye out for any carriers selling the stuff & buy it from them if I can afford it (provided it's not some ridiculous amount). I'm doing some combat missions as well to get the money for that, if the opportunity arises.

[Predz 151]

Instead of fixing hotspots to make Tritium easier to mine, they changed how much is used per FC jump. With those changes, turns out I have enough to head back to the bubble now.

 

With both @MiniSanders & @TheLaw docked now, I'll be starting the jumps shortly. We'll probably be back at LHS 215 either tomorrow or the day after.

[Predz 151]

On the 4th of July, @TheLaw, @MiniSanders & I started the trip to Colonia & Sagittarius A*

Now, on the 17th of August (just over 6 weeks later), we're back in the bubble!

 

Last jump for the carrier was only 24LY, so I got in the 'Vette, went to LHS 215 & docked with Spring Gateway. The carrier arrived soon after.

 

After all the ups & downs, all I can say is... 

 

It's good to be home!

 

 

[MasterShrive 2,015]

It's been an impressive journey.

[Predz 151]

About a week ago, Frontier brought GalNet (the in-game news) back to life, with a new storyline involving... how should I put it... "Fucking Terrorists!" - Roman Bellic, GTA IV

 

Stations being attacked with Thargoid-based weapons (been doing some search & rescue runs at one of the damaged stations myself for the last week), Imperial royalty being assassinated, Empire in flames (meanwhile, Federation & Alliance be all like "WTF mate!")... There's actually stuff going on again... Where was this game hiding!?

 

In other news, there's 2 community goals happening atm (https://inara.cz/galaxy-communitygoals/), both having to do with upgrading some refinery outposts to full sized starports, so Tritium can be bought using large ships to speed up refuelling carriers. Each goal is for building a certain type of starport, with one being for the Orbis type (https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Orbis), while the other is for the Coriolis type (https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Coriolis).

[Predz 151]

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-horizons-fold-down.557256/

 

Horizons has now been added to the base game for free if you didn't own it previously. If you owned it prior, you will now have a new paint job for every currently available ship/fighter (a few examples below).

 

 

 

 

Also, I have removed the Shipyard & Outfitting from my carrier to reduce it's upkeep, managed to get about half a billion credits back from that (feel somewhat rich again after the trip & the whole Tritium saga made me go through all my funds). Speaking of Tritium, I have stocked up a couple thousand tons, as at some point in the future, I'll be taking the carrier to the Guardian sites for unlocks (which are less than 1,000LY away, so no long ass trips for them).

[Predz 151]

Here's the gameplay reveal trailer for the Odyssey expansion,

 

 

[Predz 151]

So, I've got the carrier back after the temporary decommissiong in November. The majority of the modules have been re-installed (no Shipyard, Outfitting or Black Market). It's back in LHS 215, with the same name as before. Found the old one still sitting in the Kruger 60 system (one of the carrier seller systems). Kind of weird seeing the old one, then get the new one and deck it out again.

 

Also, I'm travelling along in my Vette, when I got interdicted by a random pirate in a Fer-De-Lance. Having not played the game for a while, I decided that he needed to be blasted into oblivion. Now, this was the first time I had played the game since they made changes to payouts for different activities (combat included), and after I wrecked his shit, the bounty voucher was just shy of 300K credits... Wait... WHAT!? That's what destroying a Conda was roughly worth.

 

Speaking of the game balancing changes, here are the links to the forum posts, showing the changes they have made,

 

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/game-balancing.558895/

 

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/game-balancing-pt-2.559734/

 

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/game-balancing-pt-3.560418/