Hi!
First of all: good to be here!
I'm trying to finish "As Lightning Fall", which happens to be this
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/As_Lightning_Fallmission.
I'm really fascinated by this mission. You know, flying through this nebula, nothing but thunderstorm and lightning around you (would there be rain in addition, I couldn't resist getting a hot chocolate), you're HUD and sensors constantly flashing.
GREAT ATMOSPHERE!
But then there's a small problem with math, or let's clarify, with geometry:
Me and my wingmen are, at mission start, standing still at a point in space. Let's call this point "A". A few hundred meteres away there is a nav buoy at a point "B" in space.
Now your wingmen tell you to follow the nav buoys. Great Idea, so I did.
But wait a second. What means "follow" in this context? I assumed that it would be wise to maneuver my ship from A to B. As there was still no sign of a second buoy when I arrived at B, I decided to proceed in the SAME direction (on a LINE defined by A and B) until a certain point X. I proceded as much as 10 kilometers into that direction without finding anything.
Out of curiosity I also tried to follow the straight line in the other direction, but nothing.
OK, I have to admit that I'm now totally immersed in that nebula thing and if I look out of my window, I literally see the nebula there. So storytelling did a great job.
Unfortunately it gets a bit boring in the nebula. Shooting the wingmen, for refusing to help with the navigation, helps a bit the first 100 times. It's also quite funny to call in the rescue party and have them shoot down by the shivans. Or doing both.
The point is: shouldn't there be a transport called "Grall" out there? Somewhere (close to the house of the MOJO-lady...)???
In the meantime, I just take a ride through the nebula. Great weather today!