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Grab them while they are hot, gents! They make pretty decent combatants against all those murder flowers, if that's your cup of tea. Outside that, pretty good investments overall.
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Offline Det. Bullock

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So, since I did about a hundred screenshots during my trip to Rings Galore with the Python and since only now I uploaded a selection of said screenshots, here they are, starting with a couple of multi-star systems:


My first earth-like:


A descent to a high gravity ringed planet (let's just say that I was terrorized of wrecking my Python while landing):








A few other pictures, the fourth one is of two earth-likes forming a binary planetary system, it's not particularly pretty but getting the two in the same picture was difficult:




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"People assume  that time is a strict progression of cause to effect,  but *actually*  from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more  like a big ball  of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff." - The Doctor

 

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Binary systems give me the creeps.

 

Offline Mpez

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Do you do long range exploring in that python? Never considered that before, I thought conda/asp/diamondback explorer are the main ones that get picked for that. The screens with the ringed planet and the sun are pretty cool :)

Remember me saying engineering is grindy/boring? I might've... engineered a vette today.


 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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I've re-purposed my python a few times and it's not a bad explorer it just takes a little bit longer than it would in my DBX (#dbx4life).

I got about 20kly before Spaaaaace madness kicked in and I turned around in order to make those sweet sweet FAS FDS FGS purchases.   


Be prepared for the engineering to take a massive positive change. 
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Offline Det. Bullock

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Do you do long range exploring in that python? Never considered that before, I thought conda/asp/diamondback explorer are the main ones that get picked for that. The screens with the ringed planet and the sun are pretty cool :)

Remember me saying engineering is grindy/boring? I might've... engineered a vette today.

Only once, it was my first try at long range passenger missions and only because I was scared enough of the void I needed a beefier ship to feel safe, I already had the FSD modded but a 25ly jump range meant entire weekends travelling stopping only for potential earth-likes (I mapped the system map to a momentarily unused button on the HOTAS specifically to make the travels go faster) and being an exploration noob I didn't think of reconfiguring my ship to lose weight.
Once I returned I got out my old Asp Explorer and lost all the extra weight to reach 44 ly (I tried to get a better FSD mod but unfortunately all my rolls failed and got bored with farming resources), which is MUCH better.
Currently I'm returning from a passenger mission to Gandharvi, 360 jumps coming and going, currently going at 20 jumps a day so I can do some surface scans instead of just honking and moving on.



"I pity the poor shades confined to the euclidean prison that is sanity." - Grant Morrison
"People assume  that time is a strict progression of cause to effect,  but *actually*  from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more  like a big ball  of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff." - The Doctor

 

Offline Lorric

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 :lol: This is so cheesy. :D


Flight log of an npc who engaged a thargoid when they first showed up. If you only want to hear the recording, skip to 3:40.

 

Offline Lorric

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So, someone has found some very interesting things inside a gas cloud:


Alien lifeform?


Makes me think of Star Control 2 and the Slylandro. :)

 

Offline IronBeer

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So the big, new Q4 patch goes live today. I've been talking with some of HLP's resident Elite fans on IRC regarding a new feature added in the update: Squadrons!

Yes, at long last, E:D has a proper social and organizational feature so like-minded pilots can easily play together, and lemme tell you, E:D can be a lot more fun with friends. There's a lot to unpack with squadrons themselves, but I remember how excited we all were years ago at the prospect of setting up an HLP squadron in ....well pretty much any new space game.

So, one thing a squadron can do is choose a system in-game to be their base/home. After said discussions, the front-runner candidate system is, fittingly enough, Ross 128.

The system is kind of small and unobtrusive, yet it's well-arranged and has decent services, and of course massively important to the Freespace franchise that brought us all here in the first place.

I'm planning on starting a (semiofficial?) HLP squadron later today- I wanted to formalize my intention in this thread so everybody could see and so we could maybe throw around some names.
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+1 for Ross 128

 

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Ross 128 is a fine choice
If I'm just aching this can't go on
I came from chasing dreams to feel alone
There must be changes, miss to feel strong
I really need lifе to touch me
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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I was leaning towards capella but Ross 128 is where it all started in suppose.  What was that station called in the FS1 intro?
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The only good Zod is a dead Zod
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Offline Turambar

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It looks like Ross 128 requires federal rank to visit, so I think we should pursue other options.

There are 3 systems named Deneb that have stations, and one is a pretty good pick, named Deneb Algedi.

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Offline IronBeer

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It looks like Ross 128 requires federal rank to visit, so I think we should pursue other options.

There are 3 systems named Deneb that have stations, and one is a pretty good pick, named Deneb Algedi.
Yeah, didn't realize Ross 128 was permit-locked. That's kind of a bummer... We can keep looking for an alternate, but Deneb Algedi looks pretty good too!

But more importantly:
There was a possible group name so obvious I can't believe I didn't see it. How's the "Hard Light Privateers" sound?
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What about The Hard Lighters? I think there was a group of HLP'ers on MWO (or some other Battletech MP game) with that name.

A lighter is a kind of ship in the maritime sense, but "privateers" is more exciting I suppose.

I'm currently just being a loner in ED but some day I might want to tag along.

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Buccaneers please.   I'm fed all the way so permit lock isn't an issue. 


#betterfedthandead
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
NEWGROUNDS COMEDY GOLD, UPDATED DAILY
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Offline IronBeer

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Ok, looks like headquarters and the like doesn't actually matter.

The Hard Light Privateers are live! Find us under the tag "HLP1"
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Right, mining is now fun.   10 mil from 2 asteroids.    20 minutes work from launch to landing.     


I've not seen any squadron activity though despite joining a while back.     Can has officer status?
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
NEWGROUNDS COMEDY GOLD, UPDATED DAILY
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Offline IronBeer

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I've not seen any squadron activity though despite joining a while back.     Can has officer status?
Sure!

Sorry, haven't been terribly active lately on account of Christmas vacay and whatnot.

Edit: Done. The squad members I know to be HLP-ers are now Senior Officers.
« Last Edit: December 27, 2018, 12:39:33 pm by IronBeer »
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