Finally made it to Colonia.

[Hichigo]

It was my first time going this insanely far. I'm a casual player in Elite, and I've dabbled in Engineer grinding. I'm currently using a Asp Explorer. And I currently only have 47 Ly. Took me a few weeks off and on and I've never felt a sense of accomplishment.

Those fast spinning neutron stars scare the absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥ out of me. O7

[Sighman]

Nice one! It really does feel like an accomplishment, and it makes me very glad Elite doesn't have teleporters flinging us all over the galaxy.

I did my first trip to Colonia in an AspX. The view from that cockpit is great.

[Hichigo]

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Nice one! It really does feel like an accomplishment, and it makes me very glad Elite doesn't have teleporters flinging us all over the galaxy.

I did my first trip to Colonia in an AspX. The view from that cockpit is great.

Yeah, god forbid we start getting fast travel in the near future. Would ruin the exploration for me. The view is absolutely stunning. I didn't realise how bloody bright it is in Colonia with all the stars haha.

Edit : Just parked at Jaques Station.

[Sighman]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Hichigo:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Sighman:

Nice one! It really does feel like an accomplishment, and it makes me very glad Elite doesn't have teleporters flinging us all over the galaxy.

I did my first trip to Colonia in an AspX. The view from that cockpit is great.

Yeah, god forbid we start getting fast travel in the near future. Would ruin the exploration for me. The view is absolutely stunning. I didn't realise how bloody bright it is in Colonia with all the stars haha.

Edit : Just parked at Jaques Station.

Yeah, when you come back to the bubble the sky seems dead by comparison.

The good thing about basing an explorer account in Colonia is you only have to go about 3 jumps in any direction (apart from towards the bubble or the galactic core) to find undiscovered systems.

And Colonia has almost everything you need, apart from Guardian modules and some Fed/Imp ships.

[Lich Lord]

That was my first experience too. Asp Explorer, then I did it again in the DBX and finally in a Krait Phantom. Now I'm out in the new Mandalay hunting exobiology. Found 1 planet with 5 different types of life.
Cheers to firsts and the sense they provide us.

[Cearlan]

Been out in Colonia for a couple of weeks now, initially came here for engineer "grinds" but am really enjoying my time here. Came here in my shiny new DBX, and when I do leave I'll be heading off either to Sag A* or a tour round the rim, not decided yet, but I'll open up and engineer my new Mandalay for that.

[Van]

We are on the way to Colonia and we have 31ly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3n6bbUJf9I

[Hichigo]

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That was my first experience too. Asp Explorer, then I did it again in the DBX and finally in a Krait Phantom. Now I'm out in the new Mandalay hunting exobiology. Found 1 planet with 5 different types of life.
Cheers to firsts and the sense they provide us.

I also search for exobiology, (Its my main source of income lol.) The amount of creds you get for first discovery and first foot fall is absolutely mental. I went from having about 1 and a half mill, to 486 mill within a few weeks trying to understand how it all works. No idea what to do with myself with that kind of cash haha.

[Hichigo]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Cearlan:

Been out in Colonia for a couple of weeks now, initially came here for engineer "grinds" but am really enjoying my time here. Came here in my shiny new DBX, and when I do leave I'll be heading off either to Sag A* or a tour round the rim, not decided yet, but I'll open up and engineer my new Mandalay for that.

Im a bit scared to go back to the bubble. Was considering using a suicidewinder to get back. I think I'll head to Sag A, never seen a black hole yet so that'll be fun ^^

[Kobs]

How far is Colonia from say Shinrarta? 20,000 Ly or so?

[Sighman]

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How far is Colonia from say Shinrarta? 20,000 Ly or so?

Yep just over.

You can plot a route using neutron stars and get there with about 90 jumps / under 1 hour or so?

[Kobs]

I made one such mission once to get raw mats I could've gotten so much easier with prospecting loll
It was something like 110 jumps of around 25 and 30 Ly, with the type 8, (and I had to come back to get paid ) I was going crazy, I doubt that I'll ever do that again even if now I can jump 50+ with the mandalay

[Lich Lord]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Kobs:

I made one such mission once to get raw mats I could've gotten so much easier with prospecting loll
It was something like 110 jumps of around 25 and 30 Ly, with the type 8, (and I had to come back to get paid ) I was going crazy, I doubt that I'll ever do that again even if now I can jump 50+ with the mandalay

Mine is at 75.01 with A rated everything except life support and thrusters are 4Ds I'm loving it. It's a huge change.
Halfway to Colonial I took a sharp right now everything is first scan first land fall. Going to be a huge payday, I plan on doing a loop around SAG A before dropping off my discoveries.

[Kobs]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Lich Lord:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Kobs:

I made one such mission once to get raw mats I could've gotten so much easier with prospecting loll
It was something like 110 jumps of around 25 and 30 Ly, with the type 8, (and I had to come back to get paid ) I was going crazy, I doubt that I'll ever do that again even if now I can jump 50+ with the mandalay

Mine is at 75.01 with A rated everything except life support and thrusters are 4Ds I'm loving it. It's a huge change.
Halfway to Colonial I took a sharp right now everything is first scan first land fall. Going to be a huge payday, I plan on doing a loop around SAG A before dropping off my discoveries.

Yeah, there's that good point in traveling far loll I'm just collecting what seems like peanuts compared to first fall exo discoveries.... but compared to space trucking... they're big peanuts ; )
Bad point is my friggin game keeps crashing since the update I can't figure out what it is