Thargoids to Sol

[Regulator]

I have never participated in a community event. Can I assist with the evacuation from Solo play? If so, I was thinking about buying a beluga as I have no ship with personnel support. Suggestions are appreciated.

[funkynutz]

You'll want something pretty fast, to run away from the Thargoids when they hyperdict you as you jump out of Sol... But yeah, you can do it solo.

[Planewalker]

Remember to install heat sinks and ECM! (i've not found point defence effective)

Heatsinks to avoid detection, and ECM to disable thargoid limpets. (practice is a good idea)

While the glaive can knock out your shields, it is still a good idea to have one on the ship.

Oh, and make sure to install an SCO-capable drive so you minimize travel times and thus tharg-dictions.

If you want i can link my rescue ship (Beluga w 4 ECM), just lmk.


cheers

[SPACER NINE NINE]

Originally posted by Planewalker:

Remember to install heat sinks and ECM! (i've not found point defence effective)

Heatsinks to avoid detection, and ECM to disable thargoid limpets. (practice is a good idea)

While the glaive can knock out your shields, it is still a good idea to have one on the ship.

Oh, and make sure to install an SCO-capable drive so you minimize travel times and thus tharg-dictions.

If you want i can link my rescue ship (Beluga w 4 ECM), just lmk.


cheers

thanks for posting this im gona try this too

[Sighman]

2-3 ecms would be the best choice. You need at least 2. Remember that the ECM works by holding it down, not just pressing and releasing.

You can bind a keypress for the ECM. If you press and hold a second time, it fires the second ECM. Hopefully if you need a third go, the first will have recharged.

You can mix first class, business and economy cabins. Take VIPs in the first two (they won't share cabins) and bulk evacuees in the latter.

You can also fit a hold and take escape pods as cargo with wounded inside. On the way back you can bring Fruit and veg, Fish, Grain or whatever your cargo missions need (Epsilon Eridani has loads)

[Brew]

I evac'd passengers in solo, early on in the invasion. The CG's I've done were all in solo too. I doubt the forthcoming event, whatever it is, will be any different.

You don't need a beluga to carry passengers. Saud Kruger ships (dolphin/orca/beluga) are the only ones which can fit luxury tier cabins, but other ships can fit all the others. I.e. aside from that, the ability to carry passengers is not intrinsic to any particular ship. You just need to fit some passenger cabins on it, and then you can use any ship as a taxi.

[SPACER NINE NINE]

Originally posted by Sighman:

2-3 ecms would be the best choice. You need at least 2. Remember that the ECM works by holding it down, not just pressing and releasing.

You can bind a keypress for the ECM. If you press and hold a second time, it fires the second ECM. Hopefully if you need a third go, the first will have recharged.

You can mix first class, business and economy cabins. Take VIPs in the first two (they won't share cabins) and bulk evacuees in the latter.

You can also fit a hold and take escape pods as cargo with wounded inside. On the way back you can bring Fruit and veg, Fish, Grain or whatever your cargo missions need (Epsilon Eridani has loads)

yes thanks

[Planewalker]

Originally posted by Sighman:

2-3 ecms would be the best choice. You need at least 2. Remember that the ECM works by holding it down, not just pressing and releasing.

On that note, remember to also have enough PIPs in SYS as the ECM and utilities draw from that capacitor. -i forgot that last bit on one of my rescue missions and lets just say it got hectic. (i'm using four ECMs so i don't have to worry so much about timing)
xD

[Erei]

Originally posted by Regulator:

I have never participated in a community event. Can I assist with the evacuation from Solo play?

Everything can be done in solo play, with the exception of the obvious (IE playing with or against other people, like PVP). Your actions still affect the background simulation.

If so, I was thinking about buying a beluga as I have no ship with personnel support. Suggestions are appreciated.

-You WILL get hyperdicted by the thargoid. Consider that a granted and work around it.
-You need 500m/s speed to outrun the fastest, 550 to be safe. Likely through boosting. I don't know your funding, but the best is Orca and Cutter. With an engineered thruster (dirty+drag), orca reach 640m/s while boosting, cutter 517m/s. Both also get lots of room for passengers (Orca have more). Clipper can also reach 640 m/s but with less internal slot.
Check on EDSY or Coriolis first otherwise.
-That mean Beluga is poor, at 419m/s max with engineered thruster while boosting, you'll get caught by the fastest thargoid.
-You want 1-2ECM. This is to counter the FSD reboot missile the thargoid launch at you.
-You want some range into the ship. Sol is at 53.98ly. Also consider fuel/scoop, depending on the ship. A non engineered Orca with the guardian FSD booster (class 5) do 2 jumps.
-If you plan on doing group evacuation, economy cabin. If you want the "personal" evacuation, which award more money (you evacuate high wealth people, basically, they pay extra to "skip the line"), you want higher tier cabin.
-You might want a PDC with a view to the cargo hatch, in the event a sneak thargoid launch a cargo hatch limpet at you

[Erei]

This is an Orca build. Do note this is using non engineering save for the thrusters. If you use an engineered FSD, remove the guardian FSD booster (and replace it with a cabin).
There are no way to make it to 1jump with a full Orca, AFAIK. So, you'll aim to do 2 jumps instead. Since the distance is ~54ly, you need to do at least half in one jump (27ly). Non engineered FSD is 5ly short for it^^
https://s.orbis.zone/qFhQ

Also forgot :
-full pip to engine, rest (2) into shield.

[funkynutz]

Has anyone actually been out to Voyager yet since the update/video? I'm about half way there now...

[Erei]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Has anyone actually been out to Voyager yet since the update/video? I'm about half way there now...

Someone posted a post on reddit about it. Still there.

[WhiteBoar]

Danger is exciting

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Erei:

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Has anyone actually been out to Voyager yet since the update/video? I'm about half way there now...

Someone posted a post on reddit about it. Still there.

Yeah, Voyager is... Nothing else though... Snoozefest

[fullarmor2]

Anyone know what these Sol system rescue missions pay?

[cswiger]

Pax rescue missions are usually ~1 mil, but I've gotten up to 15 mil for ~10 dudes, and greater is possible. I've gotten about 300 million for about 8? hours-- but I've also been hauling wounded in pods and taking food on the return back to Sol.

My typical run has 110 pax and 30 pods outbound to V886, and 128 of fish or some such inbound to Sol.