Oolite Bulletins

So there I was, casually doing some trading while closing on my Random Hits target in a relatively safe system going towards the station when suddenly I get mass-locked. I check my scanner and think to myself: "That green blip ahead looks a bit like a Fuel Station, but something's wrong... Oh, ...

Only 4 pylons on my Cobby, and I usually carry 2 salvage droids for dredging and 2 hardheads when I really need to get my "message" through. Would love to get some more pylons, though. I know plenty of situations when an extra fuel tank would come in handy, and I'd like some repair bots, t...

Another good thing about planet hopping is that it's a good way to rid the galaxy of some of the more cunning pirates that hide in the glare of the sun. Hop to a system, set your course for the sun, kill every pirate in the way, scoop up and hop again. While I do admit it takes a bit of roleplaying ...

I remember a game way back on the C64 called Steel Thunder. It was a pretty sophisticated tank simulator game for its time. It had a 3-step toggle for the aiming sensitivity and was a great help when firing the main gun of a MBT. The default setting did not modify the sensitivity of the controls, th...

I play with the keyboard on a relatively small laptop, so sniping is not an option for me. I'm flying a Cobra mk.3 and it has all the manouverability that I need. I'd actually prefer a more cumbersome ship to do some sniping and have more meaningful dogfights.

It makes me smile (ruefully) how many players bypass the mechanisms that make the game what it is - how much money, equipment you start with. Dealing with the consequences of becoming Offender (even accidentally). Knowing you can hack your file and resisting the urge to do so... I don't know, to ea...

I trade in the most hostile systems there are. Surprisingly, many feudal systems have proven to be safe havens when compared to some multi-governments. Anyways, my main source of income comes from robbing thieves (scooping up pirate cargo), sour milk runs (trading between hostile systems) and head h...

This is a humble attempt to get this thread back to its subject. My ideal weapon would be something similar to the R4M-Orkan salvo-fired anti-aircraft rocket found in (for example) German Me-262s during WW2. The rocket was designed to be fired in a saturation salvo into a bomber formation from beyon...

I don't believe the removal of the Torus Drive will effect sun skimming/fuel scooping in any way. When I was just a rookie in Oolite, I first bought Fuel Scoops to my Cobra because it was irritating to see all the free money just floating in space. I also thought that fuel was expensive, so I decide...

My ship's now in pretty good shape and I'm hunting the Constrictor in Gal 2, but without any clues I'm feeling a bit bored. I think to myself "I've got a couple of hardheads on board, why not try to meet some thargoids to toast?". So instead of making the jump normally I try to force a mis...

#81. A series of rectangles or some other on-screen visible guide that'd help novices dock. Seriously - what is it about docking? Fly as close as you can to the beacon - orient to station - fly in at a decent speed nudging rotation if you need to - and that's it. I concur. Docking is one of the cor...

Last night (translated from finnish), as I was already cruising the space lanes:

Wife - What are you up to?
Me - Well, I'm just vaporising some space pirates here.
W - Well, bag one of those big ones for me, ok?
M - Will do.
W - That's my predator, keep it up!

Love > just about anything.

Well I just had a complete attitude overhaul towards picking up escape pods. I have Deep Space Dredgers installed, and the OXP occasionally spawns a field of derelict spacecraft "after a big battle", with recently launched escape pods to boot. It seems that most of the ejected participants...

Financial options when purchasing a spacecraft. Things like down payments, income deductions on account, monthly instalments, premiums, interest etc. I know we now have the Black Monks, but it's an OXP and their methods are financially speaking rather unrefined. In the Ooniverse it would only make s...

This board is friendly... and fast :D Must be because many of you seem to be from Europe like me. Anyways, I have no intention of cheating my way into stardom. I'd just like to try something a bit brutish - a ship that has a turning radius of a small moon, but enough cargo space and engines to reall...