Oolite Bulletins

Cody wrote:

Would you like me to delete your alter-ego? It'll be quick and painless, I promise!

Probably best, wouldn't want him wandering round causing trouble.

Disembodied wrote:

Hi Commander - I've PM'd you with a new password for your old account.

Thank you kind sir, and may the black monks extend your credit.

Pics?
Stats?

Seems like a good time to improve NPC AI then!
Always thought they were a bit daft to hold course whilst being toasted.

Fri 15th Aug
5/6 Harrier Jumpjet

Your problem is that your jumpdrive is gettin' masslocked by all the slow traffic in the spacelane from the witchpoint beacon to the spacestation. If you want to get there fast, get out of the the traffic! Easy to do. When you arrive at the witchpoint, turn at 90° to the planet (the planet icon on y...

Don't believe everything they say in your spam email! :lol: Nooooo! Do you tell me that there will be no lengthening of my lower appendage by about ten centimetres in an heretofore unknown eastern country in a week? What’s your foot doing in a hitherto unknown Eastern country? Perhaps he's got a Ke...

*cough* http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_planet_list/Galaxy_5 Yer... all well and good but planets in numerical order... what good is that?? At least I arranged 'em here into A -Z order, for ease of searching. And pretty though your charts are... no grid lines? Grid refs are not as useful wi...

Lestradae wrote:

But, why limit the further galaxies to be reached by the "Gateway Device" to a certain number? Why not enable massive exploring ventures,

It's always about size with you, isn't it? (napoleon syndrome?? )
Don't believe everything they say in your spam email!

JohnnyBoy wrote:

Commander Mysenses wrote:

Where are you now? I will send you a chart of your galaxy.

Galaxy 5

There ya go,

Download Galaxy 5 Chart

JohnnyBoy wrote:

Thanks for the links to the charts and Excel files. Once I get back to G1, I'm sure I'll make use of them.

Where are you now? I will send you a chart of your galaxy.

In fact I don't really need the chart printout.
I just make a note of the co-ordinates of my current system, then alt-tab to the a-z guide to compare it it the system of the contract.

Gives you a fair idea of distance and direction
(as long as you are fairly spatially aware).

The only other option I came up with was running Oolite on my MacBook to access a map of Galaxy 5, alongside the game running on my Mac Mini. But that's a bit convoluted! :) Or, you could do what I do, print out this (or at least the galaxy you are on), AtoZ-Oolite-Planet-Guide.xls and cross refere...

I am less agnostic about Alien vistations than I am about an omnipotent deity... but that's not saying much!

Lestradae wrote:

This is not your usual UFO-nut. This is a guy who has been on the moon, has an academic career of fourty years and is connected to the higher circles of NASA, military and intelligence community in the US ...

Nothing there that precludes him from being a nutcase!

... Verifiable evidence?