Oolite Bulletins

Putting some numbers on it, I'm finding that Zaonce is paying about 13 Cr for Minerals, but with an Ore Processor you can generally bring back at least Alloys and Gold which are both about 40 Cr. That makes the processor worth an extra 270 Cr per trip, so it pays for itself in 12 - 13 trips. The sca...

Ranthe wrote:

Nice one!

A piece of general feedback though - one thing I've noticed is the tendency to capitalise the 'dialogue adjective' (for want of a better term)

*cough*verb*cough*

I have upgraded the Ore Processor to 2.2. Scanner is now an upgrade that costs 425 credits and is fail safe. To compensate, scanning takes more time resulting bigger energy use. Previously it was 5 blips, now its 10 blips. I tested a lot with different scan times and energy uses and also making the...

I like the concept of the scanner very much, but the false negatives generally mean that it goes down like this: scan - no result scan - no result scoop anyway because the odd splinter that you scoop anyway and process to extract 3 kg of platinum more than pays for the ones that turn out to contain ...

I'll deal with that word "optimum" for a start. A Cobra Mk III out of the box isn't an "optimum" trading ship but it is very much fit for purpose, in that you can carry cargo from one place to another and soon see enough profit to start buying add-ons. Even a Cobra I will do the ...

All very interesting. But scooping in Torus Drive is not really practical, it is perfectly possible for there to be other miners about the place so you don't even have the option, and if the solution to a problem is "use an exploit, download another OXP, or both" then the basic idea is bro...

Incidentally, not that I'm saying this story has been occupying too much of my attention during the last month, but last night I was dreaming I was learning to play the bagpipes and I was late for a society wedding (mine, in fact).

I have a better title than that in the pipeline, but at the moment it needs a story to go with it.

Mind you, you need to show a lot of profit before you've covered the cost of the Ore Processor. It's perfectly possible to install the mining laser as your front armament and a fighting laser in the rear mount. You're a useless dogfighter but can run away from pirates and blow them up as they follo...

]Buying a mining laser occupies one of your weapon positions. Cobra3 has four: forward, starboard, board and aft. Other ships might have fewer. A common solution is to put the mining laser to the side or aft weapon position. Now that is a great idea. Now, I do that, then fly into the blown up aster...

I hope that IS NOT the end of the story, Malacandra ? For now I'm out of things to say about Marilee, Macrae and the Claymores, and having written a novel-length story in just about one calendar month I think I need to stop while the audience are asking for more rather than when they're sighing &qu...

Click here for the CENSORED episode, password "sidewinder" I can't get no, satisfaction. Cos I'm packin a, linux contraption. And I tried, and I tried and I tried yes I tried. I can't get no, No no no! Yeah yeah yeah! That's what I say! Cos I'm typing on my deck and a window pops up sayin...

[Flashheart vernacular setting engaged] You see my dear fellow, when the hired help took a velocity spin space side. Not a mean feat when you've had your fire cracker popped by an asp. Any gentleman in the room should zip up their trousers and get whats left of them in a scoop and back in oxy, damn...

( Gotta make sure I keep the audience hooked! ) I had to fill in the technical parts later. Every now and then, when you are fighting someone in space, they will figure they have only seconds to live and they will push the panic button on their escape pod. When that happens, the trace that was brigh...

We had Macrae himself for company on this trip. Since the Claymore is not Witch-capable, we needed a ship that was to get us from A to B. This wasn't out of the ordinary for most of us, who'd been flying one of the many escort fighters that are designed to just tag along with a freighter from system...