Oolite Bulletins

I'm using 1.5.3 - should I upgrade to 1.6?

I think the last ship was a Vampire. I may be wrong on that. It's not that annoying cos I'm after the kills rather than the dosh (about 47 away from Elite rating at the moment ).

I will check the log.

It's happened a couple of times now where I destroy the mark and (s)he ejects in her escape pod, but the escape pod carries no name (it is just called 'escape pod') and I get no credit for killing the mark when I dock (just get told what a numpty I am for letting the mark escape). This appears to be...

I can report success with the most recent 'missing' mark - I set sail for the station from the Witchpoint but didn't engage injectors and eventually the mark found me (I see Diziet Sma suggested this in his last post - thank you!). I will try this strategy again if needed - looks like I was wrong ab...

Well, the next time this happens I will fly back and forth a few more times but I'm afraid I do suspect it is something more fundamental - it has only happened in G5 and where the Station is close to the Witchpoint. I may end up going on to G6 to see if it makes any difference.

I am in G5 and I have had 3 targets where I have been completely unable to find the target. I know the target should be between the Witchpoint and the Station and it does appear that these 'missing targets' are restricted to systems where the Station is close to the Witchpoint. I have sailed around ...

I decided to have a look at some other player ships (still think the Boa CC is awesome) and have eventually settled on a Boa Clipper. I don't miss those 25 T of space but really appreciate the extra turn of speed. Scooping cargo is *substantially* harder in the Clipper though. I did take a Caduceus ...

I went back to an earlier saved game and adjusted my tactics - using ECM hard noses to scare off the Asps and using accurate fire to take out the plasma turrets allowed me to scoop the transmitter. I must say I thought this mission was superb - easily the most cleverly crafted and challenging one I ...

I wasn't having much luck (first time in my fuel scoops were damaged before I got within range of the asteroid) and second time the Asps got me. Thinking I was being clever I invested in a Quirum Cascade Mine and dropped it on a flypast. I figured things may have gone awry when the transmitter could...

Thanks Cody

How do you switch from one pylon missile/mine/whatever to the next without firing the first one?

How do you get the transmitter from the asteroid? Do you have to kill the defending asps or is this not a pre-requisite?

Congratulations!!! I recently made it to Deadly (which is significantly better than when I played Elite the first time on my BBB Model B when I only made it to Competent). I am approaching the point when I have a big decision to make (uninstalling the game) - I play it too much but this hasn't matte...

Cody wrote:

Have some  fireworks to celebrate!

I liked the fireworks!!!!

Wee! Made it to Deadly

Ranthe wrote:

Commander Tricky wrote:

I definitely prefer something with a fat arse

There ain't a fatter arse in the standard Oolite fleet than that on an Anaconda

A man's gotta have limits though