Oolite Bulletins

Interesting. So many nuances to this game. I enjoy docking manually anyway - good to know it also saves me time. I did think about that problem with making lots of short jumps. I am not so good at escaping or killing pirates, yet. So every new system I enter is another chance of losing my cargo...or...

Ha! Yes, we pilots can't afford too much time trying to understand the physics of faster than light travel...

as long as we know the practical end and are ready for whatever happens when we come out of witchspace.

like so much of old-school gaming - all the best/real action is going on inside your head. A video can't capture that. Yes, Diziet. Excellent comment. I think streaming Oolite could possibly work with a good enough personality narrating. Maybe. I watch slow, chess game streams from good personaliti...

Wow. I had no idea about the difference in jump times. Never paid close enough attention to the clock. It looks like I could save 24 hours by taking three 2ly jumps instead of one 6ly jump. Amazing. There must be some physics reason for this? I'll have to pay attention and see if the fuel consumptio...

Thanks much, Cody and ffutures.

As for making short jumps: I've started to, in order to save fuel and get in more trades. But are there other reasons to make short jumps whenever possible?

Also, will my reputation suffer if my passenger misses his date?

Enjoying and thanks again for the advice.

Hi all, I am a new, Mostly Harmless, player with 11 kills and just realized my very first passenger is going to be late to his destination. I enjoyed the 600 credit advance but... I did some searching and couldn't find a post on what happens when the deadline for his arrival ticks by and he is not w...