E POD or GAL H?

[Zbond-Zbond]

Reading some recent posts e.g. https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t= ... c&start=45

Fifteen seconds of frantic running away and a Hyperspace jump just about saved me.

I wondered whether other commanders favour escape from certain doom via GALACTIC HYPERDRIVE or the cheaper ESCAPE POD (..but is it really cheaper?)

[JazHaz]

I don't generally buy a GH until I decide to move to the next galaxy. So escape capsule is my vote. However having said that, I don't use them either, not once in my Oolite career have I ever used one.

[Cody]

I always carry a GHD… it is the only get-out if caught in interstellar space, having splashed a Thargoid swarm, and you don’t have enough fuel for a Hyperspace jump. If I’m in-system and in dire straits, then the Escape Capsule is the preferred option (if it’s not damaged, of course).

[Commander McLane]

I usually don't carry an escape pod, and I think I've never used one except for testing purposes. My main means of getting out of a dangerous situation are the cloaking device and the fuel injector, in that order.

I always buy a GH as soon as possible, simply because I don't want to bother to find a system with a high enough TL first, when I want to jump to the next galaxy.

[JazHaz]

I always carry a GHD… it is the only get-out if caught in interstellar space, having splashed a Thargoid swarm, and you don’t have enough fuel for a Hyperspace jump.

Yes that is a good reason to carry one, however at the moment I'm in Galaxy 4 and have not yet done the Nova mission. I'm aware that only triggers if I have a GH, so would rather wait until I have got bored with G4 before buying one.

[Loxley]

I'm in the same situation as JazHaz so the the Gal drive isn't really an option for me at the moment. That being said, although I have an escape pod fitted I usually rely on the injectors if it's all going south.

I've actually only used my pod once. Most space bar moments seem to be sudden death in my case.

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[Chrisfs]

I have an Escape Pod, just for safety's sake. It just seems like a good idea. Ironically, a few times I have been so caught up in the fight, that I either misjudged, or simply forgot and got blown up anyways.

[Zbond-Zbond]

...but what happens when the fuel injectors run out, there's no energy for cloaking & the shields are gone? I usually have an escape pod, but hardly ever use it -- mainly because I forget it's there (but sometimes I remember) -- unless it's a stratagem to go somewhere "impossible" aka interesting

[snork]

Escape Pod - I do not use it, mainly because I would need an additional button on the gamepad. But also because I doubt I would think of it early enough in the middle of a situation.
But I plan to learn using it, when going for ironman play.

Of course I used it accidentally, when tired and trying to "escape" out of a dialoge / F-screen in flight, or was it trying to get to the options screen ?

And I used it when I just wanted to look sth. up at a nearby high-TL system shipyard - no mucking about in realspace.

The galactic jump is not yet really present in my mind - I am still in G2. Lately when I accidentally became fugitive, I did not think of it. Only later I tried and saw that a galactic jump does not need any time, so it would have been a good solution to the problem.

[Commander Trigg]

Escape pod for me too. I don't want to leave G1 until I've completed all the oxp missions that are set here

[Cmdr James]

I think some missions are only possible after you go all the way to G8 and back to G1, so I wouldnt worry about it too much. In fact Im pretty sure that one mission forces you to jump to G2. I wont go into details, cos, well most people know, and those that dont should have the fun of finding out themselves.

[Commander McLane]

I've actually only used my pod once. Most space bar moments seem to sudden death in my case.

I have an Escape Pod, just for safety's sake. It just seems like a good idea. Ironically, a few times I have been so caught up in the fight, that I either misjudged, or simply forgot and got blown up anyways.

I usually have an escape pod, but hardly ever use it -- mainly because I forget it's there (but sometimes I remember) -- unless it's a stratagem to go somewhere "impossible" aka interesting

Escape Pod - I do not use it, mainly because I would need an additional button on the gamepad. But also because I doubt I would think of it early enough in the middle of a situation.

Seems like you all are potential customers for the auto_eject upgrade , which will be available once Oolite 1.74 is released (in Oolite 1.73.4 an important scripting bit is yet missing).

[Cody]

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[Commander McLane]

have not yet done the Nova mission. I'm aware that only triggers if I have a GH.

Could someone please refresh my poor old memory… it’s been six months or so since I was declared a Nova Hero.
Why is a GHD required for the mission to trigger?

That would be a huge spoiler for those who haven't done the mission yet. So, please nobody answer the question right here. Rather send him a PM.

[Cody]

Thanks McLane, didn't think of that.