Context: I'm in an Anarchy, gained about ten kills in this system, almost at the station, one guy on the radar. I have heavy damage already. I think to myself, "Oh, just another Mamba. Easy kill, even without STE." I was wrong...
I've been busy recently, but I should be back for at least a little while. I still expect to release my OXPs in progress. A few of them are almost good enough already (they're good enough for my personal use).
While "gone", I've made some improvements to Taylor Miller:
There's already a few OXPs that sort-of accomplish that. Reprogramming how the Gal. Hyperdrive works allows near-instant crossing to the next Galaxy Chart from the present one. A hack that allowed you to do that 8 times in a row could put you anywhere in your starting Galaxy Chart.
There's a couple tools/tricks that can be used to cross the Great Rift in Galaxy Chart 7.
Or...getting to Oresrati in Gal. Chart 8, though it has to muck about in/with witchspace a bit.
I use a far more extreme method to get to Ditere in Gal. Chart 3, though the total time involved is about a month.
This is why I hate hardheads... even though I wanted that pirate dead, I still felt bad about unleashing one of those on him. I mean, the guy's almost dead, he only just recovered from a plasma leak as the missile ever so slowly got closer. Ah, but it was satisfying to see him transformed into space dust... after all, he destroyed a cargo container or two while I dealt with that Moray...
When visiting Lazaer (G3) a tech 14 planet I noticed for the first time since I have the non-testvesion of Liners.oxp installed that a Tigershark Cruiser was visiting in the Aegis. And a red one is very rare. Coming up close it was Tiger Shark Arpil Love. And because it is April I post a screenshot or two of this beauty. I decided to escort it someway out of the Aegis.
Phew, that's a relief! I didn't know there were red ones...when I first saw the screenie I thought it was that horrible purple look you get when textures are not working properly
Commander Smivs, the friendliest Gourd this side of Riedquat.