As a small (and obvious) addendum to this piece of sage advice, it helps to have a [wiki]Wormhole Scanner[/wiki] fitted, if you're going to be a professional hitcher. Of course, if your destination is "Anywhere but here", then these sorts of details can be overlooked.Diziet Sma wrote:On a RandomHits assignment, if I have to make a long jump into a system, I'll loiter in the Station Aegis scanning wormholes until I can hitch a free ride. I once waited an hour (real time) and 20+ wormholes, for a trader heading to the system I wanted. Better that than getting jumped on arrival by six or more henchmen, and me with near-dry tanks.
Old Spacers' Advice Thread
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...and they zoom across the scanner at full throttle into a cadre of six pirates, and I get coffee all over my shirt.Diziet Sma wrote:<chuckles> yeah.. some of them come over all bloodthirsty, knowing they have backup, eh?
Aha! I have a story about that, I'll put it in the Tales thread.
So then I says to him, I says "naw dude, Oolite ain't no Space Opera... Oolite is Space Rock and Roll!"
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Heh. Good stuff for pilot'sArt here!
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Thanks for it!I'm saving pilotsArt and some ref sheets on a flash drive for a new player I just 'recruited.'
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<chuckles> Ahh.. the life of a Mod. I know how you feel, I'm a Mod on a board far busier (and more fractious) than this one..Commander McLane wrote:It's interesting how I keep finding myself having started threads which I never started …
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
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Diziet Sma wrote:<chuckles> Ahh.. the life of a Mod. I know how you feel, I'm a Mod on a board far busier (and more fractious) than this one..Commander McLane wrote:It's interesting how I keep finding myself having started threads which I never started …
I'm not a Mod. What gives you this idea? That's why I'm "complaining"* about being the innocent victim of Mod work._____________
*note to our esteemed moderators: not really seriously, so don't feel bothered
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Nothing to do with me... I'm not a Mod either (I'm more of a Rocker, to be honest)!Commander McLane wrote:I'm not a Mod. What gives you this idea? That's why I'm "complaining"* about being the innocent victim of Mod work.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Ah.. sorry.. for some stupid reason I thought you were the one who split the thread.. had it in my head that phpBB listed the splitter as author of the new thread..Commander McLane wrote:
Just one of those brain-fart moments, I guess..
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This particular act of mod is down to me, in response to a request for a split. I just picked the post which seemed to be the first one to head off reliably into a new topic ...
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'... act of mod... ' I like that! All insurance is invalidated!Disembodied wrote:This particular act of mod is down to me
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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El Viejo wrote:'... act of mod... ' I like that! All insurance is invalidated!
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On a side note; what I usually do with random hits is jump in, quickly turn to the sun, fuel scoop and return to the witchpoint beacon...
Then I'm ready for the kill!
Then I'm ready for the kill!
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Of course, when speaking of a round-trip to the sun and back, "quickly" is a very relative term..
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Especially if you have Farsun/Sensible Sun installed.Diziet Sma wrote:Of course, when speaking of a round-trip to the sun and back, "quickly" is a very relative term..
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!