Booty Haul

rollen · Post by **rollen** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:09 pm

I emerged from hyperspace and was scanning the area before making my way to the station when I noticed a few flashes in the upper quadrant. Upon investigating what I thought was a small meteor shower I was pleasantly surprised to see about fifty cargo crates floating in mid-space minding their own business and without any evidence of piracy or collision. I duly collected this bonus cargo of 35 tonnes of computers and scuttled off to the nearest low tech planet.
Was this a glitch, possibly due to just uploading the Oo-haul oxp? Or had a transport lorry for PC World just imploded due to the driver's sense of remorse at their lack of after-sales service?

Any comments on this would be welcome and my apologies to the CEO of PC World.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:12 pm

Generally, that sort of thing is the result of a battle, with the surviving participants having left. Either a large pirate was killed by police, or a trader was killed by a pirate with no scoop/insufficient cargo space. (Yes, they really do that sort of thing when you’re not around.)

rollen · Post by **rollen** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:33 pm

I see - it just seemed very unusual for such a large amount of cargo to all be floating free, the most i can zap out of a python is 5 or 6 cargo containers. Never mind I am not complaining and it all adds to my savings for a Millenium Falcon!

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:55 pm

rollen wrote:
I see - it just seemed very unusual for such a large amount of cargo to all be floating free, the most i can zap out of a python is 5 or 6 cargo containers. Never mind I am not complaining and it all adds to my savings for a Millenium Falcon!

One word, starts and ends in the same letter.

Anaconda.

Captain Hesperus

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:06 am

It's fairly frequent for that sort of quantity but does happen, you've just got to keep your eyes open, it's a quick buck for a new commander, although it's unusual for them all to be the same item. I once came across a large quantity of tharglets that were bunched together and rotating slowly as a group, a bit like fish shoaling in a bait ball as a defense against a predator. Never seen it again, should have taken a screenshot, Doh.