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Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:58 pm
by Disembodied
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.
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.
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:25 pm
by superbatprime
Diziet Sma wrote:<chuckles> yeah.. some of them come over all bloodthirsty, knowing they have backup, eh?
...and they zoom across the scanner at full throttle into a cadre of six pirates, and I get coffee all over my shirt.
Aha! I have a story about that, I'll put it in the Tales thread.
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:01 pm
by Rese249er
Heh. Good stuff for pilot'sArt here!
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:37 pm
by Commander McLane
It's interesting how I keep finding myself having started threads which I never started …
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:21 pm
by Rese249er
Thanks for it!
I'm saving pilotsArt and some ref sheets on a flash drive for a new player I just 'recruited.'
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:19 am
by Diziet Sma
Commander McLane wrote:It's interesting how I keep finding myself having started threads which I never started …
<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..
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:23 am
by Commander McLane
Diziet Sma wrote:Commander McLane wrote:It's interesting how I keep finding myself having started threads which I never started …
<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..
I'm
not a Mod. What gives you this idea? That's why I'm "complaining"* about being the innocent victim of Mod work.
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*note to our esteemed moderators: not really seriously, so don't feel bothered
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:57 pm
by Cody
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.
Nothing to do with me... I'm not a Mod either (I'm more of a Rocker, to be honest)!
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:03 pm
by Diziet Sma
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.
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..
Just one of those brain-fart moments, I guess..
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:07 pm
by Disembodied
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 ...
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:09 pm
by Cody
Disembodied wrote:This particular act of mod is down to me
'... act of mod... ' I like that! All insurance is invalidated!
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:08 pm
by Commander McLane
El Viejo wrote:'... act of mod... ' I like that! All insurance is invalidated!
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:51 am
by onno256
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!
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:57 am
by Diziet Sma
Of course, when speaking of a round-trip to the sun and back, "quickly" is a very relative term..
Re: Old Spacers' Advice Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:24 pm
by Cody
Diziet Sma wrote:Of course, when speaking of a round-trip to the sun and back, "quickly" is a very relative term..
Especially if you have Farsun/Sensible Sun installed.