Oolite Bulletins

Is that a sun-spot?

cim wrote:

Occasional solar activity

Nice! Would that be likely to occur in systems known for being plagued by occasional/frequent solar activity, perchance?

<hums an old tune> "There may be trouble ahead... so let's face the music and dance!"



At first, I thought It Takes Two To Tango II was just the trailing escort for what appeared to be a convoy up ahead - then four of them opened-up on me at once. He got stuck into them alongside me, and when the dust had settled, there was just the two of us - gotta love those shipnames!

*tips hat to all those friendly NPCs who get stuck in alongside us*

El Viejo wrote:

At first, I thought It Takes Two To Tango II was just the trailing escort for what appeared to be a convoy up ahead - then four of them opened-up on me at once. He got stuck into them alongside me, and when the dust had settled, there was just the two of us - gotta love those shipnames!

Random Shipnames is one of the OXPs that'll never leave my AddOns folder.

Something I wanted to share:



I've been playing around with different fractal texture generators recently and the one I used to generate the texture of Lave in this picture is the best one I've found yet. I've added the clouds myself, the generator doesn't support cloud generation. But what it does support is different colours for terrain and sea (most fractal texture generators don't have this feature) which makes it rather easy generating textures fitting a planet's description, even in more "extreme cases" (pink sea etc.). I think the textures look quite nice (not realistic though) - maybe I'll make a big set of them and release them as an OXP.

From The Internet wrote:

I think the textures look quite nice (not realistic though)

Atmospheric scattering and flightcomp interpretation of radiation from scattered bovinic manurium.

Rese249er wrote:

From The Internet wrote:

I think the textures look quite nice (not realistic though)

Atmospheric scattering and flightcomp interpretation of radiation from scattered bovinic manurium.

Nice quote for using it as signature.

A bovinic manurium radiation dosimeter should be standard issue flight gear!

*** Missing Ship - GalCop Bulletin 0815***

Commander Straker, Skydiver IV, Yasen-N Class Trading Vessel
Undocked at 2085571:18:16:27 from Lezaer Station in Galaxy 3, bound for Enreon loaded with 70 tons of computers and machinery


Image taken by Lt. Ellis, GalCop traffic control, Lezaer Station


image taken by starboard camera of Navy Spectre YH-736587 on mission engaging a thargoid fleet in interplanetary space.

No remains found. Ship, crew and cargo are expected to be lost.

*** GalCop End ***

A moment of silence for all the brave commanders gone to the Press Space screen in the... somewhere.

Amah wrote:

Commander Straker, Skydiver IV, Yasen-N Class Trading Vessel
Undocked at 2085571:18:16:27 from Lezaer Station in Galaxy 3, bound for Enreon loaded with 70 tons of computers and machinery

Image taken by Lt. Ellis, GalCop traffic control, Lezaer Station

Bonus points for that and welcome aboard.

Wildeblood wrote:

Amah wrote:

Commander Straker, Skydiver IV, Yasen-N Class Trading Vessel
Undocked at 2085571:18:16:27 from Lezaer Station in Galaxy 3, bound for Enreon loaded with 70 tons of computers and machinery

Image taken by Lt. Ellis, GalCop traffic control, Lezaer Station

Bonus points for that and welcome aboard.

Thanks for the permission to dock. Trying to sell some textiles here for a good price. Any idea? Nothing fancy - mostly purple wigs, mini skirts, bell-bottoms and string vests.

Amah wrote:

... mostly purple wigs, mini skirts, bell-bottoms and string vests.

<chuckles>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmxNM6DwsY

Bellbottoms! The most Grooooovveeeey !

Amah wrote:

purple wigs, mini skirts, bell-bottoms and string vests.

Ha, sounds like my wardrobe forty years ago (except the purple wigs).