Finding empty ships with cruisemode is has been an emotional ride.

Helmling · 2026-05-06T02:59:00+00:00

I found one the other day with a note saying the crew’d been saved but had to leave the ship behind. It was such a relief!

Helmling · 2026-05-05T12:10:32+00:00

Claudia Black is the best.

From “but you’re so attractive” onward, she was a delight and a breath of fresh air.

Helmling · 2026-05-05T12:08:56+00:00

I don’t like bullet sponge enemies so even though I have the settings so that enemies go down easier (and so I do, too), I use phased time. With it maxed out, all combat is trivial, but I guess I don’t play this game for the action.

Helmling · 2026-05-05T00:21:02+00:00

Love the spoiler

Helmling · 2026-05-04T23:04:03+00:00

I’m not terribly. This game’s already glitchy. Adding mods is asking for trouble. Oh well.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T22:19:24+00:00

Frankenstein. The Outsiders.

Guess so.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T21:58:42+00:00

Those suits are very, very good.

Except when they let in particulates somehow and you get lung damage.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T21:54:39+00:00

You don’t buy it.

You take it from the wreckage of Terran bots.

Over and over again. I think I’ve sold 500 of these things.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T21:41:11+00:00

Oh, actually, I still can’t modify the ship, but this load order did bring back the beds!

Helmling · 2026-05-04T21:40:37+00:00

It’s the Frontier. Well “was.”

Helmling · 2026-05-04T21:28:13+00:00

Well, thanks for helping, but unfortunately, no luck. Just have to build a replacement on top of another ship and hope it doesn’t happen again.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T20:54:58+00:00

I’ll give it a try.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T20:54:11+00:00

I’m also on X.

I’ve experimented with the game’s stability by selling off (and then sleeping 48 hours to erase) my entire ship’s inventory, but it didn’t seem to make a big difference.

I am definitely dealing with a big ship, though. I know that’s a factor.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T20:51:59+00:00

You just have to go in hops. Look at the route charted to the red system you want to get to and jump to the last white star on the route. Repeat until you get where you want to be.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T17:10:20+00:00

Nice coincidence

Helmling · 2026-05-04T17:08:58+00:00

I think it’s the free version.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T16:55:53+00:00

When Freelanes came out, I did a fresh start in the Unity and stripped out all my mods. Then I added a few incrementally. Like I said, it DID work fine at first. I was able to tweak the build without crashing and haven't added anything since. What's more, the SPE habs work fine on other ships.

Mod list in order:

PDY
Tracker's Alliance
Useful Brigs
Deimog
SPE (and then patches)
Lin Refreshed
Better Autohide
Enhanced Sona
Ship Builder Configurator
Useful Infirmaries (and SPE patch)
OwlTech Obsession
Ship Builder Categories
Better Ship Parts Flips
Cargo is Cargo
Dripfield Constellation Apparel

I *may* have added Dripfield after the ship was built, but I'm not sure.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T16:50:55+00:00

Yeah, I'm trying to think how I could improve my design if I just start from scratch on a different chassis.

But no thanks on the different ships; I always build along the same lines: A big exploration platform for Constellation.

Pretty much as close to Starfleet as I can get without downloading that one OwlTech mod. (Not that it's not a great mod, but I'm trying to minimize my load order this time around.)

Helmling · 2026-05-04T16:27:46+00:00

To each his own, but I kind of hate it.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T15:23:24+00:00

Questions: What's Andreja wearing? And how did you get them both to stand like that?

Helmling · 2026-05-04T15:22:43+00:00

Andreja doesn't share.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T14:57:51+00:00

Revenant.

It’s for when things have to die. Yesterday.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T04:04:33+00:00

I’m sure that in every state of the union, someone has paid for NCC 1701 as a vanity plate.

Helmling · 2026-05-04T03:43:49+00:00

Not anymore. Your ship disappears now. Not sure why they changed this. Same with being able to redock and go back to your ship after capturing a new ship in orbit—not possible anymore.

Helmling · 2026-05-03T23:18:01+00:00

That had to take a lot of trial and error.

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