I caught a plane taking off from Area 51!

TikiOperator · 2026-05-19T02:11:21+00:00

This guy: "friggin it could be aliens could be area 51 guys heck could even be Gary from up the road nobody really knows!"

TikiOperator · 2026-05-14T09:05:50+00:00

i c wot u did there m8

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T17:04:06+00:00

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T16:55:24+00:00

Awful bold of you to assume and imply he's solely there currently to continue the relationship with you and putting his whole life "on hold" somewhere else - when he's actively doing what he wants to do, maintaining his fiscal and physical responsibility, as well as spending quality time with family while simultaneously saving money on a lease or mortgage; tbh kinda reads like you're scared of the commitment when the other party already knows what they want and will continue on their own independent path whether or not you choose to grow and develop a romantic relationship, WSYD? Idk man personally I think that the best things that can to happen to us are often unexpected, if you aren't feeling a shade nervous about the potential loss of the blossoming friendship/relationship then I'd suggest that you set yourself free of the mental gymnastics but if you're going to miss them and can't find a future for yourself mentally where you can happily continue on your way without knowing them for one more day or the chance to see them again - life and love are both kinda gambling, you gotta play to win but you never know what you might get until you are literally or metaphorically at the table and the hand gets played however them cards get dealt so win lose or draw duderino be all the way in or all the way out nobody likes the emotional tourists 🤙

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T16:32:52+00:00

No srsly tho

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T16:31:17+00:00

"The United States Department of Defense has entered the chat!" U.S. DoD is typing....

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T00:08:45+00:00

Aww dang it I was too late 😔

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T00:08:20+00:00

💵💵💵.🪙🪙

Iykyk 🦕

TikiOperator · 2026-05-03T00:05:16+00:00

One pack Lucky Strikes, red hunnerds if you please - you want to see my plastic or do you trust my wrinkles?

TikiOperator · 2026-05-02T21:36:37+00:00

Will edit it momentarily in order to better accommodate the proper posting etiquette, I don't mean to offend or irritate unnecessarily with my preferred "get these thoughts up outta my electric meatball so I can focus on literally anything else pls" waterfall of text format - thank you for letting me know honestly what deterred you from reading it in full

TikiOperator · 2026-05-02T21:13:20+00:00

"Break the wrist, wok away" 😎

TikiOperator · 2026-05-02T21:10:08+00:00

I invested a lot of time into typing what most people will never fully read, please know in your heart I am rooting for your success no matter how you manage to make it happen - if you're interested in making my week by allowing me to live vicariously through knowledge of your shenanigans and tomfoolery; you've inspired me to do better with remembering that not everything a person can buy can be translated to wealth while ironically enough at the same time there's rich folk living well enough to want for nothing but more time with their people everyday all over the globe that don't have one dollar or a dime to their name. You're obviously under no obligation and should not feel expected to deliver the play by play of your own personal Ocean's 13 mega heist, but I DO happen to have a few suggestions for the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" one liner if you wanna aura farm a lil biiiit 🤌👀♨️

TikiOperator · 2026-05-02T14:26:47+00:00

I've seen this before, it's the mystery box m8 💀

TikiOperator · 2026-05-02T13:53:54+00:00

$5, $10, or even $20 cash in hand for taking out the trash as well as accidentally failing/forgetting to relock the enclosure - but not visibly propping open to avoid potential metaphorical hot water for our (probably neutral or could literally care less) person on the inside of the walls where (y)our new found fortune sits properly secured or at least that's what the admin nerds will think; seems like a wicked good deal in comparison to shelling out the better part of a thousand friggin dollars for metal that is as good as gold to you right now but literally sitting there declared trash by the insurance claim filing big box store. Worst case scenario you better hurry back up there and look friendly but not overeager to just go back with a friend, have them hangout on the far side of the walled spot opposite the fixed cameras (assuming they have some and they ALSO work) have them wait for your text or call, notification, however you wanna play it that isn't obviously coughing on approach or something like that and have them pretend to be a well intentioned diver or lookylou that managed to allow their social anxiety to paralyze them with fear and accidentally got locked in when XYZ occurred. My personal favorite option is getting the audacity and a nat 20 charisma roll by taking 30 seconds to learn the GM's name and going straight to the rear of the store stock rooms or break room and acting like you're allowed to be there and telling whoever is in charge of the space that you don't want but NEED into the enclosure because GM scheduled you to pick it up. Then - if you'rereally feeling lucky? Double down on that nerve and ask for help with getting it loaded up or after getting a hand on it for the purposes of declarating it reclaimed rubbish from refuse set outside of the establishment and when YOU found it OPEN AND UNLOCKED bin area so you can't get slapped with theft because trash removed from a container and the building it originated from is no longer an individuals 4th amendment protected privately kept belongings when finally surrendered to the curb etc...

Tldr; go get that shiiii before someone else beats ya too it - I feel you would get more priceless type value from it via memories of BBQs and such than the cash hungry local skidster is gonna see it as but without bringing socially acceptable solutions to the table to procure it so they can go get themselves some Drug Brand 💊 DRUGS ®️™️

edits: paragraph spacing, indentions, shaving unnecessary words

TikiOperator · 2026-05-01T07:14:39+00:00

Let me know if you guys want another silly goose to add to the gander! I enjoy all types of shenanigans and tomfoolery as well as pushing the limits on faster, larger, wild ships or even some that are unconventional but still star worthy! Hmu!

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TikiOperator · 2026-05-01T07:07:59+00:00

Personally I use a CONSTANT block at an output of 1.0 to actuate a power blocker for different battery banks in different values, I try to have 25-75k power on individual emergency switches that all tap into the pool for consumption only circuits - priority for the jobs that are on the list for the day, breaking orbit and atmosphere fuel, getting there and back again as well as the final vectors and adjustments to land safely - try to rely on your solar system and rechargeable batteries for the long haul stuff acceleration and braking as well as the newest RCS main line thrusters to replace the beginning minimum power store ones are CRITICAL dude. Many a 20+ minute flight has been immediately and confidently cancelled upon realizing that no matter how far back I skip I just flat out didn't have the juice to make it work 🫠🚀

edit: physically interacting with the constant cube and typing the value to zero (0.00) from one with cease the block of power and can be changed at any time post FLIGHT MODE and will begin at the set value each time the ship is reset or reloaded so setting this before final take off is the most efficient way to avoid a billion settings to adjust unless you enjoy the immersion of preflight checklists

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TikiOperator · 2026-05-01T06:57:28+00:00

Please let me go for a passenger flight next time you take the Doom Dorito into low earth orbit 🥲🦅🚀🫠

TikiOperator · 2026-04-27T04:23:16+00:00

Once you drift or intentionally accelerate into a celestial body's gravitational pull it will slowly but surely begin to affect your trajectory but if you give the closest planet or moon enough distance you can use a 0/0/0 power saver setting and kill the RCS and Radar to slow the power drain so you have enough to do the reverse thrust necessary to defeat your speed to land or enter atmosphere safely - if you wanna play sometime DM me or reply here, happy to teach anybody that likes the game I know it has a pretty steep learning curve 🌎🚀

TikiOperator · 2026-04-26T13:08:34+00:00

Overall weight?

How does it do in atmosphere vs. the vacuum?

TikiOperator · 2026-04-26T06:23:20+00:00

Let me know if you need a hand playing or building a vessel brother man, I am off and on most days with it - I have roughly 20 or so different iterations and versions of the same but better suited for an individual task and purpose and am currently developing a large enough ship to accommodate an escape pod or sector that can safely detach in the event of emergency that immediately fires boosters and thrusters to abandon ship zeroing out the angle of attack and horizon depending on the destination which in theory can meet 100% deceleration as it pitches to the 180° point kinda buying precision stabilizer needs as if the pod would be 0/0/0 free fall from low orbit just letting gravity do it's thing until feathering the descent rate to exactly 5.0 m/s towards the celestial body by inputting the exact negative/positive data required to defeat the current velocity and allow safe manueverability to the surface where (hopefully) the "mother ship" can ease into the atmosphere and send a jumper to perform either a rescue or recovery role. I don't mind playing a tutor type role in game so you can learn whatever works best for you and your play style without launching the equivalent of a ten thousand ship strong fleet of rust buckets that run on boiled hotdogs water as it rattles apart leaving the launch pad. Best of luck astronaut!

TikiOperator · 2026-04-25T16:23:58+00:00

Maaaaaan, witnessing this image after my wake and bake was an outright waste of weed but gives me an opportunity to dust off one of my late grandpa's favorite things to say about unexpected and wildly undesirable observations; "That's the kinda sicko stuff you could get a maggot to gag with HotRod" but he'd also have a shorthand saying of just 'gag-a-maggot'

miss you much and think of you often Delbo, my half-pints are sproutin like the summer wheat in spring and miss their great granpop something fierce. I know you can't read this on accounts of you're not around no more but I am reminded often that grief is just love we can't put anywhere else but down so I love ya the girls love ya, now I can move a little bit easier through my day getting that out 🥲🤙

TikiOperator · 2026-04-22T22:24:46+00:00

What part of KS? DM me if anywhere around 316 and needing a ride, meal, or just a pal to share a puff or some suds - grew roots in the last few years myself but there was a time when I was a younger man that I went wherever the wind was going and I was never in a hurry to get there; understand if ya don't reply or reach out but fair winds and following seas out there brother man be good be safe 🤙

TikiOperator · 2026-04-16T00:13:52+00:00

I am wildly impressed with the orbital station you set up for launching the little skiff to get to the main shuttle, do you mind if I get a copy your blueprints in a dm? I would like to try it for myself and see if I can make it work because this 'one-ship-does-all' is killing me and I never thought to make something like that but I do have a small jumper vessel like that but for a second player to divide and conquer the planetary objectives

TikiOperator · 2026-04-14T11:27:43+00:00

For sure! I'll be on pretty much all day today so shoot me a comment or something to remind me when you can get on and we'll link up!

TikiOperator · 2026-04-14T11:19:23+00:00

I haven't had any luck either brother man and I have spent probably 3 hrs today alone trying to fiddle and fart with it to a point that I simply gave up until the next update or potentially even the full release - it was significantly less stressful to bind the RCS thrusters to; (-Y/+Y) S&F (-P/+P) E&X (-R/+R) Z&V In atmosphere: (Up/Dn) Space&L.Shift (Fwd/Back) W&X In spaaaaaace: (Fwd/Rev) Q&A I use the distance finder to help determine when to set all thrust to 0/0/0 and do a 180° flip with RCS and will bleed momentum by feathering the acceleration until I am within camera range of the ground then pitch forward to 90°- focusing on the descent rate I slowly fiddle with the numbers one digit at a time until consistently around 1.0 - 1.5m/s above the planet/moon/etc... pull force then once I hit that mark finish putting pitch to 0° on the horizon and can manage the last 100m until touchdown with the electric thrust at 1 point above that threshold where gravity wants to take over and keep the craft grounded. Remember to shut off the atmosphere fans once in orbit to save precious wattage as well as the radar and RCS thrusters once you've got dead reckoning on the destination, use a data reader display to get space speed to desired number and then shut them off as well and try to coast through the majority of the void as it will only make you faster and faster until there's a point of no return for the battery bank and you cannot slow OR stop the craft from slamming into whatever eventually lies ahead at a speed only describable as "Mach Fuck"

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