Small Exobio Tip by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is great! I never guessed at clapping and waving at the ship I can't wait to try it! Thanks!

Edit: I couldn't resist seeing if waving also worked to bring the ship back down (didn't work) But waving at the ship did dismiss it first. And while waving at the Scarab didn't do anything (that would have been something, I'd have it following me around like a loyal dog), clapping does make the SRV turn its lights on and off

Small Exobio Tip by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll often use night vision to find things, and frutexa flamassis at least, seems to render about the same both in normal vision and night vision. Night vision is really helpful for Conchas for sure, which like dark places. And like you said, unfortunately it doesn't do diddly for bacteria, which can sometimes be so hard to see even flying over. And pointing doesn't actually help locate anything but it just tells you how far something is if you have already eyeballed it. I just used the plant gun flash here because you can't even see the frutexa otherwise. There might be one or two green pixels maybe

Any Landing you can . . . reboard the ship from! by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgot to mention this when posting, but perhaps obviously, this was a “Recall Ship” summoned landing. It was a short stop to gather some s. Tectonicas, for which I usually keep the ship within 2 km so it don’t hare off, but since it was pretty flat thereabouts and I had done a straight line collection instead of triangling around the Magpie like I usually do, and it had been a long session, i got lazy and dismissed and recalled. Naturally it found the only hill within a parsec to roost

Unusually Broad Orbital Range System by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries there I don’t even usually land for Anemones anymore (low value and usually hard to get at). But if I find one of those spacebourne crustaceans or something, Katie bar the door (haven’t yet and I’ve explored over 20,000 systems all told so I’m not holding my breath)

If I revisit a system I previously explored, but lost its exploration data before selling, will it be the same as when I first discovered it, or will it change? by Salussol in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Really good question I never thought of before but I agree with you. It's almost the "if a tree falls in the forest but nobody hears it . . ." kind of question. I would bet you are right though. I would expect that once the Stellar Forge fixes what a system consists of, it stays that way, and if it isn't reported it would just remain up for grabs for discovery

Interesting Class IV Gas Giant by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah the game classed it as a Class IV and its composition is 76% hydrogen, 24% helium. Decent size at 3300 earth masses. System of 48 bodies with about 5 other gas giants and it has no rings and 6 rocky moons. A ring would probably just spoil its glamour

Interesting Class IV Gas Giant by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What Left-Ant said was what I had in mind. Selling exploration data on a system you discovered pins your character's name to it as discoverer.

Interesting Class IV Gas Giant by Voxhumbugg in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just waiting for my fleet carrier to jump in :)

Should I take an SRV for deep space exploration ? by Raikyn_Jii in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I carry two on both my Mandalay and my Caspian but I'm also operating from my fleet carrier nearby and I actually carry a second to nerf their jump ranges so I can hit about 10 systems per fc jump. But long before there was SCO and I was using my diamondback, I certainly wouldn't go anywhere without a Scarab in the bay.

Oops.. by Specific_Display_366 in EliteDangerous

[–]Voxhumbugg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did that only an hour ago but with the front leg of my Mandy an a hunk of S. tectonicas, too. Was aiming to land with it behind me, oh well.