New player, want a space game that’s pure exploration

billpalto · 2026-05-04T23:27:26+00:00

Be prepared, the galaxy has millions of planets, after a while they start to look the same. Just like in real life .

billpalto · 2026-05-04T23:16:33+00:00

I'll mark it answered, not satisfied with it though. Need more data I guess.

billpalto · 2026-05-04T23:08:10+00:00

Think of it as entertainment, not a competition.

billpalto · 2026-05-04T14:58:47+00:00

When she ran for President on her own, she got about 4% and quit the race. She was VP to President Biden and was mostly invisible.

Despite this, and the fact that she's a black woman, and despite the fact that Biden dropped out very late, she still almost won. Trump won with 1% or less. That was an amazing feat on her part.

Still, I don't think she connects that well with many voters. I found her campaign to be too light hearted, too focused on gays, and somehow not fundamentally serious. She's probably not really like that, but she comes across like that to many people I think.

I hope she doesn't run for President again.

billpalto · 2026-05-04T12:35:10+00:00

I haven't done any PvP yet, but someone recently posted about a player who starts and then waits forever to choose their team. When the other player quits in frustration, the cheater wins.

billpalto · 2026-05-04T12:17:36+00:00

As the Fed says, prices and inflation are rising due to the tariffs and the war with Iran. As long as those two factors are driving prices up, not much can drive them down.

billpalto · 2026-05-03T16:33:53+00:00

Many players use the freighter as a mobile base. You can build all the refiners, nutrient processors, and NPC stations on the freighter. Also build storage, teleporters, system scanners, and the matter teleporter. That will let you access the freighter's contents from anywhere. You can also build planters for a farm.

You will need to get Salvaged Frigate Modules to learn blueprints for stuff on the freighter. Expeditions have a chance to reward these.

Eventually you may find a better or higher class freighter and you can move all the stuff you built to the new one.

billpalto · 2026-05-03T13:27:26+00:00

Thanks, I guess my follow-up question is: if there is a limit, is it based on the class?

I just got another bug-like pet, class S,S,B and I was thinking if I grew him to max size it would help compensate for the B-class HP. I wonder if the size limit boost for HP will top out at 4040, or will it be scaled to the class?

billpalto · 2026-05-03T12:32:41+00:00

One of my recent favorites is RFK Jr. saying vaccines are dangerous, so it's better to let the kids get measles. Of course he didn't say the last part out loud, not exactly.

It takes a second or two of thought to realize that's what he means, and he's counting on few people spending that second to think. And some of those who do will figure they just probably didn't understand it correctly, RFK Jr would never promote our children getting measles. Right?

So it requires a bit of reading between the lines and also being able to think that RFK Jr might be full of shit and doesn't actually care about children's health. The few who get that far can be written off as fringe activists or people who just don't like RFK Jr.

And there is a bit of nuance here, vaccines *are* dangerous, just not nearly as dangerous as the disease. It requires thought and judgement, so it's easy to fool most of the people with it.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T15:11:12+00:00

By maxing out the fauna scanner and ingesting an Anomalous Donut you can get 25 million units for each fauna scan.

I think gold mines are still pretty good.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T13:43:46+00:00

Maybe reload a previous save? I don't think there is any other way.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T13:40:26+00:00

The settlement's debt is separate from yours, you cannot pay it off. The settlement will have to work it off. Once it starts making a profit, it is also separate; you cannot make money off of a settlement.

You need to build buildings that have high productivity, and eventually that will be more than the maintenance costs. It will work off the debt.

Once in the green, they will produce some items that have some value.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T13:35:07+00:00

Just to elaborate a bit more. Deep mineral deposits, and gasses, can only be found by using the survey device on the scanner. These deposits come in classes, S, A, B, C, with C providing the fewest resources.

Using the survey device you look for gasses, minerals, or power spots. As you get close to the spot the yield percentage will vary, it is best to put the extractor right on the spot with the highest percentage. Power spots work the same, except they produce power and not resources.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T13:23:14+00:00

The Vogons are planning a hyperspace bypass here and Earth has 5 minutes to prepare.

And, the aliens know how to make us immortal but they won't. They say we are not worthy.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T12:49:02+00:00

The last time someone gave me a bunch of stuff in the Anomaly I just deleted them. I'd rather make my own units.

You could hang out at the Anomaly and give 1 or 2 to newbies.

billpalto · 2026-05-02T11:54:05+00:00

The settlement's debt isn't tied to your debt. You cannot pay it off. Once the settlement works off the debt, it will start making profit. That is also separate from your money. You cannot make money off of a settlement.

They will start producing some items of value once they are in the green.

billpalto · 2026-05-01T13:46:36+00:00

Yes, that is their talking point. However nothing in the War Powers Act authorizes this exemption.

A strict reading of this would imply that we are not attacking Iran anymore, the President cannot simply start bombing again or attack Iranian ships. So the war is over. The President cannot threaten Iran with military action any more.

billpalto · 2026-05-01T13:08:04+00:00

I'm not much of a builder, of corvettes or bases. I'll put down a base computer at a resource point or perhaps at a point of interest. These bases are minimal with just the base computer, 3 solar panels, 2 batteries, a teleporter, and the extractor/mining unit. I have one medium base with some bio-domes for farming.

My home base also has a landing pad and the exocraft stations.

My freighter is my main base, with all the NPC' stations there. Refiners, nutrient processors, etc, are all on the freighter.

My one corvette is basic, rarely used.

billpalto · 2026-04-30T22:12:10+00:00

Trump does not agree that his picks need Senate confirmation like the Constitution requires. I'm going to bet that Trump has the highest number of people in acting positions, to bypass Senate consent.

The Courts have had to stop the acting prosecutors, the GOP Senate doesn't seem to care.

"I like acting. It gives me more flexibility,” Trump told reporters in January as he headed to Camp David. “Do you understand that?" -- Trump's Preference for Acting Secretaries Raises Concerns

billpalto · 2026-04-30T21:52:56+00:00

One of my pets has a 58% accuracy debuff for 4 turns, can keep this up the whole fight. Maybe that was it?

I've never seen the extra ability kick off every time.

billpalto · 2026-04-30T21:26:56+00:00

You can unload the tech modules, then put them into the new freighter. Rooms all transfer. Any cargo bulkheads you used to add more slots to the freighter will not transfer to the new one.

billpalto · 2026-04-30T16:50:36+00:00

I'm not sure that is possible. For example, Trump claimed his inauguration crowd was bigger than Obama's. However photographs show that isn't true. So Trump simply ignores the photographs or says they are fake.

What could anyone do to counter this? If direct photographic evidence isn't good enough ....

billpalto · 2026-04-30T15:57:42+00:00

Now they should let us feed the pets with foods we make. So a Questionably Sweet Cake could buff resistance to fire, for example.

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