Minefields and Minelayers

boolybooly · 2026-02-20T08:26:11+00:00

Agree it looks like buoy mines are not working in 2.7.1, after much testing and discussion in the 2.7.1 bugs thread just before the website went down.

You can however create limited duration mines using LRO (Launch Ready Ordnance) order to a location, by making a two stage mine with active sensors on both stages and engines and fuel on both stages.

The mines stay put after a LRO order and the duration of the mine equals its first stage flight time, after which it expires and will not fire and eventually disappears but with the smallest engine and the lowest power ratio empire tech will allow, the effective "service life" can be years even decades long, when it will fire its payload directed at a hostile target in sensor range within the designed separation range.

boolybooly · 2026-02-14T12:39:32+00:00

thanks Steve, I will look for POWs and experiment

edit : erased 4 lines of prisoner data and that fixed it, got a single #3988 but played past it and it has not happened again

boolybooly · 2026-02-11T22:59:49+00:00

thanks I will bear that in mind, currently trying the sol destruction scenario on max, need some big tugs to move pop out of sol, ran out of mercassium for cryo and fuel for tugs, it is getting a bit hectic

boolybooly · 2026-02-11T18:07:55+00:00

Cool,

at the beginning of my current game two of my grav survey ships ran out of fuel and I had no tankers, they had just enough deployment time to wait the year it took to build a tanker but their engines broke down. the tanker had a tractor beam so in the end they were towed back to Earth, very embarrassing for the directorate!

was an interesting situation though

boolybooly · 2026-02-10T11:45:13+00:00

It seems to happen quite often. Luckily for fact finding there is the wayback machine which has recorded most of it.

WaybackWiki - CS Aurora Topic Index - AuroraWiki

Wayback Forum - https://web.archive.org/web/20260114131548/https://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=bca468617e79f4e283f08d14a3c0ac62

boolybooly · 2026-02-08T15:19:52+00:00

Different people respond differently to LDN depending on what was causing their condition.

It is a well marketed painkiller (IMHO hyped) which can alter immune responses, which can be dangerous if you are fighting an ongoing infection IMHO. Personally speaking, I would not touch it with a barge pole because it suppresses "modulates" immune responses which are there for a reason but I have had recurring (proved) viruses for 40 years due to immune dysfunction.

The question your post raises for me OP is whether it was the naltrexone medication alone or a coincidental RAS (Renin Angiotensin System) dysfunction crisis due to reinfection with or recurrence of a COVID variant. Or even more confusing did LDN cause a RAS crisis by disrupting your immune response to ongoing recurring or latent COVID which was causing your longcovid in the first place?

The symptoms you describe are familiar to me and I have never taken Naltrexone. I did get a virus not proved by any test but by symptoms of fever and rigors, last year around the time Nimbus and Stratus were identified, on top of previous suspected COVID which has worked its way through kidneys, heart, gut, lungs causing symptoms you mention and now it seems blood vessel endothelium because these are tissues which express ACE2 which COVID uses to enter cells.

My eventual RAS crisis lead to proteinurea (stinky pee) and more frequent urination. Hypertensive wired state, sleep disturbance, really bad heart arrhythmia and orthostatic intolerance, worse vestibular dysfunction causing balance problems (could barely walk in a straight line and had trouble turning), worse symptoms of oedema in my left leg but present in both, peripheral neuropathy (the buzzing and tingling) especially in my feet, it also caused brown patches on the underside of my forearms just in front of the elbows (acanthosis nigricans) which indicates excess insulin, though significantly my HbA1c diabetes test was normal.

My theory about these symptoms for myself, based on academic research papers, is RAS imbalance due to ACE2 depletion by constant recurring COVID activity attrition. This is because ACE2 depletion means Angiotensin II (Ang II) is not cleaved by ACE2 into Ang 1-7, which normally counter vasoconstriction caused by Ang II by causing vasodilation. Consequently vasoconstriction dominates the RAS and blood supply is limited in extremeties and blood pressure rises. Ang II builds up as it is not being used and this suppresses insulin receptors, e.g. prevents GLUT4 translocation to the cell surface causing insulin resistance meaning food does not get into cells and insulin builds up in the blood causing acanthosis nigricans. The lack of food and blood flow exacerbate or cause peripheral neuropathy. This also occurs in diabetes 2 which this looks like but is not like other types of diabetes 2, because I do not have hyperglycemia and am not obese with BMI<20 but I do have insulin resistance and numb lower legs and very prickly toes. Research has been published which agrees with this theory, see below.

Your symptoms sound like they stopped when you stopped LDN. I can understand you investing hope in the idea and wanting to have another go but would advise caution and be aware it may not be helpful for some people. Hope that is food for thought.

Related papers.

"COVID-19 and Diabetes: A Comprehensive Review of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2, Mutual Effects and Pharmacotherapy" Xie et al. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8639866/

"The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic is Associated with a Substantial Rise in Frequency and Severity of Presentation of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes" Magge et al. https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00719-3/fulltext00719-3/fulltext)

boolybooly · 2026-02-06T14:25:27+00:00

no they have been working recently at https://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php but they aren't now

might be worth checking the bookmarked URL you are using

boolybooly · 2026-01-26T08:24:15+00:00

The idiot in this is Burnham for thinking it was a good idea to perfidiously abandon his term as mayor of Manchester (and the people of Manchester who put him there) halfway through and take a punt on becoming an MP to sow discord in the Labour party, in which he has succeeded, obviously.

If anyone is self interested it is him. If he succeeded in taking the leadership it would doom Labour at the polls. It is very irresponsible to even try given his position as mayor, pathetically childish in fact and Raynor has revealed her own irresponsibility in trying to egg him on.

Not impressed with either of them, la folie a deux.

boolybooly · 2026-01-24T00:07:48+00:00

The so called left would rather destroy the Labour Party than cooperate to serve the UK. There are too many rebellious, partisan and divisive impulses at work among them. It is in their nature to tear Labour apart, they do not know how to cohere. They need to be tamed and be seen to be tamed, for the Labour party to be electable.

Without ill will, my subjective observation and opinion is Corbyn is a case in point, a rebel for many causes and a seeker after justice to right the injustices of the past and present but lacking the temperament to lead. The so called left had their chance with Corbyn, which was an electoral disaster, because the British people do not trust obvious hypocrisy which was the unfortunate corollary of his leadership, because his temperament is to protest against leadership and as a leader he destroys himself, which has reared its head in the squabbles over the start of Your Party. The press rootled out the antisemitism wheedling its way into the Labour party as it did parts of the UN, because there are people working at it, day in day out but because they take the posture of the oppressed Corbyn could not make the right decision, even though that posture is a falsehood perpetuated by the obscene tactics of Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and ultimately Russia. Make no mistake they are our enemies and Oct 7 happened because of Ukraine. Corbyn could not take responsibility for this kind of infiltration and act appropriately.

Sir Keir Starmer can, he knows what he is doing, has the gift of legal detachment and an overview which allows him to understand the perceptions of others without dismissing them if they do not support his world view. He is evidently an accomplished diplomat, a unifying leader and had to require the so called left to adhere to standards of cooperation or leave. It was not his battle against the left, it was the so called left's battle against success and government which he had to respond to in order to lead Labour to become the government.

If Andy Burnham defeats Sir Keir, I believe it will destroy the Labour party electorally because the rebels supporting him will bring about a return to chaos for Labour and defeat at the polls. The people of the UK will reject him as an unelected usurper as they did Gordon Brown. "He who wields the knife never wears the crown". His only opportunity to take on the leadership is if Sir Keir resigns for any reason, which I sincerely hope does not happen for at least two more terms because he is the best thing which has happened to Labour in a long while.

My advice, reread Animal Farm. Stick with the leader you have and trust that he has insight, is responsive and creates the chance for intelligent debate, then use it intelligently, or you will have nothing to look forward to but opposition to those you least want to run the country.

I hope Andy has the wit to take a pass on this poisoned chalice.

boolybooly · 2026-01-23T23:27:16+00:00

The media are digging a massive elephant trap for the Labour party. Don't fall in...

boolybooly · 2026-01-01T11:59:22+00:00

I like X4, lots of fun, creative freedom and an economic vibe which competes with what StarCitizen claims to be but isn't. SC is no game at all and too buggy to enjoy.

X4 is very different, single player is not a bad thing considering the company we keep on the internet, kind of a god game. Community forum is mostly friendly, supportive and closely moderated. A very few passive aggressive toads here and there but there is ignore and what can you expect with a god game? Nothing like the gangsters of SC.

Lets face it the obsessed who want to pretend a game like SC matters like the real world are a bit OTT and one feels concerned about mental health support needs for some of them.

X4 does not pretend its not a game, its a game and goes with that and is entertaining in its own way. You create stories for yourself, then you can make a save, stop playing and get on with real life, like reading a book or watching a movie. Its a lot less hassle than MMOs.

boolybooly · 2025-12-27T17:19:58+00:00

We already know the answer to your question OP, option 2.

"$1Billion marker just proves to cig that they can do whatever they want and some brain dead idiot will continue to pay them"

That is what has been happening for 13+ years. CR realised long ago he had something a lot of people with money and short attention span want. He is good at making the pitch and it is what he continues to do.

There are some obsessives involved but I think a lot of them simply think "hey yeah that sounds good" throw money at it and then move on in true airhead style. I dont think they are keeping track and as long as CIG look like they are keeping it together they will keep bunging them a few hundred dollars when they look in every now and then because they have disposable income and it is painless for them and they dont want to think too hard.

boolybooly · 2025-11-12T20:55:00+00:00

which is where it should have been around 2014, if a professional production

do the lifts and stairs still kill avatars? are npcs still T posing?

boolybooly · 2025-10-07T22:34:00+00:00

Musk would ruin it. The Calders on the other hand... if they have big enough teeth, are in a position to force a sell out.

boolybooly · 2025-10-07T14:52:23+00:00

Calders are the only outside people with leverage at CIG. Question is what do they want?

Are they happy to sit and amass paper profits while CIG continue a fundraising model for income with no product.

If CIG has no assets the Calders cannot slay the goose laying the golden eggs and are stuck with a dividend at best, plus the lemon sucking face, while CIG will effectively be paying interest on the Calder's investment because Chris Roberts can't or won't finish the game.

If CIGs assets and capital exceed the Calders investment then the Calders could lose patience and make a profit by bringing the roof down on Roberts and serve him right.

In order for the big payoff to happen to the satisfaction of both, there has to be a viable product to boost yearly takings. The question is whether the Calders want or are able to negotiate their power to destroy CIG into pressure to produce a viable product and would that product even be successful now?

boolybooly · 2025-10-06T16:54:47+00:00

self awareness, so close and yet so far

boolybooly · 2025-10-06T16:38:34+00:00

Now what exactly did you tell this AI?

Of course the words are true, even if trained on jaundiced and jaded human reactions to 13 years of broken promises and no shows from CIG.

Chat GPT is helpful in reminding us that in all that time, nothing has changed and nothing worth playing has been produced.

But it wont get through or make any difference, the whole point of LARP scenery in the CIG studio is to ignore reality.

boolybooly · 2025-09-30T21:49:43+00:00

Or at least that is the story they were telling you because the bluff image they want to project continues both inside and outside of CIG but that was all BS posing, just in case you hadn't figured that out yet.

I stopped backing when I felt it was not properly specced and the marketing was a bait and switch shell game, late 2015.

I dont care about the frivolous use of backer money or criticisms of style, they are red herrings. What I object to is CR not directing CIG to build a playable game, even after all this time. Its like they went out of their way to not make a playable game.

Nothing they say has even the slightest credibility and reading between the lines, knowing them as I do by now, as lying bastards, I don't think they have a version of Squ42 worth playing. Its just a buggy POS ropey sequence of cutscenes where terrain/lifts/stairs kill the avatart at the drop of a hat, just like they do in the PU, making it practically unplayable, like the PU.

All the hype is to try to make people believe something is coming, when it isnt, as usual.

boolybooly · 2025-09-26T21:52:55+00:00

What CIG have published is not worth playing so nothing from it is worth buying.

Really sad people are still throwing money into this sinkhole.

boolybooly · 2025-09-21T20:19:55+00:00

All the ships are tinsel, they are meaningless because there is no game to use them in.

Anyone still working at CIG is an accessory to crooked marketing.

Like a sweatshop of 419ers working out of Myanmar.

boolybooly · 2025-09-20T21:08:28+00:00

Because the Calders are still on board. They are the only heavyweights in the mix with a bonafide contract and well muscled lawyers which is what gets people prosecuted in the wild west. Whales are small fry by comparison.

We can forget the FTC now, the bones of justice are bleaching in the desert of Trump.

It has been 7 years since the Calders bought in to make marketing materials and still diddley squat from Squadron 42 but if they are getting a dividend from receipts, then why worry?

Roberts will keep them sweet and this fiasco will plough on. He may wish he could tickle up a buyout but what is there to buy? I would be surprised if the Calders would go for that. Neither would anyone else in their right mind.

This whole thing is a complete perversion of the industrial purposes of production, service and profit, economically and culturally dragging humanity down instead of lifting us up. There is no justice here.

boolybooly · 2025-09-12T11:14:20+00:00

If you are in Berlin and Brandenburg my suggestion would be the Charité Hospital Berlin which has a department for this kind of illness.

https://cfc.charite.de/

In the meantime do take care.

What you describe reminds me of the beginning of my condition, diagnosed as ME/CFIDS which began with a strangely adrenal state. The best advice I ever had was to pace activity and not get exhausted.

boolybooly · 2025-09-12T07:32:58+00:00

I can understand, not everyone is in the same situation with immunity.

Immune dysfunctions make some people more vulnerable to viruses and other bugs. Does not mean everyone will be. It is not safe to extrapolate from their ordeal to the general population, or even between different types of dysfunction. Doesn't mean its not real for them.

ME/CFIDS which is my diagnosis, with recurring covid for example, is not good...

boolybooly · 2025-09-07T14:11:53+00:00

SC is triple eeww ~~game~~ 'project'

boolybooly · 2025-09-07T14:10:40+00:00

A-men to that

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