- location:  Adam's Whisky Storage, Softwareprojekt Station in Alrai Sector TO-R b4-1 system
- original post from https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/bug-system-colonisation-two-stations-overlapping-docking-hazard.650369/

Don't shut down your shield just yet though

Hello everyone.

I started playing ED on Xbox One a long time ago, but without really understanding how the game worked—so I ended up dropping it. Thanks to the glorious Steam sales, I managed to get my hands on the game again, and to my surprise, my old Xbox save files were still there.

Now, as an adult with much better English proficiency, I’ve done my research and immersed myself in the game—exactly the way I wish I could have the first time around.

VR and a HOTAS (it’s wonderful to be able to indulge my inner child with my adult income).

To be honest, at first, I wasn’t sure which path to take or if the game would even hook me, so I hesitated a bit before buying the HOTAS. But after a few dozen hours, watching some YouTube reviews, and snagging a great deal at an electronics store, I found myself completely immersed in the kind of sci-fi experience I’ve always wanted.

Now it’s time to choose my career:

Space combat?

Definitely the most fun part, but I’d rather get a handle on other things first.

CQC?

Not really interested in the competitive side of this game.

Exobiologist?

Not particularly interested in on-foot gameplay, either.

Explorer?

Good lord—the people who do this are either crazy or incredibly dedicated to the cause. Not for me (at least, not for now).

Mercenary?

Again, not really into the on-foot stuff.

Trader?

Excel spreadsheets, statistics, supply and demand?

WHERE DO I SIGN?!

And so, here I am, 50 hours in—after finally figuring out how the hell this part of the game works—flying my beautiful Type-8 through space, hunting for the best prices and selling where the demand is highest. After a long day at work, this game is like a caress on the cheek—a fabulous experience that lets me relax and feel fulfilled.

Wait...

Halloween discounts? ...

Here’s €15—give me all the themed crap you’ve got!

Engineer base's ATC already refer to us as HEAVY when we fly the big three +anaconda Mk2.. why cant station ATC do the same? It adds "Immershun" and inflates my ego when they acknowledge Im flying a big and heavy space truck,

pardon my english, I am an ESL speaker

I had to do Distant Worlds 3 to make my first 10B for a personal fleet carrier. After that, I just had to wait for hauling CGs to start since they are usually the best money makers. Then, I'd use my fleet carrier to bulk haul a ton of cargo. Repeated this process for 4 hauling CGs. I avoided exobiology despite it arguably being the best method for a solo player because I REFUSE to go back out into the black again until Fdev finally releases the Nomad for credits.

Thanks to this last CG, I finally made enough credits for a squadron carrier. The SC has everything a FC has except for redemption office (which is useless anyway) and pioneer supplies, which I also don't use because I can just go to a station if I want to purchase suits and weapons.

It has a HUGE 50k cargo space, making colonization a breeze and it will also allow you to go all the way to beagle point and back without running out of fuel when filled up. Yes I am aware the SC has 60k cargo space, not 50k but the 60k cargo space is unrealistic because you will be using services, which use up some of your space. Realistically, you'll probably only have about 55k tons of cargo space at most.

So far, I love it. The only thing I don't like about the squadron carrier is that you can't loiter around the landing pads like you can with a personal fleet carrier. Your SC will give you a warning and shoot you down if you try it. I'm pretty sure it also shoots at you when you fire in the no fire zone. My personal fleet carrier NEVER shot at me even when I shoot directly at it.

Is it worth it? Eh, if you don't care about pioneer supplies and you have nothing else to buy, go ahead. It's cargo space will be insane for hauling, colonization, and deep space exploring. I'm planning on turning my old fleet carrier into a storage for engineering materials and I'm going to turn my SC into my new "base". It'll store all of my ships, modules, and I'm going to use it for colonization, exploring, CGs, ect.

For people who are curious, yea you can customize it's paintjob, landing pad color, engines, ect just like you can with a regular carrier. Unfortunately you can't change it's kit to make it look like a Nautilus, Victory, or Fortune-class carrier like you can with a personal fleet carrier.

An ill-judged corporate-espionage mission was cut short by a grenade-throwing security officer. After healing and serving out the sentence, I booked an APEX shuttle to take me off the prison ship.

Unfortunately, picking the furthest system in reach (and a station 300,000Ls from its star) led to a lengthy ride with my pilot.

Unsuccessful small-talk opening lines included:

"So, you like football?"

"Prison wine ain't so bad if you strain it first with a torn-up towel."

"When it comes to the lunch line, man, y'know, it's shank or be shanked."

"You've really got to keep your eyes open when your cellmate's a serial rapist. I got him in the leg with a toothbrush shiv when he got too friendly one night."

"You're even quieter than Ol' Pete was after he got his throat cut the second time."

So finally, after a neverending succession of hauling travels, my first station is live in HIP 95172. Everybody is welcome :)

Just shouting into the void here I guess, but I'm within about 200Mill of getting the recommended 7.5.Bil required to purchase my first fleet carrier and had to tell someone - Me missus looked at me as if I'd three heads when I told her....

Been playing the game since release, an early 2014 xmas pressie from me missus (and, at risk of showing my age here - before that, the original elite on BBC micro and then Elite II on my 286PC) and it's been a journey.
Throughout my commanders life, I reckon we've went through four full pc upgrades, multiple monitors, a triple screen setup and now running my fancy ultrawide. There's been three sticks \ throttles - starting with a lowly Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS, then up to another Thrustmaster T1600 setup and now onto my (apparently much maligned) Thrustmaster X56 HOTAS setup that I'm using now (3 years and it's never missed a beat!) and now I'm eventually ready to take the plunge into endgame, if endgame exists for a game such as Elite Dangerous.

I'm a Dad-casual player, grabbing 2-3 hours when I can, I've dabbled in quite a few pastimes the game offers us, a bit of exploration, a bit of exobiology, space taxi, some 'rat hunting, tried my hand at a bit of mining and playing with various builds and ships- I never really got into the ground combat stuff much as it just never called out to me, but mostly I've been a space trucker, hauling stuff for credits, and as of today Elite V Trader!
Think that's my thang - always has been, even since the OG original. Started, same as most people in the hauler and worked me way up though various Type 7 & Type 9 fitments and am now dragging a moderately tweaked Panther clipper MkII around using Inara to get the best bang for buck routes. I'm still enjoying the game, even dipped some real world money once or twice for some of the cosmetics and new ships if they've tickled my curiosity.

The game's evolution has been a journey too, from somewhat sparse beginnings and a learning cure like a cliff for new players, even now, without the third party apps it can be a bit daunting to grasp the sheer scope and size of all of the mechanics. There have indeed been periods of burnout (engineers - I'm looking at you) and I've even stopped playing for months at a time due to family / personal stuff that has cropped up through the years.
I'm aware there's some very valid criticisms leveled at the game, but the new content, once it's been fettled a bit, patched and balanced, has been pretty good I think - and most telling of all, I'm still here, doing my Carebear, solo space trucking thang - and I'm still having fun.

Looking forward to what the Fleet Carrier brings, Hopefully have it within the next few days at my current rate! Then on to bigger and better things! Maybe can finally do that Colonia run I've been meaning to do...

So, yeah, just shouting into the void, like I said - but it's been a helluva a journey and many, many hours worth of (mostly) fun with it, even 12 years later!
The subreddit has been a massive boon for advice too - I'd have been lost without you lot as well!

o7 Commanders - & Safe flying!

Just wanted to be sure I’m doing this correctly.

I’m laser platinum mining and using meritminer to determine where to source and sell my platinum.
I’ve also setup my squadron to align with my selected power and one of the perks is increased merits.

I can source around 230T of materials and get around 10k merit points when selling it.

Does that look right?

I'm new to large ships. Never had an Anaconda before. Started working on the Mk II today and ran into a problem. Got the jump range up to over 40 LY, but I use up about a third of my fuel tank with every jump of that range. Is this normal? I'm wondering if I built it or engineered it wrong. Maybe it's just heavy, and this is the deal?

Two questions more in the weeds now that I'm looking at the numbers.

First, total mass is 2,089. Did I "overengineer" the FSD by getting to an optimised mass of 7,238?

Second, I engineered the Thrusters for an optimal mass of 1890 and optimal multiplier of +45.6%. Would I be better off doing fewer levels of Dirty Drive Tuning so the optimal mass was at or above my acutal mass, in exchange for a lower multiplier?

o7

I'll put it bluntly. I'm absolutely tired of these things and I just can't stand them anymore.

Whoever designed the NPC loadouts for these clearly didn't realize they were creating the singular most obnoxious ship in the entire universe to fight.

Are they hard? In a fully engineered ship, absolutely not. They will die... eventually. But that's not really the point- no one should ever dread fighting a ship just because it's a colossal waste of everyone's time. In basically every ship in the game you fight these god awful things in you just want to scream at the top of your lungs as they zip around faster than the speed of light, going faster than basically anything other than a hitscan weapon can track them (they maneuver faster than my multis can hit 75% of the time), all while dealing stupid amounts of chip damage with their plasma shocks.

Finally got a good lineup on them for the .21 millisecond opening you miraculously found yourself in? Yeah they got chaff too because why not. Now you'll spend another half an hour waiting for their chaff to dissipate and another small opening to deal itty bitty amounts of damage to them and pray to all that is holy that their chaff isn't back up and your weapons can actually hit them.

Now a common workaround to gimbals being gimbals and chaff countering them is to run a fixed hardpoint but unless you have the patience of a saint and the hand-eye coordination of a brain surgeon then you really aren't going to be having the best of luck in that regard either.

Did I make this post right after I just finished a Terminal Prosecution on hard? Yes, yes I did.

Did I also just watch four fully engineered ships slowly turn in circles for 15 minutes against 2 Kestrels? Yes, I did that too.

Am I affiliated with the group that plans on bombing the Kestrel MkII production facility in the Core Dynamics shipyard in the near future? No, I am not- according to my space lawyer at least.

Edit: Seems I've sparked nothing short of a war in the replies. Listen, I'm being overdramatic. It was kinda the whole point of the post and it's a pretty common thing to do when something mildly obnoxious is exactly that, mildly obnoxious. I am in no way saying that Kestrels are an Avengers level threat and need to be absolutely nuked from existence, nor am I saying there is not a single weapon or tactic in the game to counter Kestrels.

I am simply saying they are annoying, and just kinda dumb. If they didn't have chaff they would be leagues less obnoxious but unfortunately they do. I just don't personally find the equivalent of chasing a fly around a kitchen my flavor of 'fun' but hey, everyone has their own tastes.

Looking for cactoida never ends well 😂

- Original Video: Shortest Hyperspace Jump (Martha's Pulsars) https://youtu.be/pe2W1DBQLzo?si=aT-brc__Wv7CpBoQ

Ngl I'd be slightly pissed if it's out of early access like shortly after buying it with arx...it's coming close to 4 months now since the release so if it's going to be made available like in December then I'll just wait it out.

Haven't played seriously since before Odyssey dropped. Love we can finally walk around and have atmo landings. Also love the materials farming and engineering changes (and the new ships that allow for actually proper feeling jump limits of ~100Ly, exploring is gonna be so much less tedious now).

But I'm trying to update my FSD's for the changes, and I need to farm some mats cuz I don't have the right stuff to trade for the ones I need. Specifically I need to do some wake scanning for the Grade 4 and 5 range boost Encoded Materials, and I'm seeing that apparently something called "Stronghold Carriers" is the best spot, and that's related to powerplay? I have no interest in this, what's the next best spot to farm wakes?

Hey y'all, Probably a pretty dumb fix that I"m not able to find.

But the "target ahead" binding doesn't seem to work no matter what I have it bound to.

The "target next" works, but never the target ahead. Trying to do the mining tutorial mission atm, and can't target the "chunk" to progress lol.

Any ideas on what could be going on?

After I take over 200 jumps.

It's time to go home now.