Elite: Game talk

Kasumi Goto
yesterday, 5:27pm
Sakashiro

The Martian Relic, yes.

I'd love it if there was more von Däniken-style storytelling in Elite, establishing some sort of link between Guardians, Thargoids and the origins of mankind. Unfortunately all such attempts never seem to go anywhere, with the Martian Relic being one such example. It was found, no one knows where it came from, The End.

My personal theory about the relic is that it might be some leftover Guardian technology, partly because it is an odd coincidence that the terraforming of Mars - a problematic subject considering the planet's lack of magnetic field - succeeded not long after said relic was found, and its size (about a thumb, if I recall correctly) seems about right for some kind of data storage device.

But I'm not sure that is what the Titan might be heading to Sol for. Unless the Feds have been hiding it all along that they actually found much more than just the small relic on the planet, but hidden beneath the surface.

(It would surprise me that, if the Guardians did discover Sol, they didn't develop some interest in studying the native ecology, and perhaps they were eyeing up Mars before they were wiped clean off the galaxy by their AI. If such information is present within the Guardian network Ram Tah's been quite quiet about it, however.)

Also, unrelated, but did Frontier reduce how visible the Titan flare while it's moving is? Before you could see those things clearly from over a hundred light years away, yet I can't seem to see it now even in the system it passed last night, and the one it is currently heading to. Trying to determine if my stupid game caught a case of bug-itis.
Thinder
yesterday, 5:32pm
Like Everyone playing now I have received a message of assistance for the evacuation of Sol. I', heading to Shinrarta Dezhra to prep my Cutter then will dock my FC in a system near Sol or Sol itself if possible.

Have fun.
Atusia Duval
yesterday, 5:32pm
There is a new cannon in the power play that you can unlock. It's called the Concord Cannon. Has a 3 shot in the magazine. Total size 300 rounds in the magazine. I engineered it for a high-capacity magazine (600 rounds) and oversized. Here is a video on YouTube of the Concord cannons in a Mandalay.





Sol AX combat in open mode is now very dangerous. A lot of gankers are out there right now.

Last edit: 29 Nov 2024, 5:41pm
Thinder
yesterday, 6:25pm
No FC free slots in V 886 Centauri, try the nearest system.
Rayman.
yesterday, 6:32pm
I moved away from sol. Its so boring atm, give us invasion already. Im not interested evacuatign refugess and only did for inara medals thing
Meowers
yesterday, 6:37pm
COME ON YOU WORTHLESS BUGGERS
YOU WANT OUR PLANET? COME AND TAKE IT YOU SCHMUCKS!
Kasumi Goto
yesterday, 6:53pm
Providing the people insisting on the evacuations (could you call them the boredom brigade in this case? maybe ...) don't end up taking out this alert, which has had a few zeroes added to its back end but still seems like it could be borderline possible with enough of an effort thrown at it.

... though Frontier probably have a two week gap to cover while Cocijo takes its leisurely stroll through our space so maybe they'd turn on an invasion in Sol anyway and only have the "alert" to actually provide players to participate in the evacuation effort, rather than just have it be a piece of text in GalNet. Could you even move 22 billion people in a week?

Remaining doubtful about the actual chances which Sol has at survival. Even if certain people are equally adamant that the Titan will be destroyed there despite a few signs that it might have a better than small chance at surviving and causing further terror elsewhere.
Meowers
yesterday, 7:31pm
Kasumi GotoCould you even move 22 billion people in a week?
A week is 7 days, or 168 hours, or 10080 minutes, or 604800 seconds. That's quite simple.

Population of Sol is 22.78 billion according to the game data. Since Sol is the capital system of the Federation, with the Federation being the sci-fi space version of the US, it should also have 12/333*22.78 = 0.82bn illegal immigrants. Or let's say 2 bn because some of them might be reluctant to show up for the census.

Then I'd like to add, to say, 5 more billion for non-residents who work there, tourists, etc., and to have some reserve in capacity too.

22.78 + 2 + 5 = 29.78 or let's just round it up to 30 billion people. 30 billion people in 604800 seconds. 49603 per second.

The average density of a human body is 985 kg/m3, average human weight is 80kg for modern day North America, so let's say 90kg for the Feds. Influence of smaller people and children on that number should be sufficiently compensated anyway.

We need a pipe. A really big pipe to stuff those people into and move them. A pipe that is capable of moving 4.5 megatonnes of humans per second.
Black Adder
yesterday, 7:33pm
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AH
yesterday, 7:37pm
Kasumi GotoProviding the people insisting on the evacuations (could you call them the boredom brigade in this case? maybe ...) don't end up taking out this alert, which has had a few zeroes added to its back end but still seems like it could be borderline possible with enough of an effort thrown at it.

... though Frontier probably have a two week gap to cover while Cocijo takes its leisurely stroll through our space so maybe they'd turn on an invasion in Sol anyway and only have the "alert" to actually provide players to participate in the evacuation effort, rather than just have it be a piece of text in GalNet. Could you even move 22 billion people in a week?

Remaining doubtful about the actual chances which Sol has at survival. Even if certain people are equally adamant that the Titan will be destroyed there despite a few signs that it might have a better than small chance at surviving and causing further terror elsewhere.




Go to Sol, pic up the passengers and jump to the destination. You will be attacked and your passengers taken.
Been there, done that.
Thinder
yesterday, 7:52pm
Thargoids interdiction between Sol and V 886 Centauri. I've been interdicted (from Jump) twice.

Also trying to fill up passengers from another station caused the local cops to fire at me because I had illegal passengers onboard. Nice.

Last edit: 29 Nov 2024, 8:22pm
Kasumi Goto
today, 3:34am
So, here's what I am starting to think [about Sol].



Those of you who were there or remember the time will know.

"They say you can't catch a person by the same trick twice ..."
Indy
today, 3:53am
Rayman.I moved away from sol. Its so boring atm, give us invasion already. Im not interested evacuatign refugess and only did for inara medals thing


You can get AX bounty missions at all/most Sol stations, FYI. (e.g. Kill # Scouts, Kill # Interceptors, etc.) I chose to do Evac, just to give it a try, but I considered taking the AX combat missions instead because I enjoy them. (Questions about Evac to follow shortly....)
Kasumi Goto
today, 4:03am
Apparently you can get some Interceptor spawns more reliably by going to a capital ship, which there seem to be a few of in Sol right now, as static points of interest (I've heard they have spawns anyway). But those "AX missions" do not generate a signal source which to use to get Thargoid spawns, they are somewhat 'open ended' in that you have to find a spot with the targets yourself.
Indy
today, 4:10am
Questions about AX Evac missions:
(Answer any/all that you might know. Maybe there are some better references I can read/watch somewhere?)

  • Seems like the gameplay is such that there's always a Tharg interdiction with the first jump. Correct? (Some videos say something like that too.)
  • If so for the above, then: It's about being prepared for that eventuality, not something that I can avoid. Correct?
  • I tried without ECM... and lost passengers, but got away. I tried with two ECM... and lost passengers... even though I successfully deployed ECM continuously. Should I "git gud" with ECM? Or just ditch them and let the loss happen?
  • I thought the technique was: drop out of interdiction, fire off a heatsink, boost toward jump target, ready on ECM, heatsink/boost as needed, fire ECM(s) as needed, jump ASAP. However, the Thargoids are on me relentlessly, even with boosting 350-400. What am I doing wrong?
  • If the Thargoids are just going to strip my shields away anyway, why shouldn't I just throw another 5E cabin in that slot?
  • Fines are meh. It's annoying to have to figure out how to pay them, so I can get more missions. Any advice on how to manage this or "just deal"?
  • Wanted passengers are alright as a game mechanic, but it does seem silly to penalize players for evac of humans, regardless of whether they're criminals. (Even the citizens of Gotham evac'd criminals....) Anyway, I just treat it as if smuggling and fire heatsinks and stay ready on silent running. Is that right?
  • Any other tips for a good Evac run? I quite like the story/feeling of helping like this.

If you want to double-check my Evac ship, here's the Inara link to my "Evacutacean". (Based on the PTN Evaculuga.)

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