Trade deals and PWA's and materials, oh my!
25 Dec 2020Maxi_madmax
Greetings CommandersSeasons greetings to all of you (my wife is a history buff and apparently everyone used to say that to each other years ago).
The last couple of weeks have been pretty intense and this is the first chance i've had to do an entry for some time.
Great news about the PWA being fixed, as soon as I got the updated software I uploaded it and went out to give it a try.
I was in the Sol system at the time (where that saying came from apparently) in my exploration Asp and quickly equipped some mining gear and for the fun of it i tried the rings of Saturn.
Was a bit worried at first as no hotspots came up but within minutes I was into my first core asteroid and it went well from there. TBH I got nearly as many cores in 30 minutes, (albeit a real mixed bag, LTD's, void opals, bromellite (shudder) as when I mined a pristine system with the 49R a few days later.
Fixed and working fine, and the large hauls i made within a few hours tipped me into Elite (Trade) status which was a bonus.
Had a few issues with some new paintwork that should have been shipped to me, jumped through all the hoops to get the "free offer", but still not arrived. Not too fussed but the purple weapons and engines would have been nice....
There's been some good news in a trade dispute near my home system which has been rumbling on for ages, and finally looks like it is going to be sorted. Good news that commodities shouldn't cost any more, but the bad news is that there is loads more electronic paperwork to complete. I avoided all the queues outside the starports, but i know a few space truckers who are still waiting to deliver their goods. Not good for them at all.
The Barney is coming along well, have been engineering her for a while now and the last transport mission I did for one of the factions ended up with three pythons being sent after me.
All three dispatched without any hull damage at all (although shields got a little bent).
All that engineering has used up my raw materials so I was resigned to schlepping round planets grinding for raw materials until I heard about a sweet site around 1500ly from Sol. Bit of a faff getting their, but when i arrived it was "fill yer boots" time. (Another saying from the Sol system apparently), and I'm now heading back to trade these for what I need.
Stay safe Commanders, and see you on the shoulder of Orion.
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