OFF I GO!I'm about to set off on my 2nd long exploring trip. The first one I was out for a couple of months but this one will be longer...by quite a bit. I'm hoping to return with enough data to elevate my Exploration rank to Elite, I'm at Ranger currently. If...
A Millionaire No MoreI've grinding away at those lucrative smuggling missions and so have made my 1st billion in cash. Actually I shouldn't say "grinding" as these missions have actually been quite entertaining...much more so than trading. Now that was a grind....
Elite Status Eludes Me No More! (P.S. T9 For Sale!)I was grinding away at a trade route for months with my T9....Wurango to 62UM to Wurango to 62UM to Wurgano to 62UM FUUUUCCCC****! It was driving me nuts! When I finally hit the trade rating of Tycoon, I was excited that I was just one away from being...
Very Lucrative Missions From Sothis!8.5 mil for a single mission was the largest I found but stacked several 4, 5 & 6 mil missions and then headed back towards the bubble Sothis supplied the commodity and the receiving stations were all relatively close to each other. 27 mil...
My First Black Hole...The Celestial KindI don't know why I decided to head out to the Pleiades Nebula last night. I was sitting in my T9, getting ready to do another couple of hours grinding on the trade route, and I just couldn't launch. At that particular moment I needed to just go somewhere....
1st Fuel Rat Rescue (Cherry Pop!)So I signed up to be a Fuel Rat over month ago but had yet to be part of a rescue...until yesterday. On Tuesdays I usually park my T9, take a break from trading and head over to Lave Station, in the Lave System, to gather with other CMDR's and listen...
Who Ordered The White Anaconda?As of the date of this entry there are no alternate skins available for the Anaconda in the Frontier/Elite Dangerous store. If you own a Conda and would like to have the skin pictured below then follow these steps... Go to your game directory and browse...
Big Friends Are Better Than Big EnemiesTonight I jumped into a High Intensity CZ and right away a Capital Ship jumped in guns a blazin'! It was fricken' awesome! I've seen videos of these mammoth ships jumping into a system right in front of a commander but tonight it happened to me for the...
Tuesday = Lave Radio Podcast Day!Love the Lave Radio podcasts/broadcasts that go on every Tuesday. One of the things listeners do is gather outside of Lave Station during the broadcast and often the Lave Radio guys themselves are in their ships outside the station. So I took the Clipper...
Fuel Limpet Testing w/CMDR Space MadnessToday I practiced refueling another ship w/Fuel Limpets for the 1st time. Saw CMDR Space Madness was just 25LY away in the Lembava system so I contacted him. Went to his location and fired 3 fuel limpets (1 at a time) and it worked well. Now I know how...
