WarCat72-PCFrom talking to a few Commanders, they make a lot of profit from taking the long range passenger missions. Basically they own 3 or 4 Belugas, load them up on passenger missions that require a trip from the Bubble to Colonia, and Colonia to the Bubble. Then jump on a set schedule twice a week, offering passage to any commander who needs it, for free. They only ask if you would be willing to help haul a couple of loads of tritium to get the demand for Tritium up to the point the game will start sending NPCs to the carrier. From what the owner of the FC told me, he is making an easy 300 million a week doing that.

OsordiHas anyone ever noticed that when zoomed out on the galaxy map, if you pan around, the "bubble" of stars you can see in Map view changes sizes? I happened to be looking at a spot out in Flyae Drye sector and noticed that without changing my zoom or rotation angle(s), simply panning North/South caused that bubble of red dots to go from "big enough that I could barely see the edges on screen" to about 5-8cm across (2-3 inches for those of you measuring in bananas)

I'm assuming I'm far from the first to notice, but I thought it was weird. Haven't figured out what the pattern is, yet. At first, I just assumed it was a constant number of stars, but it almost looks like it gets more dense in the expanded balloon, and less dense in the smaller one.

Also, mostly-unrelated, but is anyone else strangely fascinated by the weird "artifacting" patterns that Stellar Forge seems to have made in some parts of the galaxy? I just found a spot where there's this thick swath of lower density roughly aligned with the galaxy's ecliptic, and denser patches above & below. Viewed from the right angle, it kinda looks like the Death Star with its equatorial trench thing. Even more intriguing, said "trench" is only visible because I was filtering out L, T, & Y stars at the time. Turn on L, and the gap nearly vanishes, but you can still sorta see where it was. There's something just slightly different between it and the largely-M patterns on either side.

Also found one portion of it where there's a sharp line visible at just the right angle that runs perpendicular to the "trench," like a plane where two different sections of a tiling 3D surface met.

Space Madness is weird, y'all. If only I could access the interior of my ship and get some coffee...

Sakashiro

WarCat72-PCFrom talking to a few Commanders, they make a lot of profit from taking the long range passenger missions. Basically they own 3 or 4 Belugas, load them up on passenger missions that require a trip from the Bubble to Colonia, and Colonia to the Bubble. Then jump on a set schedule twice a week, offering passage to any commander who needs it, for free. They only ask if you would be willing to help haul a couple of loads of tritium to get the demand for Tritium up to the point the game will start sending NPCs to the carrier. From what the owner of the FC told me, he is making an easy 300 million a week doing that.

What's the benefit of having NPCs visit the carrier?

GryphnnThanks for the subtle Info that is only stuck on my screen forever

Anthony ReevesI'm an intermediate pilot, and I'd like to do something a bit different. I've been considering buying a Mamba and outfitting it for combat, whether that be long range or short range. I'm well aware that the Mamba is considered to be the disappointing cousin of the FDL, but I've also seen more than enough people use it and make it work.

I suppose the main reason I'm trying to bother with this is because I pilot a Vulture as my favorite ship, and I absolutely love the thing, even despite the fact that it does need a little work in order to get its power under control. So coming from that and looking at the Mamba, a gorgeous ship that doesn't live up to its own flair, makes me want to at least try to turn it into something of real note.

So with that, if anyone has any suggestions on a good build, please let me know. I typically run a beam laser and multi-cannon on my Vulture, although I'm not too sure of how that can apply here. Don't worry about credits being an issue, as I have a mining ship stationed in a pretty lucrative area in case my balance gets low. In terms of Engineering, my access is limited, but just having an idea of what I should be working towards is always a good thing. Thanks in advance!

GryphnnI just restarted the game

Anthony ReevesI'm an intermediate pilot, and I'd like to do something a bit different. I've been considering buying a Mamba and outfitting it for combat, whether that be long range or short range. I'm well aware that the Mamba is considered to be the disappointing cousin of the FDL, but I've also seen more than enough people use it and make it work.

I suppose the main reason I'm trying to bother with this is because I pilot a Vulture as my favorite ship, and I absolutely love the thing, even despite the fact that it does need a little work in order to get its power under control. So coming from that and looking at the Mamba, a gorgeous ship that doesn't live up to its own flair, makes me want to at least try to turn it into something of real note.

So with that, if anyone has any suggestions on a good build, please let me know. I typically run a beam laser and multi-cannon on my Vulture, although I'm not too sure of how that can apply here. Don't worry about credits being an issue, as I have a mining ship stationed in a pretty lucrative area in case my balance gets low. In terms of Engineering, my access is limited, but just having an idea of what I should be working towards is always a good thing. Thanks in advance!

Sakashiro

Anthony ReevesI'm an intermediate pilot, and I'd like to do something a bit different. I've been considering buying a Mamba and outfitting it for combat, whether that be long range or short range. I'm well aware that the Mamba is considered to be the disappointing cousin of the FDL, but I've also seen more than enough people use it and make it work.

I suppose the main reason I'm trying to bother with this is because I pilot a Vulture as my favorite ship, and I absolutely love the thing, even despite the fact that it does need a little work in order to get its power under control. So coming from that and looking at the Mamba, a gorgeous ship that doesn't live up to its own flair, makes me want to at least try to turn it into something of real note.

So with that, if anyone has any suggestions on a good build, please let me know. I typically run a beam laser and multi-cannon on my Vulture, although I'm not too sure of how that can apply here. Don't worry about credits being an issue, as I have a mining ship stationed in a pretty lucrative area in case my balance gets low. In terms of Engineering, my access is limited, but just having an idea of what I should be working towards is always a good thing. Thanks in advance!

I don't do PvP, but for PvE I have an engineered Mamba. It has a nicer cockpit and is slightly faster than a FDL but somewhat slower at turning, and its hardpoint convergence is bad, so you have to use gimballed weapons. But in hazRES and CZs it gets the job done. I haven't had to rebuy it yet.

Impala_MarkHello all,
Does anybody know if there’s a way to edit the “Registered ship ID” and “Registered ship name” fields on your Inara Commander profile? I’ll be damned if I can find it...