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Reply #375 on: February 03, 2025, 02:55:52 PM
Not really sure - It don't seem to really fit any slot.

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Reply #376 on: February 04, 2025, 05:39:49 AM
Todays first power play mission is trying to sneak in some resources to a nearby undermining mission - I think interdiction is guaranteed - might be first combat for the python



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Reply #377 on: February 04, 2025, 06:13:28 AM
Good luck with that :bigthumb:

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Reply #378 on: February 04, 2025, 07:36:12 AM
So far so good

I did think 9 meant 9 missions - turns out it’s 9 items - one drop of 15 and we’re all good

Rare items to an acquisition world next and I just need bounties which I might skip

Not interdicted but flying in hostile space puts hairs on your chest!!

Found a nifty tool for spotting if there’s another player in your instance - control and b - low and behold i found my first other player exiting a trade port - quick 07 and off he went




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Reply #379 on: February 04, 2025, 03:24:43 PM
So, back to HIP 90578 and handed my survey data in. Earned another half mill, and I now qualify for the 40mil payout. Another week for it to run, and by then, I may well be in line for the 60mil payout <rubs palms together>.

I really hope they release the buy-with-credits version of the Mandalay on the 26th when the new colonisation patch comes into effect.

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Reply #380 on: February 04, 2025, 05:19:33 PM
So, back to HIP 90578 and handed my survey data in. Earned another half mill, and I now qualify for the 40mil payout. Another week for it to run, and by then, I may well be in line for the 60mil payout <rubs palms together>.

I really hope they release the buy-with-credits version of the Mandalay on the 26th when the new colonisation patch comes into effect.

What does the Mandalay do?



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Reply #381 on: February 04, 2025, 06:02:01 PM

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Reply #382 on: February 04, 2025, 06:22:47 PM
Its a fairly well balanced all-rounder and fast for a medium size ship. This is my projected build for it;

https://coriolis.io/outfit/mandalay?code=A0pftiFJljdnsnf51c1c281c1717070703033c4d03030202012i3x3w4F.Iw18ZxA%3D.Aw18ZxA%3D..EwegLCAMUgzK8QFMCGBzANkkICMkCZpIg%3D%3D%3D&bn=manda

Nice, fairly well armed little beastie - it for ‘sploring?



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Reply #383 on: February 05, 2025, 03:46:31 AM
Mainly exploring and courier missions, although i may do a little trading and it would be interesting to see if it can defend itself should the need arise. I'll be sticking the engineered scanner in it that is a reward from the planetary data collection mission thingie.

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Reply #384 on: February 06, 2025, 05:25:51 AM
Looking further into it I’ve discovered now that the power play first set of missions is more of a loyalty test - you can’t proceed thru the ranks until you’ve completed them all

The trade ones were easy - that’s why I’m here - that leaves me with bounty hunting and some canister collecting

I’m more nervous about the bounty collecting as I don’t have a ship for it and I’m no expert but I’ve watched and read enough this week that I’m ready to buy ship number 3 kit it out and maybe dabble in some amateur bounty hunting as a side hustle



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Reply #385 on: February 06, 2025, 05:32:34 AM
Make sure you have enough cash in the bank to cover insurance :whistle:

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Reply #386 on: February 06, 2025, 03:56:57 PM
At some point, I'm going to build this;

https://edsy.org/#/L=I_00000I0C0S00,Elx00E_e00FEQ00Hf600Hf600Hf600Hf600,CzY00DCY00DCY00DCY00DCY00DCY00DCY00CzY00,9p300ADI00ASw00Ag-00AxE00BAE00BQU00BeE00,7iq0017600,7Xu0055e000AA000AA000AA0008c001rq002jw000nF000nG00

Then I'll go and find some hot-spots and see how it holds up in combat. Theoretically, it should be able to shrug off most stuff and fight without my help, unless by some chance it comes up against something similar or something with a super-duper massively over-engineered weapon, and that's pretty unlikely in PvE (I hope!).

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Reply #387 on: February 06, 2025, 04:53:15 PM
Looking further into it I’ve discovered now that the power play first set of missions is more of a loyalty test - you can’t proceed thru the ranks until you’ve completed them all

The trade ones were easy - that’s why I’m here - that leaves me with bounty hunting and some canister collecting

I’m more nervous about the bounty collecting as I don’t have a ship for it and I’m no expert but I’ve watched and read enough this week that I’m ready to buy ship number 3 kit it out and maybe dabble in some amateur bounty hunting as a side hustle

So the way I went about it was, as the Brits would say, cheeky.  8)  (Also, not my idea I saw in a newbie guide and ran with it)

Basically you go to whatever system you are suppose to bounty hunt in and then fly to the nav beacon and scan it. The when you go into the navigation pane just see if it says there is pirate activity there or at another location in the system but I've always just stuck around the nav beacon.  Then I just fly around scanning all the ships in that area and eventually some one with a wanted tag shows up so I just follow him around until he is engaged by the security forces.  Then I join the fight as long as they look they are winning (be careful not to accidently hit the security forces in a cross fire... dont ask) Then as long as you've got some hits on the wanted ship before he blows up you will get the bounty.  Its a safe way to get some good combat experience in.



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Reply #388 on: February 06, 2025, 05:36:49 PM
I think I’d seen that - having floated around a nav beacon last week in just a type 9 it was scary the number of times I was scanned by pirates but I had no cargo

If I’m going bounty hunter I have the money for a third ship and most of the components with in it are also in the second ship so it won’t be too costly and I’ll go full bounty hunter as a second career - I’ll also take on an npc fighter in case I need all the help I can get - I’ve put a hangar on the krait 2



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Reply #389 on: February 06, 2025, 05:37:23 PM
At some point, I'm going to build this;

https://edsy.org/#/L=I_00000I0C0S00,Elx00E_e00FEQ00Hf600Hf600Hf600Hf600,CzY00DCY00DCY00DCY00DCY00DCY00DCY00CzY00,9p300ADI00ASw00Ag-00AxE00BAE00BQU00BeE00,7iq0017600,7Xu0055e000AA000AA000AA0008c001rq002jw000nF000nG00

Then I'll go and find some hot-spots and see how it holds up in combat. Theoretically, it should be able to shrug off most stuff and fight without my help, unless by some chance it comes up against something similar or something with a super-duper massively over-engineered weapon, and that's pretty unlikely in PvE (I hope!).

You decided to splash the cash