Captain's log: 2953-03-24-001
Here is a new (about time) episode of "Life in the Verse" with Dogwing... With 3.18 being so close to release, I couldn't find the inspiration to play a "dead patch" so I had parked SC for some time while 3.18 was prepared for release and then, the bugs addressed. So, let's get down to it shall we? As most of you already know, 3.18 brought with it a new gameplay feature that, frankly, I have been waiting for a very long time: Salvaging! A while back, I had bought the "Entrepreneur Pack", the one with the Vulcan, Prospector, Hull B and Ursa Rover, which contains a Vulture as well, and I was eager for the Vulture's release... and it's finally here! I did find the time to head into the black and try the salvaging game loop a few times before this episode and, since I didn't get as much time to play as I would have loved, I still managed to salvage a few pieces here and there and, once I was done, I would head back to my homebase, and store my ship. On my next play session, I would just continue where I left off and all the boxes of RMC would still be in the ship. Sweet! In one of these sessions, my original plan was to head out to A18 to sell off my cargo hold filled with 9 or 10 SCU's of RMC. I was already aware of pilots filling their Vulture to the brim, bringing the total RMC boxes to 23 or 24 and even, 26 (with a two-man operation) boxes in some cases! So, upon exiting the station, I thought why not fill her up, right? And it's when it all started... So, I headed out into the black and started pinging away for salvageable ship panels, in no specific direction. After a few minutes, I found some "stuff" to salvage. I started filling the cargo hold and everything was going smooth and then, disaster struck! I died... from what, I don't know, an angry crate I was moving? Clipping into the ship floor? To this day, I still have no idea! So, back to my spawn point hospital, and with the cargo hold almost full, I didn't want to let this cargo fall into the hands of someone else, but the issue at the time was I had no idea in which direction I flew in my initial search for material! I still decided to get one of my ship out to go find it and, as I was about to call my Nomad, a thought (another one) occurred to me! Why not get a bigger ship and fill the cargo hold with RMC? PES is here so my Vulture should still be around, right? So, out came the MSR and off I was, pinging like crazy in every direction to find my Vulture because I didn't see a corpse marker. At some point, I noticed a lone distance marker with no information, or icon other than "20km" marking from my current position. I decided to head for it and investigate further. As I got closer, it started showing the white icon denoting an abandoned ship, and a little later, the name "Vulture" appeared. I was suddenly hopeful that this was my lost ship. As I got really close, it became apparent that this was my ship and I was pretty ecstatic at that point! Hurrah for PES!!! I approached my Vulture, aligning the rear ramps "face-to-face" (so to speak) so I could tractor beam the boxes from the Vulture to the MSR. I was able to empty the Vulture into the MSR no problem. Now with this done and enough time to play, I hopped into my Vulture and started salvaging the reminder of the ship panels (3) at the site, returning to the MSR to empty the cargo hold of the Vulture as it got full. I did this three times more, and I was able to salvage all the RMC at the site. Now it was time to get back to A18 and sell that loot. I got back in my MSR's seat and headed straight to A18 TDD's terminal to sell that RMC for a pretty good amount of money, all 32 boxes of it! With my day over, I headed back to my homebase and, funnily, as I got out of quantum, a ping appeared on my HUD! Guess what it was? You guessed it, my trusty Vulture! lol... Ok, a new plan formed (yet another one) to rescue my Vulture from potential salvagers. I didn't want to leave either my MSR or my Vulture out there so back to my base to store the MSR and, out came the Pisces Rescue and in no time, I was away and heading towards my Vulture, hopped in the Vulture's seat and got her back to base! That was a very interesting experience and I was surprised to see how easy and how well it went in the end. All the while though, I was a bit nervous, as you never know when a bug can ruin your day of work, and kill that enthusiasm! lol... Now I always set a QT point and move out in that general direction while searching for "pings", this will make it easier to find my Vulture should a bug happens. :-)
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