Finally got my big break in Elite Dangerous

[DnFx91]

Been playing this game for the better part of 2 years now dreaming of the time when i could start doing serious stuff, and i finally got my big break, after grinding away ranks/reputation for the empire at Cemiess station for what seemed like forever, i finally got offered a long range passenger mission to the holy twins for 24 million credits . Spent the last 2 days flying out there and just arrived this afternoon, using my Asp Explorer with almost nothing other than advanced discovery scanner. Used the services of Felicity Farseer the engineer before i left, and got my range up to 39.7 ly per jump ( 34.5 with passenger cabin and scanner) i managed to complete the 12,500 ly journey in 12 legs of 30-32 jumps each, covering each 1000 ly leg in around 25-30 mins, which i think is pretty good going, some people do these missions with like 20ly jump range i've heard

 

Now i'm here i thought i would make the best of it and found at least 10 systems with black holes, one of which has 3 of them ! Im not gonna risk any cowboy stuff this far from home, was tempted to ride the neutron highway for a while but havent had much practice with that and don't want to lose all that discovery data crashing into a neutron star. i did a quick bit of napkin maths before i left which gave me approx 750 jumps round trip, which could bag me an extra 15-20 million in just the discovery data alone, so here's hoping i don't fuck up on the way back haha, there was a big sketchy patch of brown dwarves about half way that worried me a bit

 

Pics attached, i slammed into a blackhole nearly spitting coffee over my monitor, it terrified me. And also found a lovely neutron star to pose with.

 

What are you Commanders up to at the moment ?

 

CMDR Darklanky

[0ld_Chicken]

I don't play Elite Dangerous but sounds awesome! 

[DnFx91]

Just now, 0ld_Chicken said:

I don't play Elite Dangerous but sounds awesome! 

it's so much effort man, but oh boy is it satisfying, and so damn pretty to look at.

[0ld_Chicken]

5 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

it's so much effort man, but oh boy is it satisfying, and so damn pretty to look at.

I have trouble keeping up with games like that.  My summer work schedule is kicking in early (hvac) and i already can't fulfill my "gaming obligations"

[aGl1tch]

I just have no clue what to do in this game tbh. It's really awesome and I even bought a new set of Joystick/Throttle to play it but I just feel so lost and don't really know what to do so I end up doing these delivery-quests all day long.. :']

[armycombatvet7]

You're making me wanna play ED again...

[DnFx91]

1 minute ago, chrismlachcik said:

You're making me wanna play ED again...

its usually someone else's stories that inspire me to get back on it. I had a year long hiatus of being super bored of it, but then saw some people doing crazy shit with the latest updates like cruising the neutron highway and working on the engineers DLC. The horizons season pass has kept that game going for me, every time they add something new to it, you get another literal year of gameplay chucked at you.

[DnFx91]

Edit: I got back from this mission yesterday after hours of mind numbing hyperspace jumping. Bagged myself the 24 mil for the passenger mission, and a further 18.5 mil for the discovery data, holy crap that was profitable. Ended up being 734 jumps round trip, which took me from 11% ranger up to 45% ranger in terms of discoverer rank, and put my rep through the roof with that station, when i got back i was instantly offered a 42 million credit mission, but i'll be fucked if i fly another 15,000 lightyears any time soon  Just gotta work on my naval rank now and buy a fighter-capable ship to have fun with the commanders DLC