VR Wings Uuncala Saprum Survey

VR Wings Deep Space Survey

drkaii · 2015-03-18T10:53:22+00:00

VR Space Men, We have quite a contingent now. Let's do something special. My first proposal is to do a deep space survey. We should do more in the future but I think we should start by heading to HIP 98674 - a system with 3 neutron stars. I haven't been and I bet it's already been explored but not only is it extremely interesting, it's also only 1000ly away. We could get there in a few hours. I am up for proposals of a different destination. We should see at least one nebula along the way, which might take us a bit further out. Ok entries are now pretty much complete. You can still join but the later you do the less say you'll have on the itinerary. Here's a list of everyone who's on board. The rest of this thread is to discuss a date and a destination. Signed up CMDR Dr. Kaii EU CMDR Darrell Sheets EU CMDR Morphidus EU CMDR Flex1978 EU CMDR bonsek NA CMDR Beavis Tingleball NA CMDR Dark Arbiter NA CMDR Ranix NA CMDR Paul Bryant NA CMDR Cudaspawn NA I suggest the EU guys and NA guys group up. Not to avoid international mingling, but simply because the times will work out better. Could everybody please post the following information asap: 1. How soon you'll be able to get an Asp up to grade? Please watch this video to see what you'll need. Try to copy the loadout exactly so we all have the same jump range. 2. When is an ideal date/time for you to go. Also include dates/times you definitely can't go. State your time zone or just convert to GMT for easy coordination. GMT has just moved clocks forward 1 hour. 3. A suggestion of where to go/something you'd like to see. Keep it to under 2000ly. Can also say you don't mind. 4. How long a session you can manage between breaks. How many breaks you think you'll need and for how long. Also mention any unexpected complications like the potential for family to need to take you away etc. Could you also add everyone listed to your friends list and introduce yourselves over the next week or two. Try and decide who you want to wing up with. If you don't care then I guess I will just group people myself ;) I will try to base it on when's the best times for you all and how many breaks you'll need etc. Once we've got that, we can decide who is wing leader in terms of plotting course etc. We will then decide where to go and when. The plan will be for the 3 wings to head out on separate courses, be in touch along the way and group up upon arrival. I expect vastly different arrival times so we might all meet up the next day. If people can't make it all the way or have to drop out unexpectedly, no problem. It's bound to happen to some of us. Ok that's a lot of things to think about! Let's see where we are all at a week from today and we can work on finalising. Thanks space men! Dr. Kaii Destination Proposals: -HIP 98674 (Dr. Kaii) How: We should break into wings of 4 grouping based on jump distance and region. Each wing can then make its own journey there, and we can share an Indi Bourbon when we get there. Once there we can decide if we want to go anywhere else. EU and NA will go separately if we have enough response from both. Otherwise the lesser will go based on the times of the larger (sorry!) Requirements: -An Asp, with A5 Thrusters, a good fuel scoop (will agree which one is reasonable), an Advanced Discovery Scanner, a Detailed Surface scanner, and everything else as light as possible -A mic -A full day (with ample rl breaks ;)) to be agreed on. Most likely a Sunday late in April. -Something entertaining for the journey. Anything, you name it - riddles, your life story, jokes, music, facts about space, celebrity impressions - I don't care Recommended: -Heat sink launcher -Auto Field-Maintenance Unit When: We will set a date based on how long all those interested can reasonably get hold of the aforementioned ship and loadout. You'll need about 15m (including insurance) to get it. I.e, no rush! Late April or even May. Extras: -If anyone has any video recording software, which works with VR, let me know. Recording the journey for posterity would be a fine thing to do. EDIT: I've already figured out how to do this with the Oculus Rift Second window and it works pretty darned well. Only issue is I can't use SweetFX with it :( One person from each wing should set this up and we can share on youtube. If anyone needs advice about how to get money quicker, please ask. There are plenty of ways. If you have a Cobra with about 40T cargo, you can get it all in about 10 hours of play, doing rare trading. A few others (I'm sure) and I would be willing to front the money for the Cobra. Mention below if you'd be happy to contribute (we'd achieve this by purchasing commodities and ejecting them for you to sell). So stick your name down and we will look at the results around the weekend, and delay if necessary, and come up with a plan. If you put your name down, subscribe to the thread and check back next week. Thanks commanders. CMDR Dr. Kaii