Deep Space Exploration TESTies Discussion Sunday November 3rd

[O-Lefty]

Date/Time: Sunday November 3rd, 2019 at 3:00PM UTC (11:00 Eastern)
Spawn Location: TEST Discord
Coordinator RSI Handle(s): O-Lefty, Mromutt
Brief:
It's time to invite exploration minded TESTies to get together over a drink on the TEST Discord so we can talk about where the game is at.

Every day we have TESTies playing together and quite a bit of content is in the game. We have miners mining, haulers quantifying, pew pew ships flying, boys on the ground NPCs dying. The only thing missing is some explorers deep diving into the mysteries of Stanton System documenting their findings for the TEST Intelligence Database (TM). Documenting our TID-BITs would go a long way to providing lost or bored TESTies with good direction.

Please join us this coming Sunday so we can discuss exploration in the current verse and how to best gather our individual exploration knowledge together as an organization.

If you have ideas for discussion feel free to respond here.


o7
TESTies 4 ever

P.S. we may even go as far as speculating on what CitizenCon 2949 has in store for us.

 

[Black Sunder]

I'll be there.

 

[Blind Owl]

P.S. we may even go as far as speculating on what CitizenCon 2949 has in store for us.

SHIPZ!!!

 

[Radegast74]

Cool!

Some other org had started a exploration/discovery log online, it was interesting for what it had and what it was missing...

lol, just found it, and all it says now is "Experiencing Technical Difficulties"

ExLog

Exploration Log

log.lncorp.online

 

[O-Lefty]

SHIPZ!!!

And maybe more!

 

[Van77]

Yes yes and possibly yes

 

[Blind Owl]

And maybe more!

Wait, there's more?

 

[Mich Angel]

If I'm awake I'll be popping in for sure

 

[Smithory]

I'll try to make it via mobile

 

[CosmicTrader]

Exploration in the 'Verse.
Nice idea....I believe that I will wait until I actually have functioning scanners on my ships.
(and something to scan for besides mining 'stuff')

At present, there is only groping in the dark....of space...and space is very, very vast. (Thank you CR for the 64 bit coding)
(We can't even find a huge Javelin without the aid of Reddit and 'How to' videos. - Prove me wrong)

---> Has anyone found all 15 caves that are presently in the 'Verse?
---> YES, there are 15 of them. 5 on Daymar 5 on Hurston 5 on Aberdeen.
---> I have a Terrapin & I found none of them....Believe me, I spent hours looking.

Last weekend, we had a group of TESTies 'scanning' the Yela astoroid belt for Minerals to Mine.....We found NONE.
Nice idea but I have nothing else to contribute for at least the next 4 to 6 months.

 

[StdDev]

At present, there is only groping in the dark....of space...

Yeah... thats why I love it too!

 

[Sraika]

I quite like this idea, so im gonna do my best to show up
i might be busy that particular sunday, so we'll see if i make it, but I will endeavour to clear up my schedule

also what does tid-bits stand for
i get the first part but what is that last bit

 

[O-Lefty]

Exploration in the 'Verse.
Nice idea....I believe that I will wait until I actually have functioning scanners on my ships.
(and something to scan for besides mining 'stuff')

At present, there is only groping in the dark....of space...and space is very, very vast. (Thank you CR for the 64 bit coding)
(We can't even find a huge Javelin without the aid of Reddit and 'How to' videos. - Prove me wrong)

---> Has anyone found all 15 caves that are presently in the 'Verse?
---> YES, there are 15 of them. 5 on Daymar 5 on Hurston 5 on Aberdeen.
---> I have a Terrapin & I found none of them....Believe me, I spent hours looking.

Last weekend, we had a group of TESTies 'scanning' the Yela astoroid belt for Minerals to Mine.....We found NONE.
Nice idea but I have nothing else to contribute for at least the next 4 to 6 months.

Yeah the Yela asteroid belt is almost barren of minable resources. That would have been known ahead of time if we had that information from say... an exploration database!

This discussion is not to say that exploration is completely in. It is to get a start on what we do have and put the information in one place to share.

Key areas we can improve on:
Teaching the basics of triangulation to people so we can navigate and retrieve good data.
Make a list of things to locate and document, i.e. drug labs, caves, harvestable plants, mineral locations and their abundance, shops for FPS items, shops for ship components, special things like the derelict Javelin, mission givers and their requirements, and more.
Identify people that have a passion for exploration and knowledge sharing.
Etc.

There's a lot of exploration to be done. Grab a beer and join us for some nice conversation. That's all this is.

 

[O-Lefty]

I quite like this idea, so im gonna do my best to show up
i might be busy that particular sunday, so we'll see if i make it, but I will endeavour to clear up my schedule

also what does tid-bits stand for
i get the first part but what is that last bit

Not really sure I just made it up.

 

[Sraika]

Not really sure I just made it up.

let's have that be one of the discussion topics then :p

also allow me to suggest Test Intel Division - Big Intelligence Tip
because that amuses me

 

[Smithory]

Yeah the Yela asteroid belt is almost barren of minable resources. That would have been known ahead of time if we had that information from say... an exploration database!

This discussion is not to say that exploration is completely in. It is to get a start on what we do have and put the information in one place to share.

Key areas we can improve on:
Teaching the basics of triangulation to people so we can navigate and retrieve good data.
Make a list of things to locate and document, i.e. drug labs, caves, harvestable plants, mineral locations and their abundance, shops for FPS items, shops for ship components, special things like the derelict Javelin, mission givers and their requirements, and more.
Identify people that have a passion for exploration and knowledge sharing.
Etc.

There's a lot of exploration to be done. Grab a beer and join us for some nice conversation. That's all this is.

BennyHenge and the Derelict Javelin have been plotted via Orbital Marks by myself today. I'll make a format for them with the screenshots and directions this weekend sometime

 

[SoloFlyer]

Exploration is something I'm excited about in the game. I'm going to try to get in on these when possible. At the moment I'm limited to evenings on the weekends and maybe tues/weds nights

 

[NexGen-9]

Woo count me in!

 

[Smithory]

Exploration in the 'Verse.
Nice idea....I believe that I will wait until I actually have functioning scanners on my ships.
(and something to scan for besides mining 'stuff')

At present, there is only groping in the dark....of space...and space is very, very vast. (Thank you CR for the 64 bit coding)
(We can't even find a huge Javelin without the aid of Reddit and 'How to' videos. - Prove me wrong)

---> Has anyone found all 15 caves that are presently in the 'Verse?
---> YES, there are 15 of them. 5 on Daymar 5 on Hurston 5 on Aberdeen.
---> I have a Terrapin & I found none of them....Believe me, I spent hours looking.

Last weekend, we had a group of TESTies 'scanning' the Yela astoroid belt for Minerals to Mine.....We found NONE.
Nice idea but I have nothing else to contribute for at least the next 4 to 6 months.

This all comes down to the scanning mechanic not fully working yet I believe, a Terrapin should be able to scan a planet get marker points for caves and derelicts on the surface or in orbit

 

[CosmicTrader]

a Terrapin should be able to scan a planet get marker points for caves and derelicts on the surface or in orbit

Absoluterly. They are large Moons and even larger Planets.
Even Reddit & the SC Leakers have not reported finding any of the caves not revealed by the DEVs......