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EsDee

Lieutenant
Dec 11, 2022
6
24
75
RSI Handle
EsDee
I'm EsDee a long time backer and currently a Space Marshal (Citizen #335507) aspiring to hit Wing Commander during the next Invictus, committing my Imperator coupon to an Idris P+K.
I currently have 43 vehicles - 38 ships & 5 land vehicles, not including the additional 2 Ursas and P-52 Merlin that are included with my Carrack Expedition, the "Ophanim." This isn't intended as a flex! Most of these are meant to serve as a standby fleet that members of my primary org, JCS (Joint Coterie of Stars @ JCS Discord / JCS Org Page ) have available to use at no cost!
That being said, I'm a Hornet fanboy and own every civilian variant and a F7A Military Upgrade kit, with one of my long-standing dreams being to acquire one of the rare true F7A Mk2s for my personal use, legitimately. Beyond them, my ships are largely focused on security & support, I don't really have any dedicate mining or cargo ships, but have plenty of ships that can assist them:
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Where you from stranger?
I'm from the US, specifically California where I've lived near or in San Francisco Sacramento most of life.

What drew you to Star Citizen?
Way back in 2013 one of my best friends gave me a $50 gift card for Star Citizen as an early Christmas (before Luminalia was a thing!) present and collectively all of our roommates became obsessed. We followed progress daily and participated in as much of the early development as we could!

What do you look forward to most in Star Citizen? (PVP, Exploration, etc)
Despite being a combat pilot myself, I really look forward to other mechanics opening up in things like customization and engineering. I have an Endeavor & Collider ready to help custom tune our ship components and weaponry and look forward to how that customization and modularity evolve as we get closer and closer to a complete game system.

What was the first game you remember playing?
I had an SNES as one of my first game consoles, the first game that really made an impact on me was Earthbound; but, I absolutely loved racing games and bullet hell/shooters as they became more and more bizarre and difficult over the years.

What other games do you play?
At the moment, not much! I own literally 200 games on steam thanks to Humble Bundle, as well as a few titles on other platforms, but I primarily log hours in the PU & PTU messing around. Aside from that, I'll occasionally get roped into playing LoL or give Planetside 2 a shot for a bit before getting frustrated with its imbalance.

How did you first hear about Test Squadron and what convinced you to join?

Oh god, I've known about you guys since Operation Pitchfork was a thing (I've got that paint, by the way) but due to the previous Org limits, I didn't have affiliate space. Since that was changed, it was mostly just laziness and procrastination not signing up before.

Picard or Kirk?
Picard;
“Things are only impossible until they are not.”
 

Vavrik

Space Marshal
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Sep 19, 2017
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Vavrik
Oh god, I've known about you guys since Operation Pitchfork was a thing (I've got that paint, by the way) but due to the previous Org limits, I didn't have affiliate space. Since that was changed, it was mostly just laziness and procrastination not signing up before.
Laziness and procrastination... check. I see you also have newshipitus. That's also a good thing.
Welcome!
 

EsDee

Lieutenant
Dec 11, 2022
6
24
75
RSI Handle
EsDee
Laziness and procrastination... check. I see you also have newshipitus. That's also a good thing.
Welcome!
Kind of!
The Odyssey was actually won from Leadnap Gaming and it happened to save me a bunch of CCUs and other stuff I had saved up so I just dumped that into some extras. The "problem" I was beginning to encounter was running out of ships I was legitimately interested in owning while still coming up short of Wing Commander... I've done too many CCU chains!

A couple things I'm still very excited for are the Genesis Starseeker or Starhunter variants and possibly DireHawk and ShadowHawk projects.
But, aside from potentially turning the MSR into a 600i and the Cyclone MT into an Eclipse, I think I'm done adding to the fleet outside of some more small utility craft
 

Leofev

Commander
Nov 29, 2022
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LemmingOfEvil
On the contrary, assuming they follow through with the Mk2 series being released for all variants, I plan on acquiring the whole lot!
For all variants? I know it's been a few years since I've seen anything on this subject, but I think the original plan was to replace just the F7A models with the Mk2 and not the F7C line of ships unless you were one of the few to buy the F7C->F7A bodykit (visual upgrade only, not hardpoints etc.) which they stopped selling shortly after it was introduced due to some controversy around it.
 

EsDee

Lieutenant
Dec 11, 2022
6
24
75
RSI Handle
EsDee
For all variants? I know it's been a few years since I've seen anything on this subject, but I think the original plan was to replace just the F7A models with the Mk2 and not the F7C line of ships unless you were one of the few to buy the F7C->F7A bodykit (visual upgrade only, not hardpoints etc.) which they stopped selling shortly after it was introduced due to some controversy around it.
I do have the F7A Military Hornet Upgrade, but based on what Tony Z said here specifically the bit about Chris wanting players to be able to keep the classic while having the updated version available has always left me with a tiny bit of hope that we'd see the F7C versions get a mk2 update eventually.
 

Leofev

Commander
Nov 29, 2022
126
449
100
RSI Handle
LemmingOfEvil
I do have the F7A Military Hornet Upgrade, but based on what Tony Z said here specifically the bit about Chris wanting players to be able to keep the classic while having the updated version available has always left me with a tiny bit of hope that we'd see the F7C versions get a mk2 update eventually.
Okie doke, just wanted to be sure :P I only remember the bodykit thing because I had a SH at the time and was looking into it.
 

CitizenDad

Space Marshal
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Nov 3, 2014
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SlvmL0rd
I'm EsDee a long time backer and currently a Space Marshal (Citizen #335507) aspiring to hit Wing Commander during the next Invictus, committing my Imperator coupon to an Idris P+K.
I currently have 43 vehicles - 38 ships & 5 land vehicles, not including the additional 2 Ursas and P-52 Merlin that are included with my Carrack Expedition, the "Ophanim." This isn't intended as a flex! Most of these are meant to serve as a standby fleet that members of my primary org, JCS (Joint Coterie of Stars @ JCS Discord / JCS Org Page ) have available to use at no cost!
That being said, I'm a Hornet fanboy and own every civilian variant and a F7A Military Upgrade kit, with one of my long-standing dreams being to acquire one of the rare true F7A Mk2s for my personal use, legitimately. Beyond them, my ships are largely focused on security & support, I don't really have any dedicate mining or cargo ships, but have plenty of ships that can assist them:
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Where you from stranger?
I'm from the US, specifically California where I've lived near or in San Francisco Sacramento most of life.

What drew you to Star Citizen?
Way back in 2013 one of my best friends gave me a $50 gift card for Star Citizen as an early Christmas (before Luminalia was a thing!) present and collectively all of our roommates became obsessed. We followed progress daily and participated in as much of the early development as we could!

What do you look forward to most in Star Citizen? (PVP, Exploration, etc)
Despite being a combat pilot myself, I really look forward to other mechanics opening up in things like customization and engineering. I have an Endeavor & Collider ready to help custom tune our ship components and weaponry and look forward to how that customization and modularity evolve as we get closer and closer to a complete game system.

What was the first game you remember playing?
I had an SNES as one of my first game consoles, the first game that really made an impact on me was Earthbound; but, I absolutely loved racing games and bullet hell/shooters as they became more and more bizarre and difficult over the years.

What other games do you play?
At the moment, not much! I own literally 200 games on steam thanks to Humble Bundle, as well as a few titles on other platforms, but I primarily log hours in the PU & PTU messing around. Aside from that, I'll occasionally get roped into playing LoL or give Planetside 2 a shot for a bit before getting frustrated with its imbalance.

How did you first hear about Test Squadron and what convinced you to join?
Oh god, I've known about you guys since Operation Pitchfork was a thing (I've got that paint, by the way) but due to the previous Org limits, I didn't have affiliate space. Since that was changed, it was mostly just laziness and procrastination not signing up before.

Picard or Kirk?
Picard;
“Things are only impossible until they are not.”
Weclome to TEST sir!

And man, what a nice fleet you have there. Just glorious.

o7
 
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