DEFINITELY run shields on a Cutter. She’s built like a steakhouse but handles like an ice rink.
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Agree, shield-less is only worthy when making milk runs between safe/safe-ish systems or when flying in a wing.
For instance I was running my T-9 “Isengard” shield-less in the latest Commercial
CG.
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Seeing a lot of chatter about commanders losing systems they have claimed.
Might be best to wait a bit for FDEV to sort it out.
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Good to know. I’m still a few hundred light years from the Bubble anyway, trying to make some more money.
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Yeah I am in the planning phase too.
There’s some things I need to complete, like the Guardian FSD
Almost there…
Edit: for clarity’s sake I already had most of the materials and research done - all I need is the last Guardian’s blueprint and the Shock Mounts.
So I headed off in my very personal “Space Marine’s Dropship” - It’s a highly modified T-6 with a Tank (the Scorpion SRV) - which with its 30LY jump range allows me to deploy sort of quickly.
Last night before logging off I sat the ship down close to the Guardian’s ruins and today, hopefully, I’ll collect (possibly grind) as much as possible.
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I decommissioned mine last year as the upkeep costs were weighing me down and I wasn’t able to play enough to keep her financially viable. However, I think I will recommission her next week for this.
I’m also happy to create a private group to keep the gankers at bay but I have no idea how to work Discord so if someone else wants to do whatever is needed for that and let me know how to join that would be great.
I think it will be best to wait until they have patched out the current issues before colonising a system, and anyway we need to find a good one to start with. We can only go 16LY’s from the bubble at present which limits our options but I’m up for colonising a string of small systems to get to somewhere special if that is what you guys want to do.
I think some scouting around is needed - I’ll see if I can get a bit of time this weekend (but no promises).
EDIT: I think this update has got me more excited than anything has in the past 4 years. It feels a little like DW2 all over again 
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Ive reinstalled ED, whether or not I get time to actually play it is another story.
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I will happily help out wherever I can for upkeep and tritium.
Oooh, I might need to buy another ship for that.
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Nice!
I also had an eventful day today. I headed back to Panoi to see about recommissioning the FEI PAW. Unfortunately, it seems that in the time since putting her into dry dock storage Panoi has suffered a near famine which was only averted through swift and wide-ranging emergency measures enacted by the government. As part of those emergency measures the FEI PAW was apparently seized and used as raw material for approximately 1.5 billion baked bean tins. An ignominious end for a trustworthy vessel, but at least she died helping the greater good!
The dry dock owner was suitably apologetic and after making some calls he found an old salvage vessel which, despite having seen better days, is still sound and will meet Mudspike’s needs. He couldn’t secure us a discount, but at least we won’t have to wait for a new carrier to be commissioned.
I popped over to the neighbouring system of Ho Hsi to find Mudspike’s new carrier base - FEI LO (Fat Boy ):
She could use a good scrub, but she’ll do:
She’s parked up in Ho Hsi at the moment and could use a bit of refuelling. The two outposts in the system both sell Tritium at a good price but the large space station doesn’t, so medium ships only. I’ve left her tank about half full. I’ll leave her there for a bit as I’ve heard that carrier jumps are balked at the moment. Feel free to come and have a look around.
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Decided I have hauled enough for this CG. Got to do some mats farming and then some mining and maybe some bounty hunting.
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Majestic…
I wish carriers were a little more interactive - that ‘scrubbing’ and ‘fix-her-upping’ would be enjoyable to perform in first person but alas, what we have is serviceable.
This weekend my kids are with me so I was a daddy, but come tonight i will have some time to fly around.
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Good old space Jesus… That’s a lot.
What route did you use?! I always only find a few dozen materials. I could use a hint…
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Definitely going to be trading in my Asp Explorer for a Mandalay.
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Truer words have never been spoken lol
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I’ve still got mine. I kept it for sentimental reasons as it was the first really capable ship I bought. But alas, since the Krait’s were brought into the game, and even moreso now the Mandalay has arrived, I haven’t been able to find a good role for my Asp. It’s just not good enough at anything to warrant keeping 
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I’m facing the same quandary. I’m thinking maybe refitting mine for material farming?
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