New to the whole space thing - need advice

I recently picked up a Space Thruster (L) for 36 ped. They're pretty cheap these days! It will last you 49 uses (one use each per entry and exit from the atmosphere of a planet). Ok, Freja just looked at Auction and someone has literally cleaned the auction of them!

You attach it just like an amp to a gun; drag and drop onto your VTOL in inventory. Yes your Sleipnir Mk1 will be fine in space, but this is the slowest space-ready vehicle, so don't expect to out-run a Quad-Wing Interceptor anytime soon! :D

When you die, you end up at the nearest available revive, whether that be a mothership you happen to be on the Guest List for, or on a Space Station (can be either belonging to a planet or a Neutral one). On a Planet Space Station (e.g. Calypso Space Station - often abbreviated "CSS") you can TP directly down to the planet for 7 ped OR hop in your VTOL and fly directly into the atmosphere, which you are then charged 2 ped plus Thruster decay for, so that ends up cheaper. The danger is that between the Space Station and planet is a thin strip of PvP, which pirates often patrol.

To get to space, you simply get in your VTOL with thruster attached and fly directly up :)

My recommendation for getting safely into the Space scene is to get involved with a Mothership as a repair person or a gunner (repair is cheaper and great for skilling and getting used to being in space).

Remember not to take lootable stuff with you (same rules as lootable PvP planetside) and enjoy the ride!

 

Of course, if it fits in the wiki you're welcome to it :)

Some more advice to you though: When you get involved with a Mothership, you may easily be able to get rides to and from other planets, so it can be a cheap way to start out.

Also, you don't get to see outside while in a Mothership, so if you want to get a feel for floating through space, take a gunner's seat or co-pilot.

 

Nice idea Tass. I'll try to glean some info from frequent flyer friends.

 

Doubt it, although from the map the planets appear to be partially inside the current area of space they are not. You land on the planet when you reach the server boundary so in theory other planets would also be on the edge of boundaries otherwise we would end up with huge rocks floating around in space to try and travel around, heck Calypso as it is wouldn't even fit in space if it was kept to scale.

 

Does this add anything?

http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/f...7455-Rocktropia-to-Calypso-VTOL-MK1-Unlimited

 

Guys the tables are still empty...

 

Calypso's ss is full of pirates. Other than that most other planets are not too bad most of the time. Howling Mine's terminals didn't work at all last time I was there... which might be a problem if someone goes up there without repair tool or fuel.

 

Didn't someone say decay occurs on the enter AND exit of an atmosphere? Would be good to be clear on this.

Incidentally if anyone is interested in my joystick software, let me know.

 

Another small one, I seem to remember that, in space, when you lose your ship, it ends up back in your inventory instead of storage when you do a "recall vehicles"

 

Correct.

 

Correct