The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years

Re:The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years by wjdp on Thursday February 20, 2020 @05:17PM (#22379176)

I'm playing right now. Just docked at Morgan's Rock (on the edge of the Sagitarius arm heading back towards Sol) after a ~20kly loopy exploration/POI tourism trip.

Nothing comes close to this game for gaining an understanding of the shape, distances and density (or lack thereof in some areas!) in the Milky Way (you've got an FSD/FTL drive but not a good enough one to leave the galaxy).

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Re:The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years by tyfon on Thursday February 20, 2020 @05:40PM (#22379307)

It makes you appreciate the distances between binary stars when it takes 30+ minutes to travel from one to the other at 1000C :)

Anyone slightly interested in astronomy should take the game for a spin or just to open the galaxy map and zoom out.

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Re:The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years by nkrisc on Thursday February 20, 2020 @06:58PM (#22379769)

I remember arriving on such a system and being a little surprised that I could barely even see the companion star. It was just a much brighter star among all the others.

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Re:The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years by Stevvo on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:06AM (#22381633)

Exploring the galaxy in Elite is incredible, but just like everything else in the game, it's so damn boring and repetitive. FSD charging, jump, cooldown/fuel scoop. Repeat 1000x.

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