Gaming

Press (X) for Super.
SUPER!
Press (X) for Hot.
HOT!
SUPER... HOT... 

Say hello to my little friend!

 

That's one more plushie to the list.
And I think there are more Wilbys to be found.

Meanwhile I managed to find a way of completing that kill mission without collecting a massive bounty. Instead of sneaking around and killing everyone one by one I just walked normally through the compound because the pirates are not my enemies at the moment.
I then sneaked behind the major target and gave him two headshots when no-one was looking. This still results in a bounty but only the minimum 650 one, which was much less than the reward.
Unfortunately this then alerted everyone in the base and turned them against me (even though no-one saw it) and then I had to just run away in a panicky, sprinty/jetpack way as shooting my way out of there would have resulted in that cumulative bankruptcy-level bounty that is suddenly a bothersome worry in the game.

It really is an odd game mechanic as it not only ruins all the mission boards, it also messes up any side quest that takes you to a random outpost. It'd be like wandering round Skyrim, entering a random dungeon and finding it populated with Draugr who are all your friends and who let you casually walk around looting the place while saying "Hey, that's a cool suit." And if you "accidentally" kill any of them then the Draugr police arrive and take all your gold.

And now I'm being offered jobs from the pirate missions board too and I bet those will incur just as much bounty from the other factions. So being a double agent is really just double the punishment. They haven't thought this through at all. You should really be able to claim it all back as expenses.

Aw, for a moment there I thought you MADE a plushie

I've found a person who sells shielded cargo holds!
For smuggling stuff!
And I can't find a place on my ship where they fit.

Why do they always connect from the side or the back or below? I've got loads of places on top waiting for something to slot in there but noooo. Can't have cargo holds connecting that way.

I could replace one of my normal cargo things but would that reduce the capacity I currently have?
Or does the shielded cargo take normal stuff as well?
Will have to google.

Of course I could now buy one of those pirate ships that already have shielded cargo space. And those Crimson Fleet ships do look pretty cool.
Not yet though. I'll think about it a little more.

If I remember correctly, each shielded cargo bay reduces the chance of contraband detection by a percentage to a maximum of 25%. There is still going to be that 25% possibility of the scan finding stuff on your ship. The first ship I built that I showed earlier in the thread had the max installed and I think I only had one instance of detection. I couldn't add shielded cargo to me later ships because of reasons 

EDIT - And yes, the shielded bays have reduced capacity because of the shielding taking up some of the storage space in them. 

I have finally gotten around to unpacking my new 1 TB external drive and started installing some of the games I don't expect to play overly much on it. Yesterday I installed Secret World of Legends, because I kind of miss that moody stuff sometimes. I read somewhere they have about 40-50 players a month now... Just over one a day then - unless people play every day. I think those were unique players. Still sounds kind of empty, but it suits me fine.

Today I am reinstalling ARK because I miss them dinos sometimes. I still don't miss the dying and the crappily animated player character, though. It's currently at 6%

6% is still too much Ark 

Oh and apparently No Man's Sky at the same time.... Might not be super clever but so far so good.

and no, Banj, because you can never have too much DINOS.

Quality over quantity 

But the DINOS weren't bad.

22 and 43% respectively...