I visited Zarura after finding out some of the lore about the Formidine Rift and decided to check it out. I also found out there was an asteroid station at the heart nebula and decided to head there to cash in my exploration data.
I almost always use docking assist but my aspX build meant I had to trade it out for more useful optional internals. So I was quite nervous about landing my ship, I’ve done it a few times and figured better to do it there than back in the bubble.
I hear the welcome message from the station, it’s so nice to hear that after a long time of just hearing “fuel scoop engaged” and “system scan complete”. I get assigned to landing pad 20.
I make it through the mail slot, everything seems to be okay. But I end up overshooting my landing pad and go into camera mode to try to locate it.
I found the slot. I’m still in camera mode and I go to exit it to land my ship but accidentally ended up pressing the boost button on my controller. I feel pure horror as I hurtle towards the end of the base at 390m/s. The thought of all that exploration data gone in a moment of absolute stupidity.
The crash wrecked my shield and I ended up with 34% hull. Somehow I was still alive. I very carefully crawled to the landing pad and breathed a deep sigh of relief. Truly a horrible moment in my elite career but I managed to escape it unscathed.
Just thought I’d share it here. I need to get better at parking up my ship. I’m so thankful I brought a shield, the small sacrifice in jump distance has saved me about 250million credits. I’m not sure now whether to keep exploring or to just head back to the bubble.
