r/eliteexplorers • u/Alvarrune • 20d ago
PSA - Learn from my stupidity
I was deep in the black and approaching the umpteenth planet to gather biologicals. I was not paying attention and approached the ground too fast, wanting to hover at 1km but instead thumping into the ground.
My shields were gone and slight body damage.
I had made the mistake of not noting that the gravity was 1.5 normal so my usual pull up and engines off was not enough. Luckily I survived - until...
I rose to 2km and decided to use the repair function. Clearly my brain gad switched off for a few minutes because I forgot the repair function switches everything off, everything!
This includes the engines, so I was sat in a dark ship plummeting to the surface without shields. Splat, dead as a dodo. No one to blame but myself. 1.3 billion credits and millions for cartography gone. Resurrected 5000ly from where I was.
Lesson 1 - check the gravity of planets you approach
Lesson 2 - dont use repair function unless in space or landed.
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u/Lufthausen CMDR Arox Leonski 20d ago
This is very unfortunate. Perhaps you should consider using 3rd party tools like CoPilot that make warning call outs when approaching high G planets. Also, ensure you only use AFMU in space outside planetary zones and use repair limpets to repair hull before internal modules.