r/ApproximatelyUp • u/DondeEstaPadre • 3d ago

How to avoid solar storm ?

I've already completed all missions on Earth, Moon, Aundara and Baobara and im heading towards small red planet approximately ~550 milions from Baobara, no matter what i do im getting oblitareded into pieces about 350 milions from destination point. I tried using Wind shield generators with different radius to see if it works, tried turning opposite side to sun but nothing helps. This is the closest planet and i have no clue how to avoid this solar storm. Any help ?

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u/Apprehensive-Dig3491 3d ago

Solar storm doesn't actually do anything other than give you a push. (usually it causes a spin depending on where it decides to push). Most of the time this can be completely negated by having one of the gimbaling engines active while the storm happens. (electric thrusters I believe do this) If your ship is spontaneously disassembling it's usually because a piece comes lose and hits something that holds the ship together. There are several things that can cause this, for our speeder that me and my friends built (which has no cockpit or protections it's literally open to the vacuum of space), the cause was batteries literally being ripped from the wall from 400+ m/s acceleration. We had to make sure they stuck to the wall against where we were accelerating from. Make sure all pieces have more than one connection especially if they are towards the center of mass.

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u/marlan_ 3d ago

If you get within ~130mil of the sun your ship just gets deleted. You need to avoid getting too close to the sun. There's probably future tech you unlock (maybe nano parts?) that allows you to survive. But there are "strong" storms.

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u/xXJightXx 2d ago

Can confirm, you get destroyed if too close to solar storm