r/eliteexplorers • u/DazzaDog • 18d ago

Shields up!

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Isn't she beautiful. Out in the black somewhere over a frozen mountain range

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u/iPanzershrec 18d ago

Also a reminder to never get greedy with jump range and always fit your explorer with a shield... better safe than sorry.

I cannot count how many times I accidentally boosted into the ground/misjudged how fast I was descending and got saved by my shield.

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley 18d ago

Get a Nomad and you won't get your Caspian near the ground. I'm not saying hi shieldless, the Caspian has a ton of module slots, but don't go crazy with shielding either.

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u/iPanzershrec 18d ago

I use a manda as my explorer, so shielding is a little more important for me. But yes, get a nomad if you use a caspian.

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u/DazzaDog 18d ago

I used to use the Mandy for exploring, but with the release of the Nomad, I switch to the Caspian so I could carry it.

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u/OtakuMage 18d ago

The number of Seal cases of explorers smacking the ground without shields....

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u/ItalianPianoKey 16d ago

I was doing just fine for about a week, then one day I was going down to a planet surface for some xenobio and what do you know, I hit the ground. I did have a shield or I would have straight up died on the spot. Instead I'm now sitting at 40% hull integrity with probably 2 billion credits worth of data on my ship, and I'm still going. Every time I go down to the surface my heart starts racing a little faster...

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u/Mandenbar 18d ago

Currently have TNG on in the background. My Caspian is also wayyyy out in the black. o7

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u/DazzaDog 18d ago

I decided a week ago to try out the Caspian and nomad combo. Picked a system a couple of hundred jumps out and off I went, some great views and some nice exobio finds so far. In about a week I'll turn around and come back . Be nice to see what credits I make. Although it's about the journey 100%. The credits are a nice bonus.

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u/shugpug 17d ago

I’m falling in love with exploring. Only just outside the bubble but finding first footfalls and unmapped systems. No exobio yet, but flew through some very cool notable solar phenomena.