Help! Friend stuck in the middle of nowhere

Jemimacakes · Post by **Jemimacakes** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:40 am

Hi!

So my friend and I were playing online and we got into a fight with some guild ships. It was a pretty easy fight but some missiles hit him and broke all his subsystems. He's a newer player and he hit j to jump instead of f2 and accidentally jettisoned his cargo, which saved the game. Now he's stuck in the middle of nowhere with 6% hull, no gas, and no way to move or jump. What do we do? I can give him gas, but how do we fix the rest? The only thing I could think of was to build a repair station, but I have no idea how to get the deploy module thing.

Thanks,
Jemimacakes

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:03 am

Hi.

The easiest is to give him fuel, then fly to a station and repair.

You can also build a station close to him with a "Build Constructor".

Or, as you suggested, deploy a repair module with the "Deploy Constructor". That can be found in several systems, Pearl, Atlas is normally a good place to start.
Remember that items available change, so re-docking with a station/city that didn't have what you want might have it later.

If you need to protect him or transport him within a sector, he can be your gunner.

If all else fails, join in MP and some Veteran will help you out.

Good luck!;)

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:10 am

From post: 160110, Topic: tid=10706, author=Jemimacakes wrote:Hi!

So my friend and I were playing online and we got into a fight with some guild ships. It was a pretty easy fight but some missiles hit him and broke all his subsystems. He's a newer player and he hit j to jump instead of f2 and accidentally jettisoned his cargo, which saved the game. Now he's stuck in the middle of nowhere with 6% hull, no gas, and no way to move or jump. What do we do? I can give him gas, but how do we fix the rest? The only thing I could think of was to build a repair station, but I have no idea how to get the deploy module thing.

Thanks,
Jemimacakes

You could also buy and give him a repair system, then send him some fuel. This is the cheapest option.

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:59 pm

From post: 160112, Topic: tid=10706, author=Dingo wrote:You could also buy and give him a repair system, then send him some fuel. This is the cheapest option.

Correct me if I'm wrong (which is a likely scenario) but I thought, when you trade, the item goes into an empty cargo bay. If so, then you'd need a trade station nearby so you could dock ... before you could install the repair system. Additionally, make sure you have both an empty cargo bay and an empty equipment slot.

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:02 pm

From post: 160118, Topic: tid=10706, author=Marvin wrote:
From post: 160112, Topic: tid=10706, author=Dingo wrote:You could also buy and give him a repair system, then send him some fuel. This is the cheapest option.
Correct me if I'm wrong (which is a likely scenario) but I thought, when you trade, the item goes into an empty cargo bay. If so, then you'd need a trade station nearby so you could dock ... before you could install the repair system. Additionally, make sure you have both an empty cargo bay and an empty equipment slot.

I love correcting you when you are wrong Marv. Sadly, I never get a chance. This is no exception.

Darn that android brain of yours.

Actually, this bring up a nice opportunity to say that maybe there should be a repair beam that could take up the mining beam slot.

[Edited on 3-21-2013 by Dingo]

[Edited on 3-21-2013 by thetiebers]

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:09 pm

Experience is my most noteable lesson. Just ask Denny how many hours we've spent trying to recover things I've dropped because I forgot to empty a cargo slot before trading.

Sir Lancelot · Post by **Sir Lancelot** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:45 pm

Could try having him connect to you as a gunner and giving him a ride to a station.

Jemimacakes · Post by **Jemimacakes** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:05 am

Thanks a ton for the answers, Ill take him in as a gunner and move him, since according to him he can't fly at all.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:00 am

From post: 160134, Topic: tid=10706, author=Jemimacakes wrote:Thanks a ton for the answers, Ill take him in as a gunner and move him, since according to him he can't fly at all.

Just remember that you can't jump out of the sector when he is your gunner.

Best option is (my opinion) to refuel him and follow him to nearest station/city for
repairs/refueling.

You can jump in formation if you want thou!;)

Good luck!

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:57 am

From post: 160120, Topic: tid=10706, author=Marvin wrote: Experience is my most noteable lesson. Just ask Denny how many hours we've spent trying to recover things I've dropped because I forgot to empty a cargo slot before trading.

LOL!... or trying to correct stupid things we sometimes do.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:22 pm

I think dropping cargo after playing the game for a couple years counts as doing something stupid.