Eunos Chump

Spent virtually my entire fortune on this Vulture.  It's truly horrible - if you're caught in front of it's mighty beam lasers, that is.  And it's so manoeuvrable you can't get away from the beams!  Nasty.   Faithful Cobra (pictured below having the aircon thoroughly tested), is parked up, stripped of essential parts 'cos I needed cash for the new ship :( Vulture can bought in Esumindii -that place sells everything, it's a spaceship supermarket.

Elite:Dangerous 1.2 upgrade brings an external camera option.  Incredible level of detail on the ships - check the little ladders to the entrance hatch.  Still loving the Elite.

I remain extremely enthusiastic about Elite:Dangerous, and I don't think my opinion is influenced by nostalgia; it is actually FLYING A BLOODY SPACESHIP! Lave station, last time I visited it in around 1986: Lave station, yesterday: I started out with a Sidewinder, made some cash doing some light bounty hunting (which involved running away a lot), bought a Viper, more bounty hunting (less running away this time), and now I've got a classic Cobra Mk3 : Ignore those weedy guns, this is as it arrived.  It's got big beams and a cannon now.  Note total lack of discarded crisp packets and empty Coke cans in the interior. Where are the relaxapads though? Finally, a shot from inside the space station; very slick:

After discovering a nest of Elite nerds at work, I decided to join them in Elite:Dangerous .  First thing required was a massive PC upgrade; new mobo with Intel i5 CPU, 8GB RAM, SSD and this vast GTX960 video card (dwarfing the only-good-for-Minecraft GT610 it replaces): Had to buy a new power supply too, my old one couldn't keep the 960 fed (8-pin PCI-E connector is needed, and many watts). Was it all worth it?  Yes, Elite is blummin ACE .  It's much more space sim than Eve-Online, and more fun too.  It's pure quality throughout, though the learning curve is steep and this is a classic, old-fashioned PC game - it doesn't hold your hand and you're expected to do your homework if you want to make progress; those raised on consoles could soon lose patience.  But look how pretty it is!