RealMrKraken wrote:'Runner'
Shout-out to u/alfowick for pointing out the array works now! I noticed the button no longer vanished right at the start of 4.3.1 PTU but it wasn't deployable at the time.
Prophet_Sakrestia wrote:I took out the Herald yesterday after I saw the post and flew it all the way to Pyro from Stanton. I love that ship and always dreamt about hacking and all its potential. I really hope they come up with a viable and fun game loop for that, but the silence makes me lose hope.
Honest_Musician6812 wrote:Seeing those panels lit up by the orange glow of the ship's engines makes me really wish this game had some kind of radiators. Nothing crazy, just some small, form-fitting radiators that would really compliment the semi-realistic vibe of the game, and just look cool as hell.
SpenzOT wrote:The Golem and the Wolf both have pipes that glow red when you use the afterburner, so it is plausible.
Snitte77 wrote:New air brakes?
Snitte77 wrote:For real, what are those?
BothArmsBruised wrote:Sensor panels. A deployable radio telescope.
saarlac wrote:Antennae of a sort. It's intended to intercept sensitive data transmissions. The idea is interesting but not yet developed.
Toklankitsune wrote:Just a visual marker that the scanner is up, no gameplay attached, it's like putting the radar dish up on the MSR. But it's new that it can do it now.
That was two weeks ago, then today more discussion on the subject arose in the Nyx event thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/nidptvu
CLATS wrote:Data Packets equals Herald/MSR loop?
WhateverWannaCallMe wrote:Probably what we have with Onyx. I would not assume an actual data running mission.
styrr_sc wrote:More likely picking up a data pad, as in the Onyx missions.
S_J_E wrote:Yeah it doesn't look like enough to say "data-running confirmed" but I think with the Herald update they must be cooking something
Hope we find out on Saturday!
McNuggex wrote:We'll either have a very basic data running mechanic which is moving boxes but instead of cargo it's data (or could be an actual encrypted key) before end of year OR they're going to show us a proper T0 of data running at CitizenCon that we would get into at the max 12 months from now.
I've heard some speculation that the servers in the Herald and MSR would essentially be refineries (Expanse) but for data. You would encrypt or decrypt the data. Now if that would be "gameplay loop" I think it would be pretty boring because: what would you encrypt/decrypt? Maybe that mechanic would actually only work with missions for the first time but eventually you would need to encrypt/decrypt in-game information like: waypoints we could place in the game (Starmap), the mini map for FPS exploring (fog-of-war) and transient jump points. Add to that scanning which I think would be a prerequisite. On top of that maybe it could be possible we hack these chips in specific terminals so that way not only people owning these two ships could get access to the info, but every time you hack a chip you would have to go through the mini-game.
I don't think we have either of these ships in our fleet, but they're easy enough to acquire in-game if no one feels like ca$hbuying them. And btw it will be the upcoming Cult Technician that gets them.
It seems like a done deal at this point that we're getting data-running T0 next month.
