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From: Tahitian pearl <j63480576@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Back in action!
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 21:25:11 -0600
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vallor wrote:
> So got Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation set up -- with X52 pro
> HOTAS and everything -- and we booted up Elite Dangerous Odyssey
> this evening.
> 
> She's flown before, but it was just a test flight with auto-docking.
> This time she flew the first tutorial, which is through an asteroid
> field to an outpost (but no docking).  Then she did the second
> tutorial, a cargo run where she undocked (manually), flew through the
> mail slot, cleared the station, targeted the nearby destination
> system, and jumped there.
> 
> I got her to back off on the throttle before she crashed
> into the star, then she flew to the destination Coriolis
> station, where I showed her how to set 75% throttle.  She
> got through the mail slot, then it was time to dock...where
> she had the most difficulty.  I showed her how to use the
> lateral thrusters to get over the pad, and we finally got
> her docked.
> 
> Now I need to make her a cheat sheet of what all the controls
> do.  She's bound and determined to learn to fly spaceships.  (She's
> watched me for years, and asked, "when do I get to do that?"  Now
> you can, Honey -- now you can.)
> 
> Our ultimate goal is to go off exploring.  Our immediate goal
> is to get her able to dock a little better, and for that,
> she can just fly in solo at my carrier, where it's safe... and
> no "hurry up" pressure from the tutorial voice.
> 
> Her new Linux workstation:
> 
> Gigabyte B760I AORUS PRO
> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700F
> 32G of RAM (DDR5)
> 1T NVMe drive
> NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (AD104-A) (12G)
> Linux Mint 22.1
> 


What does Elite: Dangerous have that you also liked about Elite?