It took several weeks, but I’ve FINALLY reached Jaques! It’s named ‘8O DD-D 774-CE-2’ for some odd reason.
I and another member of the GNE were escorted by one of the locals of the area, who welcomed us and then asked us if we could help with the local CG (I will discuss this later in the post).
Took this picture of being infront of the mailslot, just to prove to my past and future self that I was there. Wasted no time in repairing the hull and restocking my ship’s systems, and also restocking a lost SRV.
After a discussion that I had about 6 or so jumps away from the station, I was convinced of selling my data. He told me that I would need 8 mil or so of future data to hand it to Elvira back in the bubble (the Engineer I need to sell to).
Scanning the neutron fields will help with that. Even if they’re tagged or not.
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Second thing to mention, WP9 has been moved to Colonia Hub (which is in the same system as Jaques). Next Saturday (the 29th) is going to be special, because we’re doing the meetup in Open instead of Atomic’s private group. We’re going to try to break the record of the most CMDRs in a single instance.
This means I won’t need to leave Jaques ’till this Friday. However, I actually should leave. For one, I found an interesting cotton candy-colored ringed gas giant on my way here (untagged). And the second…
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The second is a Community Goal(CG) taking place right here of collecting Palladium and delivering it to Jaques. I’ve never done a CG before, but.. I dunno.
The thing is, I was told that everyone who is participating is flying a Type-6 to the rings of a nearby planet. Which means I would have to buy one, fit it, and do the work.
The reward will be credits, and I hear it pays well. But again… why do I need the credits? To me, it feels like a lot of work going back and forth, pulling the handle on the RNG slot machine in hopes of finding an asteroid that has a lot of Palladium. It feels the same as World Quests in Legion; that it will get boring FAST. Yet I also feel I have to help them. It feels I have to, to ‘pay my rent’ for ‘living’ here.
From what I know about CG’s, it’s simple. Do the task before the time ends, and FDev will do it…yet there have been some occasions where they’ll still do even if the task isn’t reached before the time ends. This makes me think, why in the fuck should I even waste my time then, if they’re going to do it nomatter if I actually do it or not??
Though perhaps there’s more to this. Perhaps…perhaps it’s not like a typical MMORPG of needing to gear up. Perhaps, this is a simulation of community work; to show the caring and compassionate side of humans (which is rarely seen in this day and age of the Internet).
If that’s the case, well… I’m sorry, but I’m not that kind of human. I’m still a “I’ll only do it for myself” kind of guy. I was never raised to appreciate what I have in life and to help others who are less fortunate. Not to mention to tolerate the fact I have to work my ass off to get anywhere in life. And now it’s a bit too late to change that attitude of mine (when I’m so stubborn).
Deep down, I can understand that they need help. Yet when I ask “what’s in it for me”, they tell me more worthless credits that I have no need for. It isn’t like a typical quest in a game. Not when I hear “I logged 20 hours doing this”. … 20 HOURS mining asteroids (and being nothing but a drone to the man)?!
If -or- When Frontier gives us the option to get up from our chair and explore our ships (and it would cost credits to decorate our ‘player housing’)…THEN..and ONLY then will I feel I need credits.
As I said before, the only reason I’m even on this expedition is to make up for not being on the CNE. I will even join future expeditions when they come up. Because breathtaking views and enjoying them with others, is a lot more valuable than credits (in my honest opinion).