Boron Equipment dock

Stars_InTheirEyes · Post by **Stars_InTheirEyes** » Sat, 17. Dec 11, 22:06

For those who have not seen it: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/64987 ... 257B47326/

It's an amazing design, Egosoft. But.

Those tiny spinning greens things that orbit it really quick isnta kill anything. I think they insta-kill anything, they definitely do my Griffon.

Haven't seen any NPC's die from it yet so so far it's just me.

Could it be a possible idea sometime in the future to make them non-physical? So you can fly right through?

Right now they kind of seem like the Ancient's Drones from Stargate..

Master of the Blade · Post by **Master of the Blade** » Sat, 17. Dec 11, 22:09

I'd wondered myself if they killed stuff, but never plucked up the coursge to test them. Nice to know I should now stay well clear.

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Sat, 17. Dec 11, 22:10

Same. Sat next to it in my Disco and thought I'd have a go then decided it'd probably kill me. Nice to know. What the hell are they anyway? Spacebound Boron? Is it some sort of racing circuit?

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Sun, 18. Dec 11, 00:35

Had me puzzled,but docked and undocked safely.

So what are they supposed to be?

Virtualaughing · Post by **Virtualaughing** » Sun, 18. Dec 11, 01:06

If you can go through of materials which supposed to be physical then what is the point to make them.....

And yeah X games are full with such annoyance where your huge ships can be destroyed by an antenna or so...
Titans n Pythons primary fighter defense weapons can be those

Stars_InTheirEyes · Post by **Stars_InTheirEyes** » Sun, 18. Dec 11, 01:31

I do have to say though, I love the look of the new EQ docks. I don't know if the Argon has a new EQ dock model too. Haven't seen one.

Just seen the Teladi one, looks awesome and perfectly styled!

tb87670 · Post by **tb87670** » Sun, 18. Dec 11, 05:54

Same thoughts on the Boron EQ Dock. They looked scary to me and I thought I'd die if I hit those green thingies. I didn't try it in my Disco, just went under them then docked. Maybe they are a form of barrier to prevent large ships from trying to dock in the fighter bays? Either way I hope Egosoft removes them because even the chance that a ship will hit them out of system is pretty messed up.

cswiger · Post by **cswiger** » Sun, 18. Dec 11, 06:09

Maybe the spinning lights are supposed to attract spaceflies?

Anyway, I tried flying into them in an M5 Disco, and they didn't do anything at all to my ship....

Vyrebird · Post by **Vyrebird** » Sun, 18. Dec 11, 07:08

Boron had many scary spinny things on their stations in X:BtF. I guess Egosoft felt like bringing some back

Treat it like a Argon or Teladi trading station - go around the moving part's operating space if you're feeling cautious, or dodge between the moving elements for a shortcut (that's rather fatal if you mistime it).

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Boron Equipment dock

Boron Equipment dock