Prismatic Shields (noun): A special shield that can be installed in the optional components section of your ship which can only be obtained as a Powerplay reward. It has greater shield strength than a regular shield generator of the same size but also has more mass and power. It regenerates a bit quicker, although not as quick as a bi-weave, and is a pretty green colour.

I decided to give this colonisation thing a go and I picked COL 285 SECTOR KK-B B15-5 to colonise:

I had to buy and outfit a Type 9 so I could haul a bunch of goods and hopefully build my first station.

My favourite is the bagpipe in AC/DCs "It's a long way to the Top":

Although the bagpipe is a valid instrument it's not one you'd normally associate with the rock genre.

Here's a song I wrote and performed in the last couple of days about Elite Dangerous. I've titled the song "It's Dangerous" which I think is kind of self explanatory.

Whenever I write a song I always write the chorus first. The main reason being, if the chorus is no good then song is no good and I should scrap it and start again. The chorus is the main part after all that gets sung over and over.

I played every instrument on the recording except for the drums which was a pattern I found. I tried to make everything sound as best I could with effects etc.

I used Cockos Reaper to record everything as well as mastering and creating the video, as I did it all at once:

I recently bought a personal license for it as I use that program heaps.

Lastly, I hope you enjoy the music!

The unsung hero in my home is Fibre:

With the previous 4G connection everything would slow down as soon as one of the kids started watching a single YouTube clip. Now with fibre we have streaming devices everywhere and no slowdowns whatsoever.

One of the weirdest things I've discovered in Elite Dangerous is a system containing what is called a "Notable Stellar Phenomena". Apparently there are a lot of these systems that contain weird crystals just floating in space. I found them at Thraikuae XB-N C23-0:

No one seems to know why they're in the game or what they actually do.

When I first read about this reward I knew straight away what sound I wanted to record and post, the explosion of a core asteroid:

My idea for a massive reward is for players to design another galaxy that could potentially be put into the Elite Dangerous game. There is , of course, no promises that the winner would have this new galaxy in the game as that would be up to Frontier to decide. Details looked for in the entries would be things such as:

• The size of the galaxy, how many systems, and a proposed name for it

• The kinds of stars and planets and how they are distributed within the galaxy

• What part of it would be inhabited by life and what kind of life

• The kinds of space ports that exist

• What other creatures there are, either in space or on planets

• The kinds of exo-biology you would expect to find on the surface of planets

Generally speaking I like to give my ships female names, I think just because I tend to refer to a ship as a "she". I also like to use alliteration, I think because it's kind of quirky. Some of my other ship names include:

Dixie Diamondback, Elissa Explorer (ASP), Pria Python, Katie Krait (Mk II), Alexis Anaconda, Carly Cutter (Imperial), Vicki Vulture, Clara Clipper (Imperial), Collie Courier (Imperial), Freda Fer-Der-Lance, Clhoe Cobra (Mk III), Debbie Dolphin, Olivia Orca, and Percy Python.

However....

I don't know exactly why but it makes me smile / laugh when I hear myself saying Goosey Gunship, so that's why it's my favourite name for a ship.

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