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apologies for being less active this past month, I have been tremendously busy with RL stuff and havent had the time to play my game as much as before. I barely managed to build a small scientific outpost in HIP 5773. Its called LOVE LANDING (what a great randomly generated name imo) and everyone is welcome in my system! Pub is finally operational and I decided to draw a new weapon:

It all started with a drawing while commuting to work, as an FPS lover (BF, R6S, Insurgency) I felt hugely underwhelmed by the Manticore opressor and this is my solution. By retrofitting ak47s from the year 1947 (the only ones to survive ww3), skunworks manticore labs has come up with a cheap assault rifle that is reliable and cheaply manufacturable by the smallest colonies!
I present you the "Manticore 4700", a futuristic hommage to one of the best weapons of all times the AK 47:

SPECS AND INFO:
Reliability in the most extreme conditions, 22 shot plasma magazine, medium to short range, dual fire mode (AUTO and SINGLE), comes stock with a flash hider.
We incurred in overheating during the prototype stages but it has been fixed by putting a guardian vent (thank you Ram Tah!) that cools air with the energy that comes from the great recoil this rifle has. We suggest to use AUTO mode only in emergency situation and to stick to 1/2 shots to the body for effective target elimination.
RANGE: 300m
ROF: 600 plasma bullets per minute

PROCESS: I started with my drawing then I used stock images of ak47 and rifle parts by using photoshop and I edited each single part in to make my dream rifle for the 3310s era of colonisation come true.
Honorable mention: I almost made a sniper rifle that stabilises itself by gyroscopic action for zero swaying, but that will be for the next weapon contest.

PS: whoever came out with this reward is a genius, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Cheers,

Odinoji

Happy Friday the 17th, CMDRs!

This is Commander Odinoji reporting for Vox Galactica;

As a member of the Dark Wheel squadron I have always been interested in all sorts of mysteries. I even collect odd artifacts like SAP8 containers, Trinkets of Hidden Fortune, and whatnot. Feel free to visit my carrier "Witchspace Ryder" at any time: everyone is welcome.

Raxxla is obviously the biggest mystery of all, but there are many more. Where are the Constructs? What will we unlock when all Guardian Ancient Sites are found? Where are the missing Generation Ships, floating helplessly in space?

It has been an eventful 2025. January is not even finished and a squadron member already discovered a new Guardian site and with Thargoid War coming to an end, the Pilots Federation is discussing how to allow private commanders to build settlements and stations in uncolonized space! What a great Start of 2025, if you fought in the battle for earth I salute you and commend you!

My fleet of 44 highly-engineered, specialized ships is stationary, waiting for the next adventure. What will the future bring?

One of the most intriguing topics has certainly been the Ryder family, with a long heritage of meddling with the most intimate galactic affairs for decades. Be your rank Mostly Harmless or Elite, you have probably heard of the Ryder family sooner or later in your career. Maybe you engineered your modules at Liz Ryder in Eurybia, or perhaps you have read the forbidden novella Elite: The Dark Wheel.

What if I told you I have seen one today?

I could immediately see from my Heads-Up Display that the pilot named himself Ryder and he is a part of the HOLLOS MOB faction. He did not reply to hails or messages and just floated 13 km from Jameson Memorial while dozens of CMDRs were totally oblivious to his presence. His face was hidden behind a dark black, last-generation Remlok glass.

I was lucky that I could take some pictures and scan his cargo hold before he could jump away. The deadly pilot, although wanted, was so skilled that he avoided authorities at the very heart of the Pilots Federation.

"VICIOUS TARGET" Ship analysis

As we can see from the ship’s zoomed-in view, it has the identification: "BE-O1A" so i have an astrographic specialist working on possible star system outputs, which could be a lead in itself if nothing comes out of the Hollos system. I will also put a team of researchers to work on the name of the ship maybe see if theres a mention of a vicious target in old earth literature as the ryders were very fond of it.

As I have never seen or heard of the HOLLOS MOB, I am now moving to the Hollos system, and make further inquiries. Feel free to contact me if you want to lend a hand.

Until then,

o7

#HollosRyder #flywitharebuy #voxgalactica #private commanders

o7 CMDRS.
Following my last submission with the PVP mamba i hereby submit my unofficially personal TIER LIST For pvp ships in the current meta of elite dangerous.

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I hope you all are well i see already so many beautiful entries wow. Its great to see how creative this community can be wish i joined sooner!
Here below youll find my background entry (REACH INFINITY) with bonus image for mobile below. Feel free to use however you like them no need to mention :)
Black hole is one i discovered above sagittarius A* on my trusted conda "SS TUVOK".
Second one is take off from an atmospheric planet on board imperial clipper "SS jhonny"

o7!
This new reward is awesome ! thank you justabout :D

Be it Speedbawling, canyons or trying to reverse a beluga in the maislot im always doing silly stuff so it was hard to choose !

I went for.... REVERSE MAILSLOT ENTRY. I started with courier, cobra and mamba and those were easy. Then i did the clipper, then the vette! thinking something bigger would not fit i got dared to try a CUTTER!

did i manage? enjoy the video and find out!

Cinematic version

Unedited stunt below:

Feel free to give me any feedback as im a "mostly harmless" creator !

I so far managed to reverse in the mailslot each single ship except for the beluga !

until then,

happy new year cmdrs,

o7

LOST GUARDIAN STARSHIP

O7 commanders

Im Odin0ji,

first of all let me first wish happy holidays to you and your families!

I have zero experience in 3d modelling so be kind please its my first work :)

I have been playing elite for years and what a great year for the game this has been. I wonder what the future holds.


This is a fan made ship concept

Now to the ship;

I have been saying for years that we didn’t complete the guardian storyline and there is still a ship blueprint (not SLF an actual starship blueprint).
I have been actively looking for guardian clues for a long time and so therefore I’ve always pictured a guardian ship to look something like this:

SPECIFICATIONS:

This ship firepower its lacking in this ship we only have 2 medium and two large hardpoints, with sub-par power distribution and class 6 powerplant; It will struggle against top of the line combat ships such as mamba, fer da lance and python mk2 but can outrun anyone else given its speed and agility.
Given its guardian heritage it has the best shields in medium class in the game! Pair this with exceptional thrusters and youll be far gone before you receive any damage. Be careful as each additional tonnage be it hardpoints or optionals will greatly reduce speed!
Felicity farseer has said that this might be the first ship in history able to jump up to 100 light years once paired with the guardian FSD BOOSTER!

IMAGES:

It took me days to learn how to 3d model from scratch, so feel free to give any feedback its much appreciated!


I have used a free app called THINKERCAD for this project and as I had a lot of fun I am learning to use more advanced tools.

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work in progress proof:

So i have more than one question:

why do we have night vision in supercruise? Did the developers make a mistake or is there something to find if its on ?

Why fdev never mentioned if they removed dark wheel missions or juust changed their spawn rate?

If drew wagar said that to the writers it was forbidden to use raxxla and dark wheel topics as it was fdev only but then im reading "and here the wheel" and it mentions it ?

Where is the mayflower 97 ? Am i the only one still looking ? 🤔

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