Posts by Portalearth

  • Games you are playing or enjoyed playing lately (except FL/CF)


    TLDR: A cheaper PUBG with toonish animations and a crafting system...

  • Updates 2018

    even though i log into Crossfire only maybe once every 6 months, i still don't dare uninstall it because it's a PITA to install in the first place...

  • Crossfire Bonus Missions 2018

    I think we should have a handful of missions that are played from a different faction/role. So in the above examples, the first mission would be through Trent, the next a freighter/smuggler and a mission as a cop, pirate and a Bounty Hunter. Then a final mission back as trent where all these other pilots meet and are like 'whuuuuuutttt?'


    I mean they are bonus missions. do they have to be "serious?"

  • Hutton Orbital Guest Check-in Kiosk

    Welcome to Hutton Orbital! Please Press Continue - - -


    Start by Entering your name Commander |__________


    Next, Enter your ship Name and Ship ID |__________


    Please Enter todays date --/--/---- (or UTC +1286 Years)


    Thank you! The Mug Shop is found on level 23c. Weapons are prohibited on Hutton Orbital and in an emergency, dial 111. Welcome to Hutton Orbital and enjoy your stay

  • Character Bios

    [heading]Cantana Focks[/heading]
    Cantana Focks had been a lot of places in his life. Yeah, he grew up in the Sirius sector with a wealthy "privileged" family, yet he's had experiences with humility and having to earn something he wanted. Not many people know what happened to him after he left the Sirius Sector. Some say he went to another galaxy beyond our own and there's even one Galnet channel called DataConflict (get it? Like Infowars?) that suggested he was abducted by yet another alien species called "Nomads" or Dom'ka-something. But for the most part, Focks wasn't an everyday subject of conversation, unless something happened related to Focks Industries or a child was doing a report on Cantana for school.


    In Any case, Cantana found himself back at the Planet Crossfire bar, sitting at the counter, pounding back what must've been his 3rd or 4th Tarsus Tequila. For not being much of a drinker, Focks really knew how to hold his liquor, even he was definitely too impaired to fly. Muttering it'll be fine when the bartender tried to stop him from leaving after paying for the drinks, Cantana stumbled over to his ship. Wanting to fly incognito, he chose this second hand Patriot light fighter, peddled to him as the very ship flown by LSF Agent King way back in the day. Seeing as how the REAL ship was sitting bricked in a garage on Planet Los Angeles with plasma burns and bullet holes, he bought it to humor the salesman. He hopped in, set the coordinates for "That way" and took off into unknown corners of X3403.


    Days went by as the little light fighter swam it's way through the void of the Big Empty. Cantana had shut down all unnecessary systems and now after all this time in deep space that ship was running on the last 10% of power. Ice had formed over the console and the Patriot's interior had taken a spooky graveyard look. Focks had prepared for this moment as it seemed he was unlikely to find another human for at least another eternity. A special made life pod was designed and built for Focks to put him in a state of suspended animation in the event his only inevitability was to drift through space as a frozen bag of meat and bones. Self Preservation has always been a personal interest of Cantana, as it is with most space farers.


    Weeks go by, if not months with Cantana Focks frozen body in that tiny ship. hundreds of light years later, An Anaconda filled with rich tourists, Ceos, medical professionals and other wealthy citizens is visiting a beacon on the border of The Bubble, to mark where the unknown ultimately begins. On the Bridge, a signal is picked up by one of the crew members, identifying it as a life pod with faint brain and cardiovascular activity. The Commander orders the cargo scoop deployed and has the ship brought about to pick up Cantana after drifting near lifelessly through the void of space. "By the tics on on the counter" the analyst said to the Commander "it's been drifting for 6 months, 23 days, 4 hours, 17 minutes and 33 seconds since the Cryo sequence began."


    "Is it possible to wake this dude up?" The Commander asks the CMO. "Yes sir, we can reanimate this guy without any side effects. This pod was designed to possibly go decades, if not 100 years to keeping whoever is inside alive. Would you like me to proceed, Commander Forlon?"


    After a slight pause, Commander Forlon gives order to proceed and the chief medical officer begins the sequence to wake up this survivor. The Clasps on the side of the pod crack open as a hissing sound is heard. Commander Forlon gives an uneasy look to the CMO but he raises his hand in assurance that everything will be okay. The pod Thumps open and vapors start dissipating into the cold of the cargo bay. A body falls out onto his hands and knees letting out a wretch followed by the sound of vomit hitting floor. He stands up and Commander Forlon casually says "never thought it'd be you i run into out here....Cantana Focks."


    So in short, Cantana drifted in space for 6 months where he got picked up by an old friend from back in the Sirius Sector. A literal 1 in a Bazillion chance. Martind Forlon was able to get Focks on his feet in this society with a Sidewinder, some basic weaponry and a little extra scratch to live on and make more money. Fast Forward to now and Cantana Focks runs a successful freelance taxi and tourist transport.

  • Worst time to buy a PC

    the size of graphics cards are officially out of hand. have you heard of anyone else having the same issue? a "too heavy graphics card?" My RX480 is gargantuan too (2 slot) but it still doesn't weigh more than a pound

  • Character Bios

    Does Your Commander have a backstory? Some Tragic event that turned him/her into the cold hearted bastard they are today? Is there some mysterious explanation for why your commander is being chased by "unknown" enemies? Do you have a 5 paragraph essay as to why your Commander is the greatest commander? Go ahead and drop a reply with character bios of Your Commander

  • Coriolis Cantina

    Welcome to the Coriolis Cantina! 10% off all beverages if you bring in your Hutton Orbital mug. We have the largest drink selection this side of the Bubble so come on in, kick your feet up, take your helmet off and relax. Got a couple minutes before your scheduled departure? Why not try our selection of vintage, 21st century arcade games. Imported directly from Earth, these 330 year old game machines were widely played in bars and entertainment centers of ol' Terra Firma. Just keep the drama to a minimum, and don't start something you aren't willing to finish. Again, Welcome to the Coriolis Cantina. Enjoy your stay

  • RP E:D sub-forum?

    So, we all know that Elite Dangerous is fun but it can definitely turn into a boring grind if you're like me and plops a movie on the secondary screen while i'm honking and scooping my way around the Bubble.


    Since you all know me as the imaginative type, I was thinking we could have a RP subforum for the Elite Dangerous section! I definitely have somethings that could contribute to the Legend of Cantana Focks and it clearly leads beyond the Sirius sector....


    Here are some general sub threads that i think could be in the RP section for Elite
    - Character Bios
    - Hutton Orbital Guest Book
    - Coriolis Cantina (where people can chat in-canon, swap stories, coordinate treasure hunts, share leads)
    - Chop Shop (where you can show off your ship)
    - Stories from Space: A Collection of tales from around the Bubble, Colonia and Beyond (where commanders can post their on-going fan fic)


    So yeah, if we could add that in so i'm not spamming a general discussion thread....

  • Net Neutrality

    ceshighlights.pdf


    looks like plenty of jobs were added. that's good, no?


    The tax cuts benefit everyone. across the board. stop believing everything you hear and see from state-run media and think for yourself Angela Merkel is as establishment as Hillary Clinton. Whats so bad about my standard deduction doubling from 6300 to 12000 for single filer? That mean if i made 20,000 dollars in 2017, i'd be responsible for taxes as if i made $8,000 that year.


    Wanna know the sacrifices made? The Obamacare mandate was repealed, but not until 2019.


    Frankly, it's a little annoying to hear stuff from those in other countries that is 100% the same conversations held on domestic media outlets such as Fox, CNN, MSNBC and CBS.I feel like the information you're providing i could find in a meme on a pro-liberal facebook page or something. CNN puts out fake news. It's Proven. They've even made corrections to it.


    The housing crash was because banks lent out money (mortgages) to people who could not pay them back (i.e people with not so good/lousy credit). The Banks lost MILLIONS of dollars because they had to foreclose on these bad mortgages. Hence "The bailout" and terms like "too big to fail" and "the 1%/99%" started getting popular. What do you think would have happened if the government let the banks go under? Something much...much....MUCH worse. Mad Max would've been a real thing.


    How are those no-go zones? Ya know the ones with the 27 year old refugee "kids" going around throwing acid and stabbing people on trains? I'm glad Open Borders is doing well for German Diversity....

  • Net Neutrality

    Because net neutrality is totally the reason why i hit the back button on accident....3 times. Next time i fail to park my car correctly, i'm gonna blame Net Neutrality. No wait, I'll blame Trump since he's apparently the source of all my misery. While i'm at it, I'm just gonna blame republicans for the reason i'm single and have no life outside of work and paintball.


    yeah. makes sense.


    also

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    The same Net Neutrality rules also protect the internet from governmental influence


    Wouldn't that make it deregulation? Net Neutrality doesn't "protect the internet" as these companies who lobbied for Net Neutrality (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft etc), it protects ISPs from getting caught with shady business practices.


    Net Neutrality or not, ISPs are gonna do whatever they want. thats what happens when you have money and power

  • Net Neutrality

    ya know this is literally the third time i have tried to respond, but the page keeps going forward or back and losing all my progress. So just answer me this:


    How can a bill (a law before it's passed by both houses of congress and signed by the President) written to regulate an industry be written so that nobody regulates it? Wouldn't that be deregulation?


    And there are plenty of people who care. They may care based on fake news, misinformation or biased sources but there are people who care because they can think for themselves and not think Trump is a Racist because he wants to put up a wall. China put up a wall to keep the Mongols out, but we don't call them racists, and the Chinese used Slave Labor to build their wall