Elite Dangerous - Escape from a White Dwarf

Well I accidently slipped into a white dwarf whilst flying back to LFT 37. I made it out alive, gladly

[@thesun5112]

Something you’d see in a movie honestly, systems malfunctioning under extreme stress and the pilot/captain is just wildly pressing buttons and diverting power everywhere.

[@Oscar4u69]

star trek moment 🤍

[@kubefs]

happened to me today, me and my friend tried to learn how to supercharge. I did it once and after my friend lost his cheap testing ship I decided to show him how to do it. everything went well, but when I tried to escape I accidentally ran right back into the cone, causing me to drop out of supercruise. it was just pure panic and my friend telling me in chat to boost in order to regain some control. survived with 24% hull and a dead cargo scoop, which made me lose my repair limpets. I only realized how lucky I actually got after the fact.

[@nekozimo]

Lmao true

[@versegen2]

yo sun I'm your boggest fan autograph the earth for me

[@leonardojake9153]

you probably dont care but does anyone know of a way to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me!

[@aretailcashier450]

“What happens when you get caught in a neutron stare?” “Well imagine your ship turning into a bayblade thats spinning under a blowtorch”

[@josur8181]

this happens kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnSllnuuqMh2e6c

[@Twas-RightHere]

Ok so it’s a neutron star and not a white dwarf? I never played elite dangerous but I’m sitting here wondering why on earth a white dwarf would be such an issue, considering how close I’ve seen ships get to other stars.

[@aretailcashier450]

@@Twas-RightHere it seems that white dearfs and neutron stars have the same game mechanic despite there differences. im not an astro physicist but in game they appear vary similar except that white dwarfs have a much smaller jet stream. That jet stream is what will either boost your ship’s ability to jump to other systems or destroy your ship if you enter the stars gravity well. the main difference in game is that in a white dwarf the jets don’t extend vary far out from the gravity well so it can be quite daunting for new players. however getting close to the star itself while avoiding the jets isn’t much of an issue unless your ship is already barely in one peace, with the only real concern being that your ship overheats a bit which in it of itself can be a simple fix

[@spythere]

@@Twas-RightHere White dwarfs are a little bit (in a cosmic scale of course) weaker than neutron stars because they don't become dense enough to collapse themselves into a neutron soup (basically they got insufficient energy to overcome strong forces of the nuclei). When you encounter them, there's no real difference between each other because their energies are so big you would become a spaghetti man in no time either way.

[@Roachomane]

Star***

[@FGC292]

This whole clip is just straight 2 minutes of pure anxiety.

[@TheElysianPrince]

No kidding...

[@lostinpowers81]

Yet you watched it all

[@Fooma777]

SERIOUSLY 🥵

[@SugmeS1lly]

Fax

[@hlmc00]

I been there is hell

[@GARBANSO]

That was the unluckiest arrival mixed with the luckiest escape I’ve seen so far

[@Niatra18]

NeuTroNiiK Gamer not luck...skill😏

[@noctoignis806]

@@Niatra18 Ya definitely kept yer cool there the entire time, haha I was cheering ya on for ya to escape.

[@jimboslice7687]

@@Niatra18 I'll def remember to kill power to anything i dont need and distribute it ifever the occasion rises, thanks for the demonstration lol

[@Alen725]

It was supposed to be lucky or skillfull? Not even close. He could just stop slowly (without forcing out of FSD) and leave without taking damage. He didn't need to turn off modules at all. He disabled heatsinks and gained literally nothing from it besides maybe getting more heat dmg because he couldn't use heatsinks. He also could escape much easier but for some reason he started to sway his ship for "dramatic effect" flying into this star, its not that hard to keep your ship on track when faced with white dwarf so either he didnt even try or he is bad. His forced exit out of FSD is the reason why he got dmg, more that he would get from star itself. And why he even flew into it instead just stopping, charging FSD and leaving? Because he staged it to look "cool and dangerous". And yet people are saying that they learned from this video or it was lucky/skillful escape, WTF?

[@Amonomen]

@@Alen725 You must've done this quite a few times then huh?

[@LieFieLiFi]

Han Solo: I made the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. This guy: Hold my FSD

[@atypicalyorkshireman3809]

Isn’t parsecs a distance?

[@nevering7346]

@@atypicalyorkshireman3809 they are, but he said right

[@zakpizza999]

@@nevering7346 it makes sense now

[@strengthisabsolutestrength8215]

Zak Pizza I don’t get it.

[@zakpizza999]

@@strengthisabsolutestrength8215 it's star wars

[@ulterno1665]

And next you check into a station to see your paint has degraded by only 2%

[@MSIXVI06]

It's good paint.

[@Bulbasir130]

*slaps paint* this baby can handle a white dwarf

[@y20k90]

I would like to replace all of my armor with that paint.

[@LemonMan91]

Graphene paint maybe? xD

[@jessencortashan4020]

@@Bulbasir130 VantaBlack

[@HaloMusicorn]

"OH LAWD!" "And that's how the system got its name..."

[@zakpizza999]

Lawds are all massive white dwarf or neutron stars

[@DJTrainBrain]

And this is why I'm here. :-D

[@MrShadowmaster00]

@@zakpizza999 Large-Ass White Dwarf

[@mr_man-to7bv]

@@MrShadowmaster00 yes

[@hazardous0887]

I'm new to playing this game and after hours of seeing orange, red, and yellow stars pop at me, I was confused when I saw this bluish white star that was "far away" after a jump. So my dumb ass got closer to it not realizing it would burn you up and rip you to shreds

[@lifeofbrian5092]

Hazardous 088 - same here, I said WOW!, even turned towards it to scan. Short story shorter, systems fried, went to low oxygen (suit, I think) with 4 minutes and something of air left, actually got FSD to engage, was approaching landing at base, ran out of air and died

[@wingonn5153]

It scared the living daylights out of me, I was constantly rebooting my system to fix my FSD module which was taking severe damage from the heat. But it's dangers like these that we learn to be better pilots I guess.

[@TheSpyChecker]

Same lol. I was in my Adder just doing data delivery.....locally. Then jumped into one of these. Got close, FSD failed at first, then overheated the second time. Had to wait out the FSD recharge while my hull points went down like crazy. Kept boosting the opposite way the whole time. Made it out with 6% hull. fun times.

[@thefaithfulwisp6272]

When i saw it i was scared and just "nope fuck this"

[@Meboy-uv5td]

i need to figure out how to exist in this game lmao

[@dearyl1144]

even with those heavily advanced equipments this pilot still using a discord as a communication device

[@PersonausdemAll]

🤣👍🏻

[@BobBilly980]

Made me check mine cuz of the sound

[@alivingchild4695]

I was checking for like a minute

[@tipdub]

Lol!

[@gryffon7497]

Checked mine too. If the in-game one wasn't garbage I'd use that.

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

Hearing the canopy beginning to crack gives me anxiety like you wouldn't believe.

[@tyellowquill]

having it give is even worse. having to limp home in vacum hearing on life support with vader breathing...

[@Xaito]

The sound design in this game is phenomenal. Everything really works well and sounds convincing.

[@captainjackpugh6050]

Time stamp?

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

@@captainjackpugh6050 About 1:26 and 1:57

[@captainjackpugh6050]

@@infamoushacker4chan883 Thank

[@rawkfistgaming]

I can only imagine how many times the words "OHHH, SHIT!" were said during that...

[@RolaiEckolo]

Cue the KSI clip of him fucking screaming with his brother

[@yusriyahbagheri8843]

Once, followed by extreme concentration.

[@a.j.4076]

Going to say a bit over 240 "oh shits" during the clip, averaging 2 per second.

[@janusceasar7851]

"Cooper what are you doing?" "Charging." *insert intense docking theme*

[@Antidoxy]

This little maneuver cost him 21 years...

[@hairohukosu433]

@@Antidoxy probably 21 years of lifetime considering the amount of radiation coming off that thing

[@lunarcultist6214]

@@hairohukosu433 Well, cancer is probably no longer an issue in 3000s. Probably...

[@sentriesband]

@@lunarcultist6214 what about 50 kinds of cancer all at once

[@lunarcultist6214]

@@sentriesband "That'll be 50 million credits, sir, I'm sure that's not a big deal for you"

[@Vitonezz]

In star citizen we ran into same situations, however its caused by bugs instead of a white darf.

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

Lol. True that

[@jdiv69]

Lol gg

[@artended]

Go feel bad somewhere else

[@gorylek198]

That because this is a game. Star citizen is a scam.

[@yassinethegrey3945]

There is a package you can buy for 27k lol wtf are they doing

[@gryffon7497]

Quick tip for people to avoid this. If you've played any amount of ED, you know that exclusion zone markers like to disappear, especially near neutron stars. If you watch for an impact warning (top right) you will get an impact warning if your ship is pitched inside the exclusion zone. This works for all stars and planets exclusion zones. Fly safe o7

[@sketchymilkx]

🙏 o7

[@Jak_Extreme]

"Come on TARS!"

[@samuelfawell9159]

“Frame shift drive, charging” CHARGE FASTER!

[@forestghost1186]

Friendship Drive Charging :P

[@mcbr3b]

@@forestghost1186 friendzone drive charging

[@traugdor]

@@forestghost1186 Glad I'm not the only one that hears that.

[@Dushess]

WARNING, FSD IS WORKING BEYOND SAFETY LIMITS.

[@Jared2m3]

That was really intense. Real cosmic horror right there.

[@coreypower5389]

That moment of complete silence at the end as he jumps away is the audio reincarnation of the word relief

[@ugandanknuckles3900]

The actual relief was when he was able to connect that boost with the jump point, usually that's the hardest part because once you're out of supercruise you're normally screwed by the constant motion of the star. It doesn't let you sit still and the damage is all internal related, the issue is once your internals die out the ships hull buckles quickly. I've been there and lost my ship to one of these things...

[@ceoofwednesday7913]

I dont really know much about this game but holy shit that was spooky

[@user-ck5is2pg9y]

Me 2.

[@Tiyratania]

Those stars have giant jet cones of solar death coming out of them and this this guy jumped into one And was unlucky he was facing the sun as well. So he overheated really really bad and tried shutting down all his modules to protect and cool down his ship so he doesn't vaporize.

[@NovumSB]

Euro Truck Simulator on space with guns

[@TetyLike3]

@@Tiyratania those are neutron stars

[@shadowz6704]

@@Tiyratania Very helpful comment, thank you. I know what white dwarves are from other things, but trying to read those menus was tricky, good explanation.

[@fossilftw]

Someone needs to add the song *"no time for caution"* to this clip

[@Relflow]

Start this video at 0:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2Tdp4l9f9eHhpo Start this video at around 2:00 mark. but yeah, i agree with you

[@X0N3DLX]

Well I just did it, it looks too good

[@zarrowthehorse]

Or Mountains

[@Earthserpent89]

I got you fam, kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4jCeK2ef8xjmKc

[@Alexgamerkid18]

I think danger zone would fit this as well

[@NilesBlackX]

One thing I wish they'd add with while dwarf stars is making them proportionally bright Like too bright to see, but maybe your canopy compensates But if you lose canopy it's like, close to whited out

[@Nicolaukk]

this happened to me and I had to do 30+ jumps with my windshield broken, what an experience

[@Spootnik]

A crack in a car windshield worries me. A crack in a spacecraft windshield is terrifying

[@TheTemporum]

Oh your life support must've been screaming

[@ehsper392]

Y’know, I can’t imagine all that time spent completely exposed in witchspace was very healthy

[@traugdor]

@@TheTemporum people ask me why I always upgrade my life support. I ask them why they rebuy for more than the upgraded life support after running out of oxygen.

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

@@traugdor That's so true, life support is your last line of defense, and I think people don't realize eating a Rebuy is much worse

[@MrPablosek]

Funny that this thing kills your ship but when you ty to go inside saggitarius A* almost nothing happens

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

rofl seriously?

[@eraimattei]

Yeah they never programmed black holes properly I think

[@afropunkx]

I watched this video years before playing the game and to say I didn’t appreciate it is an understatement... Now I play this game and understand everything my mind is blown at how lucky this was... and unlucky tbh.

[@christiantaylor1495]

How is it lucky

[@ISmellMopWho]

@@christiantaylor1495 Because he escaped, in this game if you drop out of Supercruise in or near the jet cones of a white dwarf or neutron star, 9 times out of 10 you won’t make it out and you’ll die.

[@Dillon1108]

You're lucky your thrusters didn't die completely. When this happened to me in my viper the thrusters just wouldn't work no matter what and I couldn't align for a hyperspace jump out lol

[@dylantweed1110]

small ships get mutilated. more modules spread the damage.

[@crushlemons]

This was back in the day when exploring before they made it to be safer, each jump could be your last.

[@Angel_Underscore]

what did they change?

[@crushlemons]

@@Angel_Underscore Before when you jumped you could randomly drop out inside of a star or in between 2 to 4 stars.

[@heintz256]

They should change it bsck

[@kristofevarsson6903]

I had my FSD bounce me straight into a VERY ANGERY Neutron Star on arrival, facing directly into the cone (which was wide and wild) and Emergency Dropping me there. This was after grinding for five solid days during the first lockdown trying to get to Sag A*. Let me tell you: I baby every piece of technology I ever get. And I nearly spiked my controller through the Earth's crust that day.

[@WH40KHero]

Funny enough the angry ones are far safer to use then the calm ones.

[@kristofevarsson6903]

@@WH40KHero Right? The cone is far enough away from the exclusion zone not to be worth worrying about all the time.

[@WH40KHero]

@@kristofevarsson6903 That is correct.

[@Blockistium]

is this game like permadeath?

[@WH40KHero]

@@Blockistium Nope. If you die, you are respawned back at the station you last docked at, and, given that you have enough money to pay the insurance premium you even get your ship back

[@souldead6471]

I feel like this would be absolutely terrifying and nerve wracking in VR

[@scooterking136]

I got the game on sale a week ago and tried it out with my Oculus Quest 2. Can confirm, the game is terrifying in VR. I was interdicted by a Corvette and it creates this black hole that disables your supercruise and sucks you in. I almost fell out of my chair.

[@shaungrady5601]

I feel everything done in elite in VR amps the emotions tenfold. Entering burning stations feels more terrifying and surreal, bumping asteroids makes you flinch like you’ve been jumpscared, and moments like this would be a damn near “code brown”

[@MaxSpider2000]

@@shaungrady5601 Lmao "code brown"! I had the chance to play it vr for 3-4 hours with HOTAS joystick controls and thrustmaster wbatever thing. Took me a while to get used to .. literally piloting a freaking spaceship but after mind mapping most of the buttons, maan... I WAS THERE. Like absolute immersion. Even cruising without a purpuse felt mesmerising. All the details and stuff inside the cockpit, not to mention entering stations and asteroid thingies. I can't wait to get my own VR and try Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen

[@shaungrady5601]

@@MaxSpider2000 glad to know you loved it. If you do manage to grab a VR headset, I highly recommend having VoiceAttack. Keeping your head forward and having one voice command plot a course home is oftentimes a lifesaver

[@troykemp5329]

Just imagine if he landed like this plotted a course and ended up in another one or like a black hole XD

[@wesleyeberly228]

Like a main star with a black hole orbiting that ends up right in your path

[@wolfwarrior1176]

@@wesleyeberly228 wait. Thats a fucking thing in this game?

[@kruemelfelix]

@@wolfwarrior1176 Of course that can be the case :P You haven't played ED yet or?

[@wolfwarrior1176]

@@kruemelfelix not yet. And now im terrified that when i do ima do a jump and land in the event horizon of a black hole

[@elrichzann]

@@wolfwarrior1176 black holes are harmless in ED. They don't suck you in, they don't have fucky wucky ejection fields that spin you like a beyblade, they just cook you a little. The black hole in the Maya system is actually so harmless you can ram into its event horizon and won't overheat, the game will just push you away from the black hole once you bump into it. I think that black hole is 22-24km big?

[@Dusk_Holloway]

Hearing the ship creak fills me with terror

[@Defirence]

That cracking of the glass slowly but inevitably the stress gives in and it shatters is adrenalin and anxiety-inducing but in a good way. I swear I haven't felt this immersed in a video game through a video before since BF3, Skyrim etc back in the 2010's. I see Elite has a lot of bad reviews but I might say fuck it and grab it, it looks amazing judging from this short video alone!

[@hunacean]

Really makes you think how unbelievably scary the forces of the cosmos really are

[@MikeOzmun]

When it says "Catastrophic System Failure" is right when the bombastic horn section should come in, with a strings section playing a shrill loop over and over between horn hits, tempanis pounding, a giant choir of deep voices encanting doom.

[@mikethespike056]

Honestly not a bad idea. Kinda like Subnautica when the Cyclops is on fire.

[@nogitsunegaming]

I have managed to pull off this little maneuver exactly once successfully, in a cutter. It was easily one of the most terrifying experiences ive ever encountered in a game. And my cutter was -heavy- with cargo which absolutely didn't help the situation any. The other commenters are right though, you were insanely lucky. Having to dive through the star like that to warp makes it extra hard, but you also barely had to stay lined up to warp. With mine I had to stay lined up for almost 4 agonizing seconds of true terror, and when I finally made it out, it was time for a shower, a smoke, and a clean pair of pants.

[@frzlunar4845]

"charging" Is the word of relief and stress at same time...

[@briandu6224]

Exactly what happened to me after getting my first anaconda for only 12 hrs, except I didn't manage to escape. Remember, ALWAYS fly with rebuys

[@zarrowthehorse]

What in the world does that mean? Fly with rebuys. I've been playing the game for over 60 hours now and still don't understand

[@Paracausal_Fruit]

@@zarrowthehorse Basically saying never fly without having the money for you're insurance.

[@Roxfox]

@@zarrowthehorse The rebuy cost of your ship is how much credits you need to get it back if it ends up destroyed, also known as an insurance. Never fly without the credits to cover your rebuy, or you'll lose it permanently.

[@loganwalker8537]

@@Roxfox and its time to regrind those credits and buy it and reupgrade from scratch! Hahaha fun times

[@ghostinthecorner]

I haven't played in years and this STILL made me anxious af

[@semibiotic]

White dwarfs are pretty safe, if you take usual precautions. At least, in current game version (4 years ago Elite was very different). 1. Always dethrottle in hyperjump (use cruise assist dethrottle if available). 2. Turn on orbits visualization, to see exclusion zone (not shown, then ship is stopped). 3. For supercharge, choose the longest cone, slow fly through the very end of it, and beware exclusion zone. Stop then FSD starts supercharging. Once supercharged, rotate away from the cone and throttle up. 4. If suddenly dropped into exclusion zone, throttle away from star, boost, use heatsinks to avoid overheat, wait for FSD cooldown, leave to cruise (not hyperspace) and fly away from the star. Repair/reboot ship if needed/available. 5. If you lost your canopy (that, afaik, cannot be repaired), you can synthesize additional oxygen (aka life support), until you reach station/FC or run out of materials.

[@commercio3564]

This felt like something out of a movie. The way the white dwarf had those two outstretched bands of light coming from it, the gas clouds you pass by etc. Amazing.

[@parbuono7]

"Never tell me the odds"

[@HolyTrinity458]

Gotta love Frontier for their amazing audio and visual aspects that strike emotions exceedingly well.

[@phoenixmorrison1408]

As soon as you started deactivating things is when i could physical feel your like, tryhard drives engage that was t e r r i f y i n g

[@Edario]

Plot twist: the discord sounds were his friends telling him not to jump into that system.

[@0fflineprod]

this literally could make part of a major space movie and that's why I love playing ED. especially in VR

[@lloydhedges3011]

Holy mother of Christ elite is now the most epic Game I've ever seen. Literally cheered when you actually got out of there.

[@TheALBOK]

0:02 I didn't know they had Discord in future ships

[@68Snaps]

Vey nicely done! that's the "double" key: turn off all unnecessary modules to save power, and directly jump out. Very nicely done cmdr!!!!

[@camgb8025]

Fighting the gravity while trying to align with the escape vector. Legend

[@KyosukeMori]

Now imagine playing this game in VR, you'll really be panicking.

[@Daedalus-BC308]

This reminds me that one classic Star Trek episode where they get caught in the gravity of a back star and have to use their warp drive to escape. The gravity from the star plus their immense warp speed created a slingshot style effect which catapulted them back in time.

[@Dushess]

That was romulan's ship incident.

[@scoot_tv]

I feel this in my heart and soul. I hit the edge of the exclusion radius while in the tail and had the same issue. I wasn't lucky enough to escape like you

[@andrewcoetzee8858]

I coud feel and see the pure panic this guy was going through man, I felt it burn

[@stryxx3688]

gosh thats the most stressful thing ive seen in a while

[@rclines001]

And that's how I lost my AspX with about a months worth of exploration data lol.

[@cmdrmaskime]

Never managed to escape ! Well done, very impressive

[@starfihgter4986]

I closed my eyes watching you try to drop inside the cone.

[@teslapenguin1]

Hey, I was just there! Lucky they fixed the dropping into the cone problem.

[@tactical_slime4608]

Despite the pure anxiety... It also sounds cool af

[@mikethespike056]

Niko!

[@not_falcon3832]

I remember when my anaconda turned into a fire ball. the only status report my ship gave me was "Warning taking heat damage"

[@Subieghost]

I actually just went to this exact system, nothing like THAT happened though

[@Spideryote]

Cute sona~

[@Subieghost]

@@Spideryote Thank you, you too 😁

[@AleronWolf]

Nice fursona ;3

[@Subieghost]

@@AleronWolf thx u 2

[@FoxSqueeArt]

Why are there so many furrys in this section?

[@JMsoo]

I accepted a delivery miasion, checked the the systems in the route and there was an unknown one! Guess what? A similar dwarf was right the unknow one! lucky i got out safe but in VR it's scary!!

[@volrogue]

I don't know what it is, but something like this gives me a vibe that makes me want to play the game. It's like a moment in a science-fiction show

[@alphamamba3076]

I love the fact that you could hear discord pings at the beginning

[@Neutronic01]

Damn the struggle to get out of the cone makes you go into the star as well.

[@JobraKai]

This is my nightmare, jumping straight in to one of the arms. Hasn't happened yet thankfully.

[@k4Z369]

oh god, as I've lately made my first trip to the center and back my hands got sweaty when i saw this. Nice escape man!

[@BeanConure]

I remember the first time I saw one, I didn’t read the system name so it was unexpected and it freaked me out at first lmao

[@el-fantasma21]

Holy shit, ive never seen ANYTHING like this in Elite before - WOW!

[@AMCope37]

Plot a course to Colonia, you'll feel it yourself soon enough.

[@maeror1022]

The rattling crack of glass followed by the cold emotionally flat voice of "warning, canopy compromised" is horrifying. If the canopy goes down, you'd just be instantly incinerated.

[@Null24]

This guy: damn, this ain't good, gotta drop outta super cruise to not take heat damage Him 2 seconds later: *I TAKE IT BACK I TAKE IT BACK I TAKE IT BACK*

[@greymatter5492]

Some skill in the escape; that wasn’t no luck!

[@EVILskamp]

only in elite dangerous. Moments like this making the game so wonderful

[@zshadows]

Started telling a friend about my first neutron star experience in Elite, and happy to find this video. It matches perfectly to my near-death event.

[@JadeMythriil]

Reading a few of these first experiences with white dwarf/neutron stars, I was lucky this wasn't my first experience especially enroute to Faraday Orbital. I was lucky to have entered the system at the star's side from a red dwarf system.

[@Xeryun]

Holy shit do you do the 15574 runs too?

[@cjgilbert3299]

Yeah bro I do them too

[@LAZYNOOB-jf1oq]

Faraday Orbital? I've been there before (I've never even gone more than 5 stars in any direction from Eravate. I've been to Mckee Ring in GD 219 but that's it) but I don't remember it being a Neutron or White Dwarf.

[@elitepro102]

My ship would have already exploded trying to escape, lol.

[@SkyRoseKNA5500]

This people, is what us Hull Seals call a code blue, and a very rare successful one at that. You got extremely lucky to get out of there alive as 98% of people don’t manage to escape them

[@belisariel]

Somehow more terrifying than visiting a black hole

[@benjibonkers4140]

What I like is how when he first got on there was a pause for a good like 10 seconds, because the poor pilot is in the “OH SHIT WHAT DO I DO OH SHIT WHAT DO I DO” moment

[@ragingmcqueen]

Omfg. Space gives me anxiety to begin with. This made me want to throw my phone across the room and rock back n forth.

[@cavedwarf91]

That was expert management you pulled off there. I don't know if i would handle the situation so good.

[@alchetect9995]

I think that was the hardest I've ever gritted my teeth watching someone else play a game

[@Null24]

glad to be watching this video whilst attempting my first jet cone boost

[@ItzWuLFe]

Was that not a neutron star?

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

Yes it was.

[@TheDarSin]

No that's a white dwarf. They have that lens flare effect while the neutron stars don't.

[@wingonn5153]

It's a white dwarf, neutron stars are smaller in mass I think, but they emit this spiral vortex which cause major gravitational damage if you get to close. Ironically, these celestial bodies can be beneficial by staying along their fringes to supercharge the FSD for a longer jump range.

[@Juliien1994]

Thats not a white dwarf. They are not that bright (the star is visible from almost the beginnng of the travel) and dont have cone jets. I'ts definitely a pulsar. Learn your classics.

[@Xeryun]

Starlight In elite white dwarfs do have cone jets so don't be a fucking tard?

[@TLangas]

Been there. Not to that extreme, but it was far more scarier than it looked. Congrats on your escape.

[@ChrisM541]

You showed a lot of skill to get out of that. Well done commander.

[@BeefGeneral]

I'm new to the game and I was literally flying around one clueless, and by the looks of this video I basically bordered the area of devastating effects. Like if people saw footage of me they would be screaming at me to turn away hahah

[@khafuchino4762]

How it feels to chew five gum, stimulate your senses.

[@ZesilinaNewborn]

Jesus christ, that must have been such a big relief when you got out, holy

[@seangee4231]

Just seen this and excellent recovery my man

[@henryofskalitz4879]

MY ANXIETY HOLY CHRIST

[@sageofsouls]

For those of you saying this was just a lucky escape, this was done deliberately. He LITERALLY flew TOWARD the star, then showed calm and moderately skilled levels of thinking by killing everything but the bare essentials in order to not lose power on critical systems when the star dropped his power capacity to 40% to show how you could get out.

[@greymatter5492]

Nah he was forced into the star. The cone takes away control for a moment when your FSD gets supercharged(you can see him pulling away with nothing happening) but he was definitely skilled to pull off that escape.

[@sageofsouls]

@@greymatter5492 He was skilled to pull off the escape, yes, but no, he entered the star deliberately. There was a good couple of seconds where he didn't even try to turn away from the star and he was NOT in the cone the entire time during that video.

[@sheev9852]

@@sageofsouls dude are you blind or just dumb. You can see as soon as he entered the system the "Warning! FSD operating beyond safety limits." came up immediately which means he was in the cone straight away. He didn't fly into it deliberately

[@Milliardo__Peacecraft]

@@sageofsouls been playing for years and jumped around multiple cones, yeah he 100% did this intentionally. The dead giveaway was when he blatantly didn't turn away or even attempt to de throttle his ship post jump. Cones can make your ship spin but they aren't some kind of vacuum that pulls you in the second you graze one.

[@mofomo6209]

This game makes you feel real panic

[@Jarrahvrx]

That frantic shutting down of systems lol

[@CatCraftYT]

This, kids, is why you always remember Hyperspace Dethrottle.

[@zylo4029]

The throttle was at 0 from the very second they entered supercruise, the trails of those stars pull you in, and when they spawned in it there was no way out

[@orion5470]

Woah woah woah woah- how come I have *never seen or heard about this game before?!*

[@thegunbound8]

Yeah, me too.. like what the heck??!

[@dallyuk]

So addictive this game, its 35 years old kinda, and you can leave your mark for people to see in maybe 35 years from now

[@ysfsim]

The galaxy is a large place

[@leechowning2712]

Seeing as they made a actual simulation of an entire galaxy... Last I saw after nearing 40 years they've managed to map about 10% of the Galaxy. I enjoy playing trading more. Mining and trading. Explorers like this have to be super cool... Or they become super dead.

[@andyb1653]

@@leechowning2712 40 years? The Elite SERIES is that old, yes, but this particular game came out in 2015.

[@lorderik237]

For some reason, this is one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen

[@NemoK]

This may be the most movie-like scene in a video game I've ever seen.

[@clevergirl5329]

HOLY CRAP! I've been biting my finger so hard, in in pure anxiety, all along the clip, that i didn't realized it was almost bleeding! You Sir are an hero beyond any word and immagintion.

[@RazGrizFran]

Something similar happened to me, but i was in the center of the cone. My canopy was destroyed and luckily i achieved to reach the closest station with 5 seconds before the emergency oxygen was depleted

[@Geordie1nJapan]

Jeez! That was intense! I must have had my mouth wide open the whole time! Great vid!

[@krashd]

"That's the greatest pilot I've ever seen!" -Cmdr Norrington