Fleet Carrier Jump Animation | Elite Dangerous Beta

Watching my fleet carrier jumping out for the first time from the Colonia system, in Elite Dangerous.

[@cmdr_thrudd]

If you look really carefully you can see it sucking all your credits into witchspace

[@Zer0axis]

Well, this is the beta so it doesn't matter 🤷‍♂️

[@lofipiggy7718]

haha...well I really hope this is not the final cost, because it is also sucking all my will to play the game as well.

[@cmdr_thrudd]

@@lofipiggy7718 hehe yeah, I'm hoping FDev's announcement this week set things back on track. I'd like a FC and can afford one but they need a bit of a rethink

[@brandonswanson6446]

Ah my credits..I like to wave at them as they flitter by...

[@zacharypump5910]

q p would you rather any new player could get a carrier after 2 days of grind ?

[@fatty409]

"Gellar Field is holding. Emperor Protects"

[@plusmega4364]

For the emperor

[@JoshBabin]

"welp.... There goes my 5,000,000,000cr..."

[@pukalo]

7 billion actually

[@JoshBabin]

@*Hérétic no, FDev patched it today. More like 1.5 per year. So add the 5b purchase and less than 7 for first year, 1.5b each ye after

[@michaelbooster2]

You forgot to count the credits you have to pay each week

[@JoshBabin]

@@michaelbooster2 please tell me how that rolls off the tongue while enhancing the joke. I'll wait....

[@JoshBabin]

@*Hérétic not for outfitting. Maybe if you buy every single module package, every single ship package, etc. But for all of the FC modules? No, 43b is way off. It's ~40m upkeep per week with all modules installed on FC. That's 2bil in upkeep. The bad numbers were patched pretty quickly yesterday

[@peterzerfass4609]

That split second of utter silence before the 'pop' is just pure genius in the sound design

[@arinamiruna3621]

Welp better hope the Techpriests checked the gellar field otherwise have fun with Daemons.

[@timothynguoi5762]

Well they are under empy's order to warp without a gellar field

[@imapopo2924]

@@timothynguoi5762 Well, I dont see a giant toilet seat on the side of their ship or a blue paint job, so I'd say they're screwed.

[@derpyallan1435]

OH... Oh okay. I was expecting more of a "jump" not a ship slowly getting devoured by space lightning

[@thedarkside4994]

Slipspace Rupture

[@elektra81516]

This is cooler though

[@MentalEdge]

It's the same animation that was already being used for Imperial and Federal military capital ships. Supermassive structures use a different, older FTL technology, the witchspace drive, the newer frame shift drive used by smaller ships works using hyperspace tunnels and can't scale up to accommodate REALLY large things. The witchspace drive has advantages, extreme range, no theoretical limit on mass, even stations can use it. The disadvantages are lower reliability and insane fuel costs.

[@idcgaming518]

@@MentalEdge the lower reliability is a major drawback tho right? I mean, remeber Jaques station? Luckily it worked out back then, but im not sure how well it would do these days.

[@ultimatekctv7378]

@@MentalEdge You're wrong, not sure where you got the information but all of it is wrong. capital class ships still use FSD's, they don't use witchspace drives, what you're referring to are 2B engines which we lost the recipe for Quirium hundreds of years ago. Witchspace is literally the dimension EVERY ship slips into when using FSD, even the smallest of ships equipped with a drive (This is why when warping in-game from star to star, it becomes super cloudy, almost like you're going through a bunch of nebulas). The reason why capitals and structures project such an impressive cloud when warping is because of the astronomical amount of energy the FSD is utilizing in order to open a warp tunnel, resulting in what we're seeing in-game, they also utilize Tritium over hydrogen which is also slower, in return the witchspace dimension is torn open for much longer so some of its elements leaks out, including the sounds coming from it. What you're most likely referring to is Supercruise, which is different than hyperspace, while it is true capital ships can't supercruise, it's irrelevant because they can hyperdrive warp into any location they wish unlike smaller ships, which need to drop hyperspace at the main star because they require a gravity well to drop out (caps don't)

[@ShimaVillain]

Ships: Literally do a WHOOP into hyperspace and bend the universe around themselves to travel at a speed higher than light. Fleet Carriers: The slowest ninja smoke I've ever seen

[@dani1999n]

its in the lore why they do that tldr those ships are too heavy for conventional frame shift drives so they have to rely on an older technology

[@luichinplaystation610]

Older tech that bends time and space VS new supercruise that makes the space travel time consuming? It seems like the devs don't want or it is very hard to have bigger ships flying everywhere

[@enemixius]

@@luichinplaystation610 Older tech that rips a hole in space-time so the ship can transition in and out of witch space. FSD is a lot safer, especially for smaller ships since they were more likely to experience mishaps in transit.

[@smiglo112]

@@enemixius Yeah, like the one that Jacques Station encountered when it misjumped to a completely different area of the galaxy than its intended target.

[@Kav_Games]

Okay well actually the scale of the ship is so big that we can't even notice the fact of how fast its moving. From the perspective we saw it looked like it was slowly inching into the hyperspace but in reality it was probably going around half the speed of light.

[@mortyjr2334]

Imagine paying all those credits for this ship and not being able to even sit on the bridge as it warps, instead you're stuck in your current ship staring at a wall LOL.

[@dr.prismatic5118]

bruh turn your volume up during the jump

[@deprezzed9034]

Its getting interiors in the future

[@dr.prismatic5118]

@@deprezzed9034 lmao FDV will never do that

[@deprezzed9034]

@@dr.prismatic5118 But it's true, They've shown pictures and have a video of what they'll look like and I'm pretty sure they said they would release the carrier interiors in update 11, not too sure bout that tho. Link to the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJW7pH-omJaHbdU&ab_channel=ObsidianAnt

[@anionleader]

Well lookie what happened as of recently.

[@Giraffinator]

I'm really happy this is in the game. Still not gonna come back, tho.

[@manybuckets969]

Giraffinator same, it was fun for awhile but I’m not into the infinite grind

[@Real28]

@@manybuckets969 at least you can just do really basic stuff to get the credits. Go play destiny 2 right now for a really stale grind. 5 years of that and I had to hang it up. Flying around space right now is way more fun.

[@rvdp6191]

Real in d1 lore kind of Made up for grind but d2 is No fun anymore

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

I feel the same. The game is really nice, but I don't feel motivated to play. Maybe if I found a clan or something

[@loneenvoyyale5259]

@@Real28 i lasted a year. Cant go on for long stretches. The only reason i still like the franchise is for the lore

[@InventedStick]

Where is the “ massive frame shift charge detected”?

[@Zer0axis]

Don't forget they're not as big as Capital ships that jump into conflict zones.

[@BlackCenturx]

@@Zer0axis Wait.. they arent?

[@FlyLeah]

You can hear the "Capital class signature detected" on the arriving end

[@TheCasualGerman]

@Nebula Actually you can. you get a signal source around the body where the Carrier will jump to if you go in it you see the carrier coming in kzbin.info/www/bejne/mF6cgWdtd86Ue6c

[@Zitronenmantel]

@Nebula Took them 2 years to make one lousy carrier. Do you really think they have the necessary capabilities to make something huge as space legs ? I doubt it.

[@benrussell-gough1201]

There's a reason why the old spacers call it 'Witchspace'.

[@elektra81516]

I actually like this more than just POW! SUDDENLY A BIG FLASH AND HUGE SHIP LMAO! this is subtle and complements the immpecible sound design ED has.

[@DOHARKsmash]

"Redundant feature" and "moneydrain" would be great names for fleet carriers

[@BinauralBae]

DOHARKsmash USS Landlord.

[@LgiovanniF]

HMS wasted potential to make your followers feel like you have more than contempt for them.

[@prepareuranus8097]

as you dock you see the name of your ship and a welcome note: “welcome To financial ruin”

[@DOHARKsmash]

@@prepareuranus8097 if you side with the federation you can be the "FNV Destitution"

[@meat-hook]

If a group could buy it together and jump their collective armada and swap ships easier it might be worth it. Do these have repair and refit functions? Now if you could run a store or of it and be a traveling sales and service ship that would be cool.

[@chaywarburton3488]

"Uh captian, it appears we have a lighting storm in space..." " that's impossible!" "I know, that's why I said it"

[@starliner2498]

Why's that impossible?

[@chaywarburton3488]

@@starliner2498 trying to quote the star trek reboots lol

[@byakuya4332]

It's a trap!

[@mattyy101]

@@starliner2498 Lightning is a discharge of electricity during a thunderstorm. The charge is generated inside a storm cloud by collisions between ice crystals, and then the lightning itself is the result of that charge equalising into the ground. There are no storm clouds in space, hence no lightning.

[@starliner2498]

@@mattyy101 could solar dust clouds be charged by solar radiation? Maybe something could happen?

[@quickstergamestutorialsgam3899]

Fleet Carrier: Wanna see a magic trick? Anaconda: Sure Fleet Carrier: *literally disappears in a lightning cloud* Anaconda: what the-

[@migaragunawansha9710]

Fleet carrier : Wanna see a magic trick? Cmdr who owns it : Yeah for sure! Fleet carrier : *sucks up all your credits and leaves you broke for a cool lightning cloud* Cmdr who owns it : 0_0

[@kjcomputer]

cmdr: hey where all my credit go :o

[@Minotaur1975]

"Call of the Void" is a wicked ship name, BTW

[@MikMoen]

"What should our FTL look like?" "Slipspace from Halo, but creepy."

[@Sykohsis]

This is what I imagine a warp jump to look like in Warhammer 40k.

[@ZzSeaSniperzZ]

Most anticlimactic jump in sci-fi history.

[@Retrohertz]

Yeah, was it so hard to emulate Battlestar Galactica's jump animation.

[@aaronwelliver9020]

Larger ships user a different older engine. I agree but it's the same animation as the Capitol ships and I can't say I'm surprised.

[@glori0usoce]

IIRC, it was a lore decision. In short, a FSD is actually made of two different FTL drives: the Supercruise drive, which works like an Alcubierre-White drive would, and the hyperspace drive, the "Witchspace" drive. What we see here is a hole being torn between realspace and Witchspace, with the latter leaking into realspace.

[@moistoxi9190]

@@glori0usoce so like a wormhole' drive

[@AstroKing9619]

Yeah it’s not much, it sounds good at least.

[@cobaltblue711]

Since everyone here seems to be forgetting how Jumps work in E:D: Larger ships can't jump like smaller ones. Once you get to the sizes of Farraguts, Carriers, and Majestics, a vessel can't simply turn on a frame-shift drive and enter supercruise. Thus, because they are unable to enter Witchspace from supercruise, they need to basically open a wormhole into Witchspace, allowing whatever matter in there to leak out into Realspace (That's the Black Inky Stuff with lightning). These Capital-Class Hyperdrives have massive power requirements, and need Tritium fuel to power the drive instead of Hydrogen fuel. As for the other shit, like the engines not actually burning, I have no fucking clue.

[@complover116]

You can jump from sublight straight into witchspace with your ship though, no need for supercruise

[@FiliusFidelis]

Found that a bit disappointing to be honest.. there are sounds yes, good sounds... but expected a bit more to go on with the ship, eye-candy so to speak.

[@platiuscyndar9017]

It's the capital ship FTL sequence. It's nothing new, either, ironically. It might have been enhanced in quality from the old capital FTL, but it's still the same basic visual idea, at least. Dunno… kind of expected, very lore friendly, but also… kinda boring.

[@FiliusFidelis]

@@platiuscyndar9017 hah yeah, exactly :)

[@tuhkathri9126]

Yep. Kind of anticlimactic and a fizzle.

[@ScientistMan96]

Yeah, I was really hoping for the witchspace cloud to implode with a big, bass filled WHUMPH at the end, sucked back into the void after the carrier. But all it does is silently dissapate..

[@platiuscyndar9017]

@@ScientistMan96 this idea is SO RAD

[@JeffCraigTV]

The more I learn about Fleet Carriers, the more I feel like FDev just doesn't want people to play their game anymore.

[@MrAMT92]

Well, that's a bummer... There's even no reaction from the engines, or the ship's getting sucked into the rift, idk...

[@TheAsmodeus2012]

Sooo...all the carriers appear to go where the Event Horizon disappeared to for 7 years...hard pass.

[@DenienN]

Cool reference, will have to watch the movie again

[@2tim316.]

Congratulations because of your hard work and dedication we are goons drain all your money so you can do it again because we know it was so fun to get to this point

[@PetersaberHD]

I really hope they have their Gellar Field online.

[@BadJuice]

Deamm this is so sick 💯💯💯

[@DontFeedTrevor24]

Looks awesome

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

“Hyperspace” isn’t something I hear in ED much

[@Kenneth_McGrew]

Thanks for this, now I don’t have to bother with Fleet carriers and can wait until new era

[@Zer0axis]

No problem Kenneth, I think that's what the majority of folk are going to do anyways reading from these comments lol o7

[@MechE_Emma]

I just felt my PC die whilst watching this

[@cold_ultra]

The view is even better when you are inside the carrier

[@elwesingollo3536]

That looked and sounded sweet

[@NeoSquall86]

Hope your carrier's techpriests double checked the Gellar Field generators before the jump.

[@nislaav6712]

The sound design in this game is one of a kind

[@aircraftandmore9775]

Just looking at this makes me think what the mega ship jump sequence and station sequence is like

[@spacefx1340]

Good luck buddy hope chaos doesn't find you.

[@SkyRoseKNA5500]

Nothing can bring me to tears of happiness faster than the sound design of the carriers jumping. It is so well done it’s orgasmic to the ears

[@darkestfugue]

the best thing about fleet carriers is seeing the funny names they get called, since they arrived in the game i think i docked on them less than 5 times

[@cubancucumber]

The day players get legs and atmospheric landings become a thing, that’s the day I’ll actually buy this game.

[@reaper2928]

So buy Star Citizen !

[@cubancucumber]

Ben Gb that’s not a full game yet

[@CB-xp9ew]

@Blargenfladibblenohip ! Well they have been working on this expansion for some years...

[@Rhiawhyn]

That's the next major update so, you know might actually be worth getting now given you'd still need money and a ship that's decent to do it.

[@cubancucumber]

@@Rhiawhyn really? Mm i might do that

[@EuroskoolPelePure]

"This little manouver is going to cost us 51 years!!!"

[@JVHorvath1]

I think the idea of a black cloud with lightning forming in space as a hyperlane travel is the dopest idea the devs for this game ever came up with

[@Lightray110]

That is Haunting...

[@Lev069]

It went through the warp, the realm of chaos 💀💀💀

[@WhiteSharkUK]

Most expensive magic trick ever.

[@Storyteller543]

"Were not losing that ship!"

[@ahloz8359]

And the moment it goes in to the void: Frameshift drive malfunctioning, destination unknown!!

[@PumpkinTuna]

The sound design in this game . . .

[@tangoseal1]

Sounds crazy as hell inside the carrier but outside its VERY uneventful

[@jasonwilliams7300]

Not what I expected, but I like it.

[@Kaiimei]

Less of a jump, more of an errant slide.

[@extendhandshake2369]

Praise the sound designers

[@hardboiled7467]

Ship jumping? More like warping to hell...

[@dnf-dead]

Have you left the parking brake on son?. 🤣

[@Sereze001]

At the current rate my grandkids will be able to pre order this game.

[@Zer0axis]

It already is a game, it's been out for over 5 years now

[@Byehk2047]

I was expecting a starwars warp jump

[@shadowtear101]

Well that was anticlimactic 😂

[@brandonswanson6446]

All that charging and epic lightning....for what?...paint dries faster than the time it took for that carrier to enter the jump hole lol

[@cubancucumber]

I was expecting a star wars style hyperjump

[@brandonswanson6446]

@@cubancucumber Right. Something more epic like starwars style sould have been legit.

[@wumbosaurus9121]

@@brandonswanson6446 honestly I like the carrier jump. Its like it's too big and heavy for the standard smaller ships, and so it needs a different type of FTL. I love the charging up of the drive and the bassy droning of the portal being opened, it feels much more realistic and everyone nearby would be in awe as it happens. it's much more entertaining than the ship just warping out that you could miss if you blinked at the wrong time

[@brandonswanson6446]

@@wumbosaurus9121 Those are actually great points, I commend sir, The speed irks me a lil bit, but visually it is quite captivating

[@gardyion2869]

OH LAWD IT GOIN

[@XthTerrorOfDeath]

This sure reminds me of Captain Harlock

[@Bacondoggo]

What if you went into the hyperspace ring?

[@Zer0axis]

Tried it, nothing happens, you pass right through it 👎

[@cheshirskiykotya6414]

What did u expecting?

[@EdvardHansson]

David Cooper dang it.. would be cool with some really weird place with tons of bad energy that destroys your ship

[@43615]

aight imma head out

[@AvalancheZ250]

Those seem to be the work of Type 2b drives, not the modern FSD

[@EmmettTheGoon]

Does that mean that while half the ship is at light speed, the other half that has yet to enter the cloud is still in normal space? Therefore stretching the ship countless lightyears?

[@craighutchison5258]

What happens if you fly your ship just above the carrier and in to the lighning blackness?

[@KneelB4Bacon]

It looks like Fleet Carriers will have a 500ly jump range but will require a special fuel. I really hope they don't make gathering/synthesizing fuel really grindy.

[@redfire1186]

Any time I see these jump, makes me say "Are they evil?". Cause any ship that comes out of hyperspace in a dark lightning cloud was always evil

[@chikinsensei]

But what happened if you go in the "storm" with a smaller ship while the carrier is going inside ?

[@jerryc3088]

It will overcharge your FSD and increase your jump range by 1,274%

[@taverniern78737]

Il entre dans le wrap

[@alcrian8627]

So it's basically recycled from the capital ships then... With the exception that you don't get to experience it when your inside of it

[@tennyson988]

Looks like freespace a game from the 90s

[@FurryEskimo]

Am I blind or do the thrusters not turn on when it starts moving? It’s not like it’s being dragged through the portal, because it never moves other than jumping so it wouldn’t need thrusters at all if that was the case.

[@kanetechtips]

Damn, they turned the Immaterium into a real thing.

[@MrCrowley29]

BY THE WARP

[@optimus439]

Neat!

[@hush6149]

This takes pollution to new level

[@imperatorvult]

looks cool and all but, from the perspective of a solo mode-only player, the upkeep and tedium involved in owning one of these is just too high. even trying to look at it in terms of open play, it would only be useful to own in a group. really seems more like a status symbol, though i guess you could argue thats the point.

[@matthewpiper4328]

It's not for solo players... smh

[@KattleProductions]

I've hardly played Elite. How does their jump mechanics work? I'm trying to figure out what the black smoke stuff was.

[@MegaRafaelloco]

What happens if you try to get inside the warp tunnel?

[@companyoflosers]

kinda would be neat if a smaller ship could fly into the cloud with the carrier could jump alongside it.

[@prepareuranus8097]

companyoflosers this would be a cool feature. But realistically stupid. Let say that this is realistically possible. Small ships would be torn apart. Going though that void space. Ideally. You dock. Let it jump to where you cant. And use it as a mobile base.

[@companyoflosers]

@@prepareuranus8097 i know it wouldnt work. im just saying it would be cool if it did.

[@xPowerShotx]

Hope it c an move to, so we can move it close to a planet. Nice views

[@Tonatsi]

One thing that really bothers me is how the engines don't have plumes.

[@creepou]

Reminds me albator 😍

[@Rapscallion2009]

Is there an "arrival" as well?

[@randysteven88]

The arrival makes more sense than the departure.. Its exactly the same but now the ship emerges from the rift, but with the high crackle bang of the vortex opening and the ship appearing it's kind cool.. But this getting sucked into the void is just complete rubbish, it should spool up like all larger ships do and just whooshes away with a massive flash and trail like all other ships. (But more dramatic ofcourse).. And than arrive in full glory with the bang and smoke.

[@wulfred3681]

voldemort is coming

[@WoWFREAK1336]

Are you able to sit on a landing pad and ride the thing through the jump? I've seen capital class jumps before from both ends... what I wanna see is the inside of one.

[@Zer0axis]

You're able to land on the pads but they all start lowering down into the hangers and closing over a few minutes before the jump!

[@maoman4855]

I'm kinda late but if you're still curious, here's what it's like from inside: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHSxoKWAd5mDgJo Visually boring as hell, but some of the best SFX in any space game ever

[@Alpha1598753]

Warhammer 40k called : they want their warp engine back

[@w.h648]

May the Holy Emperor's light guide them through the warp.

[@crazymage9636]

Into the warp, bye bye!

[@alexisbaz8746]

Is like Slipspace travel but with a dark wormhole instead of a bluish one..? :$

[@shindinder]

i cant continue after 40 seconds, i have to experience this in person for the first time, it cant be a video, im sorry cooper

[@jamie2206]

Let the grind begin

[@shindinder]

@@jamie2206 _exactly_

[@Mickekick]

If you are docked, are you able to jump along with it to it's destination?

[@Zer0axis]

Yes you can, if You're docked then you will travel along with the carrier to its destination!

[@GhostVanguard]

What happens if you follow it?

[@EpicGamer681]

E:D: Has npc controled capital ships that slide in and out of witchspace! Everyone: Cool! I want one of those! E:D: Now has player controled capital ships that do the exact same fucking thing. Everyone: *Cries of anger and disappointment*

[@SgtAwesome97]

It's more like the players actually wanted to fly these for themselves, instead of moving them through a menu like some RTS game.

[@theninjateddy]

Is frontier that disabled that they cannot animate the thrusters propelling the FC forward? Wtf

[@derf213]

Dude, it's beta

[@theninjateddy]

@@derf213 guarantee you it will be the same full release

[@derf213]

@@theninjateddy well, I don't disagree with you, but let's just give them the benefit of the doubt

[@theninjateddy]

@@derf213 I've given them the benefits of the doubt for the last 4 years with small tweaks and game breaking bugs and they fix little

[@xupertux]

Not coming back until getting credits isn't a boring slow grind.

[@SirBork]

That’s fucking ominous

[@shuffles7675]

Can you fly into the rift when it opens? Just zoom in front?

[@Zer0axis]

Unfortunately not, no.

[@kaseymathew1893]

I wonder what would happen if you flew through the portal?

[@Zer0axis]

Tried it, nothing happens as it's just an animation

[@KlingonCaptain]

Not exactly what I was expecting.

[@pawnap666]

Elite players: Wohoo Fleet carier ! we can park our ship there ?! and do some stuff ! X4 players: that is it ? Last time i played i had my own whole few carriers with me along with battleships and squadrons of fighters fighting war with whole faction. I like elite but after playing X4 it feels so limited to not have end game.

[@woiperdinga]

And Bugs, Bugs and again Bugs

[@Stand_Tall]

eve online comes in

[@Kitsune199]

Haha X4, currently building a megayard to build my fleets...

[@pawnap666]

@@Stand_Tall Can you actually control more than one ship in eve online ? From what i know it is basically like Elite just with station building but you still can't take 30 fighters with you and go somewhere.

[@Stand_Tall]

@@pawnap666 you still have the drones from what i remember