Fuel Rats - Rescue On The Rim

After an 11,000 LY trip from Sagittarius A* to Colonia to help out the Fuel Rats faction in Rodentia, I hadn't expected to be leaving within hours as a distress call was received from a CMDR near Beagle Point.
At 44,000LY from Colonia, this would be the longest rescue flight that I had taken on so far. Using Neutron Stars to boost range comes with the potential to lose the ship and have to start all over again, but the good ship Entropy did me proud.
Fly safe CMDR Captain Burrito. Good luck on your travels!
Music: Mattia Turzo - Chasing The Sunshine
Johannes Borlof - I Will Not Be Shaken

[@y.decimal]

The fuelrats are one of the most amazing community driven groups I’ve ever seen in any game. You have my full respect Commander o7

[@SWendel03]

Joining the rats was probably the best decision I've made in any video game. It's taken me on hundreds of adventures with some weird rescues and some interesting people.

[@fileoffish1403]

WamblyGrain does joining the rats paint a massive target sign on your back (I want to join but I suck at fighting)

[@acat4701]

@@fileoffish1403 You don't need to be good at fighting. Most rat ships are unarmed or lightly armed, and the standard response to ambushes and/or attacks from hostile players is to log the rats and client into a private group, as PVPing on a rescue is strongly discouraged.

[@Alan-hr4cj]

Damn, I had no idea the rats would take such a long journey just to help a single CMDR... o7.

[@BrotherSabathius]

We've been further than this too. Look up Operation Fuel Beyond, which required flying to the edge of the galaxy and then 48hrs in supercruise to reach the client.

[@sugoruyo]

They will pretty much go anywhere and help anyone... they're galaxy's unsung heroes...

[@BrotherSabathius]

15 hours flight to deliver the 1 ton of fuel he needed. :) Including 6 hours of sleep as I started late at night for me.

[@optiquest86]

48 HOURS in SC!? What in the world...

[@WarpRulez]

There was also the interesting case of this one commander who was likewise visiting Beagle Point and got stranded between two star systems, unable to jump to a third one. In the game you can boost your jumps with the use of germanium, and he made a bad mistake calculating the distances in the route he was taking and it turned out that he ran out of germanium and got stranded because he couldn't make the jump to any surrounding star system besides those two, without germanium. All the surrounding star systems were too far. So he was in this unusual situation where he had plenty of fuel (the stars were scoopable), but he was still stranded. And the only planets that he could land on didn't have germanium. There was, however, a ringed planet and the rocks in the ring did have germanium. Problem? His ship didn't have a mining laser, so he couldn't do anything. So he posted a thread to the forums explaining his precarious situation, and a veteran commander immediately offered to help, ie. to go equip his ship with a mining laser and make the 60k+ ly journey to help the guy. The stranded guy livestreamed the arrival of the other commander, and the mining of the planetary ring. It's awesome to watch.

[@ISmellMopWho]

That shot of how small the Milky Way looks that far out is amazing, what beautiful game and amazing rescue!

[@ShadowKick32]

Faith in humanity restored

[@Dmbenaron]

I was saved once by the fuel rats. Ever since I still like to watch some videos of their rescues

[@shannonmcvey8669]

Always love to see the exploits of the fuel rats. Long may you live. If I ever wind up needing your services, I'll probably wind up dedicating the rest of my days in Elite as one of you.

[@BlackWolf18C]

You should get a discount on the Raider spikes pack for the 'Conda if you use it to refill a certain number of unique Commanders with fuel. It's pretty much the Fuel Rats signature. Seeing a spiked up Rataconda appear while floating helplessly in the void is a wonderful thing.

[@tiberia0001]

You know a community is so amazing that even youtuber wasn't able to hate this video even once in all the views xD which is impossible going above 100 views it feels like haha! ALL LOVE TO FUEL RATS!

[@RiminiVirage]

The Fuel Rats.. the "International Rescue" of our times. Thank you for your service... "So say we all". 07 Commander.

[@compmanio36]

Neutrons were the most exciting part of the trip from the bubble to Sag A. Every time the same fear as the first time.....the potential to lose your ship, especially with the FSD starting to fail more and more often....but it was that or 900 more jumps on top of what I already had, so......risk was part of the game if I wanted to sit in that chair.

[@Mister_H.]

Damn. You guys are like the RNLI. A massive necessity but still a freakin’ charity. You have my utmost respect o7

[@leonielson7138]

I would think that any Fuel Rat's ship is the most beautiful ship when you're outside the bubble and out of gas.

[@MrKhelek]

That's the kind of people you would like to have at your side in a Zombie Apocalypse.

[@timesthree5757]

F devs need to make Emergency service light to fuel rats 1,000,000 arcs.

[@christof3247]

I love this video, it is awesome. The music, the scenes, the pure act of helping others. I watched it 5 times now. Thanks for sharing, thanks for being a fuel rat 👍🏻. Fly safe CMDR.

[@isaaccartophilus794]

An epic ride... Congrats, Cmdr! o7.

[@lotuscat3173]

the best thing in ED are The fuel rats

[@ahhotep1833]

Beautifully done video! Live well...Fly strong Fuel Rats!! o7

[@stevenbenes2623]

Great video awesome mission keep up the great work.

[@aptenod6003]

i have six words you are crazy and very helpful

[@harriehausenman8623]

cool project!

[@FlyByPC]

Fuel Rats rock!

[@Spartan086]

I think I was somewhere around there just a few hours ago

[@dachshunddoggo2764]

Do you tell your clients to log off until your close to them to conserve fuel?

[@BrotherSabathius]

We do if it's a long-distance run like this one, or if they are on emergency oxygen.

[@dachshunddoggo2764]

Brother Sabathius Good thinking. Also, would you need a rat for the Colonia region on Xbox one? I'm thinking of signing up but I don't know if my location would be a problem

[@BrotherSabathius]

Dachshund Doggo It isn’t a problem. There aren’t as many calls out near Colonia, but another Rat out there is always welcome :)

[@dachshunddoggo2764]

Brother Sabathius Alright, I made an account in the website but I have no idea how to use an IRC

[@BrotherSabathius]

Dachshund Doggo Not to worry, if you click the “talk to the mischief” button on the website, it will connect you. From there we have lots of help with IRC.

[@Antonin1738]

How do the fuel rats rescuers don't run out of fuel themselves?

[@Levi_Skardsen]

Because they are prepared for the trip. Making sure to plot economical routes that have plenty of scoopable stars makes all the difference.

[@cmdrpugbuuug6517]

How long did it take. Like 6 months?

[@BrotherSabathius]

Cmdr Pugbuuug 15 hours, including a few hours sleep to reach him.

[@cmdrpugbuuug6517]

Brother Sabathius Wait so you jumped that entire distance in one sitting? Holy shit

[@Sasoven84]

How many sessions did it take to reach the client?

[@BrotherSabathius]

It took 15 hours to get there, with 6 hours of sleep, so a 5 hour, then a 4 hour session to make the rescue. Then I had to fly back again XD

[@Sasoven84]

@@BrotherSabathius thanks for the answer! I'm curious because I'm kinda interested in joining the Rats on PS4, seems an interesting and satisfying activity for an explorer like me.

[@BrotherSabathius]

CineSaso absolutely. New Rats are always welcome :)

[@mjdavis365]

How many jumps was that

[@BrotherSabathius]

I think it was about 600.

[@vlokecraft]

o7

[@mreboric2215]

I got a long rescue...... better take more time to get some cool low speed shots for you tube

[@markcangila1613]

Would you say I should sign up as a rat as a fairly new player

[@JT-nn8nj]

Get more experience first, then yeah absolutely