I didn't see a thread for this yet, so let's kick it off with an homage to a bygone era!

James and Sarah stopped by Luna to pay homage

Yay! I’m looking forward to these!

Me too. I can't wait to see your nu toon!

That is cool! So is Earth a place you can visit?

Yeah, you can visit the entire Sol system. Earth is uninhabitable though, the atmosphere was stripped away.

Can you post a pic of whatever character you've got? Really want to see his or her (Or... it... if we can play an alien?) face!

No playable aliens, which I think would’ve been cool. Could’ve made a few alien races, given them lord, with skill bonuses or special abilities. Oh well. Maybe modders will do this.

If I get it, I'll want to play as an Orc. And if I can do it for Daggerfall, ...

Spspspspace Orrrrrrrcs!

Are there any alien races at all in Starfield? Or is it all humans everywhere in the galaxy. By this I mean intelligent life forms, not wildlife on alien worlds.

Not that I’ve heard of. But I haven’t played the game, so…

Surely there must be giant miniature space hamsters, yes?

Lol, nah, Beth would probably get sued.

C'mon Kane, where's that toon?

Sorry for the delay! I've just been enjoying playing and only took the time to get some screenies off of the Xbox last night. I restarted after getting a feel for the game (and learning some stuff about how it ends) and made a character that ought to be my main for a long time.

They also brought back traits and backgrounds (and three skills to go with it) for character creation, which I loved.


Name: Indira

Traits:

• Dream Home (owns a home on a picturesque planet, but has to pay the mortgage first)
• Extrovert
• United Colonies Native

Background: Xenobiologist

• Lasers
• Surveying
• Fitness

Indira, taken in Cydonia, beneath the Martian surface

Couple scenic shots:

https://i.imgur.com/hSkFrai.png
https://i.imgur.com/RnCH9ue.png
https://i.imgur.com/jxfn7Wn.png

HOLY moley look at those planets!!! Indira's cute too. She looks like someone I used to know.

You pay a mortgage on a planet? In a way I'm glad you haven't bombarded this thread with info and pics; kind of makes Starfield all the more mysterious.

I'm a sucker for the moons orbiting gas giants. They make for incredible views!

Not on the planet itself, just the home it's on.

What does Fitness mean? It's possible to not be fit?

Fitness increases how much Oxygen you have, with the highest tier also decreasing how much oxygen is used by sprinting and power attacks.

Indira looks great! It is quite the leap from Oblivion's potato faces, and the blocky faces of Skyrim.

Gas giants certainly make for great backdrops on the horizon!

Phew. I feel called to this game. 🌍 Weird. I didn't get this feeling with Fallout 4 or any of the 'last generation' games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance, as much as I enjoyed seeing screenies from those games.

How much is the latest Xbox? The Series X, I guess? $499 at Wal-Mart? Oh hell YES. I am getting this game. Hmm, but is that new, or used? ... Seems that's the New price. Wow. But... I'd rather give my money to Micro Center, honestly. I love the whole Micro Center experience; it's always sort of fun going there.

Sorry, thinking out loud, here. I am getting this game, for sure I am. But I want to finish Mass Effect first, all three MEs. I have a habit of starting things and not finishing them. But I am getting Starfield. I'll say some time in 2024, maybe by spring of 2024. Heh.

Nice shots Kane! I wanna play this gaaaaame!

Wow, really cool pics of the planets, Kane!

A desert biome on a planet full of life
Exploring a lush moon
View from an ice giant's moon
Abandoned launch tower on Earth
An arid desert
Indira's mission to mission and preferred combat ship: the Verity of Fate

I love that view of the ice giant from its moon.

Great name for a ship, and really cool looking too!

Thanks! My goal was a small ship with only one landing thruster. Took a bit to design and I had to settle on two engines instead of one. Starship design skill wasn't high enough to utilize a single engine.

What are those flying creatures in the Biome pic?

That ice moon pic with the Saturn-looking planet, wow. I would be both freaked out and awed at the same time! Freaked because it's sort of like my fear of heights: Seeing the horizon in such a "final" kind of way makes it seem like one could just fall off.

Are there any planets or moons with near-zero gravity? So you can bounce around and stuff? 🪐

You still haven't posted a pic of your character! But yaa, love the space ship.

One of the creatures was a large pterodactyl like creature, the round ones are like floating jellyfish - they are kinda funny to see bob around.


The views like that moons are wild and it's hard to believe it's all to scale!


Gravity varies from place to place, they did a good job with it. A moon like that one is probably less than .3gs. Tons of fun to jump and boost pack around!


Indira

Awesome. So we can't fly a spaceship in real-time but at least gravity varies.

Really like what Indira's wearing, there. Almost looks meso-American.

I absolutely love this pic. This is something I wanna do in real life!

James and Andreja exploring a moon

Some shots of James' deep space exploration ship, the Hypatia:

https://i.imgur.com/giM0cCv.png
https://i.imgur.com/GRNSKvm.png
https://i.imgur.com/XSpBMYH.png

Hey that first pic is frickin’ great! This game really lends itself well to capturing beautiful spacescapes. The other day when Dez was trying to find the coralline landmass in Indum, I noticed a white speck on the horizon of the moon she was on and just watched as the “sun” rose on that desolate little rock ball. I snapped a pic of it after it was well clear of the horizon. Made me think back to what The Todd said about little moments like that being a big part of the experience for this game.

Yeah, what Khajiit said. That first pic blows me away. And yet, it's not photorealistic (sort of like Fallout 4 was). Not a criticism, but I'm not really seeing why system specs are so demanding.

Hmm, let me look at the spaceship! Value is just over 200,000. So they're not using dollars, or Yen or any Earth-based monetary coins, right? What year is this supposed to be? Doesn't look like inflation has affected outer space. Most houses nowadays, if they cost $200,000, they are actually cheap.

Fuel. What happens if you run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere?

Hull, I'm assuming that's like armor.

Wow, Cargo, nice. Sounds like there's a limit to how much the ship can carry.

Is Hypatia the name of the ship?

$200k for the sell value, but I put almost double that into building it. Currency is generic "credits" that are standard across the systems.

Ships don't actually burn fuel - the amount you have determines grav jump range.

Hull is sort of like armor. The more hull you have, the tankier your ship is.

Yep, and you can make some crazy cargo liners if you are a pack rat. I could have added more, but then I'd lose mobility.

It is indeed the ship name! Seemed fitting.

They use generic sci-fi “credits” as the monetary unit in Starfield.

As far as I can tell, you can’t actually run out of fuel, your ship simply won’t jump to a system if it would take more fuel than your ship can store. Kane, please correct me if I’m wrong.

Your ship has two layers of “health”, shields and the hull. Probably doesn’t need explanation, but weapons fire effects shields first, then after they are down, it will start damaging the hull. Different ship pieces add to your hull’s strength, but you can buy better shield units to increase them. Kinda weird, but you can use an aid item called “ship parts” to repair your hull mid combat. Not sure how that works lore wise, but it’s useful for surviving space battles.

Yes, ships have varying cargo hold sizes and they determine how much junk you can store in your ship. You *can* drop items on the ship’s floor, but that’s messy, lol.
Another fun note about cargo.Whenever you arrive at a “civilized” planet controlled by one of the big governments, the local authorities will scan your ship for contraband items, which will get you a bounty if you have any in your possession at the time of a scan.You can buy “shielded” cargo holds that help to hide any contraband items you may be carrying from these scans. Otherwise, you will have to get to a location with no such security protocols to offload any contraband.

*Edit* Kane got there first, lol

Those are some incredible pics Kane. I love the name Hypatia for a space ship.

Thanks for your answers, Kane and Khajiit.

Happy to answer what I can!

Ok finally got the screenshots:

Dez

Desolate Sunrise

Hi Dez! Interesting outfit you've got on. Not a spacesuit, for instance. And not one of those silly one-piece jump suits they often wear in 'outer space' movies and TV shows during our age.

[censored] look at that sunscape. Okay, now I'm starting to see why system specs are higher if the game is on PC.

Désirée is wearing a charming corpo ensemble. Specifically, it’s called the Neocity Corpwear, in game. She is a talky character, so it’s 5% bonus to persuasion is nice to have. And every captain needs a hat, lol. “Farming Hat” in this case. You can wear your spacesuit everywhere if you choose to, but I think it looks a bit silly.

I mean, even on Xbox Series X the game is stunning. I can’t imagine how much better it would look on a high end PC.

Modded install on PC finally underway, here's a couple shots of Andromeda:

https://i.imgur.com/EtIA5T2.png
https://i.imgur.com/xg3VDus.png

Just like any other game, I'll probably keep tweaking her!

@Kane- Wow! That girl looks awesome.

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I have yet to play Starfield. Watched heaps of Twitch stream though. I will grab it when it comes down to like 60% off.

Thanks! Added some more piercings to her face already and hit up EIT Clothiers in New Atlantis for some more outfits. Things are coming together nicely!


Finally arrived at the Lodge, following a shopping trip

Meeting Constellation for the first time

Andromeda looks like she’s ready for cyberpunk action!