Talk:Silent Running/@comment-74.249.112.23-20180829180403
Just a little tip I've learned after 10 days of play: Silent Running can save your life.
When in solo mode, as a trader, you will get followed by evemies about one cargo run out of 10-15 or so. They usually spawn in when you jump to the destination system. When this happens, do the following:
1) Make sure your throttle is at 100%. 2)After you're turned away from the sun, ignore your heading for a moment. 3) Enable Silent Running 4) Immediately go into your modules and disable EVERYTHING except Engines and FSD. Yes, even life support. You will re-enable it in less than 5 minutes or be dead before then anyway. 5) Turn towards your destination. 6) Go into contacts and target the NPC. He should be listed by name as long as he recently taunted you in chat. 7) Untarget him as soon as you can remember which pip he is. 8) Lock your eyes on your radar and wait until he's off the radar. 9) As soon as he is, disable Silent Running. 10) Ta-da, evaded!
Basically, Supercruise speed is based primarily around how long you've been moving. As long as you don't lock a target and keep the throttle at max, you will outrun the NPC. Remember that you almost always cannot outrun NPCs before they kill you in normal space, but in Supercruise, your speeds are the same, affected only by who accelerated first. Make sure it's you!
Silent Running helps because it drastically reduces the range at which he can target, and thus the range he can interdict you at. This is critical because if you get Interdicted, you ARE going to die (unless/until you have a heavy ship of your own.) The Interdiction mini-game isn't that hard, but it takes some practice to nail it down. Personally, I recommend that you put a FSD interdictor on a SIdewinder and practice being the Interdictor rather than the Interdictee. The game is the same but the risk on failure is minimal this way. Until then, Silent Running will save your bacon over and over.
Which is important because it's amazng how many NPC bounty hunters have Anacondas, Railguns, and 100% perfect aim. No really.
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