[RyuHimora]

Picked up my joystick for the first time in a month, and did the last mission in FS2. Kinda forgot how to jump out...

Pretty crappy reason to die, not remembering Alt-J.

[Snail]

Press F1 and you can see the basic controls of FS.

[Flipside]

Command : 'Get out of there Alpha 1!!'
Alpha 1 : 'I can't!'
Command : 'Why?'
Alpha 1 : 'Errrmmm.....'

[Jeff Vader]

"Gotta make it! Gotta make it! Yes! I'm at the node. Wait... um... what was the... um... ****... eeny meeny miny mo..."

[Hades]

"Good I am at the node, now I just have to figure out how to jump. I could have sworn I kept the manual in her...."

[Goober5000]

Another reason why FS1's Command was smarter.  They remote-activated your jump drives, not leaving anything to chance.

[Droid803]

Wait, you have to activate your jump drives for the last mission?

All that ever happenedon mine was two cutscenes player, one after the other (Sathanas Nukes Star, Player Survives).
I assumed it was that because I was sitting patiently inside the node the whole time, lobbing trebs.

[Gamma_Draconis]

Wait, you have to activate your jump drives for the last mission?

All that ever happenedon mine was two cutscenes player, one after the other (Sathanas Nukes Star, Player Survives).
I assumed it was that because I was sitting patiently inside the node the whole time, lobbing trebs.

I think he meant one of the missions where the player had to jump through a jump node, like the SOC mission where you played demolition derby on the Shivan Comm devices.

[Droid803]

But he specifically said "the last mission in FS2" 

[Goober5000]

In the last mission in FS2, you have to jump out through the Vega node to surive the supernova.

In the second-to-last mission in FS1, you red-alert to subspace to pursue the Lucifer.  You don't have to explicitly jump.

[Droid803]

In the last mission in FS2, you have to jump out through the Vega node to surive the supernova.

Really? I never did, and the game said I survived.
Heck, I don't recall command ever telling me there was going to be a supernova. The Saths nuked the star, then the game played the cutscene saying I lived. Is my last mission borked? lol.

[Ghostavo]

You never got the "The Capella star has gone supernova!" dialog and the timer? 

[Droid803]

Nope, never...

[Ghostavo]

You must be the second coming of Grey Wolf then. 

[Droid803]

No no, the supernova happened alright. I ensured both Cains died.
The game played the cutscene of the Sathanas blowing the star. The game played the ending cutscene.
Capella most definitely exploded. Its just that I didn't have to do anything to get out alive.

[Ghostavo]

But if the supernova didn't happen ingame... how did you made it to the cutscene?

[Droid803]

no clue.
The game played to two cutscenes in order...but I never received any warning from Command.

[admiral_wolf]

Right!  If you were one of my crew I would suspend your flight status on the spot if this came up in debriefing and send you for retraining immediately!  Not being in total control of your fighter costs lives pilot, think yourself lucky this time.


Note, that to jump to subspace, you must lock the throttle at zero, lift the handle up and shift to the left.  Then throw forward.  You will hit Subspace at around 40 mps.

[Kie99]

You can jump out of Capella before the Sathanes trigger the nova, that must be what Droid did.

[RyuHimora]

Right!  If you were one of my crew I would suspend your flight status on the spot if this came up in debriefing and send you for retraining immediately!  Not being in total control of your fighter costs lives pilot, think yourself lucky this time.


Note, that to jump to subspace, you must lock the throttle at zero, lift the handle up and shift to the left.  Then throw forward.  You will hit Subspace at around 40 mps.

You do know that i'm already dead, right sir?

Also, they took that out after the Valkerie interceptor. Too many people were complaining about their throttle jamming open.