…but the darn thing somehow materialised around my ship! This was a bit awkward as I kept bumping into the sides and internal bulkheads and collecting collision damage. On the other hand, I couldn’t miss when I fired as it was in pretty much every direction. I did try to fly out, but couldn’t find a way. Couldn’t really tell in the confusion if the interceptors (and defence turrets) were hitting me, or their own battleship, though they were definitely still out there, as I got a few glimpses.

Wasn’t too hard to destroy, as I had plenty of sodium in, though I did need to recharge the shields a couple of times. And once it exploded, I could just fly away. I just wondered if this happened a lot (random chance, I guess) or its a freak occurrence?

Playing multiplayer sessions has injected a fresh boost into my NMS playthrough, I’m now having regular weekly sessions with a friend in the next town over and we’ll often talk though the week about the plan for the next session.

During our last session, my friend was getting tired of flying his ship, but wanted to keep shooting pirates in system. I prefer to fly the ships and don’t have much patience with space combat in this game. So suddenly the idea of the two seater ships enters the conversation – wouldn’t it be cool if that was a thing? After all, we’re usually flying around together making mischief but the idea of a dedicated gunner holds some merit in the context of the multiplayer experience. Maybe this could be possible with something that amounts to a bomber class vessel?