Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-173.3.77.38-20130211023501/@comment-1937970-20130213022513

It has almost nothing to do with the ship you're piloting and your upgrades. It's all about how your ship moves with the stuff on board.

Don't make sudden movements with your ship. You can do a swipe-strafe, but the red meter, indicating how close your ship is close to exploding, hits about half every time you do that. Ideally, as Namj13 stated, line yourself up with the station or jump gate you're heading towards with the autopilot.

Don't shoot at all; don't even touch that auto turret! If you're letting your turret loose, you'll the meter will climb steadily until you explode. Odd thing is, when the time to harvest plasma comes, if you "fire" a plasma turret, the red meter will still rise. Just stay away from the turret while transporting volatile goods.

Likewise, don't get fired upon. Anything that hits you will bump up the red meter even further. I'm not sure about asteroid collisions, though, but given the intricacies already established, any asteroid collision won't help you.

You can boost, even with a Polytron Boost, but the meter will hit around 95% with the Polytron. If you're flying dead straight with concentrated fire on your aft, boost and hope you can escape the velocity of any projectiles also heading dead straight.

Autosave at stations often, and don't go without a cloak, especially in pirate raids and hostile factions.

Thunder Luigi (talk) 02:25, February 13, 2013 (UTC)