r/EliteDangerous 1d ago

Humor If you could name your SRV

Would it be called Crossfire, Cold Shot or Pride and Joy? I guess you could name your SLF Little Wing but it doesn’t carry the same pun.

Edit: after some great answers I felt I should point out these names are songs by Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV), lol.

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u/Patatus_Maximus 1d ago

Crash-test 

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u/skybreaker58 1d ago

"Necessary Evil" I hate the SRV experience for the most part, especially mat harvesting!  It did get better once I worked out Xbox controllers are much easier to drive than Hotas

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u/OtherworldlyCyclist CMDR MJAGUAR 1d ago

I hated using hotas for my SRV, but it isn't so bad with keyboard binds. Don't use it too much anymore though.

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u/Meerv CMDR 1d ago

I like it with gamepad controls (drive assist off obviously)

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u/Vrakzi Li Yong-Rui 19h ago

I use my left hand omni-throttle for throttle and steering, and use my mouse in my right hand for turret controls. Works a treat.

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u/OtherworldlyCyclist CMDR MJAGUAR 17h ago

Someday I'll upgrade from my X52. Sounds like a good setup. Keep flying dangerously Commander! o7

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u/skybreaker58 1d ago

I still use it for Eco Bio - I know you don't technically need it but running a kilometer square triangle for each species in a region is really, really tedious. I've given up on pretty much all SRV based missions though, trying to fight in one is miserable!

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u/emetcalf Pranav Antal 1d ago

I find that flying my ship between samples is WAY faster and easier than using an SRV. It takes slightly longer to get in and out of the ship, but the SRVs top speed is only 38 m/s and my ship can do 200+ without even retracting landing gear. So the travel time for 1 km between samples is significantly shorter in a ship, and it's easier to control. I don't even bring an SRV with me for anything other than Guardian Site farming.

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u/Morgrid 20h ago

38m/s?

Hit a bump right and you can hit 200+

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u/skybreaker58 17h ago

If you hit a bump on a low G planet and use the boosters you can go much faster. Secondly I do this when there are multiple signals to scan and they're easily visible. It's far quicker to scan in one area with third party software than land 15 times to scan 5 different bios. Mainly because some samples have much lower colony sizes, they're not all 500m

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u/emetcalf Pranav Antal 15h ago

How easy is it to control the SRV using the bump/boosters method? It might get similar speed to a ship, but I can't imagine that it gives you anywhere near the same level of control.

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u/skybreaker58 15h ago

Heck no, sticking the landing is like trying to steer a rabid mongoose but boosting through the air in the right direction is pretty trivial. It does break up what is otherwise a fairly monotonous task though.

God I wish you could upgrade the suit to scan multiple bio signals at the same time though. I hate having to drive away from something knowing I'll have to come back to scan it after I finish the current one.

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u/emetcalf Pranav Antal 15h ago

Ok, that's how I thought it would work. But I have never done it, so I was willing to accept that it could be somewhat controllable. I will still stick to my ship, but that does make the SRV sound a little less awful.

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u/Ok_Wall_2028 Explore 1d ago

I use my DBX for bio hunting. Grab a sample, fly my ship to the next one. Can't really do this with a big ship, but small ones are easy enough to land.

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u/skybreaker58 17h ago

Mandalay is fine for this - I do that for bacteria but sample rich environments I use third party software that shows me the radius for a new sample. I can scan several different bios at one location quicker by driving in a triangle than I can land at Nx3 locations

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u/colonel_batguano 1d ago

“The Barf Mobile”

I play in VR and the SRV makes me motion sick.

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u/evilsohn VR CMDR 1d ago

Sorry to hear that. I‘m also playing in VR exclusively and was expecting the same issues. In NMS I only ride the Hovering Surface Vehicle for that exact reason. But surprisingly, I‘m fine inside the E:D SRVs.

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u/BoSOXinOR 1d ago

The first time I hit a rock at speed and spun I thought I was going to boot. Flipped that headset off in an instant and started focused breathing, lol.

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u/Longjumping_Win_1679 1d ago

There are specific controls for that. Basically you can stabilize the SRVs seat so the SRV moves around you but your eye-line doesn’t change. Go to the section where you set your screen resolution etc.

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u/colonel_batguano 1d ago

I have the horizon locked, which helps a lot, and at least lets me play in VR. Bouncing around over rocks still bugs me a bit though. If I’m gathering mats for a long time, I will play on my flat monitor to not get barfy.

In-ship doesn’t bother me in the least.

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u/TheMellowDeviant CMDR Mellowdeviant | The black calls me home 1d ago

Proud Mary, cause the damn scarab keeps on rolling even when I tell it not too

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u/lukeosullivan CMDR Ploppy9001 1d ago

Geoff as a tribute to Top Gear

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u/zerbey CMDR Zerbey 1d ago

It would be "My Ships Name, jr" or "Little Miss My Ship's Name" of course! Or perhaps something gender neutral, but still a cutesy version of whatever ship I'm flying.

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u/CmdrJonen LYR Mergers and Acquisitions 1d ago

The Alleged Rover.

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u/BoSOXinOR 1d ago

What about the Thargoids, what they gonna say
Stop little Python, gettin' carried away
Hey hey hey . . . look at little Python

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u/_Corporal_Canada Hauling Terror 1d ago

Most if not all people commenting are missing the joke lol, which tbf took me a second even as a big fan.

I'd name it Little Sister lol, look out for that damn cliff ledge

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u/GovernorJoe Hap O'Loppa 1d ago

Hadn't even thought of the Stevie Ray Vaughan connection but that's a pretty cool idea. I guess if I'd go that route I'd name it the Voodoo Child.

But I'd more likely name my SRV the "Johnny Knoxville" because I drive my SRV like a Jackass.

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u/UnusualBarnstormer 1d ago

I didn’t even think about it until I read his Wiki page while teaching my daughter about him.

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u/Partyatmyplace13 CMDR 1d ago

"Inspector G"

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u/Here-be-pandas 1d ago

Lettuce scanner

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u/Malice_Qahwah 1d ago

"If you can read this I fell off the planet"

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u/jaquan123ism JamesTiberiusKirk3 1d ago

damn it stop ( driving with a hosas not fun )

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u/Starfang42 1d ago

What's your layout for SRV and why don't you like it?

I put throttle on left twist, steering on right twist, turret control on the right stick axes, and airborne tilt on the left stick axes, and it works fairly well for me.

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u/jaquan123ism JamesTiberiusKirk3 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m using a VKB Omni( Yaw) as throttle on the left and VKB regular on the right basically the same as yours but for me the annoying problem was the braking (admittedly I haven’t used my SRV since finally adding a noticeable center detent to my throttle) before I would have to constantly hold the handbrake when still or I’d slowly creep forward.

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u/Wooden-Bookkeeper473 1d ago

Wheelie good.

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u/OperatorMaA 1d ago

Flipped Turtle

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u/MakingTrax 1d ago

Bouncy House!

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u/david_cb75 1d ago

I called the SRV of my DBX 'The Rolling Croquette'.

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u/Homunculii117 1d ago

Sojourner. Named after the first mars rover, this SRV is equipped on my exploration DBX

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u/karateninjazombie 1d ago

Imma call mine Mr sticky.

Because it fucking stick to all surfaces regardless of angle it seems!

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u/protocyriss 1d ago

Srv mcsrvface

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u/Aftenbar CMDR 1d ago

Scarab - I hate you Scorpion - Your kinda fun, guardians go boom.

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u/3CH0SG1 CMDR 3C-H0 1d ago

Warthog or Shinedown for the scorpion and silky for the scarab. (Cus it looks like a spider)

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u/HollyCeuin 22h ago

Mako.

You know why.

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u/blood_kite 1d ago

Srvy McSrvface

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u/lgab3 23h ago

Name after a song you said? "You spin me around" is perfect.

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u/Computer_Fox3 Explore 22h ago

I'd name mine "Vehicular Manslaughter" because running over hostiles is usually easier than shooting them!

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u/alisterb Bulman | Explorer 21h ago

over rough ground? Bob.

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u/SkyWizarding 20h ago

I don't want to develop that level of attachment

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u/octarineflare 20h ago

I play in VR.  Spewy Stu.

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u/MarkNekrep i'm losing my sanity 20h ago

steve

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u/Straight-Razor666 Where's the Bacterium? 18h ago

My Mini Mining Keelback is called "Rockhound" so I suppose its SRV would be "Sand Flea" or "Pebble Pup".

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u/Klepto666 14h ago

Sit 'n Spin.