That is definitely the Retro Thrusters ability and is something you should try to learn. It's a neat trick. That Engine ability makes you jet suddenly backwards but does not change your facing. So if I were flying straight at you and hit that, I would be breaking missiles thanks to the ability and still would be able to shoot all the while cause I am going in reverse with my front still looking at you. There are a few guides online with good tips and tricks. This one is quite good, if a bit long: https://vulkk.com/2018/02/01/swtor-galactic-starfighter-guide-beginners/

Damn this is so silly... indeed I changed the date settings of my computer from automatic to manual, set the date of yesterday and I can log in just fine...

I really like the concept: lots of new players have no clue how many stories are available in the game and with levelling happening so fast it's easy to experience the whole SWTOR storyline in a weird and bizarre order if you don't pay attention. When I re-joined in December last year, playing through the game with my first new toon exactly like the LS/DS event proposes you do was awesome and convinced me to stick around: you see how the stories build on each other, you experience a progression of your character that is not just numbers, but also of place in the galaxy and by the time you reach KOTFE you have a deep emotional connection with them. So for newcomers or returning players I think it is a brilliant way to experience the game. Even better that you are being rewarded to do so in the case of this event! But the one thing that is absolutely ridiculous and is infuriating to anyone who is not an absolute newcomer to the game is the requirement to level 8 toons to level 50. It is a major slap to the face of old players and it does not even thematically fit with the rest of the event! The event is all about story (from one or both sides, through the expansions, etc.) and that is just about "grind-level 8 characters that you will have no emotional connections to. It would have made 1000x more sense for it to be instead "Your account must have achieved legendary status", that way: 1) Old players are rewarded for their loyalty (i.e. they most probably already comply with the hardest requirement of the event); 2) It does not force mindless level-grinding which is so against the "story-story-story" spirit of the game and the event; 3) You do not bump into the character-slots issue; 4) You encourage new players to see ALL the base story. i.e. Up to Eternal level it remains the same and then to go from Eternal to Legendary Victor require Legendary Status + if you insist taking part in all the events, Ops and FPs as currently listed. It's so obvious that I really do not understand why BW did not make it so... Zel

Awesome! Thanks for the great news Eric!

Sorry we trusted that BW was going to address the issue of server population. And sorry we are asking them to help us out of the situation they created because of their pricing policy. I guess our asking BW to help us out is taking really a lot away from you, because otherwise would you come here to tell us to die in our hole? Or are you just here to savour other people's misery?

Help me move! Seriously. Two months ago, GSF queues would still pop after 10 minutes, unranked Warzone queues were near instantaneous and on all planets you would cross paths wil folks. Now I have given up hope of GSF ever popping at all, non-events planets are empty and the server has been bled dry by mass transfers towards The Red Eclipse. Indeed those who had faith and staid behind, trusting you to healthily manage server populations and/or move towards a big server merge, are worse for it. We are stuck on a dead, dried out, planet. Please give us either a complimentory server transfer for each max level character, or reduce the prices again to the 90 CC and allow us to play this game as a MMO. Zel

Even if your map or mini-map does not display the purple icon visibly, you can still walk to the story area and progress. Just go on the Ziost Shadow ship in the fleet, and from there go to the entrance of the Directive 7 Flashpoint (if you are unsure about which one it is, mouse over all the entrances on the big map to see which is which). To the right of the entrance for Directive 7 you will see a green story wall waiting for you to enter. Moff Jiak is in there and all is fine. Just make sure you entre the green story wall to the right and not the Directive 7 Flashpoint itself. No need to drop and pick-up the quest again. But yeah, it is annoying that the map does not highlight where the story entrance is when you get to the Ziost Shadow...