A Night At The (Drive-In) Theatre

The big screen at the Holo Drive-In is lit up again. Walk north out of Holo Hollow and you'll find a weather-beaten open-air theatre with a towering screen, rows of faded parking lanes, a warm-lit concession stand and Tamsyn Suzara, who owns the place and runs the whole show. She's always glad to see another face in the lanes, and she'll gladly tell you what's on tonight.

Two original silent films take turns on the screen, both from Skatboll Silent Pictures. That Mines Mine! is a mining misadventure in one reel. Rare or Weld Done? is a heist in one reel, with a plan, a welding torch and a truly questionable approach to fences. The picture changes every hour, on the hour, and the Big Screen shows what's on now, what's up next and a countdown to the change.

Tickets are 20 Credits for a Film Ticket, or 50 Credits for a Ticket + Concessions, and they come with that many bonus attempts. Catch That Mines Mine! and every completed Mining attempt pays 5% more Mining XP, and a successful haul that comes up empty on the extras gets one more shot at finding something special. Catch Rare or Weld Done? and every section you finish pays 10% more Welding XP, those lovely Clean Passes included.

Here's the best part: the bonus comes with your ticket, not with your seat. Buy it, then watch the whole picture or head straight back to work. You get the same bonus attempts either way, though Tamsyn would certainly love it if you stayed. A new ticket tops your bonus attempts up to its size rather than adding to them, and the Big Screen tells you exactly what you'll get before you pay.

If you do stay, the film plays right there in the viewer, with Play and Pause, a seek bar, Restart, Fullscreen (and a friendly nudge to turn your phone sideways) and Scene Descriptions, a line of text describing the action, since these pictures are silent. Your most recent ticket's film can be replayed any time you're at the Drive-In with Replay Last Film, free of charge.

And because this is a proper night out, every viewing opens with a 15-second commercial break: a made-up spot for DeWHAT?, Visit Skatboll! or FedHex, picked at random. You can't skip them, but you can always walk out with Close.

Want the fine print? The Holo Drive-In guide covers tickets, bonus attempts and the viewer, and Mining & Refining and Cargo Hold & Welding show where the bonuses land.