Arghhhh Insufficient Fuel, what now?
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As above. They removed the distress beacon and now it's time for the big boom boom. Get a scoop 
Just travelled several star systems to pick up some slaves from an anarchy system, so don't want to sacrifice my cargo, I am heading in super cruise to the nearest system, got some pringles in the trunk, will wait it out!
Doesn't it take like... 3 days?
If your fuel lasts even that far.
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You will completely run out of fuel before you can supercruise to another system.
The penalty for not managing your fuel consumption is self-destruct. That's all you can do.
Is that even possible?
You've got slaves... get them to push
You didn't think to refuel when you picked them up?
Such a cruel universe, how much is scoop - damn slaves cost me 20k. I'm at 600c and it says 3 days, figured that was in dog years or something.
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I've got an idea, if I jettison my cargo can I some back for it?
The most basic fuel scoop is 300 credits. It takes up an internal compartment.
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Scoop is about 300cr. A hard lesson learned but a cheap remedy.
Scoops are inexpensive, better ones cost more and scoop faster, but even the cheapest one will get the job done. 3 days is not in dog year, it's real time.
Well, if you halve it over and over:
1200c = 1.5 days
2400c = .75 days
4800c = .375 days
9600c = .1875 days (4.5 hours)
19200c = 2.25 hours
So, assuming you have the fuel to reach 19,200c you could be there tonight.
Dumping your cargo will increase your range slightly. You might not need to self-destruct.
Geoff.
Geoff.
You actually can't supercruise to another system, unfortunately. Somebody actually tried, and even though they technically got there, nothing was there. You to jump to actually make the session / instance change to the next system.
One thing you learn when living and driving in Australia, there are vast distances between some places, so the general rule is don't plan a leg where you make it with less than 1/3 or maybe 1/4 a tank of fuel left. I use that same principle in ED (when flying a ship with no fuel scoop fitted).
At least in RL you can call a car club (but that means a long with when you are 200/300Km from the nearest town. The wait is longer in ED as at the speed of light it could be several years before your radio signal reaches them
At least in RL you can call a car club (but that means a long with when you are 200/300Km from the nearest town. The wait is longer in ED as at the speed of light it could be several years before your radio signal reaches them