Exploration styles?

Jeb Rocketsmith

Jeb Rocketsmith
Right now I'm a surveyor. There is a system which I use as a home port, and another system some distance away without a lot of exploration data. I jump to every system within range and scan everything, and then move on.

I'm not ready to jump into the black. Someday I will be. Until then, there's a lot of 'known' space that still needs to surveyed. Maybe not Columbus, but someone has to be Lewis and Clark and the money's alright I guess.
 
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Hoderi

Hoderi
True, there might be a lot to left exploring in the "known" galaxy but you really don't have to go very far out of "known space" to find places noone ever seen before :)
And that's something worth the effort for me. Plus I like to have my name next to planets and stars!
 

newman1702

newman1702
Yea, I think all of us exploring prefer systems previously unvisited by anyone. We're not into exploring to go where everyone has gone before :) It's nice to have your name on a system, it'll be even nicer when they fix the search function so we can actually see it without a long time of searching manually. And of course, the 50% extra credits for every first discovery scan is nothing to be sneezed at... ;)
 

Traveller_GG

Traveller_GG
I like to wear an off the shoulder number with matching shoes and a slightly daring rakish hairstyle that highlights my features. For more formal occasions I....


Did I misunderstand the question here? Are we not sharing fashion tips?
 
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Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Traveller_GG said:
I like to wear an off the shoulder number with matching shoes and a slightly daring rakish hairstyle that highlights my features. For more formal occasions I....

Did I misunderstand the question here? Are we not sharing fashion tips?
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Oh yee of little understanding!

Anyway, I like to explore gangsta style. I be roamin the hood lookin' fo' objects to make me <censored: female dog - arf!> Pop a scan in their <really badly censored because of grammar> and then I be pimpin da system y'all.

Remember kids: White ebonics is the worst kind of ebonics.
 
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stuttlepress

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I don't think I've developed a "style" yet. I'm currently heading back to civilization from the core, after my very first expedition of any significance. On the way out, at first I stopped and scanned nearly every system. After a week or so of this, as realization of the magnitude of my journey set in, I fell back to just honking each system and only scanning the interesting bits that presented themselves.

After nearly a month out here, I'm a little crazy and just itching to get home. I am jumping as quickly as I can toward the bubble, observations be damned. This has been an amazing journey, but I think next time I'll stay closer to home.
 

EUS

EUS
I'm a schizo. In 10 jumps I'll change any, and everything, including fast, and econ routes.
 
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Humanicus

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Sorry for spam here but... I dont find it anywhere. I just cant scan unexplored stars/planets. Iam start playing yesterday and after I got how to "move" a discovered 4 new stars. But today after i logged in (solo game again) I just cant. When I fly to an unexplored star for example, I can target it only by "System map" not in the left navifation panel itself (its allowed to target only known systems). Iam 7ls away from the unexplored star and targeting directly to it but nothing happens. Its still unexplored... try every piece of keyboard and mouse and even tons of tutorials on youtube, scan just didnt start to working. Thanks for your advices.
 

Traveller_GG

Traveller_GG
You can't scan anything in the system until you run the Discovery scanner (advanced is best) then you'll be able to target the stellar bodies.
 

Humanicus

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So I cant scan a star itself? And every piece of system like another sun/planet/moon separately? And if there is only 1 star in the system which is unexplored I cant do it? Thanks for your replies Iam just curious about it...
 

EUS

EUS
It should work, you just target the UNEXPLORED object from nav panel, or how you would target a ship, and when you get close enough, the scan starts automatically, provided it's (basically) centered in your canopy.
 
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Bam

Bam
I use fastest route until I am a few 1000ly out honking every system I land in and scanning anything close <100ls for metals <1500 for gas giants. Waterworlds and Earthlikes always get scanned. Once I am a way out I dont bother with the Satnav at all and just plot 1 jump at a time trying to pick a route only using neutron stars and keeping an eye out for Black Holes. I started follwing a trail of Neutron stars at about 5000 ly out from Sol and I am now 18,500 Ly out and have not been to THAT many different stars, only to refuel when there isn't a close scoopable in a Neutron system. I am currently heading for the Great Annihilator, as I didn't hear about it until I was halfway back from Sagittarius A*

I know this isn't everyones idea of exploration, but I am only doing it this way to make that elusive Elite status, hopefully this trip will be the one, if I make it back thru the toast rack in one bit.

Oh, I also use EDDiscovery2 to log all the distances between systems and to trilaterate a system every few 100 ly for the greater good. Also handy for keeping track of any earthlikes you discover.
 

Monomi

Monomi
Well i've just retired my cargo ship resting in a Hanger, going to smash the Exploration but everything has all ready bean discovered, is it worth still detail scanning system when they have all ready bean discovered? I really want to Explore undiscovered areas.. I have not cashed in any Data yet i just don't want to waist my time scanning planets if there is no real money in it.

Whats the best advice from Experienced Explorers? Do i still scan discovered areas or try to find my own undiscovered areas.

Diamond Back Explorer is my ride.
 

Sysmon

Sysmon
I've strung a hammock downstairs in the lower cockpit of the ASP, added a stack of books that were nicely ordered before a few bouts of gravity loss fixed that issue. My copilot (called Cat) then steers the ship towards interesting objects that I may or may not have pointed out the excitement of heading towards. We scan as we go, usually leaving a few unscanned bodies here and there for Ziggy Stardust to have a fit about.

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EDIT: Some systems have Discovered By tags, some have not. The further away from populated space you get, and the further away from baubles like nebulas you wander, the less you cross the paths of others.
 
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Roqinn

Roqinn
Sysmon said:
I've strung a hammock downstairs in the lower cockpit of the ASP, added a stack of books that were nicely ordered before a few bouts of gravity loss fixed that issue. My copilot (called Cat) then steers the ship towards interesting objects that I may or may not have pointed out the excitement of heading towards. We scan as we go, usually leaving a few unscanned bodies here and there for Ziggy Stardust to have a fit about.
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This sounds like a great way to explore!
 
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