Heads up.
Now that the Distant Worlds expedition is over lots of people are heading home. I thought of just taking the Eastern route back like most and scan my way through interesting materials.
But I'm a Rock Rat and at the same time.. I got bitten by the Explorer bug the last few days. Reading up on the planet sound guide, on the new guide how to make credits exploring, on the Treehouse invitation, on the new expeditions, and then the famous route 33 for those who want to try a different route, and the western passage that some people try to explore, some say you need high range conda's for it.
The truth is: nobody knows for sure. We might get surprised. But fear works against us. Being stuck without jump boosts is easy if you take to much risks. You need a lot of boost materials if you want to try it. But we have no jumponium bases in the west. It would save us a lot of problems if you have the certainty of green systems nearby your starting point of heading into western unknown passages.
So suddenly found a new mission to work on: find some green systems as west as possible for a standard route by a 34ly ASP. And it turns out I'm not the only Rock Rat that likes this idea.. some other seasoned rock rats are jumping on the idea maybe as well ?
So what does that mean ?
It means we expect stocking up on J3s up front might just not be enough to make it. Instead we make a jumponium bridge in the western passage itself, making it mandatory to do in-between stops to refill the J2/3s. At the same time, it nearly guarantees there is one or more paths through the west that are not discovered.
Personally I'm not going to be back in the bubble for months. I don't mind exploring the west, scanning interesting systems, and .. prospecting them.
Will keep you updated on jump info.
Now that the Distant Worlds expedition is over lots of people are heading home. I thought of just taking the Eastern route back like most and scan my way through interesting materials.
But I'm a Rock Rat and at the same time.. I got bitten by the Explorer bug the last few days. Reading up on the planet sound guide, on the new guide how to make credits exploring, on the Treehouse invitation, on the new expeditions, and then the famous route 33 for those who want to try a different route, and the western passage that some people try to explore, some say you need high range conda's for it.
The truth is: nobody knows for sure. We might get surprised. But fear works against us. Being stuck without jump boosts is easy if you take to much risks. You need a lot of boost materials if you want to try it. But we have no jumponium bases in the west. It would save us a lot of problems if you have the certainty of green systems nearby your starting point of heading into western unknown passages.
So suddenly found a new mission to work on: find some green systems as west as possible for a standard route by a 34ly ASP. And it turns out I'm not the only Rock Rat that likes this idea.. some other seasoned rock rats are jumping on the idea maybe as well ?
So what does that mean ?It means we expect stocking up on J3s up front might just not be enough to make it. Instead we make a jumponium bridge in the western passage itself, making it mandatory to do in-between stops to refill the J2/3s. At the same time, it nearly guarantees there is one or more paths through the west that are not discovered.
Personally I'm not going to be back in the bubble for months. I don't mind exploring the west, scanning interesting systems, and .. prospecting them.
Will keep you updated on jump info.
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