6th Annual Circumnavigation

[CMDR SleepyDelegate]

We are talking about the DBX. Both the DBS and the DBX have an undersized scoop for their FSD class. You are right though, if you are going around a big star (like F or A class) then scooping isn't really a problem, nor is it a problem if you do a filter on your route (or you do economical planning).

It tends to be a problem if you fly as fast as possible to some region of the galaxy, and use small stars like red dwarf stars, or you hit a string of unscoopables. So, for example, when Chiggy did his famous rescue of a stranded CMDR, using a mining laser, he used an Asp because he needed to get to a remote region of the galaxy as quickly as possible. If he used the diamondback, it would have taken him a lot longer due to all the extra scooping time.

Honestly, if you are doing the type of exploration where you look for earth-like worlds, water worlds, and ammonia worlds, or just interesting systems, the scoop thing is a complete non-issue. The amount of time you spend per system if you explore in that way dwarfs any sort of extra time you spend scooping due to an undersized scoop.

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The double engineered FSD is real -- check out any human technology broker. Don't forget to add mass manager to it. My diamondback can hit 74.52 ly on a full tank, and 80.26 ly on fumes with that.

OK, I see... Since I am not in a hurry, I have no issues with fuel scooping times... But yes, when I hit multiple red dwarfs, then I need to stop occasionally in the vicinity of the star to refuel and I do that usually while FSSing at the same time...

And I read the thread with the rescue story... Amazing story... Truly amazing!

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

I'm now in the middle of the Galaxy circumnavigation, left the Beagle Point two weeks ago and currently doing the other half of the circle back to Shinrarta... Still some 50.000ly to go though...

You going clockwise or CCW?

 

[CMDR SleepyDelegate]

You going clockwise or CCW?

I'm going clockwise.... I am now in Glaichoo GU-A d10 (I wandered too close towards the galaxy centre, so I will be heading back inn the north east direction, to keep my route closer to the edge... You?

 

[LifesAJourney]

Honestly, if you are doing the type of exploration where you look for earth-like worlds, water worlds, and ammonia worlds, or just interesting systems, the scoop thing is a complete non-issue.

I do a totally opposite type of exploration (rare stars, neutrons and black holes, lots of non-scoopables) and I'd say it's not an issue at all, unless you're buckyballing. Thanks to cool running I always do FSS stuff while scooping. The only case I really have to wait for the scooping to complete is when I'm on fumes after exploring several non-scoopable systems and I hit a scoopable system with no planets at all. Which does happen but extremely rarely.

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

I'm going clockwise.... I am now in Glaichoo GU-A d10 (I wandered too close towards the galaxy centre, so I will be heading back inn the north east direction, to keep my route closer to the edge... You?

Clockwise as well...I'm still in Colonia..planning to make the run out to BP monday or tuesday..we'll have to do a meet-up once I catch up to ya!

 

[Orvidius]

Wait wait wait guys... I though you were talking about DBX, but you are probably talking about DBS? What fuel scoop issues are you talking about? Mine is refuelled within the time I traverse the A star.... (DBX)

The DBS is indeed the slowest scooping ship in the game. In terms of scoop time per jump's worth of fuel, the DBS is absolutely the worst. The DBX and Beluga are tied for second worst.

If you want to see the list, click this link, then click on the "Sc.Sec" column header to sort by scoop-seconds-per-jump.

https://edastro.com/exploration/#shiplist

 

[CMDR SleepyDelegate]

Clockwise as well...I'm still in Colonia..planning to make the run out to BP monday or tuesday..we'll have to do a meet-up once I catch up to ya!

I would be honored!

I will send an in-game friend request later tonight...

 

[CMDR SleepyDelegate]

Clockwise as well...I'm still in Colonia..planning to make the run out to BP monday or tuesday..we'll have to do a meet-up once I catch up to ya!

Yesterday night I've sent a friend request in game...

This is my progress so far...

 

[robbyp]

Certain people took the Mickey out of importing stars and set up a system to import the whole EDSM database into Elite that way, abusing the facility. So it was removed.

 

[Orvidius]

Support told me that importStars.txt itself was not removed intentionally, only the ability to load a VisitedStarsCache that contained more systems than you had actually visited. Support still tells people to create an importStars.txt if they lose their VisitedStarsCache, though it doesn't work anymore.

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

My new record for longest distance from drop-in....

 

[iain666]

My new record for longest distance from drop-in....View attachment 223191

Still going to map it though, aren't you?

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

Still going to map it though, aren't you?

On my way now....lol

 

[CMDR Eryn Liamson]

What star type is that to have a habzone that far out?

 

[Mooing]

A very luminous O-class star

But in this case, it looks like the ELW is in the habitable zone of a secondary K-class star that's really far out.

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

My 46th Earth-like moon......

 

[iain666]

I look at that picture and wonder if you're giving up a noticeable fraction of a light year on range due to needing to pack so many jumpers?

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

I look at that picture and wonder if you're giving up a noticeable fraction of a light year on range due to needing to pack so many jumpers?

I went and got me one of those new-fangled FSDs...I can stow a bit extra now...hehe

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

DING DING.......DING DING.....Commanding Officer Uss Saratoga arriving!