Advice, please.

[Stabby_Dave]

Hi.

I've got my shiny new FC with a full quota of tritium and some in reserve. I'm thinking of taking her out to the rim for some long(ish) term exploration. The plan is to jump out, then use the reserve to replenish and try to keep it topped up whilst exploring.

Anyone offer me some advice? I don't want to get bogged down with mining and I'm mainly looking to explore, so the FC may not jump all that often. I'll mine as and when I need to or as and when hotspots show up I have my entire fleet on board, so I can handle pretty much any eventuality. Initially, I'm looking for somewhere to point it.

All suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers.

 

[Dr. Nagi]

Not sure what kind of advice you're looking for.

 

[Nordmarken]

Hi.

I've got my shiny new FC with a full quota of tritium and some in reserve. I'm thinking of taking her out to the rim for some long(ish) term exploration. The plan is to jump out, then use the reserve to replenish and try to keep it topped up whilst exploring.

Anyone offer me some advice? I don't want to get bogged down with mining and I'm mainly looking to explore, so the FC may not jump all that often. I'll mine as and when I need to or as and when hotspots show up I have my entire fleet on board, so I can handle pretty much any eventuality. Initially, I'm looking for somewhere to point it.

All suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers.

Full quota and some in reserve? Could you elaborate? Do you mean 1000 units in the tank and a couple of thousand in the storage? That wont be enough if youre want to do several jumps. A 500 ly jumps is about 135 units of tritium. Think about where you want to go and calculate from that.

 

[GroG79]

Dont use 135t/jump...

It is way more

 

[Nordmarken]

Dont use 135t/jump...

It is way more

The amount of Tritium fuel consumed by a given jump depends on the distance of that jump and the vessel's current mass.[6] A Fleet Carrier with no optional services installed and a completely empty cargo hold will consume approximately 135 units of Tritium for a single 500 ly jump.

Drake-Class Carrier

Fleet carriers are massive ships fitted with multiple hangar bays, functioning as a mobile base of operations. Services offered by a fleet carrier can be fully customised by the fleet carrier's owner; this includes the traded commodity types, available outfitting modules and the contents of a...

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Sure, if you install a lot of useless services. But if youre going exploring you dont.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

This is a bit of an unusual request for advice.

Normally, CMDRs setting up Exploration Carriers make these plans before they get the Carrier. Not the way around.

Generic hints :

• don't be shy on the Tritium reserves, so make sure the Cargo hold is initially full of Tritium (roughly ~20.000t, depending on Carrier Modules carried)
• mining Tritium in single Hotspots is quite good
• keep in mind Asteroids with Deposits can contain Tritium Deposits despite the Asteroid itself not containing any Tritium
• SubSurface Missile Launcher(s) will quickly and frequently run out of Ammo, so either have enough Mats for Synthesis or the Carrier nearby
• at least one Mining rig should be 100% optimized for mining Tritium (i.e. carry plenty of Mining Lasers & Collectors and/or a 2nd SubSurface Launcher for example)

Use https://edastro.com/ to see current position of other Carriers and how explored/unexplored any area of interest is.

 

[Orvidius]

The mining aspect can truly be a large burden if you're going to solo-explore with a carrier. I'm doing basically the same thing, so here's where things have landed for me.

On my carrier, I installed all of the services except for the Secure Warehouse (smuggling). This uses up 5900 of your cargo capacity right away. Your fuel consumption is determined by how much you have on board. However, to make sure you can go as long as possible before either mining or returning to the bubble to buy tritium, you will want to start with the remainder of the cargo hold filled with tritium. Assuming you start with a full tritium depot (fuel tank) and fill the hold with tritium as well, that allows you to start with 20100 total tritium, with those services installed. You can start with more tritium if you install fewer services.

So using mine as a "worst case" starting point, that's enough tritium for 110 jumps, covering 55,000 lightyears. Since you need it to be a round-trip distance to avoid mining, that gives you an effective range of about 27,000 lightyears, in a straight line out and back. Assuming you don't do a straight line, then I would estimate that a distance of about 20k is a good target for each individual expedition. Colonia is 22k away, and Sagittarrius A* is about 26k away. These are also within reach since you can buy fuel at Colonia, just not as cheaply as in the bubble.

In order to move the tritium from the cargo hold and into the depot, you will need a ship on board with a decent cargo capacity. I would suggest that this also be a decent mining ship, so that you have the option of mining in an emergency, even if you're not strictly planning to rely on it.

Here's a simulation of those jumps, showing the fuel cost and fuel remaining for each, for having all services installed except the secure warehouse:

Starting fuel:  20100 (including depot tank, 1000)

  1: Fuel used (265), Fuel remaining (19835), Total distance (500)
  2: Fuel used (234), Fuel remaining (19601), Total distance (1000)
  3: Fuel used (233), Fuel remaining (19368), Total distance (1500)
  4: Fuel used (232), Fuel remaining (19136), Total distance (2000)
  5: Fuel used (231), Fuel remaining (18905), Total distance (2500)
  6: Fuel used (230), Fuel remaining (18675), Total distance (3000)
  7: Fuel used (228), Fuel remaining (18447), Total distance (3500)
  8: Fuel used (227), Fuel remaining (18220), Total distance (4000)
  9: Fuel used (226), Fuel remaining (17994), Total distance (4500)
10: Fuel used (225), Fuel remaining (17769), Total distance (5000)
11: Fuel used (224), Fuel remaining (17545), Total distance (5500)
12: Fuel used (223), Fuel remaining (17322), Total distance (6000)
13: Fuel used (222), Fuel remaining (17100), Total distance (6500)
14: Fuel used (221), Fuel remaining (16879), Total distance (7000)
15: Fuel used (219), Fuel remaining (16660), Total distance (7500)
16: Fuel used (218), Fuel remaining (16442), Total distance (8000)
17: Fuel used (217), Fuel remaining (16225), Total distance (8500)
18: Fuel used (216), Fuel remaining (16009), Total distance (9000)
19: Fuel used (215), Fuel remaining (15794), Total distance (9500)
20: Fuel used (214), Fuel remaining (15580), Total distance (10000)
21: Fuel used (213), Fuel remaining (15367), Total distance (10500)
22: Fuel used (212), Fuel remaining (15155), Total distance (11000)
23: Fuel used (211), Fuel remaining (14944), Total distance (11500)
24: Fuel used (210), Fuel remaining (14734), Total distance (12000)
25: Fuel used (209), Fuel remaining (14525), Total distance (12500)
26: Fuel used (208), Fuel remaining (14317), Total distance (13000)
27: Fuel used (207), Fuel remaining (14110), Total distance (13500)
28: Fuel used (206), Fuel remaining (13904), Total distance (14000)
29: Fuel used (205), Fuel remaining (13699), Total distance (14500)
30: Fuel used (203), Fuel remaining (13496), Total distance (15000)
31: Fuel used (202), Fuel remaining (13294), Total distance (15500)
32: Fuel used (201), Fuel remaining (13093), Total distance (16000)
33: Fuel used (200), Fuel remaining (12893), Total distance (16500)
34: Fuel used (199), Fuel remaining (12694), Total distance (17000)
35: Fuel used (198), Fuel remaining (12496), Total distance (17500)
36: Fuel used (197), Fuel remaining (12299), Total distance (18000)
37: Fuel used (196), Fuel remaining (12103), Total distance (18500)
38: Fuel used (196), Fuel remaining (11907), Total distance (19000)
39: Fuel used (195), Fuel remaining (11712), Total distance (19500)
40: Fuel used (194), Fuel remaining (11518), Total distance (20000)
41: Fuel used (193), Fuel remaining (11325), Total distance (20500)
42: Fuel used (192), Fuel remaining (11133), Total distance (21000)
43: Fuel used (191), Fuel remaining (10942), Total distance (21500)
44: Fuel used (190), Fuel remaining (10752), Total distance (22000)
45: Fuel used (189), Fuel remaining (10563), Total distance (22500)
46: Fuel used (188), Fuel remaining (10375), Total distance (23000)
47: Fuel used (187), Fuel remaining (10188), Total distance (23500)
48: Fuel used (186), Fuel remaining (10002), Total distance (24000)
49: Fuel used (185), Fuel remaining (9817), Total distance (24500)
50: Fuel used (184), Fuel remaining (9633), Total distance (25000)
51: Fuel used (183), Fuel remaining (9450), Total distance (25500)
52: Fuel used (182), Fuel remaining (9268), Total distance (26000)
53: Fuel used (181), Fuel remaining (9087), Total distance (26500)
54: Fuel used (180), Fuel remaining (8907), Total distance (27000)
55: Fuel used (180), Fuel remaining (8727), Total distance (27500)
56: Fuel used (179), Fuel remaining (8548), Total distance (28000)
57: Fuel used (178), Fuel remaining (8370), Total distance (28500)
58: Fuel used (177), Fuel remaining (8193), Total distance (29000)
59: Fuel used (176), Fuel remaining (8017), Total distance (29500)
60: Fuel used (175), Fuel remaining (7842), Total distance (30000)
61: Fuel used (174), Fuel remaining (7668), Total distance (30500)
62: Fuel used (173), Fuel remaining (7495), Total distance (31000)
63: Fuel used (172), Fuel remaining (7323), Total distance (31500)
64: Fuel used (172), Fuel remaining (7151), Total distance (32000)
65: Fuel used (171), Fuel remaining (6980), Total distance (32500)
66: Fuel used (170), Fuel remaining (6810), Total distance (33000)
67: Fuel used (169), Fuel remaining (6641), Total distance (33500)
68: Fuel used (168), Fuel remaining (6473), Total distance (34000)
69: Fuel used (167), Fuel remaining (6306), Total distance (34500)
70: Fuel used (167), Fuel remaining (6139), Total distance (35000)
71: Fuel used (166), Fuel remaining (5973), Total distance (35500)
72: Fuel used (165), Fuel remaining (5808), Total distance (36000)
73: Fuel used (164), Fuel remaining (5644), Total distance (36500)
74: Fuel used (163), Fuel remaining (5481), Total distance (37000)
75: Fuel used (162), Fuel remaining (5319), Total distance (37500)
76: Fuel used (162), Fuel remaining (5157), Total distance (38000)
77: Fuel used (161), Fuel remaining (4996), Total distance (38500)
78: Fuel used (160), Fuel remaining (4836), Total distance (39000)
79: Fuel used (159), Fuel remaining (4677), Total distance (39500)
80: Fuel used (158), Fuel remaining (4519), Total distance (40000)
81: Fuel used (158), Fuel remaining (4361), Total distance (40500)
82: Fuel used (157), Fuel remaining (4204), Total distance (41000)
83: Fuel used (156), Fuel remaining (4048), Total distance (41500)
84: Fuel used (155), Fuel remaining (3893), Total distance (42000)
85: Fuel used (154), Fuel remaining (3739), Total distance (42500)
86: Fuel used (154), Fuel remaining (3585), Total distance (43000)
87: Fuel used (153), Fuel remaining (3432), Total distance (43500)
88: Fuel used (152), Fuel remaining (3280), Total distance (44000)
89: Fuel used (151), Fuel remaining (3129), Total distance (44500)
90: Fuel used (151), Fuel remaining (2978), Total distance (45000)
91: Fuel used (150), Fuel remaining (2828), Total distance (45500)
92: Fuel used (149), Fuel remaining (2679), Total distance (46000)
93: Fuel used (148), Fuel remaining (2531), Total distance (46500)
94: Fuel used (148), Fuel remaining (2383), Total distance (47000)
95: Fuel used (147), Fuel remaining (2236), Total distance (47500)
96: Fuel used (146), Fuel remaining (2090), Total distance (48000)
97: Fuel used (145), Fuel remaining (1945), Total distance (48500)
98: Fuel used (145), Fuel remaining (1800), Total distance (49000)
99: Fuel used (144), Fuel remaining (1656), Total distance (49500)
100: Fuel used (143), Fuel remaining (1513), Total distance (50000)
101: Fuel used (143), Fuel remaining (1370), Total distance (50500)
102: Fuel used (142), Fuel remaining (1228), Total distance (51000)
103: Fuel used (141), Fuel remaining (1087), Total distance (51500)
104: Fuel used (140), Fuel remaining (947), Total distance (52000)
105: Fuel used (140), Fuel remaining (807), Total distance (52500)
106: Fuel used (139), Fuel remaining (668), Total distance (53000)
107: Fuel used (138), Fuel remaining (530), Total distance (53500)
108: Fuel used (138), Fuel remaining (392), Total distance (54000)
109: Fuel used (137), Fuel remaining (255), Total distance (54500)
110: Fuel used (136), Fuel remaining (119), Total distance (55000)

 

[Mimix]

Dont use 135t/jump...

It is way more

Use the formula above to calculate Tritium consumption of your carrier and plan out your journey exactly. For example, a journey from the Bubble to Colonia will take 45-50 jumps. You can estimate how much Tritium you need for the entire journey. I recommend taking a ship with a lot of cargo capacity or maybe docking your alt account(s) on the carrier to store additional fuel as well for emergencies.

And make sure to buy Tritium as cheap as possible. The price of 10,000 tonnes of Tritium is 460,000,000 credits at the average price and 20,000,000 at the cheapest.

 

[Rooster Podunk]

Commander it actually sounds like a great plan, no plan. Point it out into the black and go. It will make a great log as you get further and further away. Good luck, happy seas.

 

[LifesAJourney]

My advice: bring some friends with you.

 

[Nightjar]

My 2c. I jump somewhere, explore/scout (UC pays nothing for hotspots?) and, when I find Trtium HS, mine what I used to get here(+). I look for double HS's of any sort first, and work out where to go, so after the initial scout-around for anything interesting, I'll jump to my 'best choice I've found' - and if I get bored of an area, I'll do the next jump.
I've only installed UC so I can top-up credits as I go, and I plan to be back when my cargo's full.
I've started with 1000t in the tank and 1000t in the hold.
I've got a strip-miner and a core+ miner (python with all mining gear to take advantage of random Tritium), a couple of scouts and an armed cargo-runner for when I get back.
Only 2c
o7