Alpha Centauri Warning..

infohata · Nov 23, 2014

RobinsonUK said:
I think you'll run out of fuel before you get there. Try it .

left .17Ly, means I've made .05Ly already, and I have a bit over 10 ticks out of 12 of fuel...
Problem is, mission time is 57 minutes, and 54 minutes left on the ETA. If after deceleration timer will start to go up, I'm doomed. 1610c wooh!
...halfway, ETA 31min, 1855c
...ETA 6 min. 400kLs, ~1200c, 8mins for the mission - if there is a chance to make it, it is very slim...

BlueThunder · Nov 23, 2014

No, but the planet is Eden.

I was actually going to post this advice yesterday. I actually completed the mission just through sheer bloody mindedness. 9k for about 1.5 hours work! Not a great return. I wish we could jump to the Suns of each system.

Xasf · Nov 23, 2014

I guess there is no speed limiter on Super Cruise

I jumped to Alpha Centauri and set my destination for Hutton Orbital without really paying attention to the distance.. I mean it's in the same system, how far can it be, right?

Oh boy was I wrong

Well at least now I know that SC can go up to 11! (And it still keeps climbing as of this post)

Tarman · Nov 23, 2014

Top-end's 2001c or so, iirc. It's a fair clip.

Meric · Nov 23, 2014

I seem to remember someone in the last beta tried to SC to Sol and got there (system was missing) after a few days. Don't think it is really possible due to the server mechanic but someone will try

EAGLE 5 · Nov 23, 2014

BlueThunder said:
No, but the planet is Eden.

I was actually going to post this advice yesterday. I actually completed the mission just through sheer bloody mindedness. 9k for about 1.5 hours work! Not a great return. I wish we could jump to the Suns of each system.

Guess the scientists sold out and left. What color is the planet? Used to be a trippy purple color in Frontier.

Xasf · Nov 23, 2014

Tarman said:
Top-end's 2001c or so, iirc. It's a fair clip.

I'll be able to report on that in a few minutes

On the other hand, is this the only way to fly to this station? Or am I missing something, like could I have landed closer to this one while making the jump to Alpha Centauri?

Edit: Oh I see there was a separate thread for this, well I guess I'll see it through since I'm already committed.

Tarman · Nov 23, 2014

Xasf said:
I'll be able to report on that in a few minutes On the other hand, is this the only way to fly to this station? Or am I missing something, like could I have landed closer to this one while making the jump to Alpha Centauri?

Well now that we're over in this other thread.... GHOSTMERGE. Some of the stations really are out in Bumstick Nowheres, though this is by far the longest distance I've seen. The FSD works by mass-locking onto star-level masses, so in-sys jumping really isn't a thing lorewise. I think I'd abandon any mission taking me that far out unless I was just doing it to see. At least you can FSD AWAY from the station, if not TO it. A round-trip that long would be the sillies.

Xasf · Nov 23, 2014

Tarman said:
Well now that we're over in this other thread.... GHOSTMERGE. Some of the stations really are out in Bumstick Nowheres, though this is by far the longest distance I've seen. The FSD works by mass-locking onto star-level masses, so in-sys jumping really isn't a thing lorewise. I think I'd abandon any mission taking me that far out unless I was just doing it to see. At least you can FSD AWAY from the station, if not TO it. A round-trip that long would be the sillies.

Well the thing is there are actually 3 stars in Alpha Centauri, but you can't specifically target them for a hyperspace jump (even if you are in-system and can select them individually) and you are dumped near Alpha Centauri A by default. And Hutton Orbital is near Alpha Centauri C, at a distance of 0.22 LY

I always liked aimless exploration just for fun though, so I'm definitely touching down on that station and taking a screenshot!

Tarman · Nov 23, 2014

Xasf said:
Well the thing is there are actually 3 stars in Alpha Centauri, but you can't specifically target them for a hyperspace jump (even if you are in-system and can select them individually) and you are dumped near Alpha Centauri A by default. And Hutton Orbital is near Alpha Centauri C, at a distance of 0.22 LY

I always liked aimless exploration just for fun though, so I'm definitely touching down on that station and taking a screenshot!

lol

Dude you are a trooper, I commend you. Yeah, the star-to-star jump in a specific system really needs to be a thing that exists.

Bizz Keryear · Nov 23, 2014

I was testing out in Beta 3 how far I can get... this was the tutorial mission (didn't wanted to loose my ship... which I found out was an unnecessary fear)
Here I am traveling @2001 times the speed of light ... the speed that marks A Space Odyssey

After that I finally reached ~3000 before I run out of fuel with my crappy ship ...
0.45 LY away from anything:

Since you have no money on you in training missions I slowly suffocated.

Xasf · Nov 23, 2014

Wow another Commander after my heart, congrats!

Tarman said:
lol

Dude you are a trooper, I commend you. Yeah, the star-to-star jump in a specific system really needs to be a thing that exists.

Delivering as promised

shreddog · Nov 23, 2014

I like this idea of long space hauls. But you should get rewarded accordingly.

Krait_79 · Nov 23, 2014

Anon-E-Mouse said:
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Yeah I had the same issue, which I'd posted to reddit. In systems with multiple stars, there needs to be some way of selecting which star you want to jump to.

I managed to get upto 1840c, and it still took over an hour get there.

Yep definitely makes sense to be able to jump to a specific star in a system like that.

Hellhawk666 · Nov 24, 2014

shreddog said:
I like this idea of long space hauls. But you should get rewarded accordingly.

Precisely. In the time it took me to do that run I could have earned over 200k Cr hauling silver in Sol, instead I received a measly 15k. Just no point.

Arkku · Nov 24, 2014

shreddog said:
I like this idea of long space hauls. But you should get rewarded accordingly.

Perhaps with 1 point and the chance to do it again?

Starfish · Nov 24, 2014

Zion Ravescene said:
Heh, just like the good old days of FE2 with its 1000AU hike across Alpha Centauri...

EAGLE 5 said:
Yep the trip sucked then and it sucks now seems like haha well done Frontier!

Which, with the star dreamer control, took you about 3-4 minutes (although over a month ingame time, but there was not even a supercruise system then, it was all just standard Newtonian thrusting).

I don't mind that travel times have gone up some from FE2's days, but this is ridiculous...

Nightborder · Nov 24, 2014

I like long trip with full cargo of women slaves behind me

Sors · Nov 24, 2014

I personally think there are some really great points here. I do think we need these distances for longevity of the game and I do think that the tedium of these should not be in every day play.

On the thought of being able to jump to a warp point in distance space (.22ly), maybe a module that can place a fixed beacon you could jump to. That way you are rewarded for making the trip once.
You would purchace the beacon/s for the module. This would be deployed like a mine. This could be discovered by players (close scan maybe) destroyed or camped. Maybe with higher levels you could have more than one beacon or something. Maybe have a timeframe/power level so it only lasts a certain time. Maybe you could set it as a USS/distress, play possum, so other players would pop in and you could interact.

Just a thought

Belisarius · Nov 24, 2014

Did the Hutton-Run.
Wow, that was extreme.

Took my Explorer Cobra ~1 hour.
After such a trip you know how short distances of just 10-20k ls are