This for all intensive purposes is a money making scheme, not really exploration, as the furthest you will be from civilisation will be a couple of hundred light years, so this is why i've initially posted it in the Dangerous Discussion forum and not in the Explorers section.
This is probably the most effective, non exploit way to make money since the 2.3 patch dropped.
lets look at some numbers…
Terra-formable Water World’s are worth 690K per scan
Earth Like World are worth 620K per scan
Terra-formable High Metal Content planets are worth 401K.
Ammonia Worlds are worth 320K
Water Worlds are worth 301K
so all you need is an easy way to plot routes between the systems and a way to boost the profit...
this has been discussed in Beckys excellent Zero to Hero thread, which is well worth a read...
Step One:
so to start.. download EDPathfinder and install it on your pc.
set the filter for WW (TF) and ELW. you can set a minimum system value if required but is not needed. the beauty of the program is that it will only plot routes that contain what you have specified. it will also let you know if there are other terraformable bodies to scan in the system.
Step Two:
Follow the set route provide by EDPathfinder and scan whatever takes your fancy.
You can use any ship you like just make sure you have an Advanced Discovery scanner, Detailed Surface Scanner and fuel scoop installed.
(i used a Dolphin and a DBX for this stage)
at some point when you’ve had enough of scanning move to the next step.
(you might want to keep a spreadsheet of how many planetary bodies you scanned for an idea of the total profit you’re going to get back at the end)
Step Three:
this is where you need a big cargo ship and a spare 100m in funds..
From Goldstein Port in Lembava ship fortifications to Fisher Port in Kalak
this will require at least 14 trips (depending on amount of cargo space available)
i did this in a 728t cutter
drop off your fortifications and then fill up for the return trip with Gold or Beryllium (whatever gives you the best return profit)
this will take you about 4.5 - 5 hours to compete (each round trip takes 20 mins)
once you have reached the 10,000 merit stage, go back to scanning high value systems.
Step Four:
once Thursdays power play rankings tick over you will be at level 5 and you can start selling your Exploration data (this must be at a Li Long-Rui controlled station for the bonus to apply)
I sold mine at Goldstein Port..
you can continue scanning systems and cashing in the whole week the rank 5 is active, so the only limit to the amount of money you make is the number of hours you assign to this journey..
one thing to now bear in mind is that the values of each system you scan are now as follows:
Terra-formable Water World’s are worth 2M + per scan
Earth Like World are worth 1.8M per scan
Terra-formable High Metal Content planets are worth 1.2M.
Ammonia Worlds are worth 980K
Water Worlds are worth 903K
Step Five:
if you wanted to, you could spend a couple of hours keeping your level five access
(by spending an additional 50m before the Thursday reset) transporting fortifications, thus allowing you to still get the 200% bonus
or once you’ve had enough get your 50M cr Lvl 5 paycheck (so the initial 100M has only cost you 50M)
Step 6:
sit back and relax about not having to worry about money for a while..
here’s my test data
Starting screenshot
end of experiment
data:
systems visited: 506
Profit: 1,024,075,517
TDLR:
scan systems using EDpathfinder to plot route
get to level 5 with LYR
sell exploration data with 200% bonus
make loads of money..
This is probably the most effective, non exploit way to make money since the 2.3 patch dropped.
lets look at some numbers…
Terra-formable Water World’s are worth 690K per scan
Earth Like World are worth 620K per scan
Terra-formable High Metal Content planets are worth 401K.
Ammonia Worlds are worth 320K
Water Worlds are worth 301K
so all you need is an easy way to plot routes between the systems and a way to boost the profit...
this has been discussed in Beckys excellent Zero to Hero thread, which is well worth a read...
Step One:
so to start.. download EDPathfinder and install it on your pc.
set the filter for WW (TF) and ELW. you can set a minimum system value if required but is not needed. the beauty of the program is that it will only plot routes that contain what you have specified. it will also let you know if there are other terraformable bodies to scan in the system.
Step Two:
Follow the set route provide by EDPathfinder and scan whatever takes your fancy.
You can use any ship you like just make sure you have an Advanced Discovery scanner, Detailed Surface Scanner and fuel scoop installed.
(i used a Dolphin and a DBX for this stage)
at some point when you’ve had enough of scanning move to the next step.
(you might want to keep a spreadsheet of how many planetary bodies you scanned for an idea of the total profit you’re going to get back at the end)
Step Three:
this is where you need a big cargo ship and a spare 100m in funds..
From Goldstein Port in Lembava ship fortifications to Fisher Port in Kalak
this will require at least 14 trips (depending on amount of cargo space available)
i did this in a 728t cutter
drop off your fortifications and then fill up for the return trip with Gold or Beryllium (whatever gives you the best return profit)
this will take you about 4.5 - 5 hours to compete (each round trip takes 20 mins)
once you have reached the 10,000 merit stage, go back to scanning high value systems.
Step Four:
once Thursdays power play rankings tick over you will be at level 5 and you can start selling your Exploration data (this must be at a Li Long-Rui controlled station for the bonus to apply)
I sold mine at Goldstein Port..
you can continue scanning systems and cashing in the whole week the rank 5 is active, so the only limit to the amount of money you make is the number of hours you assign to this journey..
one thing to now bear in mind is that the values of each system you scan are now as follows:
Terra-formable Water World’s are worth 2M + per scan
Earth Like World are worth 1.8M per scan
Terra-formable High Metal Content planets are worth 1.2M.
Ammonia Worlds are worth 980K
Water Worlds are worth 903K
Step Five:
if you wanted to, you could spend a couple of hours keeping your level five access
(by spending an additional 50m before the Thursday reset) transporting fortifications, thus allowing you to still get the 200% bonus
or once you’ve had enough get your 50M cr Lvl 5 paycheck (so the initial 100M has only cost you 50M)
Step 6:
sit back and relax about not having to worry about money for a while..
here’s my test data
Starting screenshot
end of experiment
data:
systems visited: 506
Profit: 1,024,075,517
TDLR:
scan systems using EDpathfinder to plot route
get to level 5 with LYR
sell exploration data with 200% bonus
make loads of money..
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