crab nebula - so near yet so far!

button boy

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A few weeks ago I set off on a little jolly to Barnard's loop in my Cobra ( picnic and beers on board.. ). When I got there I rashly decided to keep going to the crab nebula ( I probably had a bit too much of the beer) and finally arrived about 50ly away last night, only to find no route through with my limited jump range ( around 23 ly ). Presumably a ship with a longer range could make it - has anyone been there? Anyway here's a pic of a nice little water world with the crab tantalisingly in the background....

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PanicButton

PanicButton
Sorry to hear that commander. I'm guessing burning up a little fuel to lighten the tank won't solve the problem, right? ....Oh and also, you don't actually have beer in the cargo hold...do you? :D
 

Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
Think you need about a 35+ Ly jump range. If it makes you feel better it is possible to reach:

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I entered it from above on my run but it is quite cut off no matter which way you approach...
 
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Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Alex Brentnall said:
I'll be honest I couldn't remember my Anacondas jump range, I think it was about 38Ly but I also didn't remember it being too stressful so I guestimated about 35 :p
Was 32Ly pretty tight on certain jumps or did you make it there easily enough?
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As you said, and if I remember correctly, it forced the approach from above. There's a clear system path towards it with scoopable stars. Once you find that, it's clear sailing all the way.

But it has been a while ... and I am getting older ... so ...
 

iain666

iain666
I've been to the Crab nebula with ~26ly jump range. If 23ly isn't enough then it's not far off - there was a single route in and out, I had to back track through about 4 systems on the way back out before it opened up paths to places I'd not been before again. I also had the route planner insisting it was impossible until I got within a couple of hundred light years.
 

who?

who?
Hah. No idea it was so hard to get to, but now that I know it I have to go there.

Maybe it's easier if you go there sideways? Just sayin'..
 

button boy

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iain666 said:
I've been to the Crab nebula with ~26ly jump range. If 23ly isn't enough then it's not far off - there was a single route in and out, I had to back track through about 4 systems on the way back out before it opened up paths to places I'd not been before again. I also had the route planner insisting it was impossible until I got within a couple of hundred light years.
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Hmm interesting.... I do have some fuel limpets in the hold, maybe if I lose those and go in with a half tank I might make it... Otherwise I guess it's time to head back and get something with a longer jump range.

If I do manage to get there in the cobra I'll post back here, in the meantime thanks everyone for all your comments!
 

iain666

iain666
CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI said:
Thanks OP. It was a destination but my 33 jump range isn't enough. repped.
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33ly is plenty, now I'm back in game to check my range with full tanks is 25.04 (26.53 on fumes).

Look behind this cut for the last 50 systems I passed through to get there and you should be able to get there easily enough.
Crab Pulsar
Crab Sector JH-V c2-1
Crab Sector IH-U b3-0
Crab Sector JH-U b3-0
Crab Sector LS-S b4-0
Crab Sector JX-S b4-0
Crab Sector IX-S b4-0
Crab Sector FR-V c2-0
Cyoidai TB-L b25-0
Cyoidai RG-L b25-0
Cyoidai PL-L b25-0
Cyoidai NQ-L b25-0
Cyoidai LV-L b25-0
Cyoidai PB-K b26-0
Cyoidai NG-K b26-0
Cyoidai QM-I b27-0
Cyoidai PR-I b27-0
Cyoidai QO-P d6-13
Cyoidai EI-F c13-2
Cyoidai HT-D c14-2
Cyoidai OT-P d6-12
Cyoidai OC-G b29-0
Cyoidai EY-D c14-3
Cyoidai PN-E b30-0
Cyoidai GJ-C c15-3
Cyoidai QD-D b31-1
Cyoidai QE-O d7-17
Cyoidai QE-O d7-15
Cyoidai HZ-A c16-6
Cyoidai ND-C b32-1
Cyoidai GE-B c16-0
Cyoidai PJ-O d7-10
Cyoidai IS-C b32-2
Cyoidai GH-U e3-3
Cyoidai KD-B b33-0
Cyoidai GH-U e3-2
Cyoidai CO-B c16-0
Cyoidai NO-Z b33-3
Cyoidai QZ-X b34-0
Cyoidai RU-M d8-13
Cyoidai ZL-U b36-2
Cyoidai MA-Y c17-1
Cyoidai UF-L d9-0
Cyoidai OL-W c18-1
Cyoidai MJ-P b39-4
Cyoidai RP-N b40-0
Cyoidai VV-L b41-1
Cyoidai YX-S c20-16
Cyoidai YG-K b42-0
Cyoidai ZL-J d10-32
Cyoidai BJ-R c21-7
 

button boy

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Well I jettisoned the fuel limpets and made it in - my maximum jump range without the 8 ton of limpets is 25.39 ( 24 with a full tank). Here's a selfie on the edge of the nebula next to yet another water world ( they seem to be really common round here for some reason). The crab pulsar system itself is pretty weird and a bit freaky.... I didn't hang around there very long!

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Shame to have to lose the limpets but great to have made it!
 
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