Exobiology: All bio species and variants.

[CaptnPicard2305]

I've been thinking about spending the rest of my years with Elite doing a Grand Tour of the entire galaxy in my FC. The reason for this, I believe, is that some exobiology finds are generally specific to the region in which they appear. So this set me thinking...

I wonder if anyone has already worked out the shortest possible route a fleet carrier should take to visit each region of the galaxy?

This tour is just an idea at the moment but I feel an overwhelming urge to want to see all the various life-forms the Elite galaxy has to offer.

At age 64, an optimal route to visit each and every region, with the minimum of light years distance wasted, might be a good idea.

I' ve tried many possible map routes with pen and paper but no definitive optimal route has turned up yet...

Preferably, I'd like to start at the galactic core. It's like a puzzle that is waiting to be solved.

 

[marx]

By sector, you mean region, no? The Inner Orion Spur, Galactic Centre, Ryker's Hope and so on. Sectors are the 1280 ly cubes that the galaxy is divided into, the first part of a system's name, like Synuefe.

If so, then sure, folks have done such things: route planning and optimisation is an age-old problem in real life. Commanders here have done it with ships, and even if nobody did it with a carrier (which I doubt), the problem could easily be adapted.

That said, if what you want is to see every possible kind of Odyssey flora, and not to visit every region of the galaxy, then head to the Galactic Centre region: if memory serves, almost everything is present there. Certain kinds are only present along the various galactic arms, but they all reach into the very center. The only exception I remember is that Tussock Pennata are not present there, so you'll have to grab those from a neighbouring region. (Not to be confused with Tussock Pennatis.)

Spaceborne life in Horizons' Notable Stellar Phenomena are spread over various regions though, so going through those will take you much longer. Look up the Canonn Challenge for that, visiting them all is what that one's about.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

I suspect that if you're intending to stay within each region enough to investigate thousands of systems to make sure you find all the lifeforms present in that region (whether or not you've found similar ones elsewhere), the travel within each region means that the difference between optimal and semi-optimal for travel between regions is fairly small, so any route which visits each region exactly once is probably fine.

If you'd be satisfied with being in a lot of the regions for just a single jump, the route potentially gets a lot shorter and harder to fully optimise.

 

[CaptnPicard2305]

Yes, region is what I meant to say. Thanks for any help that is offered, much appreciated. I've now edited my original post from 'sector' to 'region' to avoid confusing others.

 

[marx]

True, if just dipping into regions for a single jump in and out is acceptable, then that's easier. But if you're going through the galaxy, why not see all the NSPs then? That way, you complete the Canonn Challenge as well, and it's easier to plan your route, as you have target systems to visit, no need to look for those too. Of course, not all regions have NSPs in them, but those will need to be visited as well: thankfully, most of these will be on your way already, and only small detours would have to be made.

Check out the EDAstro interactive galaxy map, tick the "Regions" and "Canonn Challenge" boxes, and you'll see what I mean.

Oh, and for the regions which are missing NSPs, you could just add a DSSA carrier's system to your route planner, and then that's that taken care of as well.

 

[CaptnPicard2305]

Thank you for the link. That looks a good way forward.

 

[gooddoc]

Be prepared for bouts of Mining sessions to keep your Carrier Tritium fuelled for jumping.
Iv been towing my Carrier around Exploring for a while. In fact I was Exploring in the Outer Spur Region, when I returned to aid the Thargoid war........wish I hadn't bothered now & stayed out Exploring!
I tend to either look in the Codex & go into regions were Iv not had many Star/Planet types recorded, or on my last trip, move along a Spiral Arm, even better if it skirts many Regions. Though my sweet spot is finding all the WD variants in a Region.

Only recently looked into scanning Exobio's, to boost my poor Ranking in that field, though that was quickly ruined by Frontiers buggy game, giving me Elite in a day!

Two things to take.......Mining gear and a Vista Genomics Module on your Carrier.

The Galaxy is huge.....just go your own way & don't worry about it.

 

[marx]

Be prepared for bouts of Mining sessions to keep your Carrier Tritium fuelled for jumping.

There's no need for mining now: there are STAR carriers, which sell tritium for carrier, stationed throughout the galaxy (better coverage than the DSSA, even - see the "STAR carriers" toggle on the interactive map above). Normally, the cost could have been a problem on a galactic voyage, but with the exobio payout buffs, that's pretty much taken care of now.

 

[gooddoc]

There's no need for mining now: there are STAR carriers, which sell tritium for carrier, stationed throughout the galaxy (better coverage than the DSSA, even - see the "STAR carriers" toggle on the interactive map above). Normally, the cost could have been a problem on a galactic voyage, but with the exobio payout buffs, that's pretty much taken care of now.

That's fine unless you just go off in a random direction & are nowhere near one of the Carriers......I assume the latter!

Added: on my last long trip, I moved in the direction of a Carrier to boost my depleting stock, but the Carrier didn't have any to sell, so I calculated what was needed to be mined to get back to the bubble......as Colonia was useless for fuelling, due to stupidly high prices.

 

[marx]

That's fine unless you just go off in a random direction & are nowhere near one of the Carriers......I assume the latter!

Added: on my last long trip, I moved in the direction of a Carrier to boost my depleting stock, but the Carrier didn't have any to sell, so I calculated what was needed to be mined to get back to the bubble......as Colonia was useless for fuelling, due to stupidly high prices.

Well, if you check the map, you'll find that nearly all of the galaxy has a STAR carrier near enough. They are also stationary, and their stocks are updated, so you can check if they do have tritium for sale.

Of course, to be 100% safe and not have to call in someone else to bring tritium to you, it's always good to have a mining ship on your carrier. Thankfully though, there should be no need to use it.