So I kind of realised last night, as I embarked upon my jaunt into the Unknown, that as I don't have enough cash to cover the insurance of my Exploration Asp blowing up, I'm doing Exploration the Ironman Way 
I've put my entire cash assets into making my Asp the lightest possible for the largest LY jump (circa 35 LY). No weapons, although I did fit a shield generator which is minimal enough to generate a shield, but light enough to not lower the ship's jump range (only affects about 0.11LY so not much). I'm glad I did that, because I've encountered NPC's many LY away from inhabited space - in Eagles! - that are simply nutcases trying to kill me. Dear FDEV - why are there NPC's in Eagles appearing in star systems where they shouldn't be?
I didn't fit an AFMU either, nor did I fit heatsinks - I'm thinking perhaps I should have, but oh well...
Haven't gotten too far from home yet, as I can't play the game 24/7, but I'm planning on an interesting route which I'll post about in the future.
Already encountering some interesting planets with cool snapshot opportunities - large picture alert...
Planet/system name removed to 'protect' my discovery B)
So yeah, Ironman Exploration - suffice to say I'm taking the time to ensure that when I warp into binary+ star systems, I'm not going to be warping into a star
I'll post some progress from time to time, and the odd Cool Snapshot as I come across them.
I've put my entire cash assets into making my Asp the lightest possible for the largest LY jump (circa 35 LY). No weapons, although I did fit a shield generator which is minimal enough to generate a shield, but light enough to not lower the ship's jump range (only affects about 0.11LY so not much). I'm glad I did that, because I've encountered NPC's many LY away from inhabited space - in Eagles! - that are simply nutcases trying to kill me. Dear FDEV - why are there NPC's in Eagles appearing in star systems where they shouldn't be?
I didn't fit an AFMU either, nor did I fit heatsinks - I'm thinking perhaps I should have, but oh well...
Haven't gotten too far from home yet, as I can't play the game 24/7, but I'm planning on an interesting route which I'll post about in the future.
Already encountering some interesting planets with cool snapshot opportunities - large picture alert...
Planet/system name removed to 'protect' my discovery B)
So yeah, Ironman Exploration - suffice to say I'm taking the time to ensure that when I warp into binary+ star systems, I'm not going to be warping into a star
I'll post some progress from time to time, and the odd Cool Snapshot as I come across them.