Exploring - where do you park?

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
I've been out in the black for a few weeks now, and for the last couple I've started looking for interesting places to park up when I've finished a session. Do other explorers do this, or do you just dump your ship at the final system for the day?

This is where I am parked currently (not the prettiest location I've found, but good enough and the best on offer from the system I was in):
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Ian Phillips

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Ian Phillips
I do not park in asteroid fields :)

I usually jump into a new system and re-fuel. Then I get away from the star and target the nearest planet, lining up so that I am heading for it. Then I shut down.

Next time I log in I just start up supercruise and I'm heading for my first scan of the day :)
 

Wullail

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With the issue of people exploding when logging in near or in asteroid fields , I wouldn't park there myself....the thought of 6-7 weeks of data going BOOM .... *shudder* , I tend to move away from any celestial bodies , come out of FSD and then park in a clear area of space....just in case...
 
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Whiterose

Whiterose
I ensure I am at least 50Ls from any planet, star or asteroid field. Then I shut down. I also have orbit lines on and make sure I am not parked on one of them. OTT yes, but the longer you are out there the more paranoid you become.
 
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Ben_BigBen

Ben_BigBen
It never occurred to me until a recent thread where someone logged on and insta-ejected to the insurance screen - so now go about 200ls out from the star (assuming there's nothing 200ls out in orbit) come out of SC and throttle back. I may now start turning on orbit lines just to make sure - good tip !
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
I'm not in it, I'm above it. :) Besides, they don't move. ;) I was paranoid about parking near them until I realised this! Also haven't had orbit lines on for a long time. I tried them again last week to see if they were helpful (I thought that they might enable me to optimise my surface scanning... But they annoyed me too much so I got rid of them again).

I do wish I'd bought a mining laser with me though... Or any laser in fact... For some reason I am getting an overwhelming desire to shoot something. When I get back I'll be making significant changes to my load-out.
 

Dr. Dave Bowman

Dr. Dave Bowman
purplepomegranite said:
I've been out in the black for a few weeks now, and for the last couple I've started looking for interesting places to park up when I've finished a session. Do other explorers do this, or do you just dump your ship at the final system for the day?

This is where I am parked currently (not the prettiest location I've found, but good enough and the best on offer from the system I was in):
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Joe Spivey

Joe Spivey
Yeah, they sure do move. You will even find contra-rotating rings around the planet. I make sure I am well out in the middle of nowhere before putting the parking brake on.
 

theEmohawk

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The last thing I do is check the galaxy map to note down how far I am from home. So after scanning the last interesting object in the system (or scooping and scanning the star if it's just rocks) I aim at empty space, throttle up and by the time I've checked the map I'll be a long way from anything. When I log in I'm ready to jump to the next system.
I used to keep going until I was finishing in an interesting system, but 10k from home after visiting over 3700 systems and I've got less fussy about where I park up.
 

Aussiedroid

Aussiedroid
Yeah I do too most of the time. Find something pretty to park my ship at when I log off. Try to find a nice planet or gas giant, but often can be the last thing I scan too. I just go in closer knowing I don't have to SC out of the gravity well.
 

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Zenith

Zenith
I personally end my evening parked about 20Mm above the pole of a rocky planet, secured out of supercruise. That way I know I'm not going to get swiped by a rock, or slammed by the planet.

In terms of parking in rings or asteroid fields, that is a dangerous game to play.
I ran a video just sat on the edge of a ring for half an hour to capture the sunrise. In the 35 minutes of recording, everything (planet, rings, star) rotated about 30-45deg anticlockwise without touching a single control. If I was actually IN the rings then I could have had a problem, but I was sat about 250m just outside the edge of the ring system in clear space.
 
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Crank Larson

Crank Larson
Whiterose said:
This has got me thinking.....would the ship orbit as well? or does it not have enough mass? lol, too much thinking for early morning.
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Yes, apparently it does. I was confused about the asteroid situation (and lack of mobility), which was why I started this thread. The ship's readings are always relative to its point of reference (i.e. while my speed indicator is currently at 0, I am in fact travelling rather fast around a planet; as my frame of reference is that planet, the speed is in relation to its orbit). I can't think about it too hard, though... My brain is made of butter, it doesn't take much for it to melt.

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Zenith said:
I ran a video just sat on the edge of a ring for half an hour to capture the sunrise. In the 35 minutes of recording, everything (planet, rings, star) rotated about 30-45deg anticlockwise without touching a single control. If I was actually IN the rings then I could have had a problem, but I was sat about 250m just outside the edge of the ring system in clear space.
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Damn. I'm going to be paranoid all day now as to whether my ship will be there when I get back. I am hoping the ship's computer will maintain the relativity (i.e. just above the asteroid field) as the planet moves. It's never failed before (but then, I've never been concerned about it before)...
 
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Allitnil

Allitnil
purplepomegranite said:
I'm not in it, I'm above it. :) Besides, they don't move. ;) I was paranoid about parking near them until I realised this!
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They may not move relative to your ship (or if they do, only very slowly), but they aren't permanent objects. When you log in again they will be re-generated and may be in different positions. So whilst you may be able to sit in a field for hours, logging out & back in again is rolling a die. If you're a little above them then you are safe, but only if you are 100% confident that when they get regenerated they can't be shifted up a bit by the algorithm....

FWIW, I usually head well away from any body before exiting.
 
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