First time to Sag A*, any advice?

Draco25240

Draco25240
After finally buying my first Anaconda, 625 hours into the game, I've decided that it's time to take a first trip to Sagittarius A*. I've done some exploration before, doing a "Home -> Vy Canis Majoris -> Barnard's Loop -> Pleiades -> Home" loop, but this is my first time heading so far away. So I was just wondering if I could get some advice before heading out, if there are any regions to avoid or be careful in on my path, good-to-know methods for exploration and navigation, etc... Any suggestions/recommendations for locations along my route that I should visit would also be appreciated :)

Current ship build:
http://coriolis.io/outfit/diamondba...00202320o402i2f.Iw1-kA==.CwBjEZJAmWU8BmRIVA==
Yes, I know I'm carrying weapons and shields, which decreases my jump range. No, I do not care.

Current planned route:
Departure from home (Chilton Terminal, 21 Draco)
Visit the S171 systems (don't remember which nebula they are in, might be LBN 623)
Veil Nebula West
Head corewards
*Insert anything interesting I find along the way, including a few bookmarked planetary nebulae*
Sagittarius A*
Great Annihilator
1-3 days exploring/farming in neutron fields and/or black hole fields
Head towards civilization
*Insert anything interesting I find along the way*
Investigate the long line of O type stars pointing towards Sol, around the midway point between the core and home IIRC.
*Insert anything interesting I find along the way*
Arrive at home, alternatively go to a safer base in one of the remote, populated systems
(bold text indicate main route goal/checkpoint)


- CMDR Draco25240
 
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Traveller_GG

Traveller_GG
The very first thing is to head up or down several hundred LY to avoid the badlands that sit between the bubble and the core. There is a thousand LY or so of unscoopables in a row... you will get caught out.

Also - do a search on navigating in the bubble, you will get to a point where you will need to calculate your maximum jump distance so as not to hit the infinite calculation issues...

I'll let others carry on with caveats and gotchas :)

Oh, above all: ENJOY :)
 

racer1

racer1
I'm on my first trip now, about 15k ly out.

I went up and right about 1000 ly each (heading for the neutron field) e.g. 1000,1000,x coordinates but had to drop down to only 500 ly above the plane in order to get across some of the gaps between the arms.

I've only come across a handful of unscoopables they have not been an issue for me. Hardly seen any "discovered" systems since about 2k ly out.
 

Draco25240

Draco25240
Traveller_GG said:
The very first thing is to head up or down several hundred LY to avoid the badlands that sit between the bubble and the core. There is a thousand LY or so of unscoopables in a row... you will get caught out.

Also - do a search on navigating in the bubble, you will get to a point where you will need to calculate your maximum jump distance so as not to hit the infinite calculation issues...

I'll let others carry on with caveats and gotchas :)

Oh, above all: ENJOY :)
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Yeah, I've heard of the badlands. My original plan was just to switch to economic jumps while I navigate from scoopable to scoopable though. With a 32 ton tank, I'm guessing that should get me far, but if we're talking a thousand LY of literally no scoop-able stars, then alright, thanks for the tip. Surely good to know when I eventually head out on my second trip to Sag A*... in my Eagle :D
As for navigation when I get to the core, I've already been reading this thread up and down multiple times, so hopefully I should have a pretty good idea on how to do it :)
And thanks! I just hope my enjoyment will outlast my sanity :D
 
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EUS

EUS
All I can suggest is to enjoy yourself.
Oh, and zero throttle at countdown is a good habit to learn, especially when approaching neutron star systems, due to how close you are when you drop in to the system.
Oh, and browse the "exploration guides" sticky above. So much knowledge from talented, dedicated explorers.
 
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Traveller_GG

Traveller_GG
EUS said:
All I can suggest is to enjoy yourself.
Oh, and zero throttle at countdown is a good habit to learn, especially when approaching neutron star systems, due to how close you are when you drop in to the system.
Oh, and browse the "exploration guides" sticky above. So much knowledge from talented, dedicated explorers.
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and us....

We're more your "over enthusiastic, bounce off the star 'cos it seemed like a laff" type.
 
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EUS

EUS
Traveller_GG said:
and us....

We're more your "over enthusiastic, bounce off the star 'cos it seemed like a laff" type.
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Hehehe, I actually don't read everything posted, especially about the 65K LY trips, because I wish to keep some things a mystery, in case I decide to do it myself.
If I go that far, and get stuck, and have to retrace, well that's ok by me.
 

OfftheRails

OfftheRails
Draco25240 said:
if we're talking a thousand LY of literally no scoop-able stars
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We're not. It's more like a thousand LY of them being rare enough that the route planner can't be relied on to hit them often enough. You can still find them, and you can reach them as long as you watch your fuel tank.
 

newman1702

newman1702
Erm, advice.. keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times? :D Just have fun and play around with star type filters as you go so you can plan your route to visit more interesting systems.
 
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