Doing my Engineer upgrades on my FDS, I made a pleasant discovery:
Selene Jean, Armor specialist @ Kuk system, was my first stop. After her work was done (and well done -- armor now lighter and better reinforced) I manually plotted a long-jump path to Deciat for the FSD work by F. Farseer. Taking a look @ Kuk system map, I found that all the mats needed for levels 1, 2 and 3 boost juice can be found there, including the Very Rare Polonium. The percentages didn't look especially promising, but the stuff was there, so I looked for it.
The area around the Engineer's site Prospector's Rest on Kuk B (3) yielded all the Vanadium I'd need in about 30 minutes. I also snagged my first Tellurium and soon had my fill of it. I spent a lot more time looting POIs than cracking rocks and still made quota.
Two Rocky Ice moons yielded plenty of Cadmium (Kuk B (7) A) and Germanium, Niobium and Polonium (Kuk B (8) A) for levels 2 and 3 Jumponium mix. The latter body was particularly rich in Metallic Meteorites that yielded lots of both Niobium and Polonium. I found at least 8 MM falls with 3-4 meteorites in each, and they gave up 4-6 lumps every time. Very rich. One was pure Niobium, 5 chunks, but by then I was full up of that element. Polonium was a little harder to come by but not much, I collected 21 units easily.
I now have mats for up to 11 Level 3 boosts (30+ LY for my mule), and many more of the levels 1 and 2 variety. Had I more time (and patience) I'm sure I could have doubled that, at the expense of other mats, of course.
More possibly useful data: On Kuk B (8) A (high MM incidence, three jump juice mats) my search field was in the general area of 25.95 x 85.18 -- lots of flattish terrain, fund to drive on, easy to see the 'rites against the ice and snow.
"First star on the right, and straight on 'til morning."
The area around the Engineer's site Prospector's Rest on Kuk B (3) yielded all the Vanadium I'd need in about 30 minutes. I also snagged my first Tellurium and soon had my fill of it. I spent a lot more time looting POIs than cracking rocks and still made quota.
Two Rocky Ice moons yielded plenty of Cadmium (Kuk B (7) A) and Germanium, Niobium and Polonium (Kuk B (8) A) for levels 2 and 3 Jumponium mix. The latter body was particularly rich in Metallic Meteorites that yielded lots of both Niobium and Polonium. I found at least 8 MM falls with 3-4 meteorites in each, and they gave up 4-6 lumps every time. Very rich. One was pure Niobium, 5 chunks, but by then I was full up of that element. Polonium was a little harder to come by but not much, I collected 21 units easily.
I now have mats for up to 11 Level 3 boosts (30+ LY for my mule), and many more of the levels 1 and 2 variety. Had I more time (and patience) I'm sure I could have doubled that, at the expense of other mats, of course.
More possibly useful data: On Kuk B (8) A (high MM incidence, three jump juice mats) my search field was in the general area of 25.95 x 85.18 -- lots of flattish terrain, fund to drive on, easy to see the 'rites against the ice and snow.
"First star on the right, and straight on 'til morning."
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