Impossible to Explore the Entire Galaxy

[Terran]

Sorry if this has been covered in another thread, but it's my understanding that it's currently impossible to visit all of the systems in the game.

No, I don't mean that's it's temporally impossible to visit all 900 quadrillion systems in the game in our time constraints to play. More that in my estimation you'd need an FSD/loadout capable of a good sight over 80ly jump distance to visit the more remote systems in the game.

Will it ever be possible to hit that kind of jump range?

 

[Alex Brentnall]

No idea if a longer jump range is planned but it's kinda impossible anyway, even with 24/7 gaming and 10 seconds a system you'd still need 126839 years to visit all 400,000,000,000 systems if you didn't ever stop to refuel/repair or even visit one system twice...

 

[concolor]

No idea if a longer jump range is planned but it's kinda impossible anyway, even with 24/7 gaming and 10 seconds a system you'd still need 126839 years to visit all 400,000,000,000 systems if you didn't ever stop to refuel/repair or even visit one system twice...

No, TS means that some stars are unreachable even on stripped off Anaconda with 41LY+ jump range. So they'll be always unexplored unless FD manually puts some stars in their neighborhoods

 

[Almighty Bob]

does it matter? or is it just a question?

 

[Alex Brentnall]

No, TS means that some stars are unreachable even on stripped off Anaconda with 41LY+ jump range. So they'll be always unexplored unless FD manually puts some stars in their neighborhoods

I get that, thats what I meant with my first part of the sentence. I was just saying that (in my opinion) its very impossible anyway so wondering about the few thousand stars that aren't reachable seems somewhat irrelevant.

Of the ships we know of I'd say the Beluga is most likely:

Dolphin: Orca jump range isn't massive, don't expect the FSD to be big enough.
Beluga: Bigger Orca, depends on FSD and hull mass.
Federal Corvette: Should have a large FSD but hull mass may be a problem, other combat ships have poor range.
Panther Clipper: See Type 9 for why this isn't going to beat the Anaconda

 

[concolor]

I get that, thats what I meant with my first part of the sentence. I was just saying that (in my opinion) its very impossible anyway so wondering about the few thousand stars that aren't reachable seems somewhat irrelevant.

If they're a regular stars — of course. But when they're unique stars, it's getting annoying For example, i tried to reach the IC 4997 planetary nebulae driving Anaconda with 39,4LY jump range... and failed

 

[Alex Brentnall]

If they're a regular stars — of course. But when they're unique stars, it's getting annoying For example, i tried to reach the IC 4997 planetary nebulae driving Anaconda with 39,4LY jump range... and failed

Hmm, yes that does seem a little unfair, it looks quite the place to visit

 

[Jackie Silver]

Will it ever be possible to hit that kind of jump range?

In FFE the Thargoid warship you could eventually obtain could jump several hundred light years if I remember right. So it's not unreasonable to expect that when the Thargoids turn up we'll see something with longer legs.

 

[concolor]

Hmm, yes that does seem a little unfair, it looks quite the place to visit

Hope you find a way to that star. Of course, i want to see "First discovered by Princess Luna" label, but I already have many same marks in many "landmarks" stars.
PS: When I tried to reach IC 4997, I saw many stars first discovered by Allitnil around. Maybe he claimed that nebula, ask him first

 

[Allitnil]

No, I couldn't reach that one but it's on the list along with several others for when we do get a longer jump range. Which is part of the problem really since I'm sure others have similar systems on their "to do" list. Give us a larger jump range and within two or three weeks they will all have been tagged. Ultimately all a larger jump range does is reduce the size of the galaxy and make it less likely that future explorers will be able to discover something notable for themselves.

 

[Katejina]

Increase the jump range but make it unstable. Chance to damage the ship at ranges further than 45ly. Would help prevent exploitation and when they return to repair, they would give others a chance.

 

[Iskariot]

Sorry if this has been covered in another thread, but it's my understanding that it's currently impossible to visit all of the systems in the game.

No, I don't mean that's it's temporally impossible to visit all 900 quadrillion systems in the game in our time constraints to play. More that in my estimation you'd need an FSD/loadout capable of a good sight over 80ly jump distance to visit the more remote systems in the game.

Will it ever be possible to hit that kind of jump range?

It would be cool if some systems are forever unreachable.
It would be even cooler if we could detect technological emissions in some of them... never being able to know what causes them. I'd love such mysteries.

 

[Equinoxe]

Why should everything be reachable?

Seriously! Sometimes it's good to arrive at the Abyss, look across it, and know that the star you can see is out of reach.

 

[Asayanami]

Why should everything be reachable?

Seriously! Sometimes it's good to arrive at the Abyss, look across it, and know that the star you can see is out of reach.

I like this approach. Not everything should be reachable, at least not without drawbacks.

 

[KevinMillican]

Space is big - I mean really big...

 

[Zenith]

It would be cool if some systems are forever unreachable.
It would be even cooler if we could detect technological emissions in some of them... never being able to know what causes them. I'd love such mysteries.

There are such systems in-game already.
KV Ursae Majoris, MM Velorum, V406 Vulpeculae, V2107 Ophiuchii, Cygni X-3 to name a few. They are not only impossible to reach, but they are WAY beyond any possible improvements in FSD technology.
I knew I would never be able to visit them, but by taking distance measurements from across the galaxy, I was able to trilaterate their positions for TGC.

 

[Eli Jack]

You don't need to go far to find unreachable systems, 1,700LY from the bubble and you're borked.

I'm there now and I can't plot any course in a 35LY jump DBX. Oh I can see them but I can't reach them. Anaconda won't reach either.

There needs to be a 100+LY jump ship in the game or some places will be forever unreachable.

Is that a good thing? Imho don't think it is. After all with 400 billion systems what does it matter if every one is reachable? It's still
going to take thousands of years in real time to get them all. Or do people really want to sit in space looking wistfully at a star
that's out of reach and wonder, because if you do I've got a telescope to sell you.

 

[Murishani]

Is that a good thing? Imho don't think it is. After all with 400 billion systems what does it matter if every one is reachable? It's still
going to take thousands of years in real time to get them all. Or do people really want to sit in space looking wistfully at a star
that's out of reach and wonder, because if you do I've got a telescope to sell you.

The wistful wonder of distant stars is what has brought us here in the first place. If we and our ancestors didn't sit and look up at them with wonder, would we be playing this game at all?
I dearly hope some stars remain unreachable, if there were no mysteries, if there were nothing left to know, if every star was in our reach, exploration would die and with it the spirit of discovery. If that ONE star remains out of reach, it fuels our desire to know, and to do and to explore, it always has.

 

[Navynuke99]

Space is big - I mean really big...

I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

And now for something completely different, don't forget the entire sectors that are permit only, that nobody has yet been able to obtain...

 

[Kuroshio]

The wistful wonder of distant stars is what has brought us here in the first place. If we and our ancestors didn't sit and look up at them with wonder, would we be playing this game at all?
I dearly hope some stars remain unreachable, if there were no mysteries, if there were nothing left to know, if every star was in our reach, exploration would die and with it the spirit of discovery. If that ONE star remains out of reach, it fuels our desire to know, and to do and to explore, it always has.

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