I've been in the black for months and haven't tried out neutron star FSD boosting because I don't want to lose months worth of data . But is there any possibility of getting caught in the jets if you immediately throttle down during a jump? One jump I did was so close that jet was just about flicking the nose of my ship.
Is there any danger of getting caught in neutron star jets immediately after a jump?
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I believe the game now adjusts to make sure your jump-in point is not in the middle of a jet, so if you throttle down before arrival and only aim for the tips of the jets, you should be perfectly fine. Problems where you might get stuck on neutron stars could occur when:
- You're scooping in a jet (or trying to hyperspace to another system from inside a jet) and you get a server disconnect. Attempting to log back into the game in such a situation will almost certainly result in ship destruction, as the game will dump you inside the jet while in normal space and it's virtually impossible to escape from a jet from normal space. You'd have to contact support to get them to move your ship.
- In those very rare instances of binary neutron stars, where the jet of the secondary NS is pointing more or less right at the other and enveloping the jump-in point. The game checks for impact with binaries, but not with any jets those binaries might be emitting. I've never actually seen near-contact binary neutron stars, but I've seen a black hole and two neutron stars, so I assume it can happen.
I've made dozens of neutron star superscoops during my current exploration trip. None of them have tried very hard to kill me.
- You're scooping in a jet (or trying to hyperspace to another system from inside a jet) and you get a server disconnect. Attempting to log back into the game in such a situation will almost certainly result in ship destruction, as the game will dump you inside the jet while in normal space and it's virtually impossible to escape from a jet from normal space. You'd have to contact support to get them to move your ship.
- In those very rare instances of binary neutron stars, where the jet of the secondary NS is pointing more or less right at the other and enveloping the jump-in point. The game checks for impact with binaries, but not with any jets those binaries might be emitting. I've never actually seen near-contact binary neutron stars, but I've seen a black hole and two neutron stars, so I assume it can happen.
I've made dozens of neutron star superscoops during my current exploration trip. None of them have tried very hard to kill me.
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I think yes, I've already arrived to a NS with the message that FSD is operating beyond limit. The thing is, that the cone shape and length is variable, so you can indeed arrive in the cone.
If you fancy to visit a NS, try finding a system in which it is a secondary - at least that's how I did it. I had supercruise 300klys to check them out, but it was safe at least... I found them often at black holes.
If you fancy to visit a NS, try finding a system in which it is a secondary - at least that's how I did it. I had supercruise 300klys to check them out, but it was safe at least... I found them often at black holes.
Jump exit has been increased to some 0.72 ls so you don't have a very high chance (if any at all) to land in a jet.
After 2.2.01 or so I've always reliably arrived at a safe distance and in the equatorial plane, nowhere near the cones. YMMV in close n-ary systems though.
It happened to me twice, but with no harm to my ship. I've done over 30 neutron star boosts although my hull is at 31% and I have 12 months worth of exploration data.
The first time it happened I almost panicked because the ship wouldn't slow down for 5-6 seconds, but eventually it did. It makes the game more interesting, and if it kills me, well, tough luck, I'll try to get better next time.