Is this a way to reach unreachable systems?

[phantom little]

Does anyone know if it is possible to get to systems past the 500ly limit of a fleet carrier by manually traveling to the system in super cruise and then hyperspacing into the system? I know it is possible to increase your jump range by manually traveling there and then jumping to the system but I wonder if you would run out of fuel by the time you reach 500ly. Maybe if your ship was packed with fuel tanks? I have an example of a system that is 513ly. I definitely don't have the patience to wait hours or days in super cruise but maybe someone else will. Thanks for any inf

 

[CMDR dkO]

Technically it is possible to reach a different system by flying in SC, yes.....HOWEVER, once you reach it you will not see anything in that system. In Elite the only way to reach another system is by engaging FSD jump.

 

[phantom little]

Yes but the distance between you and the system shortens

 

[SlickPBW]

The “hyperspace/witchspace” jump is just a loading screen to get the data on the destination system. Without that, you can travel in super cruise until you run out of fuel, in a few cases you can actually travel the distance to a close system, but you can’t actually get there without high waking.

 

[Eahlstan]

Wouldn't be unreachable if it's reachable.

 

[Sapyx]

Hyperspace jump fuel use is calculated from the distances between the primary stars on the galaxy map. Where you actually physically are in the departure system is irrelevant. So, flying partway to another star in Supercruise will not reduce the amount of fuel needed.

Note: it may seem like the amount of fuel has reduced, but that's just because you've used some of your ship's mass up in Supercruise fuel, so your ship can jump slightly further. But you can Supercruise around and around in circles, or Supercruise in the exact opposite direction away from the destination star, and see the exact same effect.

It's also kind of irrelevant to discuss it for carriers, because carriers can't Supercruise. And whatever tritium-powered stardrive the carriers use, it too calculates fuel usage by the distances between the primary stars of the arrival and departure systems, not its actual position within the departure star system.