Is this the shortest Frame shift jump?

[Kitiara]

Exploring this star cluster, I came across a really very short jump distance.

It's less than half the distance from the Alpha Centauri entry point to Hutton Orbital

 

[Wishblend]

Shortest I have seen.

 

[Zephyriel]

With system names such as this, thank goodness for the navigation computer...

 

[schuesseled]

nice little cluster there.

 

[Kitiara]

nice little cluster there.

I'm hoping an exhaustive scan of the whole cluster will get me my elite rating

 

[freehotdawgs]

What would happen if someone tried to fly there in SC instead of warping? Would it load the next area or just be nothing?

 

[Kitiara]

What would happen if someone tried to fly there in SC instead of warping? Would it load the next area or just be nothing?

You have to frameshift rather than supercruise. The Frame shift transition is the game loading the data for the next system. supercruising would just get you closer and closer and closer, but even at 0, you wouldn't get there.

 

[Arindor]

What would happen if someone tried to fly there in SC instead of warping? Would it load the next area or just be nothing?

Yes, OP, please give this a go and post feedback, after making several cups of tea ...

 

[Bambi]

Someone already tried it a while back, and result is nothing.

 

[Patau82]

the closest two systems posted on this record thread are Benoit and Zeta Doradus at 2,718,686 Ls
btw you have to jump for the new system to load you cant's sc between systems

 

[freehotdawgs]

That's really lame you can't just fly there in SC. It's not like it wouldn't have plenty of time to load during the trip haha
But honestly, no one would want to fly there manually anyway.

 

[TheEponymousBob]

That's really lame you can't just fly there in SC. It's not like it wouldn't have plenty of time to load during the trip haha
But honestly, no one would want to fly there manually anyway.

The background starmap is rendered during the hyper jump animation, so it has to be off-screen.

 

[Janichsan]

Exploring this star cluster, I came across a really very short jump distance.

It's less than half the distance from the Alpha Centauri entry point to Hutton Orbital

There are other stars as close. For example, Ross 780 and IL Aquarii are about the same distance. And that's just about 20 ly from Sol.

The background starmap is rendered during the hyper jump animation, so it has to be off-screen.

Okay, but come on: it's certainly possible to sneak in a few seconds of stuttering and maybe flickering in a supercruise transit of an hour or more.