Jumped into a system and passed straight through one of its stars. It happened to me multiple times to just miss a star when jumping into a system, this is the first time I actually went through one. Is this supposed to happen? i.e. is it consistent with how an FSD is supposed to work?
Just went straight through a star
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It's happened to me several times. I would guess it's a normal / chance kind of thing. When you're jumping, traveling in the jump, you're not in 'normal' space, so maybe you can in a sense pass through a star. I'm sure someone here will have a better explanation for you.
A note: You should carry heat-sinks, because when this does happen and you're feeling the heat of being so close to a star, you can pop a heat-sink and have time to scoot off to safety before suffering real damage.
A note: You should carry heat-sinks, because when this does happen and you're feeling the heat of being so close to a star, you can pop a heat-sink and have time to scoot off to safety before suffering real damage.
Yeah, and the heat built up pretty quickly. I put the throttle to zero mid jump when exploring, and took a bit of time to react as the going through the star startled me, if I didn't have the heatsink I would have taken damage for sure.
What happens then?
Yes.
No.
You used to melt, but the exclusion should be booting you as of about five years ago.
Always fun 
This is why I carry heatsinks on every ship.
This is why I carry heatsinks on every ship.
Wait, I saw this on an episode of Stargate once. The sun picks up exotic particles as they pass through and starts redshifting, and then everything on the nearest inhabited world starts to die. You probably shouldn't have disabled those safety features on your ship before locking and jumping in.
But, as long as the system isn't populated then nobody should mind if the star dies I guess. Should probably issue a travel advisory to other pilots though; "Do not jump to PREIA BYDEA FI-Q D6-124(?) from (insert wherever you were here) at this time of year. High risk of imminent sun exposure. Also the sun might explode due to hyperspace ruptures."
But, as long as the system isn't populated then nobody should mind if the star dies I guess. Should probably issue a travel advisory to other pilots though; "Do not jump to PREIA BYDEA FI-Q D6-124(?) from (insert wherever you were here) at this time of year. High risk of imminent sun exposure. Also the sun might explode due to hyperspace ruptures."
I had to disable the safety features for the FSD to operate beyond safety limits, as the jump was supercharged.
Basically I got shoved to the surface of the star and then flew out normally. I might have cooked a bit, but I had a very cool running ship and managed to get away before overheating much.
It's happened a few times to me. It always startles me, but it really made me jump the last time, now that I play in VR.