Lost n Space - Nowhere to dock & repair

[RandomPrecision]

The other night I decided enough was enough. I had been trading for weeks and built up a nice Cobra to go exploring and get close up to a few nebulae. Since then I've done about 700ly travel (almost at the Witches Head nebula) and struggling to find any system with a base in it. Are all the populated systems simply limited to the small bubble of the Milky Way we started in or are there more places to visit and dock at? If not are there plans to expand further into the milky way? Do we need to collect full system scans and return to a base before these systems can be populated?

I'm just curious. I could do wth docking for repairs (my bad for leaving without an AFRT) but still managing to get by out in deep space.

 

[Flappers]

Unexplored space is unexplored. Meaning there won't be any population there apart from you... the person who discovered it.

You need to sell that data to a faction for them to consider to start building outposts out there.

 

[Monk]

Over time, as commanders explore, mine and hunt in unexplored space it will be incorporated into one of the factions. That is based on who is collecting profit and influence in the new sector and which nearby factions are ready for expansion.

Over a long period of time, populated space will have grown by a lot...but will still be small compared to the galaxy even after years of player input....

It would be nice though, to be able to contract a tow & repair service. You might have to wait a good deal of time for them to get to you and it will likely cost quite a bit (penalty for not being prepared) but at least you might have a chance of being helped when spinning uncontrollably with your dead thrusters.

 

[RandomPrecision]

These are really good answers. Thank you so much. I've come as far as the Witches Head Nebula. I'm going to take a few screenies and guess i should head back to sell this data to the rght people then. I'm quite chuffed I got this far

 

[nosscar]

Just hang on.......
I will dock at Eranin to pick up some fuel and install a repair laser, or pick up some repair bots to transfer over, if that fails i will go to Aulin because i can equip a tractor beam tether and tow you to nearest station for repair.
What ... no i cant, buts its MMO & multi player, there must be some way to help.
No sorry, can't do anything.
Tell you what, i can watch your funeral ships go by.
see ya.

 

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[777Driver]

Also keep in mind that the Auto Field Repair Kit is basically useless for general purpose.

It's more like a Manual Field Mostly-Unessential-Items Repair Kit.

So what about your fuel scoop getting damaged, life support, frame shift drive, advanced/basic discovery scanner? Anyone of those will end a long exploration trip without a field unit. Yes it does suck not being able to repair thrusters, but I wouldn't go as far as calling the kit useless.

What I cant get my head around is why no small outposts exists near the major Nebula? You would think in 3300 they would at least have a couple of people in a beat up old station doing surveys, I wouldn't expect outfitting, but perhaps a nice amount of cash for delivering food and supplies (Like rare goods). Even a long range Cap ship (science vessel) I guess it is early day's in the game, the platforms is there for the devs to build on.

 

[Monk]

777Driver,

I'm not so keen on the stations out there...would be very difficult getting supplies and construction material out there. Though, i'm sure some enterprising corporation would be up for it. Though, again, easier profits had nearby.

A self-sufficient cap ship would be awesome to stumble upon out in the deep reaches of the galaxy. Hopefully your rep with them is high enough or they might just take you out with a long range missile. These would also need to be found using discovery scanner, I'd think.

 

[777Driver]

777Driver,

I'm not so keen on the stations out there...would be very difficult getting supplies and construction material out there. Though, i'm sure some enterprising corporation would be up for it. Though, again, easier profits had nearby.

A self-sufficient cap ship would be awesome to stumble upon out in the deep reaches of the galaxy. Hopefully your rep with them is high enough or they might just take you out with a long range missile. These would also need to be found using discovery scanner, I'd think.

I couldn't see why a cap ship could not transport the parts for an outpost. The Imperial interdictor is frikin massive!

 

[Monk]

I couldn't see why a cap ship could not transport the parts for an outpost. The Imperial interdictor is frikin massive!

Yes, that makes sense, at face value. Though, an interdictor must cost a fortune to operate....think W&T on an Asp is bad, hah!

So, you need a really good reason to build a permanent outpost that would require regular maintenance and supply. You can bet that if someone took the time to build an outpost hundreds of light years from populated space that there must be something very very special in the area. Also, delivering any goods to such a station should net you a crazy fat profit.

 

[TankMaster]

What is the incentive for an empire to colonize a planet or build even an outpost to a place 700ly from the farthest populated system when you can colonize or build that outpost on one a couple of dozen ly from that border system?

Doing that eventually that system 700ly becomes only a couple of dozen ly away.

Seriously though I do agree with OP... Right now supplying a system on the border of federation or empire space is a matter of an hour or so, building an outpost or sending an ocellus (sp?) station out to a system even 2,000ly away would make a supply run a matter of less than a week which is totally fine...

Who knows, maybe those deep space locked systems are actually populated by military personnel keeping an eye out for thargoid or conducting research... Some may even be the shipyard systems for secret ship and weapons R&D... FD has a lot of potential story development here

 

[Lestat]

The other night I decided enough was enough. I had been trading for weeks and built up a nice Cobra to go exploring and get close up to a few nebulae. Since then I've done about 700ly travel (almost at the Witches Head nebula) and struggling to find any system with a base in it. Are all the populated systems simply limited to the small bubble of the Milky Way we started in or are there more places to visit and dock at? If not are there plans to expand further into the milky way? Do we need to collect full system scans and return to a base before these systems can be populated?

I'm just curious. I could do wth docking for repairs (my bad for leaving without an AFRT) but still managing to get by out in deep space.

If I had my laptop I would attack you. I am almost pass witch nebula. But my monitor went out on my laptop. Headed to horseshoe nebula.

 

[777Driver]

Yes, that makes sense, at face value. Though, an interdictor must cost a fortune to operate....think W&T on an Asp is bad, hah!

So, you need a really good reason to build a permanent outpost that would require regular maintenance and supply. You can bet that if someone took the time to build an outpost hundreds of light years from populated space that there must be something very very special in the area. Also, delivering any goods to such a station should net you a crazy fat profit.

Yeah true, I really enjoyed my trip to the Pleiades nebula, although I did it on a whim one night, not even a basic discovery scanner on my Type-7 :/ Although it was a Beautiful area, it made think what next? Ok, I guess travel to the next nebula or head home.

It would be nice to find remote little stations each with there own requirements. The galaxy is huge, but the Horsehead/Eagle etc are very close in the grand scheme of things. I think if any Scientist had the chance they would set up camp in one of those Nebulae asap.. Just gotta convince the big corps that money is to be made from harvesting the gases.

Disclaimer - I have no idea what I'm talking about since this is science fiction!

 

[nosscar]

if they had some rare valuable minerals that could only be found is some far off system, then this would open up a good reason to have outposts and cap ships in these places, and make exploring more fun too.

 

[RedMax]

I couldn't see why a cap ship could not transport the parts for an outpost. The Imperial interdictor is frikin massive!

What I would love to see is FD add some sort of playable support ship that can serve as long-range refueling station as well as a minor to moderate mobile repair platform. Then offer to buy fuel from those that can scoop, and sell to others that need it for a profit. NOW we can create a convoy (think Battle Star Galactica flotilla) and head out to the far reaches with confidence. It would have to be something in the range of a Lacon T9 but specialized in refuel and repair. Would be a fun role to play on a long journey. Could even add a dedicated tanker and/or life support/food replenish ship. NPC wingman of the support ship perhaps.

 

[SpySat1]

Just hang on.......
I will dock at Eranin to pick up some fuel and install a repair laser, or pick up some repair bots to transfer over, if that fails i will go to Aulin because i can equip a tractor beam tether and tow you to nearest station for repair.
What ... no i cant, buts its MMO & multi player, there must be some way to help.
No sorry, can't do anything.
Tell you what, i can watch your funeral ships go by.
see ya.

So many Funeral Ships... I lol'd at this.

 

[anikaiful]

So what about your fuel scoop getting damaged, life support, frame shift drive, advanced/basic discovery scanner? Anyone of those will end a long exploration trip without a field unit. Yes it does suck not being able to repair thrusters, but I wouldn't go as far as calling the kit useless.

What I cant get my head around is why no small outposts exists near the major Nebula? You would think in 3300 they would at least have a couple of people in a beat up old station doing surveys, I wouldn't expect outfitting, but perhaps a nice amount of cash for delivering food and supplies (Like rare goods). Even a long range Cap ship (science vessel) I guess it is early day's in the game, the platforms is there for the devs to build on.

I'm not so sure they're wholly non-existent out there... just that their location is in no public records - for quite obvious reasons. I'd not publicize such info either.

 

[SpiralRazor]

The other night I decided enough was enough. I had been trading for weeks and built up a nice Cobra to go exploring and get close up to a few nebulae. Since then I've done about 700ly travel (almost at the Witches Head nebula) and struggling to find any system with a base in it. Are all the populated systems simply limited to the small bubble of the Milky Way we started in or are there more places to visit and dock at? If not are there plans to expand further into the milky way? Do we need to collect full system scans and return to a base before these systems can be populated?

I'm just curious. I could do wth docking for repairs (my bad for leaving without an AFRT) but still managing to get by out in deep space.

youll will need an auto repair module, maybe 2 and the best fuel scoop you can afford to really do exploring...Asp is probably the best with its extended jump ranges...but dont expect any human stations out there....you may hit Thargoid space thought in which case I hope youre good at running

 

[smoe]

you can easily inspect the populated space in the galaxy map by setting the details filter to economy and pan until you see a colored dots

 

[RandomPrecision]

you can easily inspect the populated space in the galaxy map by setting the details filter to economy and pan until you see a colored dots

That is true, but the only coloured dots to see are in the cuboid shaped populated area we all start in. No worries though, I got a few good screenies and a stack of cartography data to bring back. Happy days As for getting an ASP perhaps I'll make that ship my goal for the next space trip. Hehe. I've been flying for approximately 900ly total with a cracked canopy. This is fun.