Yeah, while I utterly feel your pain (you used to lose Exploration Data, many people would make mistakes that lead to their demise or running out of fuel and having to Self Destruct", thus losing countless hours of Exploration Data and Bounty Vouchers etc.), take it as a learning experience.
It's a deep game, with a deeper learning curve, but if the game appealed to you then you in my humble opinion, you shouldn't give up on the first hurdle.
If you stick around, you'll be in a Heavily Shielded Cutter, Mining with Turreted Lasers for days and maybe an SLF, looking back at today and chuckling to yourself how green you were.
A couple of other things to keep in mind if you didn't already know; the instance refreshes upon logging. So if you DC or log, when you log back in, 'A Wild Pirate with Hungry Children Suddenly Appears'.
The other, unsure if mentioned is to High Wake (Have a nearby System ready to be targeted if you get Interdicted or foresee trouble), it'll get around Mass Lock. Full Pips to Engines, rest to Sys, Boost, Boost, Boost.
Dirty Drives might want to be added to your shopping list, as well as Reinforced/Thermal Resist Shields and Boosters (up to G3 is fine with Boosters if you unlock Lei Cheung).
Good luck, and have fun.
It's a deep game, with a deeper learning curve, but if the game appealed to you then you in my humble opinion, you shouldn't give up on the first hurdle.
If you stick around, you'll be in a Heavily Shielded Cutter, Mining with Turreted Lasers for days and maybe an SLF, looking back at today and chuckling to yourself how green you were.
A couple of other things to keep in mind if you didn't already know; the instance refreshes upon logging. So if you DC or log, when you log back in, 'A Wild Pirate with Hungry Children Suddenly Appears'.
The other, unsure if mentioned is to High Wake (Have a nearby System ready to be targeted if you get Interdicted or foresee trouble), it'll get around Mass Lock. Full Pips to Engines, rest to Sys, Boost, Boost, Boost.
Dirty Drives might want to be added to your shopping list, as well as Reinforced/Thermal Resist Shields and Boosters (up to G3 is fine with Boosters if you unlock Lei Cheung).
Good luck, and have fun.