Hi guys. Just wanted to share my experience in exploring the California Nebula, some 1000ly from populated space. I think it's the one in the background of current Elite logo intro in the game. I equipped my Adder with Basic Discovery Scanner and Detailed Surface Scanner. Outfitted it so it can jump 16ly and a solid fuel scoop and headed there. It took me three days to get there (I'm a casual player so it was some four to five hours game time).
Here are some images on my way there:
And when I finaly got there, I started exploring. I found that the view of the nebula was much better just off the edge of nebula than deep inside the nebula. Which actualy makes sense. When you're inside, nebula is half as dense in each direction.
I remember David Braben saying how finding earth like planet is like a holy grail of exploring, so I figured out the whole trip will pay off if I find one. And I tought maybe, just maybe, if it's in such a nice location with such a nice view it might be a big deal.
And then, after some five days in nebula, I finaly found it:
Once I found it I decided to head back and avoid getting destroyed until I sell my data to firs respectable outpost or a station.
The whole trip earned me some 750.000 which is quite disappointing. I expected to earn at least a million from that earth like planet discovery, but that system was sold for abut 60k, much like another system I discovered along the way. Probably one with many metal rich planets. I think developers should make exploration a bit more interesting, or at least make us search for that jack pot, like earth like planets. That would make all that suffering bearable. Lucky
for me, I wasn't in for the money, I just wanted to blaze my own trail as they say Hoping that maybe I'm the first to discover that planet (probably not).
Here are some images on my way there:
And when I finaly got there, I started exploring. I found that the view of the nebula was much better just off the edge of nebula than deep inside the nebula. Which actualy makes sense. When you're inside, nebula is half as dense in each direction.
I remember David Braben saying how finding earth like planet is like a holy grail of exploring, so I figured out the whole trip will pay off if I find one. And I tought maybe, just maybe, if it's in such a nice location with such a nice view it might be a big deal.
And then, after some five days in nebula, I finaly found it:
Once I found it I decided to head back and avoid getting destroyed until I sell my data to firs respectable outpost or a station.
The whole trip earned me some 750.000 which is quite disappointing. I expected to earn at least a million from that earth like planet discovery, but that system was sold for abut 60k, much like another system I discovered along the way. Probably one with many metal rich planets. I think developers should make exploration a bit more interesting, or at least make us search for that jack pot, like earth like planets. That would make all that suffering bearable. Lucky
for me, I wasn't in for the money, I just wanted to blaze my own trail as they say
Hoping that maybe I'm the first to discover that planet (probably not).
