Planning a long range exploration trip...

kmwmtd

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Decoy7 said:
I was able to time myself once and do 1 jump every 45 seconds when completely going at it with full attention.
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Impressive. The best I've managed reliably so far is around a minute (FSD engineered 53ly Anaconda), though I have recently started spooling up the FSD before scooping has finished, so I can probably take a bit off this without risking heat damage. For me, the biggest single factor is how long I am in witchspace, and this varies quite a bit from jump to jump - it seems to depend more on the number of objects in the destination system than the actual distance. I also think the speed (or lack thereof) of my laptop and internet has an impact, but they are less easily quantified.
 
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JetsonRING

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I just did the 5000 LY run for Palin, it was surprisingly easy and I vastly over-prepared for it. I ran it in my Asp-X, it took a few days at about an hour per day, basically in 1000 LY chunks. There was no destination, ED being a very process-oriented game I simply chose a direction (toward the core, probably the most common choice) and went "thataway" until I had gone about 6000 LY so I could be sure I was at least 5000 LY from my in-game point-of-origin. Didn't need the AFMU, never turned mine on and came back with 98% hull after colliding with a stellar boundary. Didn't need to strip the ship either, turns out 5000 LY isn't so far after all. Felt more like driving to a far off relative's home and back than an exploration. Picked up a few "You were the first to discover" messages.

I checked out the Coal Sack nebula, it was as expected, dark, then turned inward toward another nebula just to have a destination, did the same coming back, sort of like stopping off at tourist traps.
 

kmwmtd

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JetsonRING said:
Didn't need the AFMU, never turned mine on and came back with 98% hull after colliding with a stellar boundary.
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TBH, you probably won't need an AFMU for relatively short trips (a few thousand lys). In my experience, each neutron star boost knocks about 1% off your FSD health (I think this depends on how long you spend in the jet). For a longer journey (mine is currently about 50,000ly out of Colonia, with another 100,000 before I get to dock again), I would certain recommend having one as the wear and tear (particularly to the FSD) can accumulate. And (if you have a spare slot) they don't have any mass (for some reason).
 
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AgamemnonWhen

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I'm holding back on my next trip into the black until 2.3 lands... I'm hoping there's still a few tweaks in the bag for explorers! I've just got to get a bit of Arsenic for some G5 FSD upgrades for the AspX, and I'm all ready!
 
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thearmysredneck

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Well I took three passenger missions to Sag A* and back. 240 million plus the data, and finished off my exploration rank. My prep was 3 cabins on Annie with both scanners, upgraded fsd, enough power distributer to boost, 5a thrusters, max scoop, heatsinks, and filled the rest with AFMUs. Well I did throw in an extra class 5 fuel tank, which was completely unnecessary since I was going to the center. Then I just went out in the black.

Be careful if you run passengers to the center, the POI at Sag A* spawns pirates that will scan you....had 2 go to unhappy and 1 go to content.
 
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