Short Cuts Via Supercruise

Rob2984

R
Hello,

I've been out on a short run to chart the major stars of the Orion constellation and have hit a wall... Epsilon Orionis, aka Alniham, sits on the far side of a huge empty gulf on the very fringe of the Orion arm. I think I've done more light years looping back and around to try and find a route than on the rest of the trip combined, but am having no joy... but, I've had a crazy idea.
The closet point I can reach is about 40ly away. My jump range is just shy of 32ly. While I know that we cannot supercruise between systems is it possible to supercruise out far enough that the distance becomes jumpable? It would take about two days, I think, at maximum acceleration to bring the distance down to one I can hyperspace, but before trying it I thought I'd sound out the community and see if anyone has tried this before and if it worked? Or will the game engine still register the distance based on the star system I'm in?
Otherwise if anyone knows a good route to Alniham I'd be all ears....

Any advice much appreciated, commanders...
 

Rauminen

R
It's not that crazy - some commanders thougt of this before. Up to latest patch at the time of writing, it doesn't work unfortunately. You'll see the distance decreasing while sitting in the cockpit, but on the map it will not change, so you can't jump.
 
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CMDR_UKmouse

CMDR_UKmouse
Hi Rob,
I'm pretty sure it's not possible to reduce the jump distance as you hope.
Shame, would be great if it would be possible.
Lee.
 

Arry

Arry
In ED, I don't think the systems are linked. By this I mean, even if you had the time etc, you cannot just super-cruise, from one system to the next.
 

Rob2984

R
Thanks for the quick responses!

Shame it won't work though... back to the looping method then I think. Seems to be working slowly, last one was a 22 jump route that in total brought me about 100ly closer to that elusive star... I'll get there...
 

stumpy101

S
you use fuel up at a rate in SC I understand, as a result if it was possible would you not run out of fuel? I presume the rate of fuel usage would be different between SC and jumping as well
 

CMDR DoubleSkulls

C
I think I've read someone just left it for hours... 2000c powering along.. and in galactic terms you are still next to the primary.

If it did work it would take about 1.5 days to go 8ly at 2000c, so you'd probably run out of fuel. :(
 

domaq

domaq
Interesting idea however what others have found with trying to supercriise between systems is that, even when they "reached" the new system with a distance of zero, the new system didnt render. The conclusion the community drew was that a new system wont be created until in witch space.

Incidentally, a few of us have made the same journey you are trying. The route to Epsilon Orionis has a 37.3Ly jump about two prior to the target system. I only know of two CMDRs who have made it with Asps but mostly it was completed with Anacondas.

Good luck!
 
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