IMO, A jump range over 30-40Ly isn't needed in an explorer ship - An actual explorer will survey each system entered searching for the anomalies hidden there -
Not jump, honk, jump continuously to the chosen destination. -
Before the addition of the FSS in an explorer ship, you would have to actually fly point to point in a system to scan completely -
In my case (I consider myself an explorer predominately), I still use the "old ways" since I am in no hurry to get anywhere - You have to jump, honk, scan, switch to FSS, survey and decide if you want to go there to see what the anomaly is anyway, so why bother.
I have both a T-9 and a T-10 -
The T-9 is outfitted for mining asteroids and rings and has a 30Ly jump range to return to my carrier rapidly when loaded with a maximum of 720t -
The T-10, on the other hand, is equipped as a weaponised courier to return collected products to the bubble with an almost 50Ly range, with the ability to carry 512t of cargo -
Since I am now over 6000Ly from the Bubble - I offer refit and repair to those that are in the range of the Carrier and the ability to buy and sell commodities if so desired which I expect was the intention of a Carrier when introduced.
If you plan on jumping 300Ly or more at a time you will miss the glorious opportunity of discoveries in the systems you bypassed to get somewhere.