Newcomer / Intro Stamping Your Name On The Galaxy; Which Stars To Steer By?

Titler

Titler
So I've been reading around the forums, and one of my personal goals is to just have a few systems discovered and leave my name permanently on the universe map. I've found good builds for a Hauler and an Asp, and Commander Nutter's guide has proven very helpful beyond that. I find Bounty Hunting the best source of income for me short term (I'm relatively good against NPCs from years of Elite experience, and I keep running into 5 and even 6 figure bounties), which has already got me to a Cobra and should get me to an Asp in reasonably quick time. What I've not found much information on yet is how to actually know which direction to head off in to try and find undiscovered systems to claim as my own... It's something I'd like to do soon, because no doubt the really dedicated have already pushed the boundaries of knowledge far, far away from the normal habited systems, and the longer it's left the more days and weeks will need to be spent getting out there!

So folks, simple question, is it at all possible from the Galactic Map to see where people haven't yet left their tags?
 

Zenith

Zenith
The simple answer is no, there is no way to tell by looking at the map which systems are already discovered.

THAT SAID... you can make an educated guess as to likely "corridors" of discovered systems.
Draw imaginary lines between major landmarks and with populated space. So for example, the straight line from Sol/Achenar/Lave to Sagittarius A* is well worn and likely to have many discovered systems.
Same goes for Lagoon Nebula, Omega Nebula, Eta Carina Nebula and in fact any "named" nebula. Interesting clusters of stars like the ones centred on V945 Scorpii are also tourist spots.

Now there are 3 ways you can increase your chances of coming across undiscovered systems on the way...
1) Use economic route planning instead of fastest route planning. You're likely to hit more systems that others zoomed past.
2) Aim for some destination, then before you reach it (after 500 ly for example) change direction to another destination and follow it along. You should be travelling a path less worn.
3) Go a few hundred ly straight above or below the galactic plane then head to your destination. You should be able to tag a fair number of undiscovered systems this way.

Combine one or more of those suggestions and you're likely to keep hitting undiscovered systems.

If I may make a couple of suggestions of sights to consider if you're starting out,
HIP 63835 (consider this training)
Barnard's Loop / Orion Nebula
Maia in the Pleiades
NGC 7822

They're all well travelled by explorers, but if you take a slight detour while heading to one or the other, you should get some systems to call your own.
 

the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
Click on a random star some 2,000Y away in any direction and noe down the name (it will likely be an alphanumeric string and impossible to remember straight away). Try to make sure it's not on one of the corridors mentioned above.

Set that as your destination and go. You'll start hitting virgin systems in no time.
 

Titler

Titler
Ahh I suspected there'd be no direct way, unfortunately. Thank you for the tips so far though!

Also, is there any way to enter a wild card string in search so, let's say you'd like to be the discoverer of "The Planet Of The Sentient Cows" for roleplay purposes, you can search the Galaxy for systems with "Cow" in the name? Just a wild idea really, but it might give explorers more sense of personal direction...
 

Evyl Minkey

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Titler said:
Ahh I suspected there'd be no direct way, unfortunately. Thank you for the tips so far though!

Also, is there any way to enter a wild card string in search so, let's say you'd like to be the discoverer of "The Planet Of The Sentient Cows" for roleplay purposes, you can search the Galaxy for systems with "Cow" in the name? Just a wild idea really, but it might give explorers more sense of personal direction...
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You can search for anything in the galaxy map and it will find something that matches it. But most of the outer systems have names that are just combinations of letters and numbers.

In answer to your original question there are plenty of undiscovered systems just a few hundred light years from populated systems. Just pick a direction and go -up, down, left or right. It won't take ling once you set off. As one if the others said, use economy mode to fi d your route.
 

Feldspar

Feldspar
Titler said:
Also, is there any way to enter a wild card string in search so, let's say you'd like to be the discoverer of "The Planet Of The Sentient Cows" for roleplay purposes, you can search the Galaxy for systems with "Cow" in the name? Just a wild idea really, but it might give explorers more sense of personal direction...
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Yes, just enter any combination of letters and it will select the first system with that combination in the name, press select again and it will select the next. It works on station and planet names, too, enter 'Founders' and it will take you to Shinrarta Dehza, home of Founder's World.
 
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