just got back from my palin
conda for sure
6a FSD - g5 a must, mines about 58.xx
5D thrusters
1d dist
D rated all others
no weapons
no internals like SBs
no shield
adv scanner
detailed scanner
A7 fuel scope
2 x AMFS
i was jumping ~56lys, still takes a while - make sure you honk every time
i headed south towards a few of the nebula out there
it also helps not to make a bee line for a nebula as you will find all the stars have been discovered, dog let out a bit
all that scan data got me to 3.5 Palin rank upon return - i dont want to hear jump drive charging for a while now...
and make sure you go to the alien crash site to get unknown frags, took me about 30mins to get 31
conda for sure
6a FSD - g5 a must, mines about 58.xx
5D thrusters
1d dist
D rated all others
no weapons
no internals like SBs
no shield
adv scanner
detailed scanner
A7 fuel scope
2 x AMFS
i was jumping ~56lys, still takes a while - make sure you honk every time
i headed south towards a few of the nebula out there
it also helps not to make a bee line for a nebula as you will find all the stars have been discovered, dog let out a bit
all that scan data got me to 3.5 Palin rank upon return - i dont want to hear jump drive charging for a while now...
and make sure you go to the alien crash site to get unknown frags, took me about 30mins to get 31
Head out to a nebula somewhere, like Barnard's Loop (which is not 5000 ly from the Bubble, but it's a nice waypoint on your journey). Or head corewards. Hell, you could even start heading along the Colonia Highway and go a quarter of the way towards Jaques--that way there are outposts along your route if you need to repair or want to sell your data.
Since you're going on an extended journey, you should equip an ADS and scan things along the way. Might as well make some exploration money while you're out there. You could take a hangar and SRV to land on planets; that always helps to relieve the monotony.
The exploration sub-forum has a list of guides/lists with some other advice on outfitting for exploration.
Since you're going on an extended journey, you should equip an ADS and scan things along the way. Might as well make some exploration money while you're out there. You could take a hangar and SRV to land on planets; that always helps to relieve the monotony.
The exploration sub-forum has a list of guides/lists with some other advice on outfitting for exploration.
So is there a set path or do I open the map and pick a spot 1000 lys out? Sorry if that's a dumb question but I wanted to be sure I understand before I start
If you are at all interested in making some new discoveries yourself, don't take a well travelled route. You are better off picking a random direction and just heading away from the bubble.
I did mine in a Python and collected 6 million CR in data, but I wouldn't do it that way again. I did go on a random route and got more than a few new discoveries. If you do go random, be careful with dead ends as you may have to backtrack. Set your map to avoid white dwarves, you don't want to get sucked into one that far out. Be careful with the darker suns, as some have pretty strong grav and emissions and their size can be difficult to judge. You can get lulled into carelessness by the repetitive actions and be caught out. It is easier with the new map filter features.
Make sure you fit the biggest scoop you can afford, it will cut your down time tremendously and do fit on a large tank, a 5 on a Conda.
The only other ship I would consider is an ASPX, but the Conda can pack enough stuff for any contingency, so you have a bigger margin of safety. Minimal outfit=greater range, add stuff to stop explore=lesser range (but you definitely won't be going that way again, so what's your pleasure?).
Make sure you fit the biggest scoop you can afford, it will cut your down time tremendously and do fit on a large tank, a 5 on a Conda.
The only other ship I would consider is an ASPX, but the Conda can pack enough stuff for any contingency, so you have a bigger margin of safety. Minimal outfit=greater range, add stuff to stop explore=lesser range (but you definitely won't be going that way again, so what's your pleasure?).
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Use an Asp imo, max it out for jump range, give it a FSD upgrade on the way out if possible and just pick a direction and go. Soon as you hit 5k self destruct and head to palin. I see from your post you already have a conda's FSD so you can just use that, its more expensive to suicide in a conda but i'd still do it in a heartbeat, credits come and go but time is the ultimate commodity 
Please note this is from someone who doesn't like exploration so only do that if you genuinely don't get anything out of exploration
Please note this is from someone who doesn't like exploration so only do that if you genuinely don't get anything out of exploration
Use an Asp imo, max it out for jump range, give it a FSD upgrade on the way out if possible and just pick a direction and go. Soon as you hit 5k self destruct and head to palin. I see from your post you already have a conda's FSD so you can just use that, its more expensive to suicide in a conda but i'd still do it in a heartbeat, credits come and go but time is the ultimate commodity
Please note this is from someone who doesn't like exploration so only do that if you genuinely don't get anything out of exploration
I think I will do that. I am not much on exploring.....I just want to get it over with
I think I will do that. I am not much on exploring.....I just want to get it over with
yeah sadly I really don't get anything out of it so i just wanted it over as well, I had much more fun making the credits back i lost from self destruct than i would have done jumping back
Just think about the thrusters all the time your jumping out it helps keep you going and unlike many of the engineer mods they probably have the biggest visceral improvement, i do thrusters first on any ship i buy now.
Is this correct? When I read the unlock requirement for Palin on Inara, I assumed that you had to travel a minimum of 5,000LY away from your starting system.
I did the whole mind-numbing 5K + out AND back!
I'm with you....can someone confirm that is correct? Do I only have to go out 2500 LY? That would make it much more bearable...
Yes. It is 5000ly from your starting system, and back (10000 +/-).
I used an stripped-down Asp Exp (no guns, scoop and all tanks), and just did it all in one go.
I started in Eravate. I looked in the status menu, and saw I had already ventured 400-500ly from there. So I went into the map, and just scrolled right and chose a random stop/destination (I think you can only plot out up to 1000ly from your current position).
I equipped it with the adv scanner, Class 5 scoop, and all fuel tanks. Added with the G5 FSD boost mod, I could go about 500-600ly before needing to refuel.
Sure, it was boring, but the nice thing after all of it, was that you had a mountain of Exp data to sell Palin.
Not the most glamorous method, but it worked.
I used an stripped-down Asp Exp (no guns, scoop and all tanks), and just did it all in one go.
I started in Eravate. I looked in the status menu, and saw I had already ventured 400-500ly from there. So I went into the map, and just scrolled right and chose a random stop/destination (I think you can only plot out up to 1000ly from your current position).
I equipped it with the adv scanner, Class 5 scoop, and all fuel tanks. Added with the G5 FSD boost mod, I could go about 500-600ly before needing to refuel.
Sure, it was boring, but the nice thing after all of it, was that you had a mountain of Exp data to sell Palin.
Not the most glamorous method, but it worked.
It's been a while since I did it and it is 5k from your starting system, so you are correct on both counts, 5k and mind numbing.
Apologies for the misdirection in a previous post. Erroneous information deleted.
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Yes, if you also check "Apply filter to route" at the bottom of the filter. If you don't check that, it will hide the unscoopables but might plot a route through them.
My vote is not to self-destruct and to scan while you go. As others have pointed out, you'll want to sell exploration data to Palin anyway to unlock higher levels. And even with a good jump range, 5000 ly is a time investment. I totally understand why some people choose to self-destruct afterwards, but to me it just seems like making the return trip and coming back with all that juicy data makes the whole venture worthwhile.
That being said, I am an explorer by trade and have travelled far more than 5000 ly, so I recognize that my perspective is different from people who are only taking this trip to unlock Palin. There is no shame in suiciding; I just strongly advise you to consider the alternatives before you take that course.
Finally, you might already know this, but there is a statistics entry in the right panel called "Max Distance from Start". You can use this to keep track of how far you are from your starting system (which might be a little different from 5000 ly from wherever you are right now).