I'm new to the beta, so tell me if this is already covered - is it possible to super cruise between star systems? Trying it now and after about ten minutes the distance to the next system was reduced by .01 ly and my speed is still increasing, and ETA dropping. It still is 4.64 ly and 1.2 days away - I haven't done the math but it looks like in a couple of hours I'd be getting close. With the right engine/ship can you super cruise faster? If this does work, is there any in game advantage to avoiding hyperspace?
Supercruise between systems
- Thread starter Quicksilver
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It has been tried before, but the universe is not seamless, the new system won't load: you may cover the distance in SC but there will be nothing at the location of the system you're moving to.
Except if they have silently added a loading mechanism while supercruising between system in beta 3...
There is no advantage I can think of, but it would be nice to have it, just for the "it can be done" feeling, like the one coming from knowing that there are 400 billions stars to explore.
To add to what Gedemon has posted, the other factor is fuel consumption. I've not run the maths, but would we have enough fuel to supercruise between systems? There'd be no way of replenishing via fuel scooping and no stations to fill up at.
Looking at fuel consumption in beta 2 when supercruising to Asellus Primus B (I haven't done that trip since beta 3), I think that medium/big ships have enough fuel to reach close systems.
I would certainly hope that the possibility is there to just SC between two star systems, it should not be easy for sure and should cost alot of fuel and time to do so. Otherwise if the only way to travel between systems is by jumping then the nav beacons and drop out points will just be infested with pirates at least with an option to take the long route you could decide the risk/reward/cast factors involved in hauling cargo through sectors etc.