The Six Corners Expedition

-VR- pipestein

-VR- pipestein
So I got back from my last expedition a little less than four weeks ago. I am ready to head out again less than a month later. I spent the last 3 weeks doing my engineer grind and building out my new exploration ship. I present the Shiney Loot Pinata.

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I went for the best jump range I could swing, rather than redundancy. The idea of the six corners expedition is to hit the farthest points I can on the four sides of the galaxy using grade 3 jump boosts as well as the highest and lowest points I can hit at the galactic center. this ought to be interesting.
 

JonathanBurnage

JonathanBurnage
Good luck Commander! If you haven't looked these up already, the highest and lowest systems with a viable return journey are:
Dryee Free AA-A h4 (+3299)
Synaulooe AA-A h2 (-3341)

Your jump range looks pretty good so hopefully you can get to them (and back!). Try 4D thrusters using drive distributors if you want to shave off a few more tons.

There are systems further from the plane that can be reached, but alas they are one-way trips.
 

Jaxterix

Jaxterix
JonathanBurnage said:
Good luck Commander! If you haven't looked these up already, the highest and lowest systems with a viable return journey are:
Dryee Free AA-A h4 (+3299)
Synaulooe AA-A h2 (-3341)

Your jump range looks pretty good so hopefully you can get to them (and back!). Try 4D thrusters using drive distributors if you want to shave off a few more tons.

There are systems further from the plane that can be reached, but alas they are one-way trips.
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What's the minimum jump range to reach those? Would a 72.49 LY range Krait Phantom be able to get there? or need a conda built for max range?
 

khaos526

khaos526
recrudesce said:
I've so far been to North, East, and West. Currently heading to the South. Might do the highest/lowest some other time.
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I've only done the 4 corners before. Kept forgetting the high and low and don't think I've hit either of them. So maybe something to do down the road. Thanks for posting those two planets...
 

recrudesce

recrudesce
Jaxterix said:
What's the minimum jump range to reach those? Would a 72.49 LY range Krait Phantom be able to get there? or need a conda built for max range?
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I did the extreme east and west in a 78Ly Conda. I used 2 "level 2" injections on the far east route (one in, one out) and only used "level 1" injections on the far west route. Pretty sure you'll be fine :) I think I found a Green system near the east - let me dig it out.
 

recrudesce

recrudesce
Yeah, here you go - a green system I discovered really really close to the last few jumps to Erikson's.

https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/system/id/43055289/name/Pheia+Bra+LG-Y+d0

Also longest jumps you'll encounter on the routes to each limit (well, the ones I've been to so far):
  • Erikson's is 91.05Ly (there is a neutron jump in this of 259.58 Ly, so be prepared for that)
  • Magellan's is 111.20Ly
  • Semotus is 82.68Ly
OK, cos I had nothing else to do, here's some routes for the "last leg" of each extreme.

Magellan: https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/galactic...oute+to+Magellan's+Star+(Ood+Fleau+ZJ-I+d9-0)
Semotus: https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/galactic...name/Route+to+Semotus+Beacon+(Oevasy+SG-Y+d0)
Erikson: https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/galactic...e/Route+to+Erikson's+Star+(Sphiesi+HX-L+d7-0)
 
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-VR- pipestein

-VR- pipestein
recrudesce said:
Yeah, here you go - a green system I discovered really really close to the last few jumps to Erikson's.

https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/system/id/43055289/name/Pheia+Bra+LG-Y+d0

Also longest jumps you'll encounter on the routes to each limit (well, the ones I've been to so far):
  • Erikson's is 91.05Ly (there is a neutron jump in this of 259.58 Ly, so be prepared for that)
  • Magellan's is 111.20Ly
  • Semotus is 82.68Ly
OK, cos I had nothing else to do, here's some routes for the "last leg" of each extreme.

Magellan: https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/galactic-routes/show/id/1975/name/Route+to+Magellan's+Star+(Ood+Fleau+ZJ-I+d9-0)
Semotus: https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/galactic-routes/show/id/1976/name/Route+to+Semotus+Beacon+(Oevasy+SG-Y+d0)
Erikson: https://www.edsm.net/en_GB/galactic-routes/show/id/1977/name/Route+to+Erikson's+Star+(Sphiesi+HX-L+d7-0)
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I might have to change this to the 10 corners expedition. I am kinda thinking that rather than doing the thin whispy ends of the galactic arms I might just head SE, to NE, to NW, to SW and head directly off the galactic plane in those spots. I'm a fan of finding my own path out there. thanks for the green system :). I'm enough of a nerd that I spent yesterday gathering jump mats. I am up to 30 or 40 G3 jumps. Polonium can be pain in the *** to find.

Regardless of which way I end up going I will probably end up checking out the star links people are posting here just to say I did. Or at the very least make the attempt to visit them. :)
 
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khaos526

khaos526
JonathanBurnage said:
I have a feeling you need a jumpaconda for Dryee Free; not sure about Synaulooe.
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Well I just managed to get back from Dryee Free AA-A h4 and that was a chore. My Anaconda has a jump range of 77.20 (max of 160.81)ly and I barely made it with the FSD boost. The issue was getting back as I could only get that 160 jump range by only having 1/4 tank of fuel. This meant after making that 159.47ly jump that is needed to bring the final 2 stars, I was left stranded as the system had no fuel star, only a Black Hole and a Neutron Star which was great if I hadn't been forced to only jump on 1/4 a tank. Fuel Rats came and helped me out and I made it out.

Mine was on an Anaconda, but I did have a Vehicle Bay and a Heat Sink Launcher and 3.60T Shield Generator. This way my experience anyways...
 
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