Traveling large distances in a system?

Dortmunder · Dec 7, 2014

I'm currently flying between stations in a system, almost hit 1000c, slowing down now due to gravity? Been flying for 10 minutes across the system.

Is there a faster way to travel across a system, or is supercruise it?

Chek · Dec 7, 2014

SC is it. Some systems have taken 20 minutes to get out to the very edge. Generally I find I need a pretty good reason to be heading out there, nice if you want to get away from it all though

Avnas · Dec 7, 2014

i saw a system that was over 350,000LS

2000gmod · Dec 7, 2014

Don't you ever accept a mission to Hutton Orbital in Alpha centauri, 0,22 ly from the hyperspace exit.

skydivertricky · Dec 7, 2014

This always was will stay a feature ( even back in fe2 and ffe). You learn pretty quick not to accept missions to binary systems.

catanonia · Dec 7, 2014

223,000 LS has been my longest SC haul to a system from the main star. Ball ache but relaxing. Somewhere around the Cosi system

Jaguar Oxwings · Dec 7, 2014

Space is large and it's easy to forget it in elite. Jumping many light years in a few seconds with one jump. I think it's fine to have a small reminder every so often that it takes a while to get somewhere, like posts have mentioned a relaxing break. (oh, as long as you don't get loads of interdictions along the way.)

Dortmunder · Dec 7, 2014

catanonia said:
223,000 LS has been my longest SC haul to a system from the main star. Ball ache but relaxing. Somewhere around the Cosi system

Where I was traveling was about 500,000 LS I think. I remember watching them go down from the high 400,000's, thinking, I'm going to pick up more speed right? This can't really take 10+ minutes

Si Waters · Dec 7, 2014

Been there, done that.

In fact, I'm still there, I haven't played it since

2000gmod said:
Don't you ever accept a mission to Hutton Orbital in Alpha centauri, 0,22 ly from the hyperspace exit.

Gramps · Dec 7, 2014

2000gmod said:
Don't you ever accept a mission to Hutton Orbital in Alpha centauri, 0,22 ly from the hyperspace exit.

Yep I got caught out with that one too. even got interdicted by an A1 in a viper along the way (how did he get right out there in his viper?). Anyway I when my fuel dropped to 1 bar & I was still almost an hour away I bailed out back to Sol & paid the fine. lol

Watcher · Dec 7, 2014

There are (or were) plans to allow in system jumping between stars in a binary pair or similar.

No idea if that will come to pass or if it would help in other situations but it is on FD's radar as something that may need addressing.