Undiscovered Systems?

KylePanarid

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Hi y'all,

So I like exploring, but I've been having trouble finding areas that don't seem to be explored already. Despite the huge number of stars out there, I hardly ever seem to be able to get first discovery on anything. Can anyone suggest some tips on good areas of the galaxy that have less mapped systems than elsewhere?

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Kyle
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
All the suggestions above are good, space is very well explored for around 500LY out from the bubble - but up or down a couple 100LY and things get far less explored.

Also consider taking one of the many FC's doing a 'taxi' service out to Colonia, then feast on so many unexplored stars you may never, ever, wish to return to the bubble.
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
KylePanarid said:
Hi y'all,

So I like exploring, but I've been having trouble finding areas that don't seem to be explored already. Despite the huge number of stars out there, I hardly ever seem to be able to get first discovery on anything. Can anyone suggest some tips on good areas of the galaxy that have less mapped systems than elsewhere?

o7
Kyle
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Don't go to Nebula
Don't follow paths between Nebula
Don't plot to known codex entries
Don't stay on the center of the galactic plane
Don't use KGBFOAM stars for your plotting
Don't do anything that increases your likelihood of a "valuable" find

Basically, don't use anything that's a common thing people navigate to/by/with, or anything that could be remotely popular.

I once went to a fairly close Nebula, all the kgbfoam stars were explored. But i switched to Y- type stars, and hardly any were explored.

Of course, it's just some boring old ice bodies to your name, but if you're looking to get your name on something, don't do anything that would constitute "good" practice for exploration.
 

Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
Go sideways.

I don't mean fly sideways. I mean think of the route you were looking at, then go sideways from it. Then up or down a bit too. Then nearly sideways again.

Once you're away from the bubble by 1k or so, there's nothing like random. And this is how the crab nebula got found, because the guy found it by going sideways, like a crab.


The last bit is a lie, but otherwise good advice
 

varonica

varonica
Look at the sky, see something interesting, fly in a different direction. As a general rule, anything you can see out there has been seen already by thousands of people, and probably visited by thousands of people, so if you fly towards it you will be walking in the path of thousands of people. If you find your self on a well trod path spin your ship randomly, stop, turn left, fly 200 light years, repeat as many times as necessary.
 

Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
varonica said:
Look at the sky, see something interesting, fly in a different direction. As a general rule, anything you can see out there has been seen already by thousands of people, and probably visited by thousands of people, so if you fly towards it you will be walking in the path of thousands of people. If you find your self on a well trod path spin your ship randomly, stop, turn left, fly 200 light years, repeat as many times as necessary.
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You see OP, Veronica knows how to swing the ship sideways!!



Edit - had to add "the ship" as it kinda came out wrong...!
 

Dragsham

Dragsham
Go visit sag A ..then switch to economy plotting and we will see you back here in about 399 years but you would've mapped tens of thousands of systems by then...all with your tag
 

Rampant

Rampant
However which route you care to achieve it, simply take yourself 2,000Ly away from the edge of the bubble. Do this using a long straight line at max jump and just do not stop and scan anything until you're at least 1,000Ly away. Jump scoop jump scoop jump scoop repeat.

Once over 1,000Ly away start scanning things and I'm willing to bet that most systems will be your first discovery.

To optimize your fruits I'd recommend choosing your 2,000Ly start point 800 to 1,000Ly up or down from galactic plane and 30 to 60 degrees from the straight line to galactic centre. Preferably not left and down, though, since that's closer to Colonia track than the other 3 options. If you go left and down go further down and further left.

Once at 2,000Ly away switch to economic jumps. (Unless you have a destination in mind...)

I also tend to use the GalMap once out in the black to look for carbon stars and Herbigs. I don't have G class in my filter so that anything yellow is a carbon star.
 

Kekkonshiki

Kekkonshiki
Bennoj61 said:
The best way to find undiscovered systems is to go "up" or "down" a few hundred to 1000 LY and then more or less pick a direction and go. The farther you get from the Bubble the more likely you are to find undiscovered systems.
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I did this on my recent trip out to Colonia. I went about 1000Ly "up" before heading in the direction of Colonia. I found every single system I visited was unexplored. All bar one and I actually felt quite miffed that someone had been there before me. :)
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
Felix DiCestria said:
Many Explorers have scoop dependent ships. These make operating amongst brown dwarfs difficult. An auxiliary fuel tank opens up these systems which have a high proportion of undiscovered systems.
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I've done a lot of 'non-optimal' exploration (comparitively) without any filters enabled on Galmap as type Y stars are one of the requirements for some NSP discoveries...

Only turned up 2 sites in the last 2 years, but then - I'm still under 1 million LY travelled (just) so not exactly a prolific wanderer among the stars.
 

Felix DiCestria

Felix DiCestria
Luck of the draw perhaps. I blundered through a whole string of 'em whilst unlocking Palin/Sedesi. Advance directly to Pioneer do not pass go.
 

Dillon Fallon

Dillon Fallon
Definitely try the Colonia option. 60 ly out is generally enough to find unexplored systems and a further couple of jumps has you surrounded by them. Just don't head in the direction of Beagle or Sag A*
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
1. Check out Orvidius' exploration saturation map.

2. Avoid the red areas. Aim for the the bluer areas; the darker blue, the better.

3. See that huge black spiral in the middle? That's the Galactic Core. Stars are packed so closely together that it's virtually impossible to find one that's already been explored. Even the well-travelled routes are still full of unexplored stars.

But you don't have to travel to the Core to find lots of Unexplored stars. You just need to travel a few thousand LY away, in pretty much any direction except Sag A and Colonia. Example: I recently surveyed the Thailiae sector. It's about 12,000 LY from Sol, out in the unfashionable Eastern Spiral Arms of the galaxy - aim for the Eta Carina Nebula, but miss. Of the 1400 stars I surveyed, 36 were previously visited and Tagged by others, plus six systems with system reports in EDSM but no Tags. So, 42 out of 1400 is 3% Explored, or, 97% Unexplored. Or to put it another way: I also found 18 Earth-like worlds in my Thailiae survey, so finding another system previously Tagged was only two-and-a-third times more likely than finding an ELW. So, rather rare.

Of the five sectors I visited in my survey project, Thailiae was by far the "most thoroughly explored". The four others (Thraikoo, Wepooe, Croomaa and Lychoitl) were all at 1% explored, or less.
 
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