I visited Founders the other day to fit out a few new exploration ships, short & long range. I've finally gotten around to having a go at the Guardian unlocks, I've only done the jump range extender so far but it's the only one I really wanted & the rest will come with time.
I've fitted out a second exploration Corvette with AX gear (just the non-locked stuff) in preparation for having Thargoid stuff thrown at me (another feature I've not gotten into before), hopefully discovering these alien game features should give me some motivation to work with the FSS Scanner Screen & new Probe/mapping systems.
My NPC faction of choice is in a pretty good place in anticipation of the new BGS system being buggy on release, I'm going to leave any BGS stuff to settle down for a bit (factions retreating etc) then I'll come back home to pick up the pieces after the first round of post 3.3 patches. I work alone maintaining a couple of systems & have presence in a few others, I'm not expecting to be able to maintain presence in all of them but neither will my local competition. I don't board flip so slightly optimistically I'm thinking I might be better off all things considered, and I can use any exploration data I get for maximum tactical effect.
An awful lot of how I have played over the past couple of years is being changed in this patch so I'll be pushed out of my comfort zone, and I look forward to experiencing, writing & reading others' various tales of success & woe these new features will create