Newcomer / Intro What's up with the fuel error message?

[Eleazaros]

I'm in Eravate with a package going to LHS 3447 -- it started me in LHS 3447 and I had a package going to Eravate before.

I stopped at a station, filled the fuel up, started to head there and it says "exceeds maximum fuel" - fuel gauge shows almost half blue half yellow.

If I was able to fly to this system originally, how come I can't fly back there? I did use a station to refill the fuel but it won't let me use the jump drive now.

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is it something to do with mass? It's a package of 3 units of aluminum. Checking the map though, it appears there are no closer station routes to that system. In other words I may have taken a mission I can't do - even as one of the closest jumps in this starter ship.

Sorry - I'm a bit frustrated trying to learn this stuff and this kind of thing is ing me off.

 

[Cornelius lucius]

It will be your ship mass. It sounds like you are trying to jump back with more cargo than you set out with.
You could sell a piece of equipment to lighten your ship and buy it back at the other end. The discovery scanner for instance.

 

[Eleazaros]

So it is mass.

It's a mission. Take 3 pieces of aluminum to this system...

I can't make squat in this game and trying to trade seems to be a nightmare and now it's "sell off chunks of a ship you know nothing about so you can try and operate."

I'll just abort the mission and sell the aluminum on the market. That'll get me a reputation hit but it's better than trying to figure out how to tear apart a ship I don't know squat about.

Is that merc pack ship better? I have one somewhere (not sure how to find it).

 

[Errantthought]

You may also be able to take a circuitus route to get where you are going when a direct jump is too far. The message actually refers to your Frame-Shift Drive's maximum fuel PER JUMP. Most drives max at 2 tonnes per jump until you get to the higher ratings. It IS possible to get some places that you otherwise couldn't by using your Super-cruise to get a small bit closer when the distance is just outside of your jump range.

What ship are you flying and how are you equipped?

 

[Deepbelow]

So it is mass.

It's a mission. Take 3 pieces of aluminum to this system...

I can't make squat in this game and trying to trade seems to be a nightmare and now it's "sell off chunks of a ship you know nothing about so you can try and operate."

I'll just abort the mission and sell the aluminum on the market. That'll get me a reputation hit but it's better than trying to figure out how to tear apart a ship I don't know squat about.

Is that merc pack ship better? I have one somewhere (not sure how to find it).

Your Eagle will be in a station in your starting system, use the system map, and look for a blue ship icon that indicates which station your ship is stored.