Why is here so popular?

RolloTreadway

RolloTreadway
I'm slap bang in the middle of Kepler's Crest, moving through a thoroughly uneventful bit of the Outer Arm. Here:

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Hours, several hours, have gone by since I last went through a system that hasn't been fully charted. And I'm wondering why this area has been so completely surveyed. I'm not right on the edge, where circumnavigators would likely be going. I'm not on an established route to anywhere (although I moved a bit, just in case I was).

I did spend a couple of years out of the game. Was there some big story which attracted everyone to here? I know that, long ago, there was the big fuss around the Formidine Rift, but I'm a long way beyond that region's borders now.

Or is it just that it's the closest part of the galactic fringe to the bubble? I'm sure there's a very obvious explanation, I'm just curious. And also missing the true black, all the uncharted space.
 

ick

ick
Isn't there some kind of outpost way out there? Probably commanders trying to get to the outpost have ended up charting most systems.

In the OLD DAYS the route plotter didn't even exist. In the early days it couldn't plan a route very far especially in thin areas like this.

With so few stars probably everything ends up being discovered.
 

RolloTreadway

RolloTreadway
According to Inara, there isn't an outpost within 10000Ly. This is very much the back end of the Outer Arm.

But you might be right about the route planning limitations, I don't know.
 

GJ51

GJ51
ick said:
Isn't there some kind of outpost way out there? Probably commanders trying to get to the outpost have ended up charting most systems.

In the OLD DAYS the route plotter didn't even exist. In the early days it couldn't plan a route very far especially in thin areas like this.

With so few stars probably everything ends up being discovered.
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IIRC, when it was introduced it had 50LY range and then we all got overjoyed when it went to 100.

But, back then the typical max jump ranges were in the teens unless you did a bare bones rig for exploration.
 

RolloTreadway

RolloTreadway
Ha! My luck is in today!

I've been having a bit of trouble with the route plotter, as often happens out where the stars are sparse. Needed to move up in the galactic plane, and the plotter just kept saying, no, no, can't go there.

I finally find a good jump upwards - and it's the first uncharted system I've seen in at least a week.

And there's an earthlike! I can't recall the last time I found an untagged earthlike.

Maybe I should play the lottery this weekend...
 

ick

ick
If I remember correctly when I was exploring I was able to jump further with a lot of hull damage. I know it is true about having less fuel... but I seem to remember my jump rage increased as well. Is that true?
 

RolloTreadway

RolloTreadway
Indeed, the only things that will increase jump range are less mass, fuel injection, and neutron/white dwarf boosts.

Speaking of the injection, my attempt to find a way onto the route I'd figured out via Spansh - which the route plotter wouldn't accept - was a disaster and I very nearly got stranded. Thank heavens for jumponium!
 
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