0606.21 Very Bad Idea
22 Jun 2020Wes_7569
With my carrier the Valhalla, I have started the journey to the far side of Odin's Hold from the bubble to Colonia to refuel and then continue to the end. However I have discovered that measuring the journey by how much fuel I can carry was a mistake. I should have measured how much time for jumps and cool down. It will take a little over 10 hours if I timed everything perfectly since I can not plot a jump until the cool down is over. We all know that won't happen, so probably look at 10 hours and 30 or 45 minutes, not including sleep. To bad this carrier with a crew can't just pilot for me with a set course. They can do everything else except for that.... I definitely need an addition to the crew for a pilot.Good thing I at least realized the flaw in my original idea before atarting this trip. I would never have had enough fuel to get to my destination and back even with it filled to capacity with fuel. I think the next upgrade they should bring out for these ships is a long distance hyperspace cruise. Let it use all the fuel you have in storage, not just in the fuel tanks. if it takes these FSDs a few seconds to travel 500 light years, maybe 1 minute for every thousand light years. If they can't do the upgrade they should at least expand the crew. Since the carriers don't have to worry about flying into stars when they drop out, the addition to the crew or an upgrade for the hyperspace jump should be the next logical step.
Also, I may have prepared a little too much. I brought 4 ships with me. Exploration, trade, combat and mining. I can guess that my fuel efficiency would be much greater if I only brought my explorer and mining vessels. with every 400 tons of fuel I use and take out of storage, the efficiency grows steadily. I think I'll leave my ships in Colonia until I am done exploring Odin's Hold. I hope their is a fuel source around Colonia that is cheap, if not, I may just leave the carrier behind. My main idea behind all of this was to have my carrier stationed on the far side for all commanders to use, it looks like I was just a little overeager. In all honesty, I'm not even halfway out to Colonia and I am really thinking about turning back.
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I have abandoned the venture after 10 hours. They're still over 10 hours to go and after recalculating my fuel usage I realized I will not even be able to make it to Colonia. with the amount of fuel needed and how much time it takes to travel, it will be easier to decommission the ship if I ever get bored of it in the bubble and travel to Colonia to buy a new one.