Preperations for exploration expediton
09 Jun 2016Token Star
So I've decided to use system ADITI as my home base and jumping off point for exploration missions; it's pretty far south from the main bubble of humanity.There are 4 Empire based factions in control of ADITI and I've been running some missions for them, 250 ly hauls back to the bubble.
I purchased my Python in Hel system and left the Asp in storage, so I wanted to leave my Python in ADITI and move the Asp there too.
The problem with this plan turned out to be a sorry lack of ships and fittings available in ADITI. I needed something that could fly from ADITI to Hel and I found the only workable option was an Adder. I was able to fit an Adder that could jump at least 17 lys, and that was sufficient to make the trip to Hel.
It was a pretty long and slow trip in the Adder but I did manage to get to Hel and recover my Asp Explorer version. My Asp setup will jump almost 32 lys; I haven't managed to get any of the Engineer upgrades on it yet. I explored a few systems on the way back to ADITI and noted how much time and range the surface scanner has. Exploring 30 or so cellestial bodies takes a good 20 minutes at least. One system scored me 67k credits, which was a record for myself. Of course I found nothing that hadn't been previously explored by others.
I plan to jump from ADITI into the area of the Witchhead Nebula, approximately 600 lys in 25 jumps. Targeting such an obvious landmark is probably not the best strategy for finding unexplored systems, but it seems like a good way to get started on the journey.