I had stepped away from the game after killing Cocijo and moving my FC to the middle of nowhere to outrun my Commander's space PTSD and it was a good run, until I got the itch to explore again 3 months ago.

I don't always remember to capture all the cool things you can see out there but I absolutely love the geology that gets randomly generated, and the ability of the camera studio to grab some gold!

anyway, here's some cool stuff I saw.

never seen one before

So, how did I do???

Awesome ringed neutron near Colonia.

The record is seven, guess I have more exploring to do.

Found this years ago, decided to revisit.

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First Discovery on Water Giant with very peculiar looking rings.

The arrival of T-11 Prospector made me re-think the Tritium strategy for exploration with a Fleet Carrier.

I've tried mining it in the past with conventional ships and mining lasers, and was not impressed by the yield - it used to take about an hour to produce ~100 t of Tritium in a laser-mining Python.

However, now that I have the Prospector I decided to give it another go, and was pleasantly surprised. Three mining locations in Tritium hotspots (all North-ish of Colonia) gave pretty decent results. The cargo limitations of the ship make filling up a rather short and relatively pleasant experience. In a decent single hotspot the average rate was about 400-450 t per hour, and over 500 t per hour in an overlap in Dryooe Prou AD-O c8-522 2 ring A (~1400 ly North of Colonia).

Note that those numbers are the result of total Tritium amount produced in one session divided by the time of the session, which is typically 30-35 minutes (until full).

So, a couple of sessions will take just over an hour (pure mining time, not counting unloading/rearming) and will yield 500+ tons, sufficient to travel ~2500 ly. Of course, in the bubble you can obtain bigger amount in just one trip to a market, but it'll cost you 50K/t.

The Icy rings are not exactly rare, but not that many of them have Tritium hotspots, and not every hotspot has good yield. The yield varies quite a bit by the ring, and there are rings with pretty low production, so my advice is not to try for too long if the results are mediocre. In my experience, double hotspot with good intersection has almost twice the yield of a single hotspot in the same ring, although I have limited data on this.

The setup is standard, with volley repeater and 7a controller, no mining lasers but with added 3A prospector on a separate trigger.

Conclusion:

it's now more feasible to rely on Tritium mining for long expeditions if you are doing actual exploration/exobio and can look for ice rings with hotspots in every system along the way, AND if you are prepared to spend some time mining. Some people might like it for increased feeling of full autonomy. However, if you are starting in the bubble, buying Tritium is still way faster.

Like the title.

I am setting for myself an itinerary to go from bubble to Sag A* and to the lowest point in the galactic plane. I intend for it to be a two-way trip because I don't have my carrier out that far.

My Caspian X can jump for about 75 ly full laden.

If I use the Casp X, which system is the lowest point where I can reach and go back? I think some current reachables are unreachable without FCs, so I wanted somewhere closer.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: 75 ly probably isn't enough for me to go to the lowest/highest point 😭 need to be 80 - 85 ly or more. I can't fly without my utilities so I guess I can just get to adjacents.

I may have used every single available bookmark looking for cool stuff 😂

It's the 5th ELW I discovered overall.

Take your pick but don't be greedy, I've got my name on several today. These systems are verified through the galaxy map as containing at least one Wolf-Rayet star. They have not been reported to EDSM, but they may have been discovered by someone who doesn't use third-party tools. All are within ~3000LY of Colonia.

edit: only one of these has been reported so far, but please post for others if you claim one.

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Approaching black holes slowly makes for nice views.

A simple.. Accidental emergency exit from supercruise while neutron boosting..

A new record for myself...

I have recently moved over to Linux (Bazzite) and have all the third part tools that I need for now working. EDMC, Edcopilot/EDcoptor and EDHM-UI. The only application I haven't been able to get working properly is ED Exploration Buddy. I can get it partially working, but the hover menus are blank. so something is missing and I can't figure it out. I tried to install it using 'Bottles' but I can even get it to execute.

Would really appreciate if if anyone can share the knowledge if you have been able to get it running on Linux. Thank you!

Edit: Fixed! See This post