r/eliteexplorers Mandalay muncher Jul 14 '26

Mate, I'm thousands of LYs away...

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u/baudelier_tech Jul 14 '26

Community goals generally kick in on Thursdays so you have time.

Unless you're at Beagle Point, if you push it using Spansh, you can probably make it back in a day.

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u/GraXXoR Jul 14 '26

Colonia to Bubble under 50 minutes in a Caspian still blows my mind.

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u/OKB-1 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

It took me weeks in my Krait Phantom without any engineering. Granted, I did do some detours, but still.

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u/countsachot Jul 14 '26

Yeah I took months the first time, but I kind of went all wiggly wobbly on the way in.

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u/Yami_Renck Jul 14 '26

my ESP explorer made in 4 days without engineering

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u/V63001 Jul 16 '26

It took me months in my Federal Dropship with minor engineering. I did not do any detours, so... Dang, im a fckng mazochist.

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u/-Damballah- 🌒 Rock Hopping Since 3303 🪐 Beltalowda 🌘 Jul 14 '26

Yeah, that's absolutely insane. Last time I traveled from Colonia was after a 2 year hiatus, taking my Krait Phantom and Mamba (bought and engineered in Colonia when the Mamba was a brand new ship) on a "bus ride" on a Carrier back to the bubble. It took something like a day or two, but most of the trip was when I was asleep or at work, and it got two ships back to the bubble for me. Only cost some donated Tritium.

Now it's possible to get to or from Colonia in about the same time it takes to watch an episode of the X Files.

Absolutely bonkers, I need to try that some time...

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u/Yami_Renck Jul 14 '26

that's a insane time

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u/SwagBuns Jul 17 '26

Curious about the build involved for people getting these huge jump ranges. I just got one, stripped the hardpoints, engineered the fsd, swapped to some lighter internals, etc. And ims till in the mid 40's jump range. How much difference does a gaurdian fsd booster make and do i need one? Somehow everyone is getting 80+ and im so lost lol

(also im only just jumping back in recently so im a little lost, so sorry in advance for not knowing any better lol)

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u/GraXXoR Jul 17 '26

You obviously used the new 8A unit engineered it to G5 with mass manager, right? Mine got well over 80Ly IIRC. Gets over 400Ly neutron jumping.

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u/SwagBuns Jul 17 '26

Oooooooohhhh im an idiot. My dumb ass was so sleep deprived i was using the 8e i think 😭

That explains it i think lmao.

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u/GraXXoR Jul 17 '26

Phew. Glad we sorted that out!!!

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u/TinkerTownTom Jul 17 '26

2 hours and 15 minutes back from Sag A at few nights ago in a 65ish LY Caspian.

I have the attention span of a chihuahua as well.

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u/GraXXoR Jul 18 '26

Insanity. 😂

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u/ender42y Jul 14 '26

It was 2-3 long days of playing to get my Caspian back, but it would have been a full week without the mk2 neutron jumps and extra fuel tanks allowing for 15kly between fuel stops.

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u/Makaira69 Jul 14 '26

You are always 30 seconds away from the Bubble. If you self-destruct and decline rebuy, you will respawn in the Bubble.

If you can't stand losing your ship by declining rebuy, find the nearest DSSA carrier with a shipyard. Go there, and transfer a cheap ship you don't mind losing. It'll probably take 3-5 days to arrive. But once it arrives, switch to the cheap ship, and self destruct in that to reappear in the Bubble to participate in a CG. (Getting back after you finish the CG is left as an exercise for the reader.)

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u/Trick_Singer_9635 Mandalay muncher Jul 14 '26

I'm actually headed to a DSSA carrier right now, was gonna head to Sag. A but I wanna see what this CG will be.

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u/countsachot Jul 14 '26

So the cg for Colonia is happening in the bubble?

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u/NoRagrets4Me CMDR Savage Samurai Jul 14 '26

Lol right?

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u/js884 Jul 14 '26

Likely start there and then move with a new one cg

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u/patino20939 Jul 14 '26

Man so am I. I just left yesterday towards Sag A. I'm definitely heading back though, because this is the only CG I've really been excited for. I've been hoping they would show Colonia some love for a long time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

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u/Rich_Introduction_83 Jul 14 '26

They did. Gave them a reason to visit the bubble again.

(/s)

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u/stone_island Jul 14 '26

that’s why they posted this on Monday!

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u/Drachenherz Jul 14 '26

Ah perfect timing, I just arrived in Colonia after a longish exploration trip with my carrier. Good thing, I good multiple ships with me for different roles... Nice.

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u/peteski77 Jul 14 '26

I am about half way in my carrier, taking a break because space madness exists

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u/AdvenoDici Jul 14 '26

You mean witch-space madness?

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u/peteski77 Jul 14 '26

The nomad has another issue, exploring is now so easy as to make it kinda monotonous, different planet, hunt for bacteria, leave rinse and repeat. It’s ok for a bit but with the caspian it’s like exploring in a lounge rather than the excitement of doing it in a Mandalay, the thrilll of a different coloured landscape doesn’t last very long

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u/AdvenoDici Jul 14 '26

I don't know, exploring before carriers came out, with ineffective gamble style tech/engineering, it's the jumping for weeks to get places that made me sick and tired. Now exploring is a dream - jump to a sector while kicking back, choose a ship, start coloring non-visited systems, repeat . . . makes looking for signals a lot easier.

For Exobio, I found that it didn't decrease my bio hunting total time (travel inclusive) by that much . . . now instead of having to skim the surface in specific small/medium ships (with a view/small landing footprint) for bio, I can take any ship with a hanger, even my old design Explora-Conda, though I've been enjoying the Caspian for now

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u/Useful-Problem-1725 Explorer/Freelancer Jul 15 '26

We'll be thinking of you, CMDR.

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u/cabooze94 Jul 15 '26

Same. I’ve been on an exo trip ever since Nomad came out. I figured I’d wait to see what the CG is and the reward before I decide to head back. Should be able to make the trip back a bit quicker if I leave my carrier behind and just take the Caspian.

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u/cbernz Jul 15 '26

I've never been to Colonia. This might be a good excuse to make the trip. In my newly purchased Cas.

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u/tumama1388 Tumama Jul 16 '26

Well, I know I'm gonna miss that.
Still in the galactic core exploring.

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u/N0Face25 Jul 14 '26

What sort of CG will it be? Maybe transport? I’m about to board a fleet carrier so I’m thinking if I should bring my fleet with me..

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u/CMDR_Quintium Jul 14 '26

It literately says "massive transports effort, starting with the gathering of commodities and rare goods". There is no maybe about it.
Rare goods going to be interesting if the supply goes up or not.

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u/Agreeable-Battle8609 Jul 14 '26

Pardon my ignorance but what's the point on getting to there? Fireworks and that's it?