After days of flying, I finally made it to SagA* in my deep space Sidewinder
Posted Jan 29, 2020, 2:29 PM UTC
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That's a long way to go, little Sidewinder!
I don't know if I could do deep space in a Sidey. Too many risky concessions need to be made for such mediocre jump range.
I can see it as a challenge. I'm not sure that it's the kind of challenge I would enjoy, though.
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It very much is just for the challenge - I was able to at least fit 1A shields and AFMU so I'm not totally exposed, but honestly the hardest part has been no SRV/Fighter for blowing off steam planetside.
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days or months?
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Just shy of 40 hours in-game time, by my count
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Very nice! Made the trip in my Splorvette a week or two ago. I can’t imagine going that far without the comfort of a million health and planet side breaks.
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hmm, sploravette sounds interesting..got a build?
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I feel like all the builds are pretty much the same. Basically lowest possible power source with enough juice to keep you barely alive and lowest d distributor, best fsd possible with Max engineering, fsd booster, class d sensors, lowest possible d thrusters, and d life support, amfu, vehicle hangar, decent fuel scoop. That's literally it.
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lol, ok now that you mention it your right haha.. Unlike eve online where ship builds can vary a lot, elite is pretty standard when it comes to ship builds.
not to say that they still cant vary, especially if you are using guardian modules and engineers
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A rated everything. Fully equipped weaponry. Engineered to the tits. 32 ly. I’ve completely changed it up since I got back, so the build I could pull now would do you no good.
It was far from optimized, but 32 lys will get you there, then to Colonia and home. About a week and half endeavor by the end of it.
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Jesus Christ this is next level.
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I'm still over 200 jumps away in my 40ly Asp Explorer, what's your jump range in that winder?
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Roundabout 37Ly with a full load of fuel, just shy of 40 on empty.
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Not bad at all, nice job
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Guessing that’s with a guardian fsd right?
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Yep, a FSD booster is essential to this. Added range is great, and the better fuel efficiency really helps to cut the constant fuel scooping back to a manageable level.
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So, I'm assuming your build is something like this: https://edsy.org/#/L=F100000H4C0S00,,,9p300A3w00AK000AZAG05G_W0Ans00B1U00BH600BWQ00,,4xo002-u007MU002jw000nG0-0Hq00
Pretty bare bones, but, actually...kinda doable for an exploration ship. Though the fuel scooping must be a PITA, though.
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That's really not bad at all.
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jeebus! jimbob! i dunno what to say. i want to say grats man and at the same time ask about your sanity lol. i mean seriosly how in hell? while i love the sidey i'd never think of going that far with it. well done,... i guess!? :-)
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so it's true, we were crapped out by blackholes...
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I'm new to this game, what do you mean when you say you made it to sagittarius A? Isn't that the name of the galaxy we all start in?
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The game takes place in our real galaxy, The Milky Way. Sagittarius A is the name of the supermassive black hole at the center.
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Elite Dangerous takes place in one galaxy, a 1:1 recreation of our milky way, with 400 billion star systems. We haven't actually documented 400,000,000,000 stars, so of those stars 160,000 of them are real stars who are accurately modeled and placed in elite. There's also a ton of black holes, nebula, neutron stars, and so on.
Sagittarius A is a real super massive black hole in the center of our milky way, which is recreated in game to full scale.
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Amazing, thank you.
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How many jumps did it take? I love it when people push small ships to their limits. I recently discovered my love for small ships.
Random story but just today my hotas x arrived, and to test out the controls/binds I bought a sidewinder as a disposable tester ship just in case I somehow managed to die or anger some enemy ships. I literally hadn't touched one of these guys since I started the game. Well I totally forgot how charming they are, it's comparable to going from a huge modern off road vehicle to a small car from the 80s with woodgrain on the side that has that old car smell. It's just fun!
Getting bigger ships is fun and all, but the small ships give you the feeling of being an underdog, like if you're able to keep up with the big guys who fought harder to get there and are stronger because of it. I'm definitely going to try out some of the smaller ships just to see how far I can push them.
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I didn't count the jumps, but most of my jumps were around 35Ly so that should at least give you a sense.
Similarly, this build started out as a cheap and easy trial platform for exploration, since I hadn't done it before and wanted to see if it was for me. Lo and behold I liked it, and now I've got a Krait Phantom gathering dust in the bubble while I spacehop in a Sidey!
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Nice. I gotta try this out myself sometime.
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I'm obliged to plug the Perseus Reach Expedition - small ships only, heading from Sol to Semotus in a bit over a week. Bring your deep space sidey!
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Shit, I might have to get my rush on to make that work, but just last night I figured out a build that would allow me to actually make the jump into Semotus by the very skin of my teeth!
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New player here, do all of the black holes look like a butthole?
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Pretty much. But like a really awesome star bending butthole
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Gravitational lensing my dude.
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Not gonna lie, that thumbnail looked like a giant nipple.
More like a giant butthole
Came to say the exact same thing. Glad I'm not the only one xD