Prepping for the trip to Sag A*

[Mouse]

Well thanks for all the tips - I went for the Hauler at about 2 mil and practiced scooping and managing modules etc while crossing the bubble.

I'm now right off the edge of it at the last star I could find with a station, docked up for the night for the final time before I head into the big black.

I presume from here it is just a case of pick a direction and go, or is there more of a science to finding the good stuff and naming a few stars?

What I did was type in Sagit let the navigator go to Sag A then clicked on it.. clicked on my ship again then moved the navigator to a star towards Sag A but less than 1000 LY from my ship (as can't plan a route that long)

[JohnLuke]

If you don't have a destination that you know you want to go to like Sag A , the neutron star fields, or Barnards loop, you can do a Google search for elite dangerous exploration destinations. Or you can just head in the direction of your choosing. Have fun out there!

[Jeffers2112]

If you want to get plenty of first discovery bonus's then it's best to get away from the most well-travelled routes, such as the popular named nebulas like the Pleiedes. I just pick a random direction, not forgetting that you can go up or down from the galactic plane. There's lot's of undiscovered stiff out there!

[Mouse]

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

[grondar]

oh and a useful pnemonic for the stars you can scoop is KGB FOAM , saved my bacon a few times has that, good luck in your hauler, and you will be surprised at how much money you will earn on your return, just be careful when you re-enter the bubble , and also did you keep your docking computer? if your away for a long time its surprising how rusty you get with docking, it wold be embarressing to prang into the starport after all that work ! , fly safe commander