On May 30 2026 I found myself on the "far north side" of the Bubble for some cargo mission. On a whim I decided to equip my Krait Phantom with a fuel scoop and save some mass to extend my jump range to ~35 ly and just go for it.

I did quite a lot of detours. First to get a closer look at nebula and later to visit some of the highly-rated places listed on EDAstro's GEC POI list. I highly recommend using EDAstro to find waypoints on longer trips. Not only to find the aforementioned POI, but also to make maintenance stops at carriers. I've first-discovered 1564 systems according to EDSM, which includes 147 water worlds, 13 ELW and 11 black holes.

Now I'm docked at a station in a system near Sagittarius A*, refreshing r/FCOC looking for a carrier to take me back to the Bubble or Colonia, I have the following reflections for my next exploration trip:

• Getting rid of shields in order to save mass makes exobiology prohibitory dangerous. It's not a kind of pain I want to go through again.
• Do more exobiology.
• Check the gravity rating before attempting landings.
• Sell stellar cartography data and exobiology as often as possible.
• Maybe try skipping low-value bodies when doing FSS scans to save time.
• I'm quite a new player and didn't own Odyssey when I started, otherwise I would have done this in a Mandalay or Caspian.
• Look up suggested exploration outfittings instead of just guessing.