I've decided to move on from the NGC 7822 nebula. I'm going to head over to Eafots LZ-H b10-0 D 1 and check out the abandoned settlement there. Here is great video from ObsidianAnt about it:
It will take me some time to get there. I'm a bit more than 4,000 ly away at the moment. So I think it might take me about a week to get there, maybe more—depending on how much detailed scanning I do on the way.
I know I'm supposed to be talking about the recent alien incursions but that's happening several thousand light years away from me. And personally, I'm more interested in the fact that I found a landable planet that had rings. Just haven't seen one of those before.
I thought I might give a little bit of a break down of my current ship—a Type-6 Transporter setup for exploration. Here is a breakdown of components from E:D Shipyard:
[Type-6 Transporter] [+1]
BH: 1C Lightweight Alloy
PP: 3A Power Plant
TH: 4D Thrusters [+1]
FD: 4A Frame Shift Drive [+1]
LS: 2D Life Support [+1]
PD: 3A Power Distributor [+1]
SS: 2B Sensors [+1]
FT: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 32)
5: 5C Fuel Scoop [+1]
4: 2G Planetary Vehicle Hangar [+1]
4: 3B Auto Field-Maintenance Unit [+1]
3: 3C Shield Generator [+1]
2: 1C Detailed Surface Scanner [+1]
2: 1C Advanced Discovery Scanner
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Shield: 94.5
Power : 10.73 MW retracted (89%)
10.73 MW deployed (89%)
12.00 MW available
Cargo : 32
Fuel : 16 T
Mass : 195.8 T empty
243.8 T full
Range : 27.34 LY unladen
23.75 LY laden
Price : 6,679,230 CR
Re-Buy: 333,962 CR @ 95% insurance
The challenge with this build was to get all of the components that I wanted while only having a 3A power plant. I do realize that some of the things that I wanted are not common on an exploration build. Many people drop shields—I'm a bit too much of a chicken to do that. Also, most people only take D rated sensors—I wanted a bit more range in case it was needed to find the Formidine Rift.
I could have afforded a fully kitted out Asp Explorer (minus engineering) but that would have cost me in the area of 20,000,000 credits and only get me a couple light years further in jump range. Taking the Type-6 allowed me to keep my main ship and if the worse did happen to me the insurance costs wouldn't hurt that much.
I do admit that if I could have afforded a Python or an Anaconda that I probably would have gone with that. But I'm just not that far along yet.