So I'm doing a concentional non-sol start, RPing a post-apocalyptic scenario where civilization on a colony world collapsed after their jump node home collapsed and they were cut off, and the genetically engineered fluffy colonists eventually rebuilt a new civilization centuries later in their now ruin-strewn 'home' system.
That said, the random system generator being what it is, the best system I was able to generate was a binary. With a distant companion star. Lacking lagrange points.
That distance? 8400 AU. IE 1.26 trillion km. IE just over 0.13
lightyears.
It, uh, well eventually it started to bother me, so I've decided to send a survey ship out there.
Farpoint class Exploration Ship 7,100 tons 74 Crew 563.5 BP TCS 142 TH 300 EM 0
2112 km/s Armour 1-32 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/3 Damage Control Rating 9 PPV 0
MSP 446 Max Repair 200 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 800 months Spare Berths 0
Gen 1 Super-E Internal Fusion Drive (2) Power 150 Fuel Use 0.17% Signature 150 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 350,000 Litres Range 5217.9 billion km (28594 days at full power)
Advanced Geological Sensors (1) 3 Survey Points Per Hour
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
They'll be diverting to survey 2 distant comets then it's off to Vulpanis-B to explore a Super-Venus 3.5g hothouse, a dwarf planet, a gas giant with 23 moons, and a collection of asteroids.
ETA: Just under 20 years.
...I really hope they like each other.
Also, the geosurvey specialist captain I assign them is 43, so, uh, yeah.
Tried making an ultra-long-range geosurvey missile instead but I kept getting overflow errors, first when making it, then, after working around it, when I tried launching one. So I guess no interstellar probes for me.
