Passenger Mission can't plot course through undiscovered systems

[Aldainus]

Hello, recently I received a passenger mission to go to Red and Green Glory. I can find this on the galatic map, but it is towards the edge of space. My ship is geared so that I can explore infinitely (nice fuel scoop, etc) but I don't know how to plot a course here.

Are there any tricks to going to the edge of known and plotting a course to a specific endpoint?

[Agony_Aunt]

My guess is you need to make jumps that your ship can't make. You will need to go carefully and check you can always return. You might need a longer jump range or to use materials to get FSD boosts... but again, make sure you have enough for any return jumps.

Overall though, if you are not prepared for this journey, you might want to abandon the mission.

[TiberiuS]

You can only plot a route for a maximum of 1000ly. So you'll have to do 1000ly or less at a time. Just plot a course in the general direction of your destination.

[Aldainus]

Thanks! Is there an easy way to figure out the general direction? It's so far out that when I zoomed out I couldn't see the system I'm in. I'm sure there's a simple thing I'm missing.

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by Aldainus:

Thanks! Is there an easy way to figure out the general direction? It's so far out that I couldn't even figure out how to zoom into the system I'm in. I'm sure there's a simple thing I'm missing.

The way i plot for long distances is to select the target. Then zoom out a little and rotate the camera until the target system and my current system are more or less aligned.

Then i go to the second tab and select the button to select the current system.

This will zoom you to your current system along the direct line to your target system.

Now, zoom out until you see stars that are close to 1000 LY from your current system.

Select one and then tell it to plot route.

[Aldainus]

Thanks, that worked like a charm.

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by Aldainus:

Thanks, that worked like a charm.

Awesome.