How do I map new areas???

[woofwoof]

I really don't know how. Local maps don't do anything

[larrybagina]

Local maps do plenty, actually. But you map new areas by buying the maps, or by visiting those systems.

[Avior]

What are you doing?

Local maps map out a region consisting of the nearest 10 stars to the system they are purchased in.
You can manually map out a system by jumping to it.

[woofwoof]

If it isn't mapped it won't let me jump to it.

[Avior]

Originally posted by TheOnlyFeather:

If it isn't mapped it won't let me jump to it.

You can only jump (with a hyperdrive or a scram drive) to systems connected by hyperlinks. Local maps also only include those connected systems.

So for example, you cannot jump to that one enigmatic unlinked system near Altair and Vega. But with a jump drive, or by progressing through campaigns, you might...

[woofwoof]

I don't know what a scram drive even is...?

Btw, I was able to get to a unmapped area. They just have to be connected by hyperlinks, like you said.

[Avior]

Originally posted by TheOnlyFeather:

I don't know what a scram drive even is...?

Some worlds offer scram drives for sale. They consume 150 fuel (compared to the regular hyperdrive's 100) per jump, but it's a little different and faster when it comes to aligning for a jump to another system.
You can usually find them on pirate- or Syndicate-controlled worlds.

[mrluu132]

Originally posted by TheOnlyFeather:

I don't know what a scram drive even is...?

Btw, I was able to get to a unmapped area. They just have to be connected by hyperlinks, like you said.

You might need to explore and land on different planets for outfiters just to get to get a general idea of the local systems.

[woofwoof]

But a lot of the planets won't let me land on them because of the authorities.

[Avior]

That's mostly just the planets in the Paradise Worlds region, to the northwest of Sol. There are a few other such planets elsewhere, mostly the ones in the pirate-controlled systems, but for the most part you should be able to land freely pretty much anywhere else.

If you want to land on restricted planets, you can either bribe them (talk to them by clicking on the planet, unselecting any ships you may have targeted, and pressing the T key, then clicking Offer Bribe) or attack enemy factions (such as the Pirates, an enemy common to the Republic and to the Syndicate and to the Free Worlds) to earn their trust.