Arrival at Sagittarius A* after a year of exploration, almost kill myself five minutes later

EDIT : I made it safely back to the Bubble in July 2017 • Escort of explorer saf...
I departed Sol on Christmas Day 2015 on an exploration voyage toward Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, 25.900 light years away from Earth.
My badly battered ship finally arrived on 1 januari 2017.
3:01 Curiosity got the better of me and I got too close to the black hole and dropped out of warp.
4:24 Trying to get back into warp and out of the danger zone I made more mistakes (I didn't realize my thrusters were still in reverse) and panic set in.
5:07 Got into warp by the skin of my teeth but overheating is already at 173%
5:21 185% overheating, modules taking massive damage and canopy begins to crack. If it shatters I'm a dead man.
5:25 188 % overheating. Modules failing left and right
5:47 Down to 6 % hull but overheating beginning to decrease
6:03 Overheating drops below 100%. I'm in the clear
Survived with a 64% cracked canopy, badly damaged modules and just 2% hull left.
Fortunately I brought some repair kits to fix the worst damage.

[@Uncivildefiance]

Let's fly directly into a supermassive black hole

[@captain_noo]

nothing wrong is going to happen...

[@janmichaelcjamisola]

You'll just end up in an Escher-like bookshelf

[@joyce_rx]

@@janmichaelcjamisola DONT LET HIM GO!

[@BibtheChib]

He wanted spaghetti

[@-revenant]

@@joyce_rx mj7

[@NapiurPictures]

A year later after he arrives at Colonia: HOLY SHIT I MADE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE GALAXY WITH 2 %. Bumps the landing platform and dies.

[@paprikaa117]

Accidentally hits the entrance and is shot down for "blocking the entrance way"

[@yourgetawaydriver6644]

What game is this

[@paprikaa117]

@@yourgetawaydriver6644 elite dangerous

[@anolive7535]

@@paprikaa117 I mean you are a planet

[@Kharnellius]

@@yourgetawaydriver6644 It's not a game. It's a boredom grindfest simulator.

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

reminder that Sagittarius A has a massive Accretion disc that generates an insane amount light and heat due to the massive friction.

[@Jerorawr_XD]

Also despite the fact that there's no such thing as a stable orbit with that much turbulence, radiation accumulates faster than it can leave leading to some of the highest temperatures in the universe, only trumped by a hypernova.

[@seven5677]

Friction?

[@Dienex]

@@seven5677 yes heat is created via friction of dust and gas

[@seven5677]

@@Dienex ah ok.

[@notinsane4165]

@@Jerorawr_XD you do know there's like a massive cluster of fuck off huge stars in stable orbits around Sag A*, yeah? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*#Orbiting_stars And what do you mean by: "with that much turbulence, radiation accumulates faster than it can leave leading to some of the highest temperatures in the universe, only trumped by a hypernova."? That's factually incorrect: In 2019, measurements made with the High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-Plus (HAWC+) revealed that magnetic fields cause the surrounding ring of gas and dust, temperatures of which range from −280 °F (−173.3 °C) to 17,500 °F (9,700 °C), to flow into an orbit around Sagittarius A*, keeping black hole emissions low. 9,700°C is low supernova are hotter than that at 55,000,000°C. Source: wiki page linked above. Also Sag A* is too large for any sustained accretion disc, anything that get's close enough to the event horizon without going into a stable orbit it just "swallows" whole. The black hole in the Eskimo Nebula SHOULD have an accretion disc but doesn't, so if you wanted to complain about a lack of accretion disc there ya go. (I'm sure there's other nebulae that have black holes without accretion discs but I've only been to the Eskimo Nebula, cause I'm lazy and haven't finished engineering yet) P.S. Don't take this as an attack or anything, I have the social skills of a dead panda and the situational awareness of a slightly more dead panda, I just really enjoy astrophysics and misinformation tilts me far to much.

[@maybee6105]

“Canopy Comprised” might be one of the scariest things to hear in a space game

[@maxmunich]

It's fine, the life support will keep you alive for a few minutes 😉

[@Grim_42]

@@maxmunich always get the 15 minute life support

[@WonkieNJ]

@@Grim_42 I never bother in an exploration ship. If my canopy fails in the middle of the void it doesn't matter if I have 5 or 15 minutes of oxygen, I'm a living corpse already.

[@johnquincyadams1134]

@@WonkieNJ i agree, i only buy the d rated ones because they weigh less and IF theres a dssa carrier nearby i might make it

[@shenzhong2942]

@@WonkieNJ you could get one of those repair thingies

[@calicocidd]

Look on the bright side, it's only like 11000ly to the nearest station...

[@Xeno88]

i can't imagine how much time to get there, while me here once going supercruise at 1000c+ to a system 8Ly away waiting for hours but decided to go back at 450.000Ls away from where i come Coz it's too fucking far without hypercruise.

[@allianzsaint4336]

@@Xeno88 you do know it isnt possible go go to another system without jumping right?

[@Xeno88]

@@allianzsaint4336 yeah i just realize it when i watch someone do that too.... the star won't load and you'll find nothing.

[@iWrInstincts]

Fredericokrugerkeuger Kruger elite dangerous has console commands???

[@Xeno88]

@@Fred-qk8nm can you use it on open play or just solo play??

[@tylertbirch]

oh my gosh, 2 freaking percent, luckiest pilot ever

[@Sol_SovereignXXIV]

I escaped a battle... with only 1%

[@galerus3776]

I escaped with 1% once went to a station to dock and repair bumped something when down to 0% and was somehow still flying

[@xbluedragon97x62]

Sadhero P. likely because the game rounds. whether it rounds up or down Idk, but in any case you had less than 1% hull left.

[@foxy4242]

Luckiest? More like worst.

[@diceman199]

I limped home with 1% hull and 30 seconds worth of air after having to run from a fight

[@KneelB4Bacon]

5:25 There's something hilarious about the Christmas tree bobble-head bouncing around, while all of this drama and terror is happening. :)

[@thefirstsin]

Yes

[@MRBOOOYA]

Bobbleheads: HA. HA. We're in danger Ship: We're finnnne

[@NilesBlackX]

Honestly that's my theory for why they added specifically bobbleheads 5% of the time they're nice decoration 95% of the time the juxtaposition to the situation is hilarious

[@Andromedon777]

THIS is the video that revealed Elite Dangerous to me. Now I have a type 10, Anaconda, Fed Corvette and Mamba, using Shinrarta Dezhra as my home base and having a blast in VR. Thank you, Sir. I am eternally grateful

[@yazdan5164]

hey man, i installed it yesterday, and the tutorials SUCKED 😂 i dont know what to do in this game ater ariving Dromi :') did u have any source to check for info or guides?

[@Ray-kd8pf]

@@yazdan5164 reddit

[@williamwolfstein6170]

@@yazdan5164 For me was just playing and fucking dying until i was finally ready

[@KingSquidicus]

@@yazdan5164 check out this channel, this guy makes great tutorial videos. Everyone in ED has seen a video of his once or twice :P kzbin.info and @A-10 Thunderbolt II, I have to agree! Playing in VR makes SUCH a difference. Having a good Hotas AND VR? The immersion makes me never wanna leave....And if you're core mining, scanning around the field while scanning is so much easier :D

[@klawschafer7425]

I know this is months later haha but yeah Reddit and fuck around. When I started I did NOT understand how super cruise / plotting jumps / star systems worked, took me hours to figure out you can’t plot a jump in a system to a planet in the same system haha.

[@hindae085]

"Oh you thought Black Holes were just big fluffy hug balls with cool lensing? THINK AGAIN SPACE NERD"

[@sirlunaticcultist2845]

Awww they just hug you and never lets you go so cute

[@sirlunaticcultist2845]

...and kills so cute

[@100markyman]

Nobody has ever thought that about a black hole

[@cmdr.shepard]

They are the girlfriend you can NEVER get rid of.

[@fmj191]

@@100markyman oh mate u were so wrong XD

[@neXib]

Then he bought a lottery ticket and became a millionaire that day.

[@TheRattlefinger]

Hardly. Surviving this with 2% integrity left probably used up his grandchildren's luck too...

[@dujuan9646]

TheRattlefinger hahahaha

[@vvoitel]

Nope.. used all his luck clutching that last 2% ; )

[@FSUGuy2012]

Noice.

[@databite2549]

He's already got 12 million credits and is using a ship which cost at least 6 million :D

[@Notaname21]

Imagine running out of fuel there That would be a hassle for the fuel rats

[@robertlcgarcia123]

I'd like to see they're response to that

[@chrismanuel9768]

"Even we have our limits".

[@yaoellassar5995]

"See you in 2 years, will your life support hold out?"

[@carlmoore6466]

@@chrismanuel9768 actually they've traveled all the way to beagle point to rescue someone! They were dropping a hutton mug off as far away as possible and miscalculated their fuel useage when flying away in super cruise.

[@digitalcamaro9708]

@@carlmoore6466 But this has a black hole.

[@chikennugger268]

That's more lucky than Han Solo navigating the asteroid field

[@hoodaticus]

Way more parsecs though.

[@joeironshield6027]

Never tell them the odds

[@Chuked]

that part has my favorite fucking theme

[@MicroscopyShorts]

Heat sink make fsd shrink no beuno

[@nightrous3026]

nah thats like completing the kessel run THROUGH the asteroids.

[@GoonaTVhi]

Sagittarius A when you try to leave: *we dont do that around here*

[@aceinternetfighterpilot]

and this kids is why we always carry our heat sinks

[@paulolukeny5736]

I think he had some but was out of ammo somewhere during the "big trip". You can only carry so much and avoid so many accidents. I had like about 6 heatsinks on me, I didnt even travel a 5th of what he did and I ran out of them just about half way back home. Luckily though, my hull wasnt as bad as his, i'd be terrified lol

[@aceinternetfighterpilot]

@@paulolukeny5736 if you run out then u synthesize them and make more.

[@paulolukeny5736]

ACE Internet Fighter Pilot you do have a point there mate

[@aceinternetfighterpilot]

@@paulolukeny5736 i already made it. But ill make it easier for you to understand. 1st do u even know how to synthesize anything in elite? If u dont i can see hiw u missed that easy point i made. It dosent matter if u have 3 or 6. If you run out you can make yoir own from scratch, by scratch i mean the basic minerals that we go collect. If you still dont understand how to synthesize things then look up this youtube , hiw to synthesize in elite dangerous. Well i hope that made it easier for you. Now youll never ever run out of heatsinks,ammo,and other stuff u can make on your own Ps sry for spelling errors. I replied from my crappy phone.

[@paulolukeny5736]

ACE Internet Fighter Pilot Lol I understand and I know what synthesizing is and does. I synthesized boosters for my FSD all the time. i just didn’t have the materials to synthesize heat sinks and that was really all. My point was that not everyone planned ahead for the replenishment of heat sinks, I thought that the quantity i had would suffice, I was wrong but that’s just the exploring life, you learn as you go. Thanks for the info though

[@n0way07]

The stories my brother tells me about this game, its mind boggling how complex and full of wonders this game can bring

[@Graymenn]

it is not as big as it first seems, most systems are pretty much the same, and most stations are the same looking, there is only really anything to do in .01 percent of the galaxy, and almost all the wonders are player created situations. Fun game, but if you have a large imagination, you will end up disappointed somewhat.

[@keva5144]

@@Graymenn thanks for the money saved.

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

@@Graymenn aw

[@Graymenn]

@@keva5144 it is still a fun game, if you dont mind a little grind. If you are clever you can get the best ship in a week or two of grinding. if you can find it on sale and like the genre, i would recommend trying it. there is still a lot to do.... the size of the game has just been really hyped up.... and all the interesting jobs pay shit, and the grindy ones pay best... idk I used to listen to podcasts while doing trade runs of slaves... it was fun enoung

[@chrismanuel9768]

This comment is two years old, but lemme just tell you he's wrong. Yeah, there's only about a dozen styles of space station and half as many ground bases, but let's look at the competition: No Man's Sky has 3 shapes and they're all identical inside. So uh... Elite Dangerous wins by a mile. Oh, and the new DLC coming includes the ability to walk around on foot inside your ship, stations, and on planetary surfaces, and will include gunplay. Imagine a better Mass Effect with actual space flight. Plus you can own your own supercruiser carrier class ship that functions as a mobile space station. The only update I'm waiting for is Fleets, so I can command multiple carriers at once from my flagship. They already have AI fighter pilots you can command to act as your wing and AI crew you can hire to man the turrets and other stations on your ship.

[@TheKingjames57]

I just love how it can go from near death chaos to serene silence in a second.

[@xFuaZe]

It works both ways, it can also go from serene silence to death chaos in a second.

[@joebob2312]

Lol, he was going in reverse, the panic is real

[@DarkstarSpacelines]

If you overheat in SuperCruise IMMEDIATELY slow down and drop out. If it's that severe do an emergency drop. You'll take some hull damage, but less than what happened there o7 Commander for making it to Sag A

[@LuckyLuigi]

o7 SunGirl :)

[@troybrice4531]

That a very helpful tip, thank you.

[@Nick871203]

whgat choice ytouy have tho? spend a few months flying conventionally away from the black hole to supercriiose away?

[@Xorthis]

The overheat started in normal space. When he failed to line up the vector and got the throttle confused, he should have just turned off the FSD, fixed everything and started again. He would have entered SC with much less heat on the ship and managed to escape with much less damage. Because of his proximity to the black hole, he was always going to take heat damage, compounded by the fact he took forever to enter SC :) No HS ammo was a big issue there too! ;)

[@YuriPustovoit]

I think the fact you had "The Center" selected in the Nav panel made things much worse. ED supercruise mechanics is designed to slow the ship down in the vicinity of selected Nav point. That's why your departure took forever, adding to the time the ship had been under heat stress.

[@Holmesy87]

Every mistake possible, except flying into the black hole, was made here. Glad you made it out alive at least and made it home safely :)

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

He tried though

[@JerichoDeath]

*canopy blows out* Welp. Might as well fly into the black hole~

[@hycron1234]

sound advice.

[@Krystalmyth]

I mean, you'll end up there eventually.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

Such purple. Did you get this ship from the Covenant? 2%... Now to get back to the bubble without any accidents at all.

[@weeerazer3099]

It cant be, I destroyed the Covenant

[@frozethehippy349]

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 well to be fair chief it's called reverse engineering and collaboration with the now friendly sangheliians, you've been away for awhile old man

[@sarcasm4905]

Maybe he bought it from the Saints Row space program.

[@theexit300]

he went to the colonia bubble, there is some repairs station

[@evanstrachan9996]

I shall light this holy ring, release its cleansing flame and burn a path into the divine beyond!

[@Ueberdoziz]

this is a step by step tutorial how not to get away from a black holes XD glad you made it. where are you headed now?

[@LuckyLuigi]

Hahaha so true :) I'm on my way to Coloneia for repairs and if I make it, I will finally return to the bubble

[@quantum5661]

you ever make it back?

[@XCharger]

he has a video where he made it back still with 2% hull.

[@jasontipton8430]

Ueberdoziz he had no choice he didnt have any heat sincs yeah he screwed up and got to close to a supermassive black hole if you dont have heat sincs you pretty much enhage fsd and hope you dont cook

[@quantum5661]

of course he had a choice! he could of dropped as soon as he started cooling down

[@Lance1972]

Moth to the flame...

[@LuckyLuigi]

Lol exactly :)

[@night128]

Dear god. That was like a football match to me, I've almost screamed "turn it all off, drop of warp, see your throttle, DO SOMETHING!". That was amazing, thank you!

[@MrDaddynomates]

You got slightly warm there dude.

[@sarcasm4905]

Isn't that what vacation's are all about ;)

[@christophersantos4825]

Just a wee bit crispy

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Didn’t even align towards the escape vector and throttle up before charging the FSD (which is what started cooking him). It’s a wonder he survived long enough to get to Sag A* without basic knowledge like that.

[@paint4326]

@@FreemanicParacusia he also have no pips in system to help with overheating

[@fantasybabydino]

@@paint4326 that's a thing?

[@timm427]

Honestly with what you're doing in this video it's a miracle you made it all the way out there...

[@ImJCyo]

I really wish this game could do accretion discs. These things would look so much more awesome.

[@marshfield01]

when the trip out took you a year, but the trip back to your home hanger took 30 seconds.

[@aragottix7322]

In elite, jumping to 3 kinds of bodies scares the shit out of me, and in this order: neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. One time I jumped to a pulsar, was really tiny speck of bright light with this HUGE as friik ''drop out'' zone (marked with the usual yellow thin line) around it, pulled me right out of super cruise, scared the crap out of me.

[@TheEndiPL]

Oh I remember first time I shat myself was then I was in GD 215 or something like that and I almost died from that neutron star there. I was only 1 hr into the game man

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

GD 215... looks funny, i thought, let's get near and try to fuel scoop, i thought, learned something shortly after.

[@Kay_213_]

Me: “What’s that danger zone thingy over there?” Heads over to it Me: “shit”

[@admiralgama6637]

Wtf i get scared of planets. I wont even go mining

[@Upjacked14]

It was your FSD causing all the heat damage, if you would've canceled it when your heat got to 100% you could've let it cool down and had more time to realize your thrusters were in reverse. Always fly safe o7.

[@ambersharp1469]

Next time you start overheating like that, go to your modules and turn shit off. Shields, thrusters, anything. That will save your skin faster than freaking out and playing with your power pips. Stay calm and deactivate your modules. Shields use a lot of power so they also put out a lot of heat.

[@Tsuyu__MCLeVraiPRIVE]

xDDD i recently started the game and I shit myself when the Fsd drop me a bit too near of a star So i dont want to imagine this xD

[@lethall6609]

@@Tsuyu__MCLeVraiPRIVE ikr It always be like that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NilesBlackX]

My silent running boiz know alllll about that ;)

[@TheChris2009]

or dont spend 30 seconds fiddling around trying to align and accelerate, while choosing to keep the FSD on

[@thakillerb]

Sagittarius A*: “and stay out!”

[@LittleKachowski]

Looking at the galactic center on the galaxy map never ceases to amaze me even years after playing. Something about the density of the stars is so unbelievable.

[@ineffectualgamer9565]

Glad to see you made it back CMDR. Never be afraid of an emergency drop when things are not going correctly. You will cool down and be able to plot a new strategy. I found myself screaming at the screen there lol. Just did the run myself there and back in 7 days honking. I got sucked in too.

[@LuckyLuigi]

I'll definitely do that the next time :)

[@babybirdhome]

That is so counterintuitive, I never would have known to do that. "Crap, I'm burning up! I know! I'll just stop right where I am that's causing me to overheat, that'll fix it!" Nope, I never in a million years would have thought to do that. I'll try to remember if I'm ever in that kind of situation though!

[@michaeldebidart]

This game does such a good job of creating panic when your ship is getting its ass kicked

[@FetchTheCow]

I'm pleased to know other commanders get overwhelmed by the alarms and flashing lights.

[@RetroSpock]

Jesus man, that was intense. I shared your sense of panic. Good job in recovering! :D

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

That's when you cancel the jump, wait for everything to cool down, then pre-align and accelerate before re-engaging the FSD.

[@splatty3328]

The light explorative piano when everything is alright really makes the entire video

[@abefilmmuncher3936]

"Cooper what are you doing?" "Warping"

[@badboybenno]

That's what you get for having a pink HUD haha. Lucky flying CMDR, o7

[@Loli_lover206]

Or changing the shields to yellow

[@chrismanuel9768]

That's purple though.

[@wingx3430]

this is beautiful its just amazing to think this is what the center of the milky-way might look like. if it is it looks so beautiful

[@zaryojida32]

i know this video is a bit older but it was the first i saw of elite and it really got me interested and i ended up buying it 2 years ago, just wanted to thank you for being an inspiration for me

[@phish0324]

You had a while extra percent of your hull left. Completely under control. Great video cmdr, thank you for sharing.

[@robertgibbs4014]

You almost became part of the galactic raspberry souffle!

[@robertpendli340]

Ok, to prevent the overheating while misaligned, you just cancel the jump, get aligned, and restart. Also when needing to throttle up, just boost

[@Loli_lover206]

But boosting generates unnecessary heat

[@chrismanuel9768]

@@Loli_lover206 Not more than is prevented by escaping the situation more rapidly

[@VirgilScarborough]

how did you make it that far out of the bubble without blowing your ship up?

[@xp3rt13]

Your escape from the black hole works so well with the latter half of "No time for caution" form Hans Zimmer!

[@ACH1EVE_CH1M]

I liked this idea so much I'm making it a reality.

[@MR-dc4od]

You can abort the jump even after it's charged by just hitting "J" again. Should've done that the moment you got heat problems while charging. Also pack more heat sinks. You can't have too many. And remember your FSD makes a LOT of heat.

[@paulgascoigne5343]

Forget red alert. Let's go straight to brown alert!

[@ramsackdude]

Pro tip for newcomers in a similar situation use the frame shift drive to find the escape vector and immediately switches off after you are aligned and cool down hit full Throttle and then frameshift out there you will avoid a lot of the damage.

[@mikek1236]

"Leee-roy Jen-kiiins!" he called out as he flew into the black hole.

[@williamhutsch851]

"curiosity got the better of me" Like a fish swimming up to the light of a angler fish. Like a fly landing on a venus fly trap Like a mouse collecting cheese of a mouse trap A lesson can be learned here

[@TheOneWayDown]

The fact that this video triggered my "this is a terrible idea" sense makes me a lot more confident to try exploring

[@LuckyLuigi]

Good luck out there :)

[@dmj271095]

For everyone asking what the game is, its Elite Dangerous

[@tacho8313]

Ty

[@yewawtmayt2805]

I'm a noob just started. What is the significance of sag A?

[@wafflespice4817]

@@yewawtmayt2805 it's just a supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy.

[@Kharnellius]

@@yewawtmayt2805 That's the name of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

[@Crowen.]

“Canopy compromised” **Jazz Music stops**

[@thekrunkadidliacdude5033]

Jesus, from the perspective of someone who hangs around Sol, this looks wild.

[@madteacup]

Its crazy how long doing anything in this game takes its kinda beautiful

[@FUBBA]

I don't understand how you made it that far to the center because when I attempted to do this my ship's galaxy map navigation system just froze up at 99% and wouldn't plot route so I had to turn around and go back home to Farseer. Specs: x99 5930k @ 3.7 980ti evga sc+ acx 2.0 16gb ddr4

[@EpicWinNoob]

How much do you have to panic to not realize if you cancel the fsd charging it'll lower the temperature

[@FrogManWilson]

I'll be fine (gets hit with a gamma rays burst

[@lua9502]

ill be fine (aspx gets Spaghettified into anaconda)

[@cmdrsparrowblack2572]

OMG... the start was awesome and the end was nerve-wrecking to watch. Don't wanna know how much adrenaline you had in your bloodstream after getting the heat again below 100%. Just wow. Hearing the canopy starting to crack just gave me massive shivers!

[@LuckyLuigi]

I still wake up drenched in sweat every now and then :)

[@cmdrsparrowblack2572]

Oh, I bet! :-D

[@rkwatchauralnautsjediparty7303]

I hate that sound.

[@michaelzaccardo1010]

What are your color settings? Thats the same look I wanted to go for but I couldnt figure it out.

[@GunnerGaz23]

Dude my stomach was in knots for you there! Nice save after the initial panic lol o7

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Always, always align towards the escape vector and fully throttle up before charging the FSD. Charging the FSD is what’ll start to cook you; being aligned and at top speed means you’ll go back to supercruise the instant it’s charged, minimizing the time spent at those heat levels. Also, before going on a long expedition, make sure you’ve stocked up on engineering materials to synthesize heatsinks and AFMU refills so you don’t run out, the latter especially if you intend to use neutron jumps since each one eats away at your FSD a little. Finally, when your destination is grayed out and enclosed in a dotted circle, it means there’s something between you and what you’re trying to get to, in this case the event horizon. I’m surprised you got all the way to Sag A* without picking up on that, glad you were able to survive.

[@vaughanmitchell2981]

Why do you fly so GODDAMN CARELESSLY AND GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Yeah, people are like, "oh well, spent hundreds of ours grinding and travelling careful to get here. Time to die."

[@Griffx81]

I did similiar when I visited it. I tried to get to the centre marker, cooked my ship so much I was terrified and used two heatsinks to get the hell out of there! This was after several months of exploration data. I'm tempted to make a u turn and fly back 20,000ly to sell my data and go back out. The risk of losing it all is terrifying.

[@vic-20personalcomputer80]

I'm somewhere out between Sag. A and Beagle Point at the moment, in my beat up ASP Explorer. I had a similar accident that you had, but made it out in better shape. Once I reach Beagle Point, I plan on heading back the long way around to the bubble. Can't wait to make it home. Fly safe, CMDR. o7

[@thethumbinator6046]

I bout had a heart attack watching!! Intense!! ..& exactly why I love this game!! I am leaving out for Sag A for the first time ever on the 2nd week of January 2018. Excited!!

[@LuckyLuigi]

Bon voyage and be careful out there :)

[@hgyuuuuhj098]

All them little fireworks near Christmas tree were so wholesome :) and they say, black hole - bad

[@oceanbytez847]

funny how fleet carriers have completely changed the risk of long distance exploration. Now you could just dial up fleet carriers owners club or the hull seals and they would pull a carrier to you for detailed repairs with a week. This man was one of the old breed explorers who left out into the void with no safety net. They laid a path for todays far safer exploration.

[@TheFilthyCringer]

Watching this over a year later as I made my way to Sag A* and am now happily on my way home. Black holes freak me out so I slowed right down, took my pictures, scanned everything and flew the hell away.

[@Vikkusan]

well done for escaping 😓

[@rockroc1]

I'm over here like: "Why are they so close to Sagittarius A without heatsinks!?" "Aye fam! You too close!" "See that's what happens when you fw black holes!"

[@mrenemy7674]

This vid needs your commentary 😂

[@rockroc1]

@@mrenemy7674 Much appreciated! 😂 I just might have to do that.

[@dylanpaul7371]

Does it really take a lot of real world hours to get there? How long does it take? Also, do you have to keep jumping system to system or is one long hypercruise?

[@LuckyLuigi]

You have to keep jumping from system to system. Ships have about twice the range now as they did then so you can fly a much more direct course as well make bigger jumps. There are also many improvement in navigation, and super long jumps by 'surfing neutron star jet'. If you only jump and refuel instead of explore like I did, you can now do it with a specially build ship in about half a day real time if you're really good.

[@ruileite4579]

Thank you youtube recommendations!You actually recommend me a good video!

[@Volgrand]

4:11 waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait a second.... 1 year exploring and your paintjob is intact? That's suspicious....

[@themustachioedman]

until just recently (2.3 I think) paintjobs appeared new on relog or mode switch. Even if he was at colonia and took off from there to Sag A his paint would have been at 0%

[@LuckyLuigi]

As themustachioedman explained, it is a bug in the game

[@ghostboy6472]

@@LuckyLuigi what game

[@a.p1383]

@@ghostboy6472 elite dangerous

[@mervan2972]

Lucky that you didn't touch the event horizon

[@papanya006]

You cant touch it in Elite. Game will just drop you out of Supercruise near the "border" of body, just like near stars or surfaces

[@Cms40]

mervan thought it the game did have that since of realism he would have been totally sucked into the black hole

[@jangulorr7737]

Woah buddy! That's why I cutoff my engines at times. I've screwed up enough to remember that I need to cut my supercruise > cool down > align to escape vector > hope for the best. Though, I don't understand why you moved the pips to weapons. Regardless ... you survived and that in itself is phenomenal!!!

[@007999999999999999]

Can anyone explain what happened here and the context to it, what is a year of exploration? Do you get better rewards for exploring if you don't die or is it just the distance he traveled in a whole year and would need to go all the way again? I don't play this game so an explanation for dummies would be great :D

[@joebidendidnotwintheelecti370]

So awsome! I just started playing! I was kind of hoping to see some super fast orbiting stars but, I wouldnt stick around too long either.

[@LuckyLuigi]

Astronomers will take our first real 'foto' of Sagittarius this year so I'm hoping that will lead to a redesign by the developers. Of course, then I'd have to make the trip again pfffff :P

[@Tantalus010]

The only black hole encounter I've ever had in Elite was over a year ago. It was your run-of-the-mill, dead massive star sort of black hole, not a supermassive monster like A*. I flew into the black hole (on purpose) and emerged from the other end completely unscathed. That...should not have happened, but it did.

[@LuckyLuigi]

I've seen that happen before, it's a bug. I've been meaning to try it myself but it's so much work to get out there and possibly die I haven't worked up the motivation yet :)

[@SusannaSaunders]

Lucky Luigi Maia has a black hole, which isn't too far to go from the bubble. It's a far SC flight in from the jump in point though.

[@RichardNess]

A while back, maybe this year, i recall reading some online piece about a space-simulation type game that was somehow newsworthy because of how you could, and someone was, flying way out into the galaxy (or farther?) for a very long period of time. I guess the angle was how “realistic” it was, idk. Anyway, im wondering now what game that might have been- was it Elite Dangerous possibly? I just started playing Eve, but I want to try ED also because it’s based on our actual galaxy and maybe more single-player-ish? Or at least more laid back than Eve.

[@FixedWing82]

Whats the farthest you can jump in one shot in elite dangerous? I don't play the game, this just showed up randomly in my feed and I'm curious

[@dingodon]

about 75.77 ly normal, with pulsar boost 303.08ly

[@nathaniel-bh5un]

this video is my exploration nightmare

[@Gabriel87100]

My dream is being able to play Elite Dangerous, Universe Sandbox² and Space Engine. I live in an awful country and I can't afford a computer good enough for these.

[@LuckyLuigi]

I'm sorry to hear that. My computer is not that great though, Elite Dangerous does not have Star Citizen requirements. A little tip, a weak cheap computer can manage Elite Dangerous as long as it is running on a SSD harddisk.

[@Gabriel87100]

yeah, I'm far from having that anyway, my pc is a Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM DDR2 and a 512MB 8400GS. No way that will run anything beyound Freelancer. I recently had to uninstall Euro Truck Simulator 2 (I loved to play it, don't judge) because the amount of updates and DLCs made the FPS drop below 6. :(

[@LuckyLuigi]

*sadface* Hope you manage to get a good machine soon !

[@bencarter1666]

Gabriel87100 Hey mate, the PS4 version is excellent and they are dirt cheap at the moment. I can't afford a good gaming PC at the moment but the console version is a good compromise. Very happy with it.

[@pimentarules9826]

Its not Brazil so..

[@thatonebear6848]

What ship were you using during that exploration of near death?

[@jambothejoyful2966]

this my friends, is a prime example of why i NEVER fly without orbit lines

[@W_Waves0519]

*When systems malfuction* Patrick: WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO!

[@Kragz88]

Bet you flew to the nearest station "Repairs ship and Changes pants." *You* I like to eat chocolate pudding and explore, I had to fight off pirates sadly I spilled my pudding. *Dry Cleaner dude* HOW DID YOU SPILL THIS MUCH CHOCOLATE ON YOU PANTS!!!?!?!?!?!

[@LuckyLuigi]

LOOOL :) :) :)

[@fbi855]

Lol

[@WilbertLek]

Looks like you got a bit of pizza on there as well....

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

@@WilbertLek 😳

[@yewawtmayt2805]

This is cool im looking forward to getting into the game. Can someone explain what Sag A is apart from a gravitational nightmare? and its significance? I'm a noob just done training and I'm curious if this should be goals or not.

[@Elydir]

The big bad hungry thing that our galaxy spins around en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*

[@seanlex7569]

Seeing this 4 years late, nice work captain.

[@dimirom1]

Too bad u missed the beacon at the centre, but at least u made it out alive! Safe travels CMDR... o7

[@chicken_nugget5438]

I don’t understand what happened but rip?

[@EnderSpy358]

if the ship had suffered any more damage, the engines would likely have stopped working or exploded. even worse, the black hole's insane gravity would stretch it into strings of atoms

[@BitPlayYT]

@@EnderSpy358 that sounds cool tho

[@AlejandroCab98]

Le A supermassive black hole would actually let you in past the event horizon without being spaghettified

[@HornedPandaWasTaken]

@@AlejandroCab98 Uh that's not true

[@samuelr.6046]

@@HornedPandaWasTaken it's theoretically possible.

[@kawirider5amh]

Heat sinks are a life saver, and having a afmu is always handy, especially when exploring. LoL Props for getting out there in an Asp though, that takes some dedication.

[@youghurt2k]

where do you start again if ship goes kaboom so far away?

[@Chipchase780]

This is amazing footage ! You need to share the technical details of your ship with NASA, they’ve only got as far as the moon.

[@Jognt]

Wow. Halfway through the video (just after the first emergency drop) I figured "Well, it's not that bad, you could've heard "Canopy integrity compromised" after that emergency drop". A short while later: "Canopy integrity compromised" and I instantly gasped and thought "oh crap, oh crap!". Tip for the next time you're in this sort of predicament: Drop back out to normal space and disable all non-essential systems. Those shields for example would've made a double digit % difference in heat output :). All you really need is the FSD and the Thrusters.

[@FlyLeah]

Plot twist: he died on the way home in the process of fuel scooping regular stars