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===Patience is Key=== | ===Patience is Key=== | ||
Sagittarius A* isn't exactly a walk down the street – it's 25,900 light years away from Sol. You read that right – twenty-five thousand light years from [[Sol]]. You won't be able to plop yourself in the seat of an Asp Explorer, hop on over to the centre of the galaxy, and get back to Earth in time for tea at grandma's. It takes, at the absolute minimum, | Sagittarius A* isn't exactly a walk down the street – it's 25,900 light years away from Sol. You read that right – twenty-five thousand light years from [[Sol]]. You won't be able to plop yourself in the seat of an Asp Explorer, hop on over to the centre of the galaxy, and get back to Earth in time for tea at grandma's. It takes, at the absolute minimum, 3 hours to get there. Despite that not being a entirely long time, it is still a massive time investment - and that's in a completely stripped down anaconda, on the neutron highway, doing ''nothing'' but jumping. | ||
If you want a profitable voyage, you'll need both time and patience and you must be able to handle being away from civilisation for a few weeks of playing until you get to the core where it's likely you'll meet up with other visiting explorers. | If you want a profitable voyage, you'll need both time and patience and you must be able to handle being away from civilisation for a few weeks of playing until you get to the core where it's likely you'll meet up with other visiting explorers. | ||