Hey, what's wrong with the VIP route? You have Rocks, Corsairs, radiation, rocks, more Corsairs, more rocks, then Ice and pesky Corsairs... and a lot of manual flight.
EDIT: I forgot to mention LOTS of mines.
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor