Omicron Major is the only system that has that issue. For any other system, you can just move to the very corner of the map and you're fine. Omicron Major however has the Dyson Sphere wall on the plane, and the survey-able area ends after a little bit beyond the end of the atmosphere - since you can only survey on-plane. The only other system where you shouldn't survey at all is Planet Darlington, since when you stray away from the Nomad City too far, you will get ripped apart from the planet's atmosphere.
(10-17-2017, 05:01 PM)Stabby_Dave Wrote: Unless i read it wrong, the MK III survey takes 1000 seconds.
That means 6000 MOX - not possible with 1 ship?
Cheers.
Yes, you pretty much need a 5k transport with you.
Alternatively, if you are at base where fuel commodity is sold, you can buy it and jettison it in space, repeat untill you have enough. Then just cargo the fuel in, as you proceed with the survey.
Maybe if you use Helium-3, which is mineable, you could try to mine it when surveying. Although I do not think you can mine fast enough.
You can do it alone but only near base that sell Fuel. All you need is at least 3200 transport and survey ship docked in that base, then log in transport, fly 3 K ABOVE base, drop Fuel, fast dock, buy 3200 more and undock (you have to dock, buy and undock fast or Fuel you drop will disspeer) , drop again, dock again, change to your survey ship ( again, you need to be fast) , then go to your Fuel and start survey. Those 400 extra is for NPC stealing. Practice with cheap cargo like water to not loose money.