Solar Wind Flux
Solar Wind Flux currently only exists within the Strangers World family of OXPs.
The solar flux emitted by a star can be collected as fuel if one's ship is equipped with Fuel Scoops. The concentration has to be at least 0.1 ly/min. Different star types yield different emissions - and the emissions can vary over both time and distance.
Contents
Seeing the Solar Wind Flux concentration
The Solar Wind Flux concentration can be shown on the Advanced System Data MFD made available by the Strangers World OXPs. You need an ASC.
- You need to (1) select the Advanced System Data MFD (switches between Planetary & Solar Data) (see MFD for details on selection)
- and (2) set it to the solar data version (done by selecting the sun on your ASC).
Note that the value is only detectable under "green alert": the presence of other ships/large bodies inhibits this.
Alternatively, you can see the value on the Useful MFDs first general MFD without the ASC. At the moment (July 2021) this is buggy.
Scooping under Hard Way.oxz
- Again, one needs Fuel Scoops to do this
- Note that slight variations might exist - your equipment might declare a value of 0.1 ly/min... but scooping may not start until some time after the concentration reaches 0.11 ly/min...
Scooping under Fuel Collector.oxz
Note that the equivalent scooping under Fuel Collector OXP seems to be independent of the sun type and of the distance from it (unless in witchspace/interstellar space). Hence, the information provided (if you have Sun Gear running) is irrelevant in game terms.
Links
- Strangers World - introduction to this suite of OXPs
- Sun Gear OXP - instantiates the solar wind flux and has details of the stellar modelling (provides the Advanced System Data MFD).
- Hard Way OXP - allows scooping the solar wind flux
