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1.) Buy best scoop you can afford / fit -> fast scooping
2.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
3.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
4.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
5.) IMHO it's easiest to scoop at ~0.1c but that depends on ship type.
6.) Don't go too deep into star's atmosphere
7.) Deeper you go into sun, faster it scoops
8.) Watch your scoop rate. I'm usually scooping at around 80% of maximum flow rate and velocity around 0.1c.
9.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
10.) Try to follow "orbit-like" trajectory and single rotation axis - either yaw (star on the side) or pitch (star above you).
11.) you've guessed it: WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
12.) move away from star as soon as you're finished or temperature get's too high (for me it's above 75%)
13.) Perform next jump when your temp drops below 40% (FSD generates heat - jumping just after scooping can result in some damage)
14.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
15.) Scoopable star types are: K, G, B, F, O, A and M
16.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
17.) If you have problems scooping at speed you can go bit away (flow rate at few kg/s) and then aproach at minimal FSD velocity,turn tangential to star when flowrate is acceptable and then sit few mins (for bigger vessels / weaker scoops) while ships eats plasma.
... and finally:
18.) WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURE!
I've found it to be better to "stop" while scooping (as far as travelling at the minimum supercruise speed of 30 km/s can be called "stop"). There's no reason to be moving, it's not quicker.
And should you get stuck somewhere, just call the Fuel Rats, a player group whose mission is to help those stuck somewhere without fuel.
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