from MING of the Ming Mining corporation {MINGCO}
Over the last few days I have done a small survey of some sectors of grey space , and found the following
1. empty sectors with nothing of note
2. sectors with a small number of bots, ideal for bot hunting missions
3. sectors with large amounts of bots engaged in mining/ guarding
4. sectors with rich asteroid fields with no bots present ...nice!

who knows what else could be out there?

As all of the above have been found in sectors that appear on the map to be empty, i have decided to continue to survey the less travelled regions of space, ...to boldly go...etc
But, before i set out on this epic mission, i thought i should check to see if anyone else has already done the same.
So are there any intrepid explorers out there who have already checked out the "empty" sectors? or, if not, are there any that would like to help out, by checking different systems to the ones I am doing, and sharing the results?

at one time or another I believe there was a map of the sectors, nearing completion.. I don't know if it has changed or not...

These are the old maps. The VO Wiki still sites this page.

http://lemming.localnetsys.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mining:mineral+maps

Ming, I'd be interested in comparing notes. I'll try to catch you in-game.

Broma-ba Slick
Broma Transport

hmm... interesting maps, nuthou5e... Any idea on when these will be moved over to the new wiki??

As soon as someone is motivated enough to do it. It is a wiki, so make an account and do it yourself. Your help will be greatly appreciated. =)

I have a copy of the old Vendetta Cartography site, and will spend this weekend bringing it back up-to-date. I'm also planning on linking it in with the wiki, so we can make notes on each system & sector.

Shhhh, now everyone will mine there. It's been so quiet.

who knows what else could be out there?

A while ago, a couple of players (Martin.mac.au & Tramshed, IIRC) ran around trying to find the longest 'roid belt in a sector. If either of them remember how long exactly it was, IMO that qualifies for S.I.S.E.S. All I can remember is "really really long".

Dau G-11 is huge. Try flying from one end to the other sometime. :D

LQI, Tramshed Moriel Gilman and myself did look for a while. The longest so far was 207km

In a competitive free-enterprise trading environment, I can't see the point of sharing accurate mineral maps. Such valuable information should be coveted or at least sold--not given freely.

If money does really become valuable someday in VO, then you'll want to pull up to a 10 degree pentric asteroid, not a 700.

longest roid sector.. helios p-5 (or p-6) its at least 300km cause thats how far i was from the storm exit when i stopped following it.

I once found an asteroid shaped like a duck. However when i tried to take someone back to show it to them I couldn't find it anymore. Next time I'll take a screenshot.

Did the duck FLOAT, obsidian?
Take a screenie!

Hmm we had a look in that area Spellcast but didn't find any that long. Might have another look soon.

*ponders*

This brings up the interesting idea of having in-game, buyable, mineral maps. I mean, you do all these prospecting missions, where does the information go?
Once you buy a "map" for a certain system per-say, you can the hover over each sector and it will list the minerals found there, or something similar.

Alright maybe I am just crazy, but I think it would be kinda cool.

TBird

OK, I've finished bringing the system maps & station names on the Vendetta Cartography site back up-to-date, and have it linking with the VendettaWiki. Check it out at http://mandalor.homelinux.net/vendetta/vc/ & let me know what you think. Much thanks to MorbidlyWrong for the original site design & giving me a copy of the site to play with.

On the VendettaWiki side, I've only made an article for Deneb so far. All you people who like Surveying Interesting Stuff in Empty (or not Empty, it's all good) Sectors, please share your notes on all the cool stuff you find. Eventually, I'd like the VendettaWiki to have notes on just about every sector in the game! :-}

Nice work Beolach! I am continuing on my one-Ming mission to map grey space. Bractus has been surveyed and mapped - minerals, bots, everything of note, and found some nice unmarked asteroid fields with a good range of minerals, all bot-free! Also I hope that, armed with the new maps i can virtually guarantee to plot storm free courses from now on.
Ming is not in a guild atm (dWo died), but whenever he decide to join one again, he will share with his guild mates.

Wow, Beolach. Looks really familiar. See me in-game and I'll show you.

Ming: see me in game about your efforts.