1500 turns aint that bad, but My last game was unlimited, and the one im playing now is 1200 turns. BIG difference. The best way I've found to locate SD is to run a world trade type script and start it in sector 1. If the script is written the way I think its written. It will go from 1 to 2, then 2 to 3, and so forth. You should be able to find SD by the time the script gets up to 50. It uses a lot of turns, but it will find SD and plus you will have a bit of extra cash, and a good start on discovering ports. After that Just make sure you buy a good ship to trade with. Merchant Freighter is best. I don't know if you're playing with edits or not. If you are it is wise to study the ship catalog and find a ship with low turns per warp (2 is ideal, but 1 is great if you are playing with such an edit). Also in addition to getting Low warp turns you should find the one with the most holds too. LIke the Colt can have 250 holds, but costs 6 turns per warp and also costs like a Mil to get stocked. It's good later on, but starting you should get the Merchant Freighter. Also when colonizing use the planet Tranport instead of T-warping. Transporting uses a lot of fuel (from the planet), but saves a turn or 2. If you don't have a lot of fuel but have a lot of turns then you may just want to Twarp till you get enough fuel. Hope this helps somewhat
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