Strange with crash, but probably i know what causing it , about second one could you elaborate becuase from one side i hear they are rare from other that they are abbundant those research_databanks
Well, I made a test run here with 1 buffalo, 1 dram and 2 lashers using navigation and bulk transport, and the result was this (omitting normal domain-era probes, found a lot of those):
cycle 206:
mar - 01 (game start at random planet)
somewhere between (found cryosleeper and close habitable worlds, found some cool ships like aurora(d) and salvaged them)
jul - 19 (+1 beta core, +1 gamma core, 2 research databanks, 1 fullerene spool, 1 mothership location)-> from domain-era survey ship
somewhere between (+1 gamma core, found hypershunt, found domain-era mothership following a suspicious hyperspace ghost)
oct - 03 (+1 beta core, +1 gamma core, 2 research databanks) -> from domain-era survey ship
dec - 29 (+1 Pegasus blueprint , +1 Valkyrie Blueprint +some modspecs and lpcs from equip cache, base value 320k of all)
cycle 207:
jan - 03 (+ 1 longbow blueprint, some lpcs, base value of 40k of all)
jan - 13 (found another Hypershunt, 24 light years from the first)
feb - 08 (achieved 289 points of hyperspace topography, most from black holes and gas giants)
feb - 22 (found a level 5 officer with elite skill)
mar - 04 (decided to finish my blind exploration as 1 year has passed)
the images of the loot and the final exploration map:
https://imgur.com/a/ThxdwBaThis was a small test of 1 year of blind exploration with few ships and how much loot it gives (I didn't survey most of the ruins I found as well as I didn't have crew), it can vary depending on your luck, but for me it was 4 research databanks from 2 survey ships, sometimes you can find research stations that gives you much more of them, in this case I didn't find any. Usually what I do is stay in the core worlds stacking missions that lead to the same area while trading, and instapicking research station missions, and then when I go to the mission systems I find loads of stuff and get hundreds of thousands of credits while at it, in a single trip.