Basically a vid u wanna watch if u want to get good artifacts but have no friends. For mods level, I get comfortable at the level shown in the vids, but I've been doing solo at lower mods level.
In 'Light' Red Stars you can leave your ships sitting on the Jump Gate when the star goes Supernova. All ships and artefacts survive, and it saves on the cost of Hydrogen. You jumped out before Supernova. Is that because this hydro-saving tactic I've described wouldn't work in a Dark Red Star?