So, y'all where spared yesterday's (mis-) adventures because it was late, and I was tired!
But you're in luck, I'm hear now
I logged back in at HIP 17125, but the Thargoid wreck was still in darkness. So I took off and visited the Victoria's Song Megaship, also in the HIP 17125 system.
And also in darkness:
I scanned and downloaded the audio logs, and was reminded I shouldn't trust Aegis.
Then I remembered I've been participating in the current CG's...
After that, I moved on to do a spot of geology:
It was here that I discovered what happens when you A) don't pay close enough attention to the 'Dangerously high temperature' warning and B) run out of health 10 feet from getting back into your SRV because you can't remember what the default first aid keybind is. 6. It's 6.
Anyway, the Rescue Rangers revived me and put me back in my ship, in orbit. I lost my SRV and 50kcr of Codex Discoveries, so it wasn't so bad. My ship survived, so all my scan/survey data was saved.
After this rather inauspicious turn, and with nearly everywhere I visit being in darkness, I decided to head of to the Witchead Nebula for more exploring - I'll be heading back through the Pleiades when I go down to the California Nebula (and from there, way out to Jellyfish and Crab Nebulae - it's a trip I've made many times, and just over 3k LY, so good for unlocking Palin. With stations in both Nebulae, so you can cash in your outbound data before the return leg).
I found another Megaship, Messenger NY22, don't quite recall which system, but it was pretty close to the Pleiades:
And, you know, it was in daylight!
About 1/3-1/2 the way to Wictchead I stopped off to snag a first footfall:
Then bounced over to another planet in the same system to pick up more geology and scan a solitary bio-sign:
I was anticipating puddles of bacteria, instead I found myself craving a Walnut Whip...
I haven't seen bark mounds since my very first trip to the California Nebula, when such things where newly discovered. These seemed much more impressive.
Need to cover some more distance, or this jaunt will take forever!
Onwards:
I am disapointed not to have stumbled across a Codger's Rock yet, though!
Edit: Oh, I meant to say - I use a Thrustmaster T16K and accompanying Throttle Quad for all space and SRV operations, Mouse and Keyboard for everything else (there are some ship operations keybinds I keep on keyboard, too - I find them easier to remember than all those joystick buttons!). Keyboard is a chunky Roccat mechanical keyboard (an older Ryos MK, I think), with a cheap n' cheerful 5 button mouse (R,L, Wheel and 2 thumb buttons - anymore is too many!) bought at random from Amazon whenever the current one is showing signs of failure. Reminds me, I gotta take the T16k apart this weekend, getting potentiometer induced pull to the left again...