In the course of finding out how far I could get above the Galactic Plane near the Roncevaux Crossing without using jumponium (I managed 221LY), I encountered a few other points of interest: 5 rocky ice landables; 1 metal-rich landable (QAUTHEIA LM-V C2-0 A 1); a large ringed icy landable (QAUTHEIA EF-A C1 13) and a ringed rocky 'moon' of a ringed Y dwarf in a highly inclined orbit (QAUTHEIA ZJ-A D1 1 A). Note that because of where I was going, some of these are not easily accessible and ships with less than 33.30LY jump range might need to use some jumponium in order to reach them (I'm fairly sure I remember a 33.1LY jump on the way up but on the way down I don't think I went further than 32LY, so a 30LY-capable ship might be OK with a low-fuel jump - I avoided unscoopables). Nevertheless, all are just about within 300LY of the waypoint.
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The five rocky ice landables are: QAUTHEIA FA-Y B1-0 A 1; QAUTHEIA BV-Y D0 A 6 A; QAUTHEIA FL-X C1-0 7; QAUTHEIA IG-Y D9 9 and QAUTHEIA CE-T B3-0 A 1 A. Of these, QAUTHEIA FA-Y B1-0 A 1 has by far the most interesting terrain, with some very wide and deep canyons and some respectably tall mountains. The tallest mountain I found here was ~11.5km high (34.7 / 122.0) but there were others of similar height and I also found a canyon where the tip of the ridge on one side was ~14.0km above the canyon floor (37.8 / 93.3).
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My thanks to the rock rats for inviting me into their wing to prospect in QAUTHEIA EF-A C1 where the icy 13th planet is the largest I encountered near this waypoint and has a bright ring system as well (radius = 13,282km, surface gravity = 1.00g). This world has two small landable icy moons as well (I think one moon has Yttrium but I forget which).
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The ringed rocky world QAUTHEIA ZJ-A D1 1 A is in a fairly distant orbit from its Y dwarf host (orbital period 68.8 days) but the angle of inclination is -41.84 degrees, so the Y dwarf's rings are almost always on view. Its own metal-rich ring system arches gracefully against the sky, contrasting with the Milky Way which is clearly visible here from this system's viewpoint above the Galactic Plane (I think it is more than 200LY above, enough to see the dust clouds of the Plane below, but I forgot to note it down).
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I'll edit my cartography report for waypoint 21 to add a link to here but because most of these findings are a little way off I thought it best to post them separately rather than editing them in. Thanks to @Nexolek for putting the links to my reports in the OP and I'm glad you're finding them to be helpful!
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I might take today off and rest before the basecamp meetup on Monday, or I might take part in some prospecting, but I could probably do with the break as the trip above the Galactic Plane has reminded me of what it's like to plot a route when the star density is low, something I expect to be doing a lot of over the next couple of weeks.
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The five rocky ice landables are: QAUTHEIA FA-Y B1-0 A 1; QAUTHEIA BV-Y D0 A 6 A; QAUTHEIA FL-X C1-0 7; QAUTHEIA IG-Y D9 9 and QAUTHEIA CE-T B3-0 A 1 A. Of these, QAUTHEIA FA-Y B1-0 A 1 has by far the most interesting terrain, with some very wide and deep canyons and some respectably tall mountains. The tallest mountain I found here was ~11.5km high (34.7 / 122.0) but there were others of similar height and I also found a canyon where the tip of the ridge on one side was ~14.0km above the canyon floor (37.8 / 93.3).
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My thanks to the rock rats for inviting me into their wing to prospect in QAUTHEIA EF-A C1 where the icy 13th planet is the largest I encountered near this waypoint and has a bright ring system as well (radius = 13,282km, surface gravity = 1.00g). This world has two small landable icy moons as well (I think one moon has Yttrium but I forget which).
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The ringed rocky world QAUTHEIA ZJ-A D1 1 A is in a fairly distant orbit from its Y dwarf host (orbital period 68.8 days) but the angle of inclination is -41.84 degrees, so the Y dwarf's rings are almost always on view. Its own metal-rich ring system arches gracefully against the sky, contrasting with the Milky Way which is clearly visible here from this system's viewpoint above the Galactic Plane (I think it is more than 200LY above, enough to see the dust clouds of the Plane below, but I forgot to note it down).
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I'll edit my cartography report for waypoint 21 to add a link to here but because most of these findings are a little way off I thought it best to post them separately rather than editing them in. Thanks to @Nexolek for putting the links to my reports in the OP and I'm glad you're finding them to be helpful!
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I might take today off and rest before the basecamp meetup on Monday, or I might take part in some prospecting, but I could probably do with the break as the trip above the Galactic Plane has reminded me of what it's like to plot a route when the star density is low, something I expect to be doing a lot of over the next couple of weeks.
