The first recorded circumnavigation of the galactic outer rim has been completed by CMDR Cruento Mucrone in the Cobra MkIII, "Silence Unbounded". Few pilots have completed the galactic circumnavigation and this is the first time a pilot has diligently followed the outer rim. With only a 25.7ly range, Cruento successfully visited the tips of all four spiral arms of the Milky Way - the Sagittarius-Carina, the Scutum-Centaurus, the Outer and the Perseus Arms.
Travelling for 557 days over more than 650,000ly, Cruento visited 29,662 systems and is credited with discovering almost all of them. The most memorable systems were "The Earth-like world under a neutron sun" and "My furthest system from Sol; now I'm in the 65k club".
Incredibly, during this journey Cruento met two other CMDRs by chance, including CMDR Draco in an Imperial Eagle almost 65,000ly from Sol. Cruento also arranged remarkable rendezvous with CMDR Chiggy Vonrictofen at the four confluences of the galactic arms.
Upon returning to the bubble CMDR Cruento docked at Cantor Terminal in the Santjalan system, welcomed by many friends and the Social Eleu Progressive Party, well known for their support of explorers. Remarkably Silence Unbounded had suffered only moderate degradation during the expedition, "Hull 78%, PP 79%. Everything else that matters 85% or more. A mixture of coming in hot to rings, scooping without due care and attention and failing to give L dwarfs a wide enough berth!"
When asked their plans after completing such an epic voyage, CMDR Cruento Mucrone reflected, "My Cobra has become the Galaxy Serpent." Although one suspects that they may crave more creature comforts, "I want a Clipper and I want to engineer it!" admitted Cruento.
Right on Commander!