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Sidewinder Mk. I Galactic Circumnavigation Attempt
- Thread starter Commander William Diffin
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Just found this thread! It's funny to think of that little ship all along going around the galaxy!
Have a safe journey cmdr o7
Have a safe journey cmdr o7
Day One thousand and eight:
[Waypoint №39 Detour №3 - 14,433.60ly from Explorer's Anchorage - n/a - DSSA Four Corners Monument, Ploea Auscs ZA-A c16]
'You are clear of the station. Have a safe trip, Commander.'
After leaving Explorer's Anchorage, before committing to the over 37,000ly voyage back out to the Sagittarius-Carina Arm, I paid a visit to Sagittarius A, for only the second time, but the first time in a Sidewinder.
(Passing Sagittarius A)
Things have changed since I was last here when the region was entirely unpopulated; now there are remote outposts like nearby Explorer's Anchorage, and the DSSV Distant Worlds.
(Beckett Class Deep Space Science Vessel Distant Worlds)
And so back into the Black.
Just twelve jumps out from Sagittarius A and there is now an uninterrupted neutron highway all the way to the Perseus Stem. After that there are no breaks in the neutron stars of ten jumps or more until the Abyss. I am going to use a lot of Vanadium in AFMU Refills.
Had a slightly unusual experience at Eok Byoe ZU-X e1-871, a ternary system with a central neutron-Type G binary. Having flown into the neutron star's unusually wide and energetic jet cone, I found it very difficult to escape it again without being flung into the Type G secondary. I took several percentage points of FSD damage before gently coasting out of the end of the cone, clear of the Type G's atmosphere, but at least this is damage I can repair.
(Looking back at Eok Byoe ZU-X e1-871 AB after neutron boosting)
Had to refill my AFMU for the first time out of Explorer's Anchorage at Braisoe VF-L d9-5544, 5,968.71ly from the starport, leaving me with enough materials for another 82 Basic AFMU Refills, and 247 Basic FSD Boosts. That's good news; nearly every single jump out of Explorer's Anchorage has been neutron-boosted and I've already covered nearly 6,000ly, so at that rate even if I neutron-jumped the entire 175,000ly I still have to cover to complete the Circumnavigation, I would only need another 30 AFMU Refills, still leaving me with 157 Basic FSD Boosts. Running out of materials without an SRV is not going to be a problem.
Of all the neutron systems I passed through leaving the Galactic Bar, I didn't actually find an unexplored neutron star until Aemorrs CE-E d13-3986, in the middle of the Perseus Stem. The system had a Water World orbiting the secondary, which I scanned before moving onwards.
Was making steady progress, discovering the odd unexplored neutron system here and there, when I unnecessarily performed a manual Emergency Stop at Teqea CW-C d2373. I had bound Supercruise/Hyperspace to the same controller button, and whilst trying to hyperspace without having first selected a destination system, instead engaged the Emergency Stop in spite of the HUD warning me about pressing Supercruise/Hyperspace twice. Hull Integrity is now down to 99%, AFMU to 99%, and Power Plant to 98%. Also I had to refill the AFMU for the second time since leaving Explorer's Anchorage, leaving me with enough materials for 81 Basic AFMU Refills and 244 Basic FSD Boosts. Maybe I can rendezvous with one of the new Fleet Carriers for repairs later on, but for now there are currently no Carriers on my route back out to the Sagittarius-Carina Arm.
Soon afterwards, discovered the Fleet Carrier DSSA Tartarus had recently begun service in the eastern end of the Abyss at Eishaw DB-W e2-0 system, orbiting a Black Hole, and decided to head there before arriving at Lonely Candle. Along the way to the DSSA Tartarus is the Flyeia Void Sea, a region containing the unique Squid Mollusc life form, which I shall investigate.
Another AFMU refill, the third since the last ship service, at Goorai UU-M d8-186. The neutron systems are starting to thin out here in the unnamed gap separating the Perseus Stem from the Norma Arm, and I am no longer able to neutron jump with every single hyperspace jump, so I'll be using less Vanadium in AFMU refills from here.
On 21 July 3306, the Fleet Carrier DSSA Four Corners Monument reached her destination at Ploea Auscs ZA-A c16, the quadripoint where Izanami, Newton's Vault, Arcadian Stream, and Ryker's Hope meet, only 1,000ly from my position at that time of Goorai DH-J d10-61. I headed for her straight away, and arrived after 22 jumps.
(EV Enterprise approaching DSSA Four Corners Monument)
Taking advantage of the facilities at Four Corners I cashed in Cr13,370,446 of exploration data and serviced my ship. Everything is back at 100%. Commander BlastDuke pays Cr22,834,152 a week to maintain his facility here, just so that Commanders like me can keep our paint jobs pristine on the far side of the Galaxy it seems.
And so now on to the Flyeia Void Sea.
[Waypoint №39 Detour №3 - 14,433.60ly from Explorer's Anchorage - n/a - DSSA Four Corners Monument, Ploea Auscs ZA-A c16]
'You are clear of the station. Have a safe trip, Commander.'
After leaving Explorer's Anchorage, before committing to the over 37,000ly voyage back out to the Sagittarius-Carina Arm, I paid a visit to Sagittarius A, for only the second time, but the first time in a Sidewinder.
(Passing Sagittarius A)
Things have changed since I was last here when the region was entirely unpopulated; now there are remote outposts like nearby Explorer's Anchorage, and the DSSV Distant Worlds.
(Beckett Class Deep Space Science Vessel Distant Worlds)
And so back into the Black.
Just twelve jumps out from Sagittarius A and there is now an uninterrupted neutron highway all the way to the Perseus Stem. After that there are no breaks in the neutron stars of ten jumps or more until the Abyss. I am going to use a lot of Vanadium in AFMU Refills.
Had a slightly unusual experience at Eok Byoe ZU-X e1-871, a ternary system with a central neutron-Type G binary. Having flown into the neutron star's unusually wide and energetic jet cone, I found it very difficult to escape it again without being flung into the Type G secondary. I took several percentage points of FSD damage before gently coasting out of the end of the cone, clear of the Type G's atmosphere, but at least this is damage I can repair.
(Looking back at Eok Byoe ZU-X e1-871 AB after neutron boosting)
Had to refill my AFMU for the first time out of Explorer's Anchorage at Braisoe VF-L d9-5544, 5,968.71ly from the starport, leaving me with enough materials for another 82 Basic AFMU Refills, and 247 Basic FSD Boosts. That's good news; nearly every single jump out of Explorer's Anchorage has been neutron-boosted and I've already covered nearly 6,000ly, so at that rate even if I neutron-jumped the entire 175,000ly I still have to cover to complete the Circumnavigation, I would only need another 30 AFMU Refills, still leaving me with 157 Basic FSD Boosts. Running out of materials without an SRV is not going to be a problem.
Of all the neutron systems I passed through leaving the Galactic Bar, I didn't actually find an unexplored neutron star until Aemorrs CE-E d13-3986, in the middle of the Perseus Stem. The system had a Water World orbiting the secondary, which I scanned before moving onwards.
Was making steady progress, discovering the odd unexplored neutron system here and there, when I unnecessarily performed a manual Emergency Stop at Teqea CW-C d2373. I had bound Supercruise/Hyperspace to the same controller button, and whilst trying to hyperspace without having first selected a destination system, instead engaged the Emergency Stop in spite of the HUD warning me about pressing Supercruise/Hyperspace twice. Hull Integrity is now down to 99%, AFMU to 99%, and Power Plant to 98%. Also I had to refill the AFMU for the second time since leaving Explorer's Anchorage, leaving me with enough materials for 81 Basic AFMU Refills and 244 Basic FSD Boosts. Maybe I can rendezvous with one of the new Fleet Carriers for repairs later on, but for now there are currently no Carriers on my route back out to the Sagittarius-Carina Arm.
Soon afterwards, discovered the Fleet Carrier DSSA Tartarus had recently begun service in the eastern end of the Abyss at Eishaw DB-W e2-0 system, orbiting a Black Hole, and decided to head there before arriving at Lonely Candle. Along the way to the DSSA Tartarus is the Flyeia Void Sea, a region containing the unique Squid Mollusc life form, which I shall investigate.
Another AFMU refill, the third since the last ship service, at Goorai UU-M d8-186. The neutron systems are starting to thin out here in the unnamed gap separating the Perseus Stem from the Norma Arm, and I am no longer able to neutron jump with every single hyperspace jump, so I'll be using less Vanadium in AFMU refills from here.
On 21 July 3306, the Fleet Carrier DSSA Four Corners Monument reached her destination at Ploea Auscs ZA-A c16, the quadripoint where Izanami, Newton's Vault, Arcadian Stream, and Ryker's Hope meet, only 1,000ly from my position at that time of Goorai DH-J d10-61. I headed for her straight away, and arrived after 22 jumps.
(EV Enterprise approaching DSSA Four Corners Monument)
Taking advantage of the facilities at Four Corners I cashed in Cr13,370,446 of exploration data and serviced my ship. Everything is back at 100%. Commander BlastDuke pays Cr22,834,152 a week to maintain his facility here, just so that Commanders like me can keep our paint jobs pristine on the far side of the Galaxy it seems.
And so now on to the Flyeia Void Sea.
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Day One thousand and twenty-eight:
[Waypoint №39 Detour №4 - 10,942.47ly from DSSA Four Corners Monument - n/a - Flyeia Void Sea - Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32]
'Ship is clear. Good luck Commander.'
First incident out from the Fleet Carrier was a totally unfeasible Emergency Stop at JT-L b55-1, whilst Fuel Scooping one of those small Type M red dwarfs, this one with mass 0.2148M☉ and radius 0.3617r☉. The ship temperature suddenly leapt from 67% to over 100% as soon as I floored the throttle to leave the star's atmosphere, leaving me with 99% Hull Integrity, and 98% each on AFMU and Power Plant. Had to refill the AFMU again, that's the fourth time since Explorer's Anchorage. Very annoyed. But at least there are Fleet Carriers out in the Sagittarius-Carina Arm now, where I can repair these minor damages.
An interesting effect at the quaternary system Preae Chroa CF-R d4-257, entirely scanned by Commander Wexler, where the primary neutron star has a secondary red dwarf orbiting at only 0.01AU distant.
(about to scoop Preae Chroa CF-R d4-257 B, with neutron star Preae Chroa CF-R d4-257 A just behind)
Very soon afterwards, at Preae Chroa LR-N d6-70, had to refill the AFMU for the fifth time since leaving Explorer's Anchorage, leaving me with 235 Vanadium.
Arriving at Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32, immediately after scooping the Type K primary, headed to the nearest Notable Stellar Phenomenon contact, at the outside edge of the Metal Rich B Ring of Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32 AB1, a Gas Giant with Water-Based Life. Not being able to remember the last time I flew into a ring system, I managed to Emergency Stop again as I flew too fast into the contact, leaving me with 98% each on Hull Integrity and AFMU, and with Power Plant down to 97%. I'm not at all worried though, there is another Fleet Carrier to visit before the next Waypoint.
The contact turned out to be a school of Albulum Squid Molluscs, a rare space-borne organism only to be found in this region of the Galaxy. The Squid Molluscs took no notice of Enterprise whatsoever. They are not very big, not much taller than an adult human. Morphology is in three sections: an obvious section of soft grey tentacles surrounding some sort of mouth orifice, perhaps like hydra doubling as an anus. Anus. Then there is a middle thoracic section with four pink-coloured depressions equally spaced around it, possibly consisting of primitive sensory or photosynthetic tissue, and which possibly contains some sort of gastrovascular cavity. Finally there is a conical section which possibly is the seat of some sort of nervous complex. Apart from the tentacles and sensory depressions, the hide or shell of the creature is dark purplish-green, hard and warty. Whilst the creature feeds on starlight, the creature's habitat being a planetary ring system, with the existence of tentacles and a mouth, suggests that water from ice and nutrients from small ring particles, dust and stones are directly consumed to assist growth.
(The Albulum Squid Mollusc, with the three sections of its body well shown, Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32 AB1 in the background behind its ring systems)
(The view looking into the Albulum Squid Mollusc's tentacles; note the mouth orifice)
As I already mentioned, the Albulum Squid Molluscs took absolutely no notice of Enterprise intruding on their long undisturbed vigil. But immediately I turned on the ship headlights they fled, leaving a trail of green bubbles behind them, which appeared to come from the tentacles but might have been released from anywhere on the surface of the creature's body, from the groove under the head section perhaps.
(Enterprise turns on headlights...)
(... the Squid Mollusc immediately takes flight...)
(... and is gone. Note the greenish bubbles released by the Squid Mollusc bottom right)
Another Notable Stellar Phenomenon contact, on the inside of the Metal Rich A Ring on the other side of the same planet, turned out to contain Rubeum Ice Crystals. These large fascinating structures are created by colonies of ancient microorganisms. They could be very useful for hiding a ship; as I approached one my temperature dropped to 0% and my heat signature effectively disappeared altogether. A ship hiding in a field of these Crystals would be impossible to detect, and nearly impossible to find.
(EV Enterprise approaches a Rubeum Ice Crystal in the A Ring of Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32 AB1, a Gas Giant With Water-Based Life, the planet in the background)
(View of the Rubeum Ice Crystal field looking out from the planet over the rings)
Before resuming the Circumnavigation, I will now head out to the DSSA Tartarus, deployed out in the Abyss on my way to and 3,672.33ly short of Waypoint №39 at Nuweou CO-F d12-4. That should keep my paint job fresh. Meanwhile, whilst I'm heading out of the Flyeia Void Sea region, I will look out for unexplored systems with Notable Stellar Phenomena and Squid Molluscs.
[Waypoint №39 Detour №4 - 10,942.47ly from DSSA Four Corners Monument - n/a - Flyeia Void Sea - Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32]
'Ship is clear. Good luck Commander.'
First incident out from the Fleet Carrier was a totally unfeasible Emergency Stop at JT-L b55-1, whilst Fuel Scooping one of those small Type M red dwarfs, this one with mass 0.2148M☉ and radius 0.3617r☉. The ship temperature suddenly leapt from 67% to over 100% as soon as I floored the throttle to leave the star's atmosphere, leaving me with 99% Hull Integrity, and 98% each on AFMU and Power Plant. Had to refill the AFMU again, that's the fourth time since Explorer's Anchorage. Very annoyed. But at least there are Fleet Carriers out in the Sagittarius-Carina Arm now, where I can repair these minor damages.
An interesting effect at the quaternary system Preae Chroa CF-R d4-257, entirely scanned by Commander Wexler, where the primary neutron star has a secondary red dwarf orbiting at only 0.01AU distant.
(about to scoop Preae Chroa CF-R d4-257 B, with neutron star Preae Chroa CF-R d4-257 A just behind)
Very soon afterwards, at Preae Chroa LR-N d6-70, had to refill the AFMU for the fifth time since leaving Explorer's Anchorage, leaving me with 235 Vanadium.
Arriving at Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32, immediately after scooping the Type K primary, headed to the nearest Notable Stellar Phenomenon contact, at the outside edge of the Metal Rich B Ring of Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32 AB1, a Gas Giant with Water-Based Life. Not being able to remember the last time I flew into a ring system, I managed to Emergency Stop again as I flew too fast into the contact, leaving me with 98% each on Hull Integrity and AFMU, and with Power Plant down to 97%. I'm not at all worried though, there is another Fleet Carrier to visit before the next Waypoint.
The contact turned out to be a school of Albulum Squid Molluscs, a rare space-borne organism only to be found in this region of the Galaxy. The Squid Molluscs took no notice of Enterprise whatsoever. They are not very big, not much taller than an adult human. Morphology is in three sections: an obvious section of soft grey tentacles surrounding some sort of mouth orifice, perhaps like hydra doubling as an anus. Anus. Then there is a middle thoracic section with four pink-coloured depressions equally spaced around it, possibly consisting of primitive sensory or photosynthetic tissue, and which possibly contains some sort of gastrovascular cavity. Finally there is a conical section which possibly is the seat of some sort of nervous complex. Apart from the tentacles and sensory depressions, the hide or shell of the creature is dark purplish-green, hard and warty. Whilst the creature feeds on starlight, the creature's habitat being a planetary ring system, with the existence of tentacles and a mouth, suggests that water from ice and nutrients from small ring particles, dust and stones are directly consumed to assist growth.
(The Albulum Squid Mollusc, with the three sections of its body well shown, Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32 AB1 in the background behind its ring systems)
(The view looking into the Albulum Squid Mollusc's tentacles; note the mouth orifice)
As I already mentioned, the Albulum Squid Molluscs took absolutely no notice of Enterprise intruding on their long undisturbed vigil. But immediately I turned on the ship headlights they fled, leaving a trail of green bubbles behind them, which appeared to come from the tentacles but might have been released from anywhere on the surface of the creature's body, from the groove under the head section perhaps.
(Enterprise turns on headlights...)
(... the Squid Mollusc immediately takes flight...)
(... and is gone. Note the greenish bubbles released by the Squid Mollusc bottom right)
Another Notable Stellar Phenomenon contact, on the inside of the Metal Rich A Ring on the other side of the same planet, turned out to contain Rubeum Ice Crystals. These large fascinating structures are created by colonies of ancient microorganisms. They could be very useful for hiding a ship; as I approached one my temperature dropped to 0% and my heat signature effectively disappeared altogether. A ship hiding in a field of these Crystals would be impossible to detect, and nearly impossible to find.
(EV Enterprise approaches a Rubeum Ice Crystal in the A Ring of Flyeia Byoea GE-K c11-32 AB1, a Gas Giant With Water-Based Life, the planet in the background)
(View of the Rubeum Ice Crystal field looking out from the planet over the rings)
Before resuming the Circumnavigation, I will now head out to the DSSA Tartarus, deployed out in the Abyss on my way to and 3,672.33ly short of Waypoint №39 at Nuweou CO-F d12-4. That should keep my paint job fresh. Meanwhile, whilst I'm heading out of the Flyeia Void Sea region, I will look out for unexplored systems with Notable Stellar Phenomena and Squid Molluscs.
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Day One thousand and eighty-seven:
[Waypoint №39 Detour №5 - 9.008.51ly from Flyeia Void Sea - n/a - DSSA Tartarus - Eishaw DB-W e2-0]
No more Notable Stellar Phenomena to be found, and an uneventful journey. A sixth AFMU refill leaving me with 232 Vanadium, at neutron system Blaa Blao IE-E d13-57 discovered by Commander Thedargo, towards the far edge of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm, and approaching the Abyss with the neutron systems starting to thin out.
Once I entered the Abyss, approaching the DSSA Tartarus from 6 or 700ly away, I found nearly every system in this remote sparse region already fully explored. It was like being in Barnard's Loop or something. Even red dwarf systems had every planet scanned. A dull trip to the Fleet Carrier of Commander Nouspiro then.
(EV Enterprise pauses before landing at DSSA Tartarus, the Black Hole Eishaw DB-W e2-0 A in the background)
Having cashed in CR18,296,829 of exploration data, serviced my ship and restocked on AFMU ammo, I realized that if I had placed my Planetary Vehicle Hangar in Storage back at Explorer's Anchorage instead of just selling it, I could have had it delivered to the Fleet Carrier, restocked the SRV there, and then gone prospecting for Vanadium before placing the Planetary Vehicle Hangar back into Storage at the Fleet Carrier and then going on my way with maximum Vanadium again. In fact I thought I had placed the module into Storage. Never mind, I still have 232 Vanadium, and am maxed-out in all other Jumponium materials. And if somehow later on I run out of Vanadium, I still have two Mining Lances in Storage which I could use to grind some Vanadium from ring systems.
(EV Enterprise ready to launch from DSSA Tartarus)
Another thing. The Tartarus is a horrible place, in a horrible system. It is very dark and profoundly disconsolate. Bad vibes. I made haste to leave. Perhaps this feeling of oppressive grief will only get worse as I travel still further into the far outskirts of the Galaxy towards the next Waypoint, the so-called 'Lonely Candle'. Or hopefully I will leave it far behind me and my tiny exploration ship.
[Waypoint №39 Detour №5 - 9.008.51ly from Flyeia Void Sea - n/a - DSSA Tartarus - Eishaw DB-W e2-0]
No more Notable Stellar Phenomena to be found, and an uneventful journey. A sixth AFMU refill leaving me with 232 Vanadium, at neutron system Blaa Blao IE-E d13-57 discovered by Commander Thedargo, towards the far edge of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm, and approaching the Abyss with the neutron systems starting to thin out.
Once I entered the Abyss, approaching the DSSA Tartarus from 6 or 700ly away, I found nearly every system in this remote sparse region already fully explored. It was like being in Barnard's Loop or something. Even red dwarf systems had every planet scanned. A dull trip to the Fleet Carrier of Commander Nouspiro then.
(EV Enterprise pauses before landing at DSSA Tartarus, the Black Hole Eishaw DB-W e2-0 A in the background)
Having cashed in CR18,296,829 of exploration data, serviced my ship and restocked on AFMU ammo, I realized that if I had placed my Planetary Vehicle Hangar in Storage back at Explorer's Anchorage instead of just selling it, I could have had it delivered to the Fleet Carrier, restocked the SRV there, and then gone prospecting for Vanadium before placing the Planetary Vehicle Hangar back into Storage at the Fleet Carrier and then going on my way with maximum Vanadium again. In fact I thought I had placed the module into Storage. Never mind, I still have 232 Vanadium, and am maxed-out in all other Jumponium materials. And if somehow later on I run out of Vanadium, I still have two Mining Lances in Storage which I could use to grind some Vanadium from ring systems.
(EV Enterprise ready to launch from DSSA Tartarus)
Another thing. The Tartarus is a horrible place, in a horrible system. It is very dark and profoundly disconsolate. Bad vibes. I made haste to leave. Perhaps this feeling of oppressive grief will only get worse as I travel still further into the far outskirts of the Galaxy towards the next Waypoint, the so-called 'Lonely Candle'. Or hopefully I will leave it far behind me and my tiny exploration ship.
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Day One thousand one hundred and eight:
Waypoint №39 - [3,672.33ly from DSSA Tartarus] 8,058.42 [ly from Waypoint №38] - 158,898.82 [Total ly between Waypoints] - Lonely Candle, Nuweou CO-F d12-4
A final word from traffic control as I left DSSA Tartarus then:
'Speed restrictions have been lifted. Until next time, Commander.'
I don't think so, my love. This is our one and only meeting. I will not be returning. Farewell.
Heading back out to the edge of the Galaxy and crossing the Abyss for the third time, the System Map plotted a route through the Abyss that again was very well travelled. Nearly every system explored. But I simply don't have the jump range or the time to go out of my way to look for interesting unexplored systems at the ceiling or floor of the Abyss; I need to get back onto the itinerary and complete the Circumnavigation, so easiest neutron route straight through the middle of the Abyss it is.
Emergency Stop whilst fuel-scooping at Rhoolaa VL-j d10-4, a Type F white star. Just sheer absent-mindedness on my part. Hull Integrity down to 98%, AFMU 99%, and Power Plant down to 98%. I was hoping to avoid it, but a visit to the DSSA Jolly Roger at Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0 after the next three Waypoints to retouch my paintwork might be in order.
Entering the Sagittarius-Carina Arm, began to discover more unexplored systems, but nothing of special interest to be found beyond the odd Water World.
The Lonely Candle Orange Giant system is not particularly exciting either, but represents the last giant star around this outermost arm of the Galaxy as it peters out towards Beagle Point. Upon arrival I set up camp at the only landable body in the system, the Rocky Body Nuweou CO-F d12-4 4a, setting Enterprise down at the rim of a large dark-floored crater in the southern hemisphere.
(Enterprise landed at Rocky Body Nuweou CO-F d12-4 4a, with Orange Giant star Nuweou CO-F d12-4 in the distance 5.65AU away)
The next Waypoint, Doris, at Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13, is only 1,649.33ly away from here. It's good to be back on the itinerary after such a long detour to the centre of the Galaxy and back to ditch the SRV and fit a larger Guardian FSD Booster. And unless I run out of materials (which I won't) I don't miss having an SRV at all. And the increase in jump range is priceless.
Waypoint №39 - [3,672.33ly from DSSA Tartarus] 8,058.42 [ly from Waypoint №38] - 158,898.82 [Total ly between Waypoints] - Lonely Candle, Nuweou CO-F d12-4
A final word from traffic control as I left DSSA Tartarus then:
'Speed restrictions have been lifted. Until next time, Commander.'
I don't think so, my love. This is our one and only meeting. I will not be returning. Farewell.
Heading back out to the edge of the Galaxy and crossing the Abyss for the third time, the System Map plotted a route through the Abyss that again was very well travelled. Nearly every system explored. But I simply don't have the jump range or the time to go out of my way to look for interesting unexplored systems at the ceiling or floor of the Abyss; I need to get back onto the itinerary and complete the Circumnavigation, so easiest neutron route straight through the middle of the Abyss it is.
Emergency Stop whilst fuel-scooping at Rhoolaa VL-j d10-4, a Type F white star. Just sheer absent-mindedness on my part. Hull Integrity down to 98%, AFMU 99%, and Power Plant down to 98%. I was hoping to avoid it, but a visit to the DSSA Jolly Roger at Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0 after the next three Waypoints to retouch my paintwork might be in order.
Entering the Sagittarius-Carina Arm, began to discover more unexplored systems, but nothing of special interest to be found beyond the odd Water World.
The Lonely Candle Orange Giant system is not particularly exciting either, but represents the last giant star around this outermost arm of the Galaxy as it peters out towards Beagle Point. Upon arrival I set up camp at the only landable body in the system, the Rocky Body Nuweou CO-F d12-4 4a, setting Enterprise down at the rim of a large dark-floored crater in the southern hemisphere.
(Enterprise landed at Rocky Body Nuweou CO-F d12-4 4a, with Orange Giant star Nuweou CO-F d12-4 in the distance 5.65AU away)
The next Waypoint, Doris, at Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13, is only 1,649.33ly away from here. It's good to be back on the itinerary after such a long detour to the centre of the Galaxy and back to ditch the SRV and fit a larger Guardian FSD Booster. And unless I run out of materials (which I won't) I don't miss having an SRV at all. And the increase in jump range is priceless.
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Keep it coming, commander 
Also: the DSSA is of great help out there, I've made that experience, too.
Also: the DSSA is of great help out there, I've made that experience, too.
Day One thousand one hundred and ten:
Waypoint №40 - 1,649.33 - 160,548.15 - Doris, Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13
Another uneventful journey to the next Waypoint, with many of the few unexplored systems along the way having no planets at all. The eleven rings of Doris are pretty impressive. They might look better from the surface though.
(Enterprise flies over the ring system of Doris, the Water World Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13 3, with companion planet Class III Gas Giant Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13 2 in the distance)
I am keen to get right out into the far east of the Galaxy where the least travelled routes are. Moving on quickly now to Waypoint №41, Frozen Arcadia.
Waypoint №40 - 1,649.33 - 160,548.15 - Doris, Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13
Another uneventful journey to the next Waypoint, with many of the few unexplored systems along the way having no planets at all. The eleven rings of Doris are pretty impressive. They might look better from the surface though.
(Enterprise flies over the ring system of Doris, the Water World Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13 3, with companion planet Class III Gas Giant Pyrie Eurl UY-S d3-13 2 in the distance)
I am keen to get right out into the far east of the Galaxy where the least travelled routes are. Moving on quickly now to Waypoint №41, Frozen Arcadia.
Tartarus in greek mythology is pretty much hell. So it worked really well in your case? o7 CMDR
I know what Tartarus is. I just didn't want to go there; I didn't come all the way out here in The Starting Ship to push a stone up a hill in vain forever.
But thanks anyway for grinding out CR5,000,000,000 plus module and upkeep costs, just so that I had somewhere to touch up my paintwork in the middle of nowhere, and a different space toilet to poo in for a change. Hope it was worth it.
So long now, enjoy your Fleet Carrier, CMDR— o7
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Why not a Hauler?
If the Sidewinder is the most minimal ship going to the black, the Adder is second most minimal. Why not?
Hauler is more minimal than Adder.
Well, yes it is but I like the Adder
.Is it heresy to say I like the hauler?Well, yes it is but I like the Adder
Day One thousand three hundred and sixteen:
Waypoint №41 - 3,917.88 - 164,466.03 - Frozen Arcadia, Ooctarbs CP-E c25-1
I said moving on quickly, but after quickly putting some distance between myself and Doris, Enterprise suffered a series of catastrophic firmware updates that threatened to put her out of commission, and the expedition stalled for some months. But she should be ok now until at least Autumn 3307.
Straight out of Doris, discovered an interesting system at Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2, a unary Type K Orange star just 37.86ly away. My attention was first drawn to the Gas Giant With Water-Based Life Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2, double with the otherwise unremarkable Class I Gas Giant Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 3.
(Passing Class I Gas Giant Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 3 on the way to the Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2 System)
Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2, apart from being tenanted by water-based life, has a single large Pristine Icy Ring, perpendicular to the orbital plane like the rings of Uranus in the Solar System. Scanning this ring revealed Tritium and Low Temperature Diamond Hotspots. I also mapped the planet.
(Ring System Scan of Gas Giant With Water-Based Life Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2)
Closer investigation of the system of six icy moons revealed geological activity in the three moons closest to the gas giant, each of which I also mapped. Of especial interest were the close double Icy Bodies Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2a and 2b, just outside and off the ring plane, each covered in fumaroles and geysers, and each a strikingly different hue, one blue (2a) and one pink (2b). One (2b) is slightly bigger than the other.
(Approaching Icy Bodies Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2a and 2b, Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2 dominating the background)
(Water Ice Geysers on Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2b, Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2a and Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2 looming large over the horizon)
Scanning the rest of the system revealed a Metal Rich belt; a Class III Gas Giant with two Pristine Metal Rich Rings and five moons, two with Geological Activity, with one which might yield a source of Yttrium deposits; and another Class I Gas Giant with four Moons. The system also turns out to be a Green system, with all Jumponium materials, although Polonium is light with only the 0.3% source on Icy Body Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 4b.
After a long succession of dull M-type stars and Brown Dwarf systems, finally arrived at Frozen Arcadia. This system is only remarkable because of its variety of multi-coloured Icy Worlds:
(Ooctarbs CP-E c25-1 2a-f)
(Ooctarbs CP-E c25-1 3a-e)
Now taking a slight detour to the DSSA Jolly Roger for a service.
Waypoint №41 - 3,917.88 - 164,466.03 - Frozen Arcadia, Ooctarbs CP-E c25-1
I said moving on quickly, but after quickly putting some distance between myself and Doris, Enterprise suffered a series of catastrophic firmware updates that threatened to put her out of commission, and the expedition stalled for some months. But she should be ok now until at least Autumn 3307.
Straight out of Doris, discovered an interesting system at Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2, a unary Type K Orange star just 37.86ly away. My attention was first drawn to the Gas Giant With Water-Based Life Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2, double with the otherwise unremarkable Class I Gas Giant Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 3.
(Passing Class I Gas Giant Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 3 on the way to the Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2 System)
Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2, apart from being tenanted by water-based life, has a single large Pristine Icy Ring, perpendicular to the orbital plane like the rings of Uranus in the Solar System. Scanning this ring revealed Tritium and Low Temperature Diamond Hotspots. I also mapped the planet.
(Ring System Scan of Gas Giant With Water-Based Life Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2)
Closer investigation of the system of six icy moons revealed geological activity in the three moons closest to the gas giant, each of which I also mapped. Of especial interest were the close double Icy Bodies Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2a and 2b, just outside and off the ring plane, each covered in fumaroles and geysers, and each a strikingly different hue, one blue (2a) and one pink (2b). One (2b) is slightly bigger than the other.
(Approaching Icy Bodies Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2a and 2b, Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2 dominating the background)
(Water Ice Geysers on Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2b, Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2a and Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 2 looming large over the horizon)
Scanning the rest of the system revealed a Metal Rich belt; a Class III Gas Giant with two Pristine Metal Rich Rings and five moons, two with Geological Activity, with one which might yield a source of Yttrium deposits; and another Class I Gas Giant with four Moons. The system also turns out to be a Green system, with all Jumponium materials, although Polonium is light with only the 0.3% source on Icy Body Pyrie Eurl PX-L c7-2 4b.
After a long succession of dull M-type stars and Brown Dwarf systems, finally arrived at Frozen Arcadia. This system is only remarkable because of its variety of multi-coloured Icy Worlds:
(Ooctarbs CP-E c25-1 2a-f)
(Ooctarbs CP-E c25-1 3a-e)
Now taking a slight detour to the DSSA Jolly Roger for a service.
Day One thousand three hundred and nineteen:
[Waypoint №42 Detour - 1,326.58ly from Frozen Arcadia - n/a - DSSA Jolly Roger, Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0]
Another uneventful journey then to the DSSA Jolly Roger, apart from my discovery of two Ammonia Worlds in the Ooctarbs FP-H c10-1 quinary system; I left most of the 30 bodies in the system unexplored. There were also a Water World at Ooctarbs EJ-J c9-1, already explored by Commander Felixkruemel, and another one at Ooctarbs FZ-H c10-0, discovered by Commander Karaya. Plainly the route I am following is well-used even if I am still well over 60,000 light-years from Sol.
Once at the Jolly Roger, I sold CR17,398,000 of exploration data and spent CR25,636 on a full ship service. I then found that my balance was nearly CR3,000,000 short, and that the crew of my Anaconda the Pourquois pas ? whom I had loyally supported since I acquired my first Multicrew ship five years ago, were reaming me on wages. Having not seen them for nearly two years since upgrading Enterprise's old Legacy Engineering in the Bubble, it wasn't much of a wrench to dismiss the freeloaders.
(Elizabeth Charles and Lennox Miles, now looking for employment)
Only 90 Commanders have ever visited this remote Fleet Carrier of the Deep Space Support Array prior to me, including an Anaconda pilot in the last 24 hours.
(EV Enterprise comes in to dock at DSSA Jolly Roger orbiting Rocky Body Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0 6a, Class IV Gas Giant Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0 6 in the background)
Next Waypoint is Lady Huggins' Cluster, a small open cluster with conflicting reports of unexplored colourful worlds orbiting the various blue and white stars. I shall undertake a brief survey in the first instance.
[Waypoint №42 Detour - 1,326.58ly from Frozen Arcadia - n/a - DSSA Jolly Roger, Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0]
Another uneventful journey then to the DSSA Jolly Roger, apart from my discovery of two Ammonia Worlds in the Ooctarbs FP-H c10-1 quinary system; I left most of the 30 bodies in the system unexplored. There were also a Water World at Ooctarbs EJ-J c9-1, already explored by Commander Felixkruemel, and another one at Ooctarbs FZ-H c10-0, discovered by Commander Karaya. Plainly the route I am following is well-used even if I am still well over 60,000 light-years from Sol.
Once at the Jolly Roger, I sold CR17,398,000 of exploration data and spent CR25,636 on a full ship service. I then found that my balance was nearly CR3,000,000 short, and that the crew of my Anaconda the Pourquois pas ? whom I had loyally supported since I acquired my first Multicrew ship five years ago, were reaming me on wages. Having not seen them for nearly two years since upgrading Enterprise's old Legacy Engineering in the Bubble, it wasn't much of a wrench to dismiss the freeloaders.
(Elizabeth Charles and Lennox Miles, now looking for employment)
Only 90 Commanders have ever visited this remote Fleet Carrier of the Deep Space Support Array prior to me, including an Anaconda pilot in the last 24 hours.
(EV Enterprise comes in to dock at DSSA Jolly Roger orbiting Rocky Body Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0 6a, Class IV Gas Giant Ooctarbs NR-W e1-0 6 in the background)
Next Waypoint is Lady Huggins' Cluster, a small open cluster with conflicting reports of unexplored colourful worlds orbiting the various blue and white stars. I shall undertake a brief survey in the first instance.
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