So I finally made it out to Aken Bosch's Bleia Eohn ZF-L d9-70 AB 3 A today and boy was it worth the trip!
The first thing to point out is its location, as circled in the following image.
It's right on the edge of the parent gas giant's ring system which means there are some stunning views to be had of the planet from inside the asteroid field.
Note: although these might look like many other asteroid belt images don't forget, that's not the planet at the center of the ring system, it's the neighbouring moon!
The next thing to note is that, while flying along the edge of the ring the planet actually starts to overtake you because it's orbiting the gas giant so quickly.
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Note: if you don't want to lose 50% of your hull before you even get down to the planet then it pays to look where you're going! [haha]
[video=youtube_share;eZ4afFk6bdE]https://youtu.be/eZ4afFk6bdE[/video]
Anyway, next I headed down to the planet and discovered why Aken Bosch compared this place to Mitterand Hollow. In the following shot (which doesn't really do it justice) I'm heading down in orbital cruise and the planet is still getting away from me.
On this first attempt (and with only around 50% of my hull strength remaining - see above) I clearly wasn't going to make it and decided to bail out. For anyone who attempted to land on Mitterand Hollow when the Gnosis was in orbit above it you'll also know that coming in from the other direction, so the planet is rushing towards you, is a fairly suicidal manoeuvre!
Anyway, on my second attempt, where I came in from the side of the planet further away from the asteroid field my FSD managed to lock on to the planet rather than the ring system and I ended up in a normal orbital cruise and glide approach and was able to land. The views are spectacular!
I'm going to spend a few days here now to get a better feel for the place. One thing I really want to investigate further is exactly how and where the ring system starts to affect the orbital cruise behaviour near the planet. Are there, for example, areas of the planet that can't be safely landed upon by ship (because the ship is still moving relative to the rings when you drop out of orbital cruise)? And if so, what happens when you land outside of these areas and drive the SRV back into them? (with the Mitterand Hollow/Gnosis effect the SRV would actually leave the planet surface - which would be BAD). If it is possible to drive the SRV normally across the side of the planet next to the rings then that gives us the really exciting possibility of driving to places that are unreachable by conventional ship landing.
P.S. here's the surface map ..
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