ALERT: registering for any particular "roles" will close wednesday 4th around 6pm gametime! You can still sign up, but you won't be able to select a role!
Note this is a mission where you won't be able to return without self destructing!
Distant Stars - Unfound Origins
A new expedition in the Distant Worlds Saga
Introduction:
Here is the video to introduce the Distant Stars expedition!
Guide video series to getting rank with Farseer, and the best ways to collect the materials for the level 5 boost:
Way to make 100 million per hour, in a sidewinder! Get your Conda and insurance in a day:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...Make-Money-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-MORE-THAN-SOTHIS
It's that time again, to leave the bubble behind and go out and blaze new trails and forge new paths into the unknown. Erimus and I, along with Virgil Kyle of "the true north star" venture, are ready to announce the next expedition in the Distant Worlds Saga. And I think, I hope it's going to blow your minds!
Details:
Recommended Ship Loadout:
There are 3 ships that can make it:
The Rock Rats are starting a service to help people get money and mats to engineer their ships up to spec. At the moment, they have created the following document as a guide to getting an Anaconda up to 58ly, which should be more than enough to bring SRVs and fighter bays
Rock Rat's guide to outfitting an anaconda to 58ly
See the 4th post by Eisen for more info.
Launch Date:
January 15th @ 18:00 Gametime
Cartographics:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xuW2zJH1vXNEBtlr7GPPHoLNhgFtaZw02iuN1hir6BY
Sign Up Here:
Here is a direct link to the below registration form to get on the roster (see post #2) in case you cannot see it:
Registration form:
Mailing List:
Enter your email here to get on the mailing list for further info and updates:
http://eepurl.com/cmjdx1 (click to open)
And thanks for this, HVG. Perfectly sums things up, no?:
Note this is a mission where you won't be able to return without self destructing!
Distant Stars - Unfound Origins
A new expedition in the Distant Worlds Saga
Introduction:
Here is the video to introduce the Distant Stars expedition!
[video=youtube;qPDl7158hHQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDl7158hHQ[/video]
Guide video series to getting rank with Farseer, and the best ways to collect the materials for the level 5 boost:
[video=youtube_share;cSiGb_LHZM4]http://youtu.be/cSiGb_LHZM4[/video][video=youtube;JPaEJRT4mAk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPaEJRT4mAk[/video][video=youtube;sVM9OBMCV10]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVM9OBMCV10[/video][video=youtube;2FT9KpuiFRY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FT9KpuiFRY[/video][video=youtube;bPrKXtyotUw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPrKXtyotUw&index=5&list=PLmZswJzvjc8cyfN3bFns60-GUAzSsrqxt[/video]
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...Make-Money-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-MORE-THAN-SOTHIS
It's that time again, to leave the bubble behind and go out and blaze new trails and forge new paths into the unknown. Erimus and I, along with Virgil Kyle of "the true north star" venture, are ready to announce the next expedition in the Distant Worlds Saga. And I think, I hope it's going to blow your minds!
Details:
Disclaimer
Before I do, I need to clarify something very important. This is not Distant Worlds 3303, this is not Distant Worlds 2. This is going under a different name and is going to be similar to one of the optional waypoints we had on Distant Worlds (akin to waypoint #12; Altum Sagittarrii). It's an optional, but important expedition. It's called Distant Stars, and we are going somewhere seldom few (if any) have ever gone before, we are going to a new place that has had explorers intrigued for nearly 2 years, a place that was always just beyond the horizon, always just out of reach. The Jumponium era came, and yet explorers still couldn't make that final leap into the unknown. But now we can! Neutron supercharges have opened up these once out of bound regions, and, in the spirit of my recent video that shook up the community, the face of exploration is once again going to change as a consequence. This is a mission of science, one that takes us into brand new territory, and will be part of the Galactic Mapping Project (see the description below).
The Destination - The Country of Origin
[picture of the galmap of M67]
Let me tell you about a star cluster called M67 Elysium, also designated NGC 2682 - the oldest open star cluster in the Messier catalogue. It's a cluster of stars that is approximately 3000 LYs from Sol. It is home to many stars that are very similar to our G2V class sun, and are about the same age. Because it is close, for many many years, astronomers thought that our sun was probably born there, and was ejected. Astronomers think most stars are born in clusters like these. A paper has come out that surmises that this is actually extremely unlikely, but I like to think that it is still possible.
Pilots, we are going to go to M67 and see. You may know it as the Cancri Cluster.
The Story So Far
We don't claim to be the first, as others will have most likely been eyeing this cluster for some time too, but Virgil Kyle and I found a route, and we tested it out with Erimus and proved to ourselves that it can indeed be reached. See the video where there is the footage of us making the jump into the entry point of the cluster, AH Cancri, something that hasn't been possible until now, and then after jumping into the cluster itself. We invite everyone to join us and go into the cluster and discover it's secrets together, maybe even find siblings of the sun that shines on us.
As you can see, we self-destructed and didn't explore any further. We don't think it is right for this to be something only a select few get to see, so we want to invite everyone to come along and explore it as a community. We hope that Distant Stars will provide everyone with the opportunity to come, and stake claim on something in the cluster, and hunt for interesting things like alien relics, great views, weird stars and orbits, and who knows? We will set up an entire infrastructure for everyone to get involved.
Warnings
Now time for the caveats. This is to be a suicide mission, as there is no proven way back. Maybe Frontier might let us create a gateway back, who knows? But going in, you have to know you won't be coming back without a hefty insurance claim. And that's the second point, the insurance will be several million (around 7 million for a stripped down explorer-conda) because the only way there is via a 54-55 LY range Anaconda. That is why we are not going to go out until probably January, perhaps longer, to give everyone a chance to get a long range ship, and for those that can't, multi-crew will be out by then so they can tag along with someone who has.
What's Next?
The 3 or so months building up to the expedition will be part of the expedition itself. The challenge of a Distant Worlds expedition is still present in full. We have asked the Rock Rats to set up a service to help people get all the mats needed to engineer their anacondas (see the fourth post in this thread), and there will be programs to help people get the credits to buy them if they don't have them already. It's going to be a big challenge. And again, for those that simply can't do it, hopefully multi-crew will solve that problem and let you guys come with anyway. We hope everyone signs up without the slightest hesitation.
Remember, this is emphatically not Distant Worlds 2, which itself will not be announced until we hear news on what 2.4 or Season 3 brings, as Distant Worlds 3303 will be built around the new content FD bring us. But this is a very important primer for Distant Worlds 2, because we would very much like to set some hard to reach waypoints there, and if you use Distant Stars as motivation to get your ships up to spec, this is more likely to happen.
We don't do it because it is easy! We do it because it is hard...
There will be meetup points, waypoints and we will have a role of cartographer and be assigning (at random) systems to pilots or groups of pilots, to see what they can find. We will also try to establish some kind of reward system for any really interesting finds, like alien sites.
It will most likely end with a mass suicide for anyone who wants to go back. It won't be long.
A Polite Request
Remember, we do not claim credit for being the first to reach this cluster. Chances are players will go there solo before this expedition launches. But compared to a social event, those solo trips will become irrelevant. There is no way to come back anyway so it would be fitting if this particular cluster was explored via a community event, with a scientific purpose, roleplayed or not.
The 'Cancri Climb' route will be published closer to the time, and we ask, politely, that should there be any players that want to go there early, please don't give away anything! This special event can be for the entire community to enjoy, and we hope many of you will sign up and help others reach it if they can already.
This is potentially the birth place of our sun! I hope it will be for all of us to see and chart together, and not the prize of a few.
Good Luck!
We look forward to going on this very important, magnificent trip with all of you. Please join us into the Distant Stars.
Before I do, I need to clarify something very important. This is not Distant Worlds 3303, this is not Distant Worlds 2. This is going under a different name and is going to be similar to one of the optional waypoints we had on Distant Worlds (akin to waypoint #12; Altum Sagittarrii). It's an optional, but important expedition. It's called Distant Stars, and we are going somewhere seldom few (if any) have ever gone before, we are going to a new place that has had explorers intrigued for nearly 2 years, a place that was always just beyond the horizon, always just out of reach. The Jumponium era came, and yet explorers still couldn't make that final leap into the unknown. But now we can! Neutron supercharges have opened up these once out of bound regions, and, in the spirit of my recent video that shook up the community, the face of exploration is once again going to change as a consequence. This is a mission of science, one that takes us into brand new territory, and will be part of the Galactic Mapping Project (see the description below).
The Destination - The Country of Origin
[picture of the galmap of M67]
Let me tell you about a star cluster called M67 Elysium, also designated NGC 2682 - the oldest open star cluster in the Messier catalogue. It's a cluster of stars that is approximately 3000 LYs from Sol. It is home to many stars that are very similar to our G2V class sun, and are about the same age. Because it is close, for many many years, astronomers thought that our sun was probably born there, and was ejected. Astronomers think most stars are born in clusters like these. A paper has come out that surmises that this is actually extremely unlikely, but I like to think that it is still possible.
Pilots, we are going to go to M67 and see. You may know it as the Cancri Cluster.
The Story So Far
We don't claim to be the first, as others will have most likely been eyeing this cluster for some time too, but Virgil Kyle and I found a route, and we tested it out with Erimus and proved to ourselves that it can indeed be reached. See the video where there is the footage of us making the jump into the entry point of the cluster, AH Cancri, something that hasn't been possible until now, and then after jumping into the cluster itself. We invite everyone to join us and go into the cluster and discover it's secrets together, maybe even find siblings of the sun that shines on us.
As you can see, we self-destructed and didn't explore any further. We don't think it is right for this to be something only a select few get to see, so we want to invite everyone to come along and explore it as a community. We hope that Distant Stars will provide everyone with the opportunity to come, and stake claim on something in the cluster, and hunt for interesting things like alien relics, great views, weird stars and orbits, and who knows? We will set up an entire infrastructure for everyone to get involved.
Warnings
Now time for the caveats. This is to be a suicide mission, as there is no proven way back. Maybe Frontier might let us create a gateway back, who knows? But going in, you have to know you won't be coming back without a hefty insurance claim. And that's the second point, the insurance will be several million (around 7 million for a stripped down explorer-conda) because the only way there is via a 54-55 LY range Anaconda. That is why we are not going to go out until probably January, perhaps longer, to give everyone a chance to get a long range ship, and for those that can't, multi-crew will be out by then so they can tag along with someone who has.
What's Next?
The 3 or so months building up to the expedition will be part of the expedition itself. The challenge of a Distant Worlds expedition is still present in full. We have asked the Rock Rats to set up a service to help people get all the mats needed to engineer their anacondas (see the fourth post in this thread), and there will be programs to help people get the credits to buy them if they don't have them already. It's going to be a big challenge. And again, for those that simply can't do it, hopefully multi-crew will solve that problem and let you guys come with anyway. We hope everyone signs up without the slightest hesitation.
Remember, this is emphatically not Distant Worlds 2, which itself will not be announced until we hear news on what 2.4 or Season 3 brings, as Distant Worlds 3303 will be built around the new content FD bring us. But this is a very important primer for Distant Worlds 2, because we would very much like to set some hard to reach waypoints there, and if you use Distant Stars as motivation to get your ships up to spec, this is more likely to happen.
We don't do it because it is easy! We do it because it is hard...
There will be meetup points, waypoints and we will have a role of cartographer and be assigning (at random) systems to pilots or groups of pilots, to see what they can find. We will also try to establish some kind of reward system for any really interesting finds, like alien sites.
It will most likely end with a mass suicide for anyone who wants to go back. It won't be long.
A Polite Request
Remember, we do not claim credit for being the first to reach this cluster. Chances are players will go there solo before this expedition launches. But compared to a social event, those solo trips will become irrelevant. There is no way to come back anyway so it would be fitting if this particular cluster was explored via a community event, with a scientific purpose, roleplayed or not.
The 'Cancri Climb' route will be published closer to the time, and we ask, politely, that should there be any players that want to go there early, please don't give away anything! This special event can be for the entire community to enjoy, and we hope many of you will sign up and help others reach it if they can already.
This is potentially the birth place of our sun! I hope it will be for all of us to see and chart together, and not the prize of a few.
Good Luck!
We look forward to going on this very important, magnificent trip with all of you. Please join us into the Distant Stars.
Recommended Ship Loadout:
There are 3 ships that can make it:
- Anaconda (easiest to engineer)
- Asp (very hard to engineer)
- DBX (almost impossible)
The Rock Rats are starting a service to help people get money and mats to engineer their ships up to spec. At the moment, they have created the following document as a guide to getting an Anaconda up to 58ly, which should be more than enough to bring SRVs and fighter bays
Rock Rat's guide to outfitting an anaconda to 58ly
See the 4th post by Eisen for more info.
Launch Date:
January 15th @ 18:00 Gametime
Cartographics:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xuW2zJH1vXNEBtlr7GPPHoLNhgFtaZw02iuN1hir6BY
Sign Up Here:
Here is a direct link to the below registration form to get on the roster (see post #2) in case you cannot see it:
Registration form:
Direct link: https://goo.gl/forms/miPre7Kax0lRGFJs1
[g-form=1000]1zyzsQLrVENTmS79B4LoyFXxlC_Vz7SB1vONMYfm8vTw[/g-form]
[g-form=1000]1zyzsQLrVENTmS79B4LoyFXxlC_Vz7SB1vONMYfm8vTw[/g-form]
Mailing List:
Enter your email here to get on the mailing list for further info and updates:
http://eepurl.com/cmjdx1 (click to open)
And thanks for this, HVG. Perfectly sums things up, no?:
[video=youtube;VO0x7vL2T90]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0x7vL2T90[/video]
