December 1st 3302 - Distant Worlds Waypoint #24 (Reunion Landing).
Waypoint 24 :
As promised back in April, here are the details of the Distant Worlds Fleet Reunion event.
The main event will be held on December 1st 3302 at Mitterand Hollow (in the Epsilon Indi system).
Location Guide :
The basecamp is a few kilometeres away from the Barcelo Colony
Mitterand Hollow was the system used for the 'gathering' last year, a place where early fleet roster pilots helped test the new planetary landings feature in Horizons to see if large scale meetups at basecamps were stable and could work (it was all new to us back then!).
Mitterand Hollow is a moon that orbits its parent planet every 2 minutes! There is no place like it in the known galaxy. It travels so fast around its orbit that the only way to land there is to fly a retrograde approach and 'meet' the moon as it follows its path around the planet. Use orbit lines to orientate yourself into the path of Mitterand Hollow, and wait for it to come to you. Once you're in its frame of reference, you will automatically become orbitally locked with the moon.
If you've never visited Mitterand Hollow, be aware that there is a full eclipse every 2 minutes that lasts 15 seconds. It can be disorientating at first, so be careful when coming into land.
Distant Worlds was the largest fleet expedition of its kind, with over 1,300 pilots taking part. The expedition left Pallaeni in early January and reached Beagle Point in early April. Around 500 pilots made it all the way to Beagle Point and thus earned the Distant Worlds decal. The expedition even produced a book - details of which can be found here.
The waypoint 24 meetup is open to all pilots; those who took part in DWE 3302, and even those who didn't are still welcome to come along and enjoy the nights festivites.
The entire event will be held in the FleetComm private group, and comms will be hosted on the FleetComm discord server.
If you're not already a member...
To join the Fleetcomm Private Group : Click Here
To join Fleetcomm Discord : Click Here
There a 4 events planned for Dec 1st :
Details of event #2 & #3 can be found on the following posts.
Details of event #4 can be found here :-
Whack-a-Rat :
This proved to be a fun event that took place during 'Beagle Point Week' at the end of DWE 3302.
The premise is that a pack of rats (players in SRVs) race between two locations.
The first part of the race is pretty easy, across flat terrain, through the basecamp, into a narrow valley, down an incline.
The final stretch is through a wide canyon called 'Sniper's Valley'. Here it gets tricky. Placed high on the cliff tops will be several 'snipers' - ships armed with rail guns who will pepper the canyon floor at any sign of movement. The rats who have made it this far need to run this final gauntlet and reach the finish line in one piece.
The nature of Mitterand Hollow (an eclipse every 2 minutes), makes this event even more interesting. For the blackout, its advisable to run with lights on... but that can make you visible to the waiting snipers!
Players taking part in this event must switch off the 'report crimes against me' option on the right hand panel.
A final word from me...
Don't get too drunk at Reunion Landing! - the Christmas Carriers Convoy leaves the bubble on December 2nd, so pilots taking part in the mission to Colonia need to be up early!
Details of the CCC Expedition can be found : Here.
The Reunion Landing events are scheduled to last from Dec 1st until Dec 8th. The main and official events being on Dec 1st... anyone who isn't taking part in CCC is welcome to stick around WP 24 and take part in any subsequent events that players organize themselves. Dr Kaii will be around to help organize followup events.
DATE | WAYPOINT | SYSTEM | PLANET | BASE CAMP | COORDS | GRAVITY | DIST. TRAVELED | STATUS |
14TH JAN 3302 | 0 - PALLAENI | Pallaeni | A 1 | Brook's Point | 58.01 / -145.51 | 0.06 | 0 LY | COMPLETED |
15TH JAN 3302 | 1 - SHAPLEY 1 | Fine Ring Sector JH-V C2-4 | A 1 | Laika's Rest | -19.15 / 85.02 | 0.09 | 800 LY | COMPLETED |
22ND JAN 3302 | 2 - THE LAGOON NEBULA | NGC 6530 WFI 16706 | A 1 A | Tinné's Endevour | -12.71 / 70.28 | 0.16 | 4,800 LY | COMPLETED |
23RD JAN 3302 | 3 - THE OMEGA NEBULA | Omega Sector EL-Y D60 | 2 A | Camp Baatuta | 18.44 / -139.30 | 0.15 | 6,100 LY | COMPLETED |
25TH JAN 3302 | 4 - THE EAGLE NEBULA | Eagle Sector EL-Y D203 | 6 A | Mt. Magellan | 40.36 / 167.04 | 0.11 | 7,700 LY | COMPLETED |
29TH JAN 3302 | 5 - NGC 6357 | NGC 6357 Sector DL-Y E22 | 2 | Drake's Ridge | 47.77 / -95.71 | 1.06 | 11,000 LY | COMPLETED |
4TH FEB 3302 | 6 - THE HOLLOW VEIL | BLAA HYPAI UC-G C12-6 | 2 A | The Zheng He Plateau | 19.51 / 162.19 | 0.07 | 15,300 LY | COMPLETED |
7TH FEB 3302 | 7 - THE GREAE PHIO STELLAR FORGE | GREAE PHIO LS-L C23-221 | 1 B | 'da Gama Trench' (Serpent's Head) | 16.10 / -167.73 | 0.08 | 19,600 LY | COMPLETED |
11TH FEB 3302 | 8 - NEW BOTANY BAY | SPEAMOEA WU-E D12-543 | C 1 | Camp Uluru | -67.07 / -104.66 | 0.09 | 23,800 LY | COMPLETED |
14TH FEB 3302 | 9 - THE ATHAIP WISTERIA NEBULA | ATHAIP CR-C B55-4 | 2 C | Mt. Hillary | -15.82 / -72.29 | 0.12 | 27,200 LY | COMPLETED |
17TH FEB 3302 | 10 - THE AMETHYST CLOUD | MYRIESLY EC-B C27-381 | A B 3B | Tereshkova's Ridge | -70.26 / 47.59 | 0.03 | 30,200 LY | COMPLETED |
18TH FEB 3302 | 11 - SAGITTARIUS A* | STUEMEAE KM-W C1-342 | 1 B | Armstrong Landing | 57.25 / 78.06 | 0.08 | 30,800 LY | COMPLETED |
22ND FEB 3302 | 12 - ALTUM SAGITTARII | NYUENA JS-B D342 | 4 F A | Gagarin's Reach | -66.88 / -96.00 | 0.06 | 32,800 LY | COMPLETED |
25TH FEB 3302 | 13 - THE PHIPOEA NEBULA | PHIPOEA DD-F C26-1311 | 3 E | The Needle | 24.58 / -178.40 | 0.30 | 35,700 LY | COMPLETED |
26TH FEB 3302 | 14 - THE DRYAO CHREA STELLAR REMANT | DRYAO CHREA VU-P E5-7481 | B 3 A | Chrea Cauldron | -19.63 / 39.73 | 0.15 | 37,000 LY | COMPLETED |
27TH FEB 3302 | 15 - ROSE NEBULA | EORLD BYOE YA-W E2-4084 | 1 B | Gemstone Canyon | 7.70 / -103.58 | 0.09 | 38,000 LY | COMPLETED |
28TH FEB 3302 | 16 - THE GREEN CRYSTAL | EOK GREE TO-Q E5-3167 | 2 D | The Mound | 26.63 / -120.95 | 0.16 | 38,500 LY | COMPLETED |
5TH MAR 3302 | 17 - THE MAGNUS NEBULA | PHEIA BRIAE DK-A E303 | 8 | The Sacagagwea Tundra | 83.40 / 35.45 | 0.77 | 44,500 LY | COMPLETED |
8TH MAR 3302 | 18 - THE GREEROI VEIL | GREEROI MD-Q D6-5 | B 1 | Camp Amundsen | -38.05 / -82.51 | 0.18 | 48,500 LY | COMPLETED |
12TH MAR 3302 | 19 - RENDEZVOUS POINT | EACTAINDS GN-W C1-6 | 5 A | Columbus Basin | 9.58 / -35.59 | 0.41 | 53,400 LY | COMPLETED |
15TH MAR 3302 | 20 - OUPAILKS FURNACE | OUPAILKS BB-M C8-5 | 1 | The Pit | 3.73 / -135.70 | 1.12 | 57,600 LY | COMPLETED |
21ST MAR 3302 | 21 - THE RONCEVAUX CROSSING | QAUTHEIA BA-A E0 | A 1 A | Shackleton Plateau | 74.07 / 141.47 | 0.10 | 66,300 LY | COMPLETED |
25TH MAR 3302 | 22 - THE SUBLUSTRIS BEACON | CHEAE EURL AA-A E0 | 7 | Desolation Ridge | -48.63 / 108.72 | 1.20 | 71,500 LY | COMPLETED |
2ND - 9TH APR 3302 | 23 - BEAGLE POINT | CEECKIA ZQ-L C24-0 | 2 | Darwin's Legacy | 48.56 / -35.57 | 0.17 | 81,500 LY | COMPLETED |
1ST DEC 3302 | 24 - MITTERAND HOLLOW | EPSILON INDI | 3 A | Reunion Landing | 80 km off Barcelo Colony | 0.09 | N/A | UNDERWAY |
Waypoint 24 :
As promised back in April, here are the details of the Distant Worlds Fleet Reunion event.
The main event will be held on December 1st 3302 at Mitterand Hollow (in the Epsilon Indi system).
Location Guide :
The basecamp is a few kilometeres away from the Barcelo Colony
Mitterand Hollow is a moon that orbits its parent planet every 2 minutes! There is no place like it in the known galaxy. It travels so fast around its orbit that the only way to land there is to fly a retrograde approach and 'meet' the moon as it follows its path around the planet. Use orbit lines to orientate yourself into the path of Mitterand Hollow, and wait for it to come to you. Once you're in its frame of reference, you will automatically become orbitally locked with the moon.
If you've never visited Mitterand Hollow, be aware that there is a full eclipse every 2 minutes that lasts 15 seconds. It can be disorientating at first, so be careful when coming into land.
Distant Worlds was the largest fleet expedition of its kind, with over 1,300 pilots taking part. The expedition left Pallaeni in early January and reached Beagle Point in early April. Around 500 pilots made it all the way to Beagle Point and thus earned the Distant Worlds decal. The expedition even produced a book - details of which can be found here.
The waypoint 24 meetup is open to all pilots; those who took part in DWE 3302, and even those who didn't are still welcome to come along and enjoy the nights festivites.
The entire event will be held in the FleetComm private group, and comms will be hosted on the FleetComm discord server.
If you're not already a member...
To join the Fleetcomm Private Group : Click Here
To join Fleetcomm Discord : Click Here
- Text chat will be conducted in the FleetComm #dwe-explorers channel.
- For those that prefer voice comms, the FleetComm 'Special Events' voice channel will be available.
There a 4 events planned for Dec 1st :
- #1 18:00 gametime : The Gathering - Pilots begin arriving at Reunion Landing.
- #2 19:00 gametime : SRV Rally - An event hosted by Raijin of the Candy Crew (details on post #4).
- #3 20:30 gametime : Fighter Canyon Race - (details on post #2).
- #4 22:00 gametime : Whack-a-Rat - (details below).
All events will be repeated 6 hours later for the USA/other time-zone players and will be hosted by Kancro Vantas.
Details of event #2 & #3 can be found on the following posts.
Details of event #4 can be found here :-
Whack-a-Rat :
This proved to be a fun event that took place during 'Beagle Point Week' at the end of DWE 3302.
The premise is that a pack of rats (players in SRVs) race between two locations.
The first part of the race is pretty easy, across flat terrain, through the basecamp, into a narrow valley, down an incline.
The final stretch is through a wide canyon called 'Sniper's Valley'. Here it gets tricky. Placed high on the cliff tops will be several 'snipers' - ships armed with rail guns who will pepper the canyon floor at any sign of movement. The rats who have made it this far need to run this final gauntlet and reach the finish line in one piece.
The nature of Mitterand Hollow (an eclipse every 2 minutes), makes this event even more interesting. For the blackout, its advisable to run with lights on... but that can make you visible to the waiting snipers!
Players taking part in this event must switch off the 'report crimes against me' option on the right hand panel.
A final word from me...
Don't get too drunk at Reunion Landing! - the Christmas Carriers Convoy leaves the bubble on December 2nd, so pilots taking part in the mission to Colonia need to be up early!
Details of the CCC Expedition can be found : Here.
The Reunion Landing events are scheduled to last from Dec 1st until Dec 8th. The main and official events being on Dec 1st... anyone who isn't taking part in CCC is welcome to stick around WP 24 and take part in any subsequent events that players organize themselves. Dr Kaii will be around to help organize followup events.
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