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CMDR Qohen Leth's Travel Log of Distant Worlds
I owned Elite: Dangerous for over a year. Tried it out, I was lost, I lost patience (I know...), I left.
A year later, I log back in. Where was I? I think I left with a - yeah, it's here. My Hauler. Even purchased a paintjob for it, back then. A few days of game time, some 100,000Cr maybe. This time I'm doing it right. Lookin' out for tips. Getting to know the forum. Wait, what is... Distant Worlds? Man. Looks like my timing was perfect
Now I have to prep up. Ten days. Right on!
Road map :
Stats :
Victory Lane song :
A really, really inspiring and heart-warming experience. Even buffed my creativity I'm not moving out of Discord or the threads by an inch, and I'll get back to working on some artwork to be released the day the Fleet hits Beagle Point. Keepin' you in sight, CMDRs! Now fly!
Thanks to the Mavericks for... for being mavericks! Long time I hadn't enjoyed such nice and funny company.
Thanks organizers for the tremendous amount of work you achieved. Thanks the Snap Team members who did a great, great job, beyond expectations. Not a reason to relax, though!...
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CMDR Qohen Leth's Travel Log of Distant Worlds
I owned Elite: Dangerous for over a year. Tried it out, I was lost, I lost patience (I know...), I left.
A year later, I log back in. Where was I? I think I left with a - yeah, it's here. My Hauler. Even purchased a paintjob for it, back then. A few days of game time, some 100,000Cr maybe. This time I'm doing it right. Lookin' out for tips. Getting to know the forum. Wait, what is... Distant Worlds? Man. Looks like my timing was perfect
Now I have to prep up. Ten days. Right on!14th of January 3302, managed to buy and fit my ASP, the Shpadoinkle!, learned the exploration techniques, I'm all set up and waiting for action at Pallaeni. I had the time to befriend a couple French CMDRs who joined the Distant Worlds Expedition after I advertized it on the french forum. I socialize with early-comers at Pallaeni, add in-game friend, enjoy the tension and the fun before departure, and we're off. The kind of event that gets me going! I joyfully take off and jump, barely realizing the trip I just threw my life in, for the next 8 weeks.
I soon feel the awe and amazement at the beautiful sights offered by each waypoint. It gets me even more motivated. Glad I gathered photographers to honour the beauties awaiting us further into deep and mostly unknown space. I meet people. CMDR Karla was wondering if it was worth flying for so long without much people around, as she was among the fast-runners. We were around NGC 6357, I said 'Hey, why not stick around for the trip?'. I met CMDR Hessiam, who later brought in CMDR Post_M, sweetest guy I know, then we stumbled into CMDR Zulu Romeo (the famous!), and we soon formed our little group, messin' around CL Pismis 13 and 17 in our SRVs. But I get careless and too eager to land and take the camera for some shots, I forget to check the gravity... I crashed on a planet, CL Pismis 13 4. No need to say that I was . Disappointed and quite furious at myself. In other times, I'd have given up and left the game ; but this time, I didn't. Swapped one SRV for another AFMU, and I was out again. I buckyballed for two evenings to catch up with Karla. Then we all went on. Lesson learned!
As we were faster than the Fleet, we thought we'd do some sightseeing alongside DWE's itinerary. I decided to go and explore other nebulae - Bleae, Froarks - and make spin-off albums out of the numerous shots I took. I have a taste for planetary nebulae, wanting to see them all, appreciate the colors, play - safely - with neutrons and black holes. And hell, I never followed any path, this would be no exception! I planned my own planetary nebulae trail, a true voyage of wonder of its own. Constantly checking up on the Fleet's progression, I was simultaneously onthe hunt for locations visited by few - and that would stay this way for some time. I found myself on top of Sagittarius A*, a location I truly enjoyed for its remoteness. I felt something there. I climbed up to 2,777ly without jump-o ; not the record, but who cares? I don't. The time spent there was great. Tryin' to find a way in such a scarcely dotted area was thrilling, having only absolute darkness most of the time around my canopy. I felt like I could fall down from my jump trajectories, anytime... And then I found it... My five Water Worlds system... All tidied up in a straight line...
So in a way, I had done WP12, and I was on my way to the great Sagittarius A* - not before grabbing another planetary nebula on the way. The monster was impressive indeed, but not so much as I expected. On my way... Having a look at my road map, it seems like I have to backtrack a bit... I have time, let's go! Let's go and see the Great Annihilator - nice sight too! But the Athaip Wisteria nebula had caught my eye, and I rushed there soon. Roaming around the place, I noticed another planetary nebula ; nice. Let's hang around... Wait. Oh, is that a Herbig Ae/Be star? Wow, I think it's my first or second one ever!... And soon I stopped counting (no I didn't). Studying the galactic map closer, I found a pocket of Herbig stars. Now I didn't find anything on it in the Galactic Mapping Project thread, and none was tagged. So I surveyed the area, and scanned 215 of them. Among the last ones was an absolutely unexpected Earth-Like World, a true gem I found on the 5th of February ; a couple days ago (10th of March I think), three others (including two in the same system) were found somewhere else. It will remain one of my favourite and most precious treasures.
I then continued my route hopping from nebula to nebula ; I can't even make an album for each, there are too many. About five or six nebulae later, I come back a second time to visit WP10. I follow DWE's itinerary for some time, until I find a small pouch of carbon stars very close to each others. See? I keep being distracted. All the more reason to find new things while I'm trying to figure out the location of WPs 14, 15 and 16. I can't be 100% confident, so I end up visiting eight planetary nebulae, taking photos of each. Turns out, three of those nebulae were untagged ; and those findings I'm very proud of. Following the path again, I head for the Magnus Nebula, planning to grab a few O stars on the way to Greeroi and Rendezvous Point. I can cross that off my bucket list. Space feels more lonely now. Time to officialize the Maverick Buccaneers Squad ; let's set up our Discord, design our patch, find our motto. Now we can recruit...
It is now hard to know the exact locations of the WPs. But anyway. I'm a Maverick Buccaneer now, I fly my own path! Where is the Furnace? Oh, nevermind, it should be a couple systems around this landmark ; I find a planet matching the description ; 8ls from its sun, same type/color, etc. : it'll do for me. Now on to the challenge : Beagle Crossing. I must admit I was confident, maybe a bit too much... The Abyss proved challenging indeed, I had trouble crossing there. I must have drifted a good distance to find a path, finally crossing at +5,800, not without apprehension. But I did it - spacially as well as psychologically, for those hours were rough. Loneliness struck me. The blackness around me, again. No escape, no choice but to keep on keeping on, no matter what. Fighting the route plotter. I had to. Even one system at a time. I won't let go ; I made it so far, I won't let go. A couple Mavericks are waiting for me ahead, I'm coming buddies. I'm coming. Watch the Shpadoinkle! go through every difficulty!
Finally, after such a long trip (at least for me), after such a dense trip, I reached Beagle Point. Tired. Relieved. Happy. I could finally breathe!... I sat there and had some picnic, witing for the other Mavericks to arrive, while Zeewolf and Dalatrace, already here, where hanging around the place ; Palkkipantteri came soon after. Seeing that I posted on the 65,000ly from Sol thread, two lone wolves who hadn't met before befriended me, as they were close by. They had been on the road for months and hadn't been able to join DWE but nonetheless, they felt like they could socialize there, 65,279ly from home... Isn't it amazing, somehow?... So kudos to you, Orion29 (out since November) and Martin Afonso (our since last May!), who flew for such a long time with tenacity and curiosity, always eager to discover, just as if you took off yesterday. It was astonishing and very peculiar to meet new people there. So they joined our Mavericks squad and we messed around Beagle Point for a few days, recruiting Tane Savoya as he was approaching, checking on Karla and Pitsligo (The Kerbinator) as they would be here soon as well.
Resting at Beagle Point was the opportunity to think a bit about us, about explorers, about mankind. So far away, so close to death at every second, this puts things into perspective. What would we care about some gang leader trying to conquer a bit of land on some forgotten planet back in the bubble... Brings back dark memories of darker times in the History of Sol. When you're looking at the Galaxy from Beagle Point, only the core of things really matters. Hope our fellow CMDRs will arrive safe and sound ; the rest is just noise.
I soon feel the awe and amazement at the beautiful sights offered by each waypoint. It gets me even more motivated. Glad I gathered photographers to honour the beauties awaiting us further into deep and mostly unknown space. I meet people. CMDR Karla was wondering if it was worth flying for so long without much people around, as she was among the fast-runners. We were around NGC 6357, I said 'Hey, why not stick around for the trip?'. I met CMDR Hessiam, who later brought in CMDR Post_M, sweetest guy I know, then we stumbled into CMDR Zulu Romeo (the famous!), and we soon formed our little group, messin' around CL Pismis 13 and 17 in our SRVs. But I get careless and too eager to land and take the camera for some shots, I forget to check the gravity... I crashed on a planet, CL Pismis 13 4. No need to say that I was . Disappointed and quite furious at myself. In other times, I'd have given up and left the game ; but this time, I didn't. Swapped one SRV for another AFMU, and I was out again. I buckyballed for two evenings to catch up with Karla. Then we all went on. Lesson learned!
As we were faster than the Fleet, we thought we'd do some sightseeing alongside DWE's itinerary. I decided to go and explore other nebulae - Bleae, Froarks - and make spin-off albums out of the numerous shots I took. I have a taste for planetary nebulae, wanting to see them all, appreciate the colors, play - safely - with neutrons and black holes. And hell, I never followed any path, this would be no exception! I planned my own planetary nebulae trail, a true voyage of wonder of its own. Constantly checking up on the Fleet's progression, I was simultaneously onthe hunt for locations visited by few - and that would stay this way for some time. I found myself on top of Sagittarius A*, a location I truly enjoyed for its remoteness. I felt something there. I climbed up to 2,777ly without jump-o ; not the record, but who cares? I don't. The time spent there was great. Tryin' to find a way in such a scarcely dotted area was thrilling, having only absolute darkness most of the time around my canopy. I felt like I could fall down from my jump trajectories, anytime... And then I found it... My five Water Worlds system... All tidied up in a straight line...
So in a way, I had done WP12, and I was on my way to the great Sagittarius A* - not before grabbing another planetary nebula on the way. The monster was impressive indeed, but not so much as I expected. On my way... Having a look at my road map, it seems like I have to backtrack a bit... I have time, let's go! Let's go and see the Great Annihilator - nice sight too! But the Athaip Wisteria nebula had caught my eye, and I rushed there soon. Roaming around the place, I noticed another planetary nebula ; nice. Let's hang around... Wait. Oh, is that a Herbig Ae/Be star? Wow, I think it's my first or second one ever!... And soon I stopped counting (no I didn't). Studying the galactic map closer, I found a pocket of Herbig stars. Now I didn't find anything on it in the Galactic Mapping Project thread, and none was tagged. So I surveyed the area, and scanned 215 of them. Among the last ones was an absolutely unexpected Earth-Like World, a true gem I found on the 5th of February ; a couple days ago (10th of March I think), three others (including two in the same system) were found somewhere else. It will remain one of my favourite and most precious treasures.
I then continued my route hopping from nebula to nebula ; I can't even make an album for each, there are too many. About five or six nebulae later, I come back a second time to visit WP10. I follow DWE's itinerary for some time, until I find a small pouch of carbon stars very close to each others. See? I keep being distracted. All the more reason to find new things while I'm trying to figure out the location of WPs 14, 15 and 16. I can't be 100% confident, so I end up visiting eight planetary nebulae, taking photos of each. Turns out, three of those nebulae were untagged ; and those findings I'm very proud of. Following the path again, I head for the Magnus Nebula, planning to grab a few O stars on the way to Greeroi and Rendezvous Point. I can cross that off my bucket list. Space feels more lonely now. Time to officialize the Maverick Buccaneers Squad ; let's set up our Discord, design our patch, find our motto. Now we can recruit...
It is now hard to know the exact locations of the WPs. But anyway. I'm a Maverick Buccaneer now, I fly my own path! Where is the Furnace? Oh, nevermind, it should be a couple systems around this landmark ; I find a planet matching the description ; 8ls from its sun, same type/color, etc. : it'll do for me. Now on to the challenge : Beagle Crossing. I must admit I was confident, maybe a bit too much... The Abyss proved challenging indeed, I had trouble crossing there. I must have drifted a good distance to find a path, finally crossing at +5,800, not without apprehension. But I did it - spacially as well as psychologically, for those hours were rough. Loneliness struck me. The blackness around me, again. No escape, no choice but to keep on keeping on, no matter what. Fighting the route plotter. I had to. Even one system at a time. I won't let go ; I made it so far, I won't let go. A couple Mavericks are waiting for me ahead, I'm coming buddies. I'm coming. Watch the Shpadoinkle! go through every difficulty!
Finally, after such a long trip (at least for me), after such a dense trip, I reached Beagle Point. Tired. Relieved. Happy. I could finally breathe!... I sat there and had some picnic, witing for the other Mavericks to arrive, while Zeewolf and Dalatrace, already here, where hanging around the place ; Palkkipantteri came soon after. Seeing that I posted on the 65,000ly from Sol thread, two lone wolves who hadn't met before befriended me, as they were close by. They had been on the road for months and hadn't been able to join DWE but nonetheless, they felt like they could socialize there, 65,279ly from home... Isn't it amazing, somehow?... So kudos to you, Orion29 (out since November) and Martin Afonso (our since last May!), who flew for such a long time with tenacity and curiosity, always eager to discover, just as if you took off yesterday. It was astonishing and very peculiar to meet new people there. So they joined our Mavericks squad and we messed around Beagle Point for a few days, recruiting Tane Savoya as he was approaching, checking on Karla and Pitsligo (The Kerbinator) as they would be here soon as well.
Resting at Beagle Point was the opportunity to think a bit about us, about explorers, about mankind. So far away, so close to death at every second, this puts things into perspective. What would we care about some gang leader trying to conquer a bit of land on some forgotten planet back in the bubble... Brings back dark memories of darker times in the History of Sol. When you're looking at the Galaxy from Beagle Point, only the core of things really matters. Hope our fellow CMDRs will arrive safe and sound ; the rest is just noise.
Road map :
Distance are approximate for most of it, mostly calculated straight from A to B. Obviously we never go straight... And I most probably forget things. Number is cumulative distance travelled in ly.
14th Jan 3302
0 _ Pallaeni system (WP 00)
1,000 _ Fine Ring Sector (WP 01)
4,800 _ Lagoon Nebula (WP 02)
6,100 _ Omega Nebula/PW 2010 (WP 03)
7,700 _ Eagle Nebula (WP 04)
11,000 _ NGC 6357 (WP 05) ; buckyballing straight back : 8,500 (not taken into account here)
14,000 _ Top of NGC 6357 and back
18,000 _ Bleae Nebula
21,000 _ Froarks Nebula
23,800 _ Planetary Nebulae Trail : start
. OEPHAIRD CF-A
. DRYAO AOWSY MM-W
. DRYAO AOWSY RY-R
. STRANAEI LR-W
. DRYAA PRI BF-A
. SHROGAE DL-P
. SHROGAE XE-Z
. EOS ANDST TD-T
. AUNAIRM MH-V
39,400 _ Planetary Nebulae Trail : end
40,900 _ HYPUAE SCRUA Nebula
45,400 _ Top of Sagittarius A* (WP 12)
46,400 _ NYUENA RO-Z D184 (Zulu Romeo's favorite system)
47,200 _ STUEMEAE PI-B E3149 Nebula
48,400 _ Sagittarius A* (WP 11)
49,600 _ JUENAE WJ-R
50,500 _ PHRIO PRAO
51,000 _ SCHEAU PRAO Nebula
54,500 _ Great Annihilator
55,500 _ Athaip Wisteria Nebula (WP 10)
55,730 _ ATHAIP ZP-P E5-6688 Nebula
60,730 _ Herbig Ae/Be field (215 stars scanned, ~ 5,000 ly)
62,330 _ HYPOE FLYA UP-O E6-1154 Nebula
64,030 _ PHRAA FLYOO UA-V D3-1578
71,630 _ HYPIAE AUSMS LA-H C13-0 Nebula
72,630 _ HYPO AUF DC-J D10-19 Nebula
74,130 _ Top of Hypo Auf and back
84,030 _ Amethyst Cloud (WP 10)
87,030 _ SCAULO SYSTIMBU
88,930 _ PHIPOEA Nebula (WP 13)
89,930 _ DRYAO CHREA QY-R E4-326 Nebula
90,530 _ DRYAO CHREA Stellar Remnant (WP 14)
91,530 _ The Rose Nebula (WP 15)
92,030 _ The Green Crystal (WP 16)
93,030 _ Carbon Stars pouch (EORLD BYOE)
. EOK GREE PI-S E4-4843 Nebula
. EOS BRE TS-U E2-1914 Nebula
. EORM BRIAE KM-W E1-861 Nebula
. EORM BRIAE TJ-R E4-6369 Nebula
. EORLD BYOE LX-T E3-7333 Nebula
. AISHAISH SD-T E3-3218 Nebula
103,330 _ Magnus Nebula (WP 17)
107,830 _ GREEROI Nebula (WP 18)
. GREEROI FG-Y G1 O Star
. GREEROI AA-A H0 O Star
. PREAE AOD AA-A G1 O Star
. HYPUMAEA AA-A G0 Black Hole
113,530 _ Rendezvous Point (WP 19)
114,530 _ EACTAINDS FG-Y G0 O Star
118,530 _ OUPAILKS UH-F B55-1 (my Furnace, WP20)
128,339 _ Beagle Crossing
137,060 _ Abyss crossed
148,349 _ Beagle Point (WP 23)
26th Feb 3302
219,970 _ Return trip ; through Roncevaux, then pretty much straight on the edge of the Core, to Jitabos system.
12th March 3302
14th Jan 3302
0 _ Pallaeni system (WP 00)
1,000 _ Fine Ring Sector (WP 01)
4,800 _ Lagoon Nebula (WP 02)
6,100 _ Omega Nebula/PW 2010 (WP 03)
7,700 _ Eagle Nebula (WP 04)
11,000 _ NGC 6357 (WP 05) ; buckyballing straight back : 8,500 (not taken into account here)
14,000 _ Top of NGC 6357 and back
18,000 _ Bleae Nebula
21,000 _ Froarks Nebula
23,800 _ Planetary Nebulae Trail : start
. OEPHAIRD CF-A
. DRYAO AOWSY MM-W
. DRYAO AOWSY RY-R
. STRANAEI LR-W
. DRYAA PRI BF-A
. SHROGAE DL-P
. SHROGAE XE-Z
. EOS ANDST TD-T
. AUNAIRM MH-V
39,400 _ Planetary Nebulae Trail : end
40,900 _ HYPUAE SCRUA Nebula
45,400 _ Top of Sagittarius A* (WP 12)
46,400 _ NYUENA RO-Z D184 (Zulu Romeo's favorite system)
47,200 _ STUEMEAE PI-B E3149 Nebula
48,400 _ Sagittarius A* (WP 11)
49,600 _ JUENAE WJ-R
50,500 _ PHRIO PRAO
51,000 _ SCHEAU PRAO Nebula
54,500 _ Great Annihilator
55,500 _ Athaip Wisteria Nebula (WP 10)
55,730 _ ATHAIP ZP-P E5-6688 Nebula
60,730 _ Herbig Ae/Be field (215 stars scanned, ~ 5,000 ly)
62,330 _ HYPOE FLYA UP-O E6-1154 Nebula
64,030 _ PHRAA FLYOO UA-V D3-1578
71,630 _ HYPIAE AUSMS LA-H C13-0 Nebula
72,630 _ HYPO AUF DC-J D10-19 Nebula
74,130 _ Top of Hypo Auf and back
84,030 _ Amethyst Cloud (WP 10)
87,030 _ SCAULO SYSTIMBU
88,930 _ PHIPOEA Nebula (WP 13)
89,930 _ DRYAO CHREA QY-R E4-326 Nebula
90,530 _ DRYAO CHREA Stellar Remnant (WP 14)
91,530 _ The Rose Nebula (WP 15)
92,030 _ The Green Crystal (WP 16)
93,030 _ Carbon Stars pouch (EORLD BYOE)
. EOK GREE PI-S E4-4843 Nebula
. EOS BRE TS-U E2-1914 Nebula
. EORM BRIAE KM-W E1-861 Nebula
. EORM BRIAE TJ-R E4-6369 Nebula
. EORLD BYOE LX-T E3-7333 Nebula
. AISHAISH SD-T E3-3218 Nebula
103,330 _ Magnus Nebula (WP 17)
107,830 _ GREEROI Nebula (WP 18)
. GREEROI FG-Y G1 O Star
. GREEROI AA-A H0 O Star
. PREAE AOD AA-A G1 O Star
. HYPUMAEA AA-A G0 Black Hole
113,530 _ Rendezvous Point (WP 19)
114,530 _ EACTAINDS FG-Y G0 O Star
118,530 _ OUPAILKS UH-F B55-1 (my Furnace, WP20)
128,339 _ Beagle Crossing
137,060 _ Abyss crossed
148,349 _ Beagle Point (WP 23)
26th Feb 3302
219,970 _ Return trip ; through Roncevaux, then pretty much straight on the edge of the Core, to Jitabos system.
12th March 3302
Stats :
Total distance travelled : ~ 225,000 ly (counting the trek back after my crash : ~ 235,000)
Total systems visited : 8725 according to EDDiscovery, minus a small quantity of logins (EDD counts twice then) and a handful of systems visited twice
Money earned : ~ 92M Cr
Crashs : 1
Discoveries : 3 planetary nebulae, 8 O stars, a 5 Water Worlds system, a penta-star system (5 stars within a roughly 100ls-wide span - hard to estimate, see pictures), a Herbig stars field counting approx. 300 Herbigs in a 150 cubic ly volume, one of which orbited by an ELW, several Carbon Stars (not all tagged), and 30 ELW up to BP (5 on the return trip).
Amount of fun : Giganormous
A word to sum all this up : Shpadoinkle!
Total systems visited : 8725 according to EDDiscovery, minus a small quantity of logins (EDD counts twice then) and a handful of systems visited twice
Money earned : ~ 92M Cr
Crashs : 1
Discoveries : 3 planetary nebulae, 8 O stars, a 5 Water Worlds system, a penta-star system (5 stars within a roughly 100ls-wide span - hard to estimate, see pictures
), a Herbig stars field counting approx. 300 Herbigs in a 150 cubic ly volume, one of which orbited by an ELW, several Carbon Stars (not all tagged), and 30 ELW up to BP (5 on the return trip).Amount of fun : Giganormous
A word to sum all this up : Shpadoinkle!
Victory Lane song :
[video=youtube_share;sv2s0RCYs2c]https://youtu.be/sv2s0RCYs2c?list=PLgPiqIutOK8rElbkR-5MaS3gjME7FwH_6[/video]
A really, really inspiring and heart-warming experience. Even buffed my creativity
I'm not moving out of Discord or the threads by an inch, and I'll get back to working on some artwork to be released the day the Fleet hits Beagle Point. Keepin' you in sight, CMDRs! Now fly!Thanks to the Mavericks for... for being mavericks! Long time I hadn't enjoyed such nice and funny company.
Thanks organizers for the tremendous amount of work you achieved. Thanks the Snap Team members who did a great, great job, beyond expectations. Not a reason to relax, though!...
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