[Expedition] Borderlands Venture
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Borderlands Venture log, entry 2, July 3rd 3302
After CMDR Jim Beaumont found a system containing mats for all three levels of jump boost synthesis near the New Outer Arm galactic rift, I decided to make an attempt at crossing there, straight towards our sector. Fortunately, a 44ly jump range is good enough to cross the rift without need for jumponium. It was fairly easy, and I could plot 1,000ly routes through the sparsest areas of the gap. This was a relief - I recall the hard times trying to defeat the Abyss with a 35ly jump range, full tank... But the atmosphere was the same, a few stars around my ship, and nothing but the darkness... I feel more isolated, the farther I go. A familiar feeling now, I must admit. Before a few of us Venturers start gathering around, setting up camps where needed materials lie, unfolding our maps and spreadsheet, readying for this long scientific research. I'm enjoying being in such a remote place. EDDiscovery's maps show how much of the Galaxy has been visited already - and how little at the same time! But here... Not many has been. Even fewer have stayed. Until now.
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After CMDR Jim Beaumont found a system containing mats for all three levels of jump boost synthesis near the New Outer Arm galactic rift, I decided to make an attempt at crossing there, straight towards our sector. Fortunately, a 44ly jump range is good enough to cross the rift without need for jumponium. It was fairly easy, and I could plot 1,000ly routes through the sparsest areas of the gap. This was a relief - I recall the hard times trying to defeat the Abyss with a 35ly jump range, full tank... But the atmosphere was the same, a few stars around my ship, and nothing but the darkness... I feel more isolated, the farther I go. A familiar feeling now, I must admit. Before a few of us Venturers start gathering around, setting up camps where needed materials lie, unfolding our maps and spreadsheet, readying for this long scientific research. I'm enjoying being in such a remote place. EDDiscovery's maps show how much of the Galaxy has been visited already - and how little at the same time! But here... Not many has been. Even fewer have stayed. Until now.
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Qohen Leth said:
Yeah i would if i could find a bloody link.... *SIGH* [blah]
It's on the OP...
CMDR Johnny Dietz here, I will be joining.
My ship is an Anaconda with 37.25 LY. I don't have any ties with the bubble and don't expect to be there until December. I am currently at Beagle Point and will be disembarking soon.
My ship is an Anaconda with 37.25 LY. I don't have any ties with the bubble and don't expect to be there until December. I am currently at Beagle Point and will be disembarking soon.
I'd also like to jump in on this grand venture and spectacle of human endeavour. Please consider me for membership into your fine band of able explorers.
Borderlands Venture log, entry 3, July 25th 3302
Well. Here it is. Our first tenth of a percent. It's not much of a progress, but it's another digit, I guess that's something. Actually, it's not quite accurate. It's based on an estimate of the total number of systems, which is estimated (and constantly recalculated) from an average population per subsector, which in turn is based on the subsectors we logged in... And we have far too few subsectors logged as of now to pull a viable estimate. Our progress tracker might be a tad late. But is it that important? It's going smoothly, venturers are arriving one by one, space madness... well, I only know of bubble madness. Everything is clear, here, right? No disturbance, no human noise or fuss, not even a supermassive or a pulsar in the neighbourhood. Dear Gal, does it sound like we've embarked to an ascetic pilgrimage?
In some regards, it is, actally. Cleaning ourselves from the superfluous, committing our minds and bodies to pure science, flying further and longer for the sake of research. The unnecessary simply vanishes. There is nothing but a few souls scrapping the skies for answers to millenia-old questions. I can't really speak for the others, I have not yet been in contact since I gave instructions and departed myself; and I suppose none of them has been in contact with others either. Venturing as a loose fleet like this one, tends to foster solitary endeavours. I know I haven't felt the need for human contact so far. Surrounded by an unfathomable volume of pure void, I think I've never gotten deeper into myself.
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Little update on the findings, 4 ELWs have been reported, two are already known (too bad!), and the other two are named Chelios and Kathodigontas. We shall visit these worlds someday and maybe shelter a colony of enlightened people there.
We'd have to get ahold of the database of all the current records, as we have started to find some curious things. A few Gas Giants over 30G, an icy body with over 2,000,000 Atm pressure, a Gas Giant over 3,600 Earth Masses, and some change.
Unsurprisingly, the star variety is pretty thin, only regular star types around, with the exception of two Os, and a recently found Neutron Star. Also, only one Tauri Type star...
Even more surprising is the complete absence - so far - of Rocky Worlds. Not one has been found yet. And we have a lot, a lot of High Metal Content planets (among them, 119 terraformable candidates so far).
We are also monitoring terraforming conditions to determine what is needed and what are the extreme values that allow a world to be terraformable. More on this to come, but for that there already are about 150 worlds logged in.
Right on, Commanders! It's only the beginning!
Well. Here it is. Our first tenth of a percent. It's not much of a progress, but it's another digit, I guess that's something. Actually, it's not quite accurate. It's based on an estimate of the total number of systems, which is estimated (and constantly recalculated) from an average population per subsector, which in turn is based on the subsectors we logged in... And we have far too few subsectors logged as of now to pull a viable estimate. Our progress tracker might be a tad late. But is it that important? It's going smoothly, venturers are arriving one by one, space madness... well, I only know of bubble madness. Everything is clear, here, right? No disturbance, no human noise or fuss, not even a supermassive or a pulsar in the neighbourhood. Dear Gal, does it sound like we've embarked to an ascetic pilgrimage?
In some regards, it is, actally. Cleaning ourselves from the superfluous, committing our minds and bodies to pure science, flying further and longer for the sake of research. The unnecessary simply vanishes. There is nothing but a few souls scrapping the skies for answers to millenia-old questions. I can't really speak for the others, I have not yet been in contact since I gave instructions and departed myself; and I suppose none of them has been in contact with others either. Venturing as a loose fleet like this one, tends to foster solitary endeavours. I know I haven't felt the need for human contact so far. Surrounded by an unfathomable volume of pure void, I think I've never gotten deeper into myself.
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Little update on the findings, 4 ELWs have been reported, two are already known (too bad!), and the other two are named Chelios and Kathodigontas. We shall visit these worlds someday and maybe shelter a colony of enlightened people there.
We'd have to get ahold of the database of all the current records, as we have started to find some curious things. A few Gas Giants over 30G, an icy body with over 2,000,000 Atm pressure, a Gas Giant over 3,600 Earth Masses, and some change.
Unsurprisingly, the star variety is pretty thin, only regular star types around, with the exception of two Os, and a recently found Neutron Star. Also, only one Tauri Type star...
Even more surprising is the complete absence - so far - of Rocky Worlds. Not one has been found yet. And we have a lot, a lot of High Metal Content planets (among them, 119 terraformable candidates so far).
We are also monitoring terraforming conditions to determine what is needed and what are the extreme values that allow a world to be terraformable. More on this to come, but for that there already are about 150 worlds logged in.
Right on, Commanders! It's only the beginning!
CMDR Spuddies101 reporting in. Currently out near NGC 3199 Nebula, but I'll be making my way towards the borderlands next!
AspX with 46ly jump range. Yay
Fly safe commanders!
AspX with 46ly jump range. Yay
Fly safe commanders!
Borderlands Venture log, entry 4, August 27th 3302
We are now approaching our first percent. Soon another digit, and a long, long time before the next one. The task still appears huge and endless, but we hold on somehow, and though the dynamically calculated progress is not very encouraging, we continue, at our pace. It's just slow. But it's peaceful and unique. Our challenges have moved from space and its inhospitability to our means of handling the data. Logs are piling up and our old tech software wasn't designed to manage so much information. So we have to find ways to fix regular issues, like the times the software takes to compile the latest entries, the accuracy of calculations, its ability to handle multiple logging processes at the same time... It's not always the most confortable, but we get by. Data is growing, and that's what counts.
We switched to the second stage of logging icy and rocky-icy planets. Having logged a sample of almost 2,000 of those, it would be pointless to record more, so we now just count them, as well as their moons. We save a lot of time that way. Icy bodies now represent about 40% of the planetary presence recorded so far (when HMCs were leading by far not so long ago). This will reflect on our pace the next few weeks, but soon enough time will stretch again and we probably will have to deal with another potential problem... Staying in the same area for so long is not usual. To my knowledge, it hasn't been documented yet. I've spent now 2 months in this sector. What will it feel like in 2 months? In 4? I heard Jaques Station (yes, we get the news out here) is now functional, about 20,000ly closer to us than the bubble is. Maybe we'll stop by there some day, to have a drink before jumping back out in our forgotten land...
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We are now approaching our first percent. Soon another digit, and a long, long time before the next one. The task still appears huge and endless, but we hold on somehow, and though the dynamically calculated progress is not very encouraging, we continue, at our pace. It's just slow. But it's peaceful and unique. Our challenges have moved from space and its inhospitability to our means of handling the data. Logs are piling up and our old tech software wasn't designed to manage so much information. So we have to find ways to fix regular issues, like the times the software takes to compile the latest entries, the accuracy of calculations, its ability to handle multiple logging processes at the same time... It's not always the most confortable, but we get by. Data is growing, and that's what counts.
We switched to the second stage of logging icy and rocky-icy planets. Having logged a sample of almost 2,000 of those, it would be pointless to record more, so we now just count them, as well as their moons. We save a lot of time that way. Icy bodies now represent about 40% of the planetary presence recorded so far (when HMCs were leading by far not so long ago). This will reflect on our pace the next few weeks, but soon enough time will stretch again and we probably will have to deal with another potential problem... Staying in the same area for so long is not usual. To my knowledge, it hasn't been documented yet. I've spent now 2 months in this sector. What will it feel like in 2 months? In 4? I heard Jaques Station (yes, we get the news out here) is now functional, about 20,000ly closer to us than the bubble is. Maybe we'll stop by there some day, to have a drink before jumping back out in our forgotten land...
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Hehe - soon back on track with the new Cmdr journal!
You know that she's a secret oily engineer who hides her southern drawl right?
CMDR Thadius Winter, ready to sign on the dotted line. Already on the BV Discord.
I enjoy this sort of work. Already running EDDiscovery. 54.xx LY JR. Nearby already (~10 kylies). No SRV, but don't expect to neeeeed one.
I enjoy this sort of work. Already running EDDiscovery. 54.xx LY JR. Nearby already (~10 kylies). No SRV, but don't expect to neeeeed one.
