Explorers Evolution, caught the void virus long ago, is there Black hole fever? or Singularity Sickness?
Greetings community, and Explorers especially.
From my first days i always wanted to explore.. in the blood maybe.
First days in my Sidewinder , along with far too much overconfidence and lack of knowledge of the size of the galaxy, i was soon stranded after a couple of red stars,, fuel was low, and how does a fuel scoop work.
That turned out with a self destruct after exhausting all possibilities,,The days before fuel transfer limpets, and the Fuel rats.and also it helps if you had installed a fuel scoop, I needed to learn a lot more,, so while working regular missions and slowly exploring around the populated space, a pilgrimage to Sol,learning the basics you could say. It wasnt too long before i had improved ships and equipment.
I was the proud owner of my Cobra mk3,, it had fought battles, ran errands for some factions and i was soon bored,having a good scope of the populated worlds the call of the void had me looking at the galmap for somewhere for my first proper expedition. Hoping to at least get my name out there somewhere,maybe some insignificant small red dustball, but it would be mine.
I had EZ ORIONIS as a target,quite a large star on realistic view galmap compared to the nearby systems,and very close to banards loop. Being further than the 1000ly limit on plotting a route,, i headed for Rigel,, a nice blue thing,
Eventually i returned from a thrilling journey,, few rewards of new discoverys, a handful of claims i could call my own though,taking 4 days in all, 2 days out and 2 days back.
From that journey i knew i would go back,, but not before a better ship,, i had pushed that cobra far beyond what i felt was safe,
Then came the Asp, a lovely ship, with that i went further and further out,,, 4000 lyrs or so,,claimed many worlds and refined my search,, rather than tagging any systems i was searching for the right stars and goldilocks zones hunting waterworlds and Earthlikes.
There were many undiscovereds out at that range,, but i still hadnt found a unclaimed Blue star or neutron star, or even seen a Blackhole, Soon the Earthlikes and waterworlds bored me and i needed to hunt larger prey.
Back in the Home systems running the CG for that Diamondback Explorer was a good distraction,, and when i finally got my hands on it,it soon became my new Exploring vessel. The Asp would be my Home system ship.
I'd discovered Blue stars before then,,, and detailed scanned many black holes. but still i wanted to claim the first discovery on a black hole. Much had been learned from the previous expeditions into the void by now, and i set of anew with just that goal in mind. My Journey took me out to the Lagoon Nebula, then onward to the Omega nebula,,up to the Eagle Nebula ,, by then i had scanned many things,, but still not found what i wanted,, being so far out by now,, around 8000lys i was further than i had been before. The long journey home started,, i was in no rush, tagging and detailing any interesting worlds when a cluster of stars caught my eye. tracking them over a few hundred lyrs discovered where they were ,,unmarked little cluster but there were graviational annomolies for sure holding the stars so close. Galmap confirmed the mini cluster had 2 black holes and a few neutron stars too. could it possibly be my lucky day,,?
On arrival i was amazed i had found my Prizes,, 'IC 4996 DAM 9' and 'BD+37 3860A' Black holes !, small ones but mine,,,
i headed for home feeling very satisfied.
So far i had not dared to get closer than scanning range, and soon felt i needed closer and closer looks,, terrifying moments,full of fun and terror. getting braver each time,, i ventured right to the exclusion zone very slowly and saw the most beautiful sights. now they seem so tame.
Now i am back home again,, i was working the Powerplay ,waiting for more records to shift for expansion, countdown,, mmm, i start to browse galmap ..it passes the time
the motion of a few distant stars caught my eye. what was it. zooming and zooming tracking the line of somethings. i think its a line of blue stars all in line extending for a few hundred LYrs.
Gravity must be there,, and a line of blues with more black holes. juciy black holes... i cannot resist. theres too many.
Their gravitational force is drawing me back out just through galmap!.. well i must investigate this curiosity,i was going to do trade runs for the community , but obviously i have Singularity Sickness..
Cmdr Panpipers Travel logs
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cmdr-PanPiper/442958969217601?fref=ts
Greetings community, and Explorers especially.
From my first days i always wanted to explore.. in the blood maybe.
First days in my Sidewinder , along with far too much overconfidence and lack of knowledge of the size of the galaxy, i was soon stranded after a couple of red stars,, fuel was low, and how does a fuel scoop work.
That turned out with a self destruct after exhausting all possibilities,,The days before fuel transfer limpets, and the Fuel rats.and also it helps if you had installed a fuel scoop, I needed to learn a lot more,, so while working regular missions and slowly exploring around the populated space, a pilgrimage to Sol,learning the basics you could say. It wasnt too long before i had improved ships and equipment.
I was the proud owner of my Cobra mk3,, it had fought battles, ran errands for some factions and i was soon bored,having a good scope of the populated worlds the call of the void had me looking at the galmap for somewhere for my first proper expedition. Hoping to at least get my name out there somewhere,maybe some insignificant small red dustball, but it would be mine.
I had EZ ORIONIS as a target,quite a large star on realistic view galmap compared to the nearby systems,and very close to banards loop. Being further than the 1000ly limit on plotting a route,, i headed for Rigel,, a nice blue thing,
Eventually i returned from a thrilling journey,, few rewards of new discoverys, a handful of claims i could call my own though,taking 4 days in all, 2 days out and 2 days back.
From that journey i knew i would go back,, but not before a better ship,, i had pushed that cobra far beyond what i felt was safe,
Then came the Asp, a lovely ship, with that i went further and further out,,, 4000 lyrs or so,,claimed many worlds and refined my search,, rather than tagging any systems i was searching for the right stars and goldilocks zones hunting waterworlds and Earthlikes.
There were many undiscovereds out at that range,, but i still hadnt found a unclaimed Blue star or neutron star, or even seen a Blackhole, Soon the Earthlikes and waterworlds bored me and i needed to hunt larger prey.
Back in the Home systems running the CG for that Diamondback Explorer was a good distraction,, and when i finally got my hands on it,it soon became my new Exploring vessel. The Asp would be my Home system ship.
I'd discovered Blue stars before then,,, and detailed scanned many black holes. but still i wanted to claim the first discovery on a black hole. Much had been learned from the previous expeditions into the void by now, and i set of anew with just that goal in mind. My Journey took me out to the Lagoon Nebula, then onward to the Omega nebula,,up to the Eagle Nebula ,, by then i had scanned many things,, but still not found what i wanted,, being so far out by now,, around 8000lys i was further than i had been before. The long journey home started,, i was in no rush, tagging and detailing any interesting worlds when a cluster of stars caught my eye. tracking them over a few hundred lyrs discovered where they were ,,unmarked little cluster but there were graviational annomolies for sure holding the stars so close. Galmap confirmed the mini cluster had 2 black holes and a few neutron stars too. could it possibly be my lucky day,,?
On arrival i was amazed i had found my Prizes,, 'IC 4996 DAM 9' and 'BD+37 3860A' Black holes !, small ones but mine,,,
i headed for home feeling very satisfied.
So far i had not dared to get closer than scanning range, and soon felt i needed closer and closer looks,, terrifying moments,full of fun and terror. getting braver each time,, i ventured right to the exclusion zone very slowly and saw the most beautiful sights. now they seem so tame.
Now i am back home again,, i was working the Powerplay ,waiting for more records to shift for expansion, countdown,, mmm, i start to browse galmap ..it passes the time
the motion of a few distant stars caught my eye. what was it. zooming and zooming tracking the line of somethings. i think its a line of blue stars all in line extending for a few hundred LYrs.
Gravity must be there,, and a line of blues with more black holes. juciy black holes... i cannot resist. theres too many.
Their gravitational force is drawing me back out just through galmap!.. well i must investigate this curiosity,i was going to do trade runs for the community , but obviously i have Singularity Sickness..
Cmdr Panpipers Travel logs
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cmdr-PanPiper/442958969217601?fref=ts
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