There and There Again Expedition
TL;DR – I took every ship, SRV, and fighter to several key points for explorers around the Milky Way including Hutton Orbital, Colonia, Beagle Point, Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach, Sagittarius A*, and HR 6164 (The View). On every trip I dropped 1 ton of Hutton Mugs and 1 ton of Lavian Brandy at Beagle Point (and later Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach) as a tribute to those “still on patrol” in their respective ships. The expedition spanned 5 years 2 months 20 days, took 84,304 jumps, and covered 6,777,015.13 light years. For compiled pictures see this Imgur Album.
This trip was done as a tribute to those commanders and loved ones lost in our great community. May they find peace amongst the stars.
Generously covered by: Galnet News Digest, The Burr Pit, and Canonn Media (video version of this post).
Note: At the time of writing, I am aware of the 4 new ships coming out for general shipyard purchase. Fear not! I will be doing the same journey with them too.
History
“I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further.” – Raha Moharrak
When I started playing Elite Dangerous, I did what I can only assume most starting players do; I stayed mostly near the bubble, dabbling in trade and combat. After acquiring a Cobra MkIII I took my first foray above the galactic plane, leaving the bubble, and found my passion in exploration. I decided to take an unengineered Diamondback Explorer on a circumnavigation of the Milky Way galaxy, retroactively called the Great Guardian Expedition. While out in the black I fell in love with exploring the galaxy. After my post got a bit of attention, I made my first in-game friends, many of them saying how crazy I was for not only performing a circumnavigation in an unengineered ship but also the fact that I DSS’d every single body in every single system I visited (in the era before the FSS). Little did they know I was already thinking crazier. I was planning to take every ship to Beagle Point.
Preparation
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt
An expedition like this could not be taken lightly. When I thought up the journey, I only had a Sidewinder Mk I, an Eagle MkII, a Cobra MkIII, and a Diamondback Explorer in my fleet. Getting the rest of the ships was easy since my previous circumnavigation had gotten me Elite status and roughly 4 billion credits. Looking through the various paint schemes available for the ships, I decided that I wanted each ship to have a common color for this expedition. I ended up on white since it was available to every ship and is also a color of peace, unity, and hope. It was after I made that choice that I recalled President Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet, which performed a journey around the globe in the early 1900s. I thought it was only fitting then that for this expedition I had created my own White Fleet. I added a light blue/cyan engine color to give the ships a frosty look which, along with the snowflake bobblehead on my dashboard, tied in nicely with my CMDR name. Finally, I added a pair of pilot bobbleheads, which I named Yuri and Valentina after our own early space explorers, to keep me company during this long endeavor. Over the course of the next three months, I got the needed ranks in the Federal and Imperial navies to unlock their ships, unlocked all engineers, and got all the modifications I needed to Grade 5.
Planning
“Adventure is just bad planning.” – Roald Amundsen
As I worked on the preparations needed to start the expedition, I started to plan out the trip itself. Taking every ship to Beagle Point was the goal but how would I go about getting there? If I was going to be taking every ship out towards Beagle, I might as well swing by Sagittarius A* as well (Explorer’s Anchorage had not yet been built but its construction was complete prior to me getting everything ready so I added it as a stopping point for rest and repair purposes). I then got to thinking, I had never been to Colonia before so why not swing by that direction as well. It wasn’t too far off the beaten path and it is another routine stop for explorers. Shortly after that, I saw a Reddit post regarding the Distant Worlds 2 Expedition about HR 6164, otherwise known as “The View”. I saw it would fall on the path that I was planning out so I added it as a stopping point, completing my waypoints for the expedition. It wasn’t until about half way through this journey that someone pointed out my ships had enough range to make it to Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach as well. I had not even considered attempting it prior so I never ran the numbers. I had already made the run with so many ships, I didn’t think much about it until Fleet Carriers came out. Since I was taking every ship to Beagle Point, and that would include the Fleet Carrier, why not bring the ships I had already completed back to Beagle Point and complete the journey to Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach. This also allowed me to carry another set of libations out to Distant Moon, the furthest moon in the system) and leave them in a northern crater.
Purpose
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as the prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God’.” – Ronald Reagan
Every expedition needs a purpose, but what was mine? Taking every ship to Beagle Point was certainly a crazy goal but why was I doing it? Sure, I could go with the “because it’s there” route but I knew this entire expedition would take years to complete. If I was going to take every ship to Beagle Point, why not make each individual trip a tribute to the pilots who fell flying the individual ships I was taking. It made me think of something I had seen on vacation. There is a monument to World War II U.S Navy submariners that states “STILL ON PATROL” since, per U.S. Navy tradition, no submarine is ever lost; those that don’t return are considered to be still on patrol. Since space flight tradition historically follows navy tradition, I figured this could also be true for those we’ve lost out in the black. The question then was, what could I do to honor the fallen pilots? Why not a libation, pouring out a drink for those lost in the void? It was then I thought to add a stop a Hutton Orbital, another famous stop, and home of the famous Hutton Mug to hold the drink. After reviewing the other rare goods, I thought the Lavian Brandy would make the best pick due to its connection to Lave and thus the historical Elite universe. Additionally, since brandy is best served slightly warmed, I thought it paired well with the Hutton Mug since it is famous for keeping drinks “a little but warmer”. I had found my purpose. I would carry 1 ton of Hutton Mugs and 1 ton of Lavian Brandy to Beagle Point (and later to Distant Moon) and leave it at the edge of the galaxy for those pilots lost to the black on their eternal patrol. Lest we forget.
What’s in a Name
“Not all who wander are lost” – J.R.R. Tolkien
I had prepared the White Fleet, developed my plan to stop at some famous exploration sites, and thought up my purpose of honoring the fallen with a libation of Lavian Brandy and Hutton Mugs. All that was left was christen the ships and the expedition with names. For the fleet I selected names of the constellations that the explorers of old used to navigate the globe. Each ship getting a name to fit some criteria I had set out: ships typically used for combat named after animal-based constellations, ships typically used for trading named after water-based constellations, ships typically used for carrying passengers named after bird-based constellations, and ships typically used for exploration named after hero-based constellations. Additionally, Alliance ships were named after exploration tools, Federal ships after canines, and Imperial ships after religious/imperial icons. Of course, there were some exceptions for this. Probably the easiest way to see the White Fleet and their names would be to check my INARA page. The name of the expedition took more time, not being fully flushed out until I was over half way complete. As a huge fan of Tolkien, and with support from fellow Tolkien lovers on the Canonn Discord, I came up with the name “There and There Again”, or it’s full name “There and There Again, a Commander's Tale and The Lord of the Fleet”, as a tribute to his famous series. Additionally, I came up with the tagline “Recordatus Per Astra” – Remembered by the Stars – to allude to the nature of this tribute expedition.
Summary
“There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory” – Sir Francis Drake
In total the expedition spanned 5 years, 2 months, and 20 days from 2019.03.29 to 2024.06.18 with 38 ships (plus 6 ship-launched fighters, and 2 SRVs). Of course, this time span included breaks, non-game days, etc. but I have 11,365 hours logged in the game after all of this so no matter how you look at it, this took a lot of time. During the expedition I made 84,304 jumps and spanned 6,777,015.13 light years. Including all trips, the expedition netted me 119.36 billion credits. That said, it was never about the money. What this trip was about was leaving the 38 tons of Lavian Brandy and 38 tons of Hutton Mugs floating out at Beagle Point and on the surface of Distant Moon, one ton each per ship. I did it so we would remember those still on patrol in the black, no matter what they flew. So, if you’re ever out at the edge of the galaxy and you stumble over an odd debris field or a pile of canisters in a northern crater maybe you’ll find that a few canisters of mugs and brandy have been cracked open by those watching over us out in the abyss. Godspeed to them.
Links
“I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.” – David Livingstone
This Imgur Album has screenshots compiled together of all the ships at key points in the expedition.
This Imgur Album just has the Ishum’s Extension runs.
Inside the first album you’ll find composite images showing each ship at key points along the way as well as links to each ship’s album and Reddit post.
I was blessed enough to have Galnet News Digest and The Burr Pit talk about my expedition. Canonn Media also graciously hosted a video version of this post on their channel.
Galnet News Digest
The Burr Pit
Canonn Media
Special Credit
“Without stones there is no arch.” – Marco Polo
This expedition would not have been possible without several people. These are those who stuck by me, who pushed me to do more, and who made the void a little less lonely. Without them I could not have done this.
My friend Chimera who bought me the game after I had carelessly left it in my Wishlist for over a year. If not for him I would not have gotten into Elite as early as I did, and maybe not at all. Everything that I’ve done, every achievement, spawns from his single act of kindness in gifting me the Commander Pack and Horizons Season Pass.
CMDR Crashdown149 and CMDR LemonWithLegs who was the first human pilots I intentionally met up with in game. I honestly thought I was going to die the first time we met up by Beagle Point but turns out it was just my first friendly encounter.
CMDR Rixxan who saved me when I blew out my Hauler’s canopy. The first and only time I needed to call the Hull Seals was for a very serious reason and Rixxan was the tip of the spear in getting me home.
CMDR Spaceotterty67 who checked in on me at Explorer’s Anchorage after the previously mentioned Hull Seals incident showing the comradery of the Elite Dangerous community.
CMDR Zibadian who saved me when I ran out of fuel while mindlessly jumping between neutron stars. Thankfully it was the first and only time I needed to call the Fuel Rats but without their support I would have lost months of exploration data.
CMDR VovvaTheBlueharied who welcomed me into a Discord of fellow elite players after I accidently stole one of the Reflected Earths on my previous circumnavigation. Also acted as my unofficial Discord DJ.
CMDRs LCU No Fool Like One, Eahlstan, John Riddler, and Rusty Dino for an impromptu meeting out at Beagle Point, making the journey a bit livelier and reminding me that there are other crazy explorers out there.
CMDRs JJGoldberg and Scopelx for being my partners in crime. They knew about what I was up to longer then almost anyone else and continued to be supportive the entire duration, putting up with all my craziness.
CMDR Canonn who let me ride along in their Cobra MkIV since I cannot purchase one.
A second call out for LCU No Fool Like One who sent me a bronze Cobra MkIV when he found out I was sad I didn’t have one of my own, tons of Canonn swag, and a Hutton Mug of my very own when I finished my expedition.
The following CMDRs who brought me a Hutton Mug when I was in the large ships and couldn’t dock at Hutton Orbital.
The Hull Seals and Fuel Rats for saving not only me during mishaps of my own making but also so many other CMDRs. They are a shining beacon in the game’s community.
The Hutton Orbital Truckers Co-Operative and The Lave Radio Network for keeping me sane with the Hutton Orbital Radio and Lave Radio broadcasts respectively. And of course, for the mug and brady!
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin and Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, who I named my bobbleheads after, for leading men and woman into the cosmos and keeping me company on this expedition in spirit.
Finally, I would like to thank all of you for reading this. I know it has been a wall of text but it has been years in the making and I couldn’t think of any more fat to trim from this post. Thank you for sharing this journey with me and I look forward to seeing you out in the black.
Closure
“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt
While this journey has been one for the books there is still so much to see and do. I can’t imagine myself not continuing to explore the black. On top of that, right as I was wrapping up my trip, FDev announced 4 more ships will be added to the game. I will be taking them out as well once I can buy them for credits in the shipyard. I’m excited this journey isn’t over yet and will be posting those my future adventures as well.
Perhaps I’ll one day stumble over a terraformable ice world I keep babbling about in the Canonn Discord. Maybe all those organic and FSD charged metallic compounds I dragged out to the edge of the galaxy will attract some new kind of Anomaly. I doubt I’ll ever see anything like that but I’ll certainly never stop looking. I am proud to have given my own version of a memorial to those we’ve lost. To the great explorers before me and those soon to follow, I am honored to be among your ranks as a fellow voyager among the stars.
Godspeed Commanders o7
TL;DR – I took every ship, SRV, and fighter to several key points for explorers around the Milky Way including Hutton Orbital, Colonia, Beagle Point, Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach, Sagittarius A*, and HR 6164 (The View). On every trip I dropped 1 ton of Hutton Mugs and 1 ton of Lavian Brandy at Beagle Point (and later Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach) as a tribute to those “still on patrol” in their respective ships. The expedition spanned 5 years 2 months 20 days, took 84,304 jumps, and covered 6,777,015.13 light years. For compiled pictures see this Imgur Album.
This trip was done as a tribute to those commanders and loved ones lost in our great community. May they find peace amongst the stars.
Generously covered by: Galnet News Digest, The Burr Pit, and Canonn Media (video version of this post).
Note: At the time of writing, I am aware of the 4 new ships coming out for general shipyard purchase. Fear not! I will be doing the same journey with them too.
History
“I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further.” – Raha Moharrak
When I started playing Elite Dangerous, I did what I can only assume most starting players do; I stayed mostly near the bubble, dabbling in trade and combat. After acquiring a Cobra MkIII I took my first foray above the galactic plane, leaving the bubble, and found my passion in exploration. I decided to take an unengineered Diamondback Explorer on a circumnavigation of the Milky Way galaxy, retroactively called the Great Guardian Expedition. While out in the black I fell in love with exploring the galaxy. After my post got a bit of attention, I made my first in-game friends, many of them saying how crazy I was for not only performing a circumnavigation in an unengineered ship but also the fact that I DSS’d every single body in every single system I visited (in the era before the FSS). Little did they know I was already thinking crazier. I was planning to take every ship to Beagle Point.
Preparation
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt
An expedition like this could not be taken lightly. When I thought up the journey, I only had a Sidewinder Mk I, an Eagle MkII, a Cobra MkIII, and a Diamondback Explorer in my fleet. Getting the rest of the ships was easy since my previous circumnavigation had gotten me Elite status and roughly 4 billion credits. Looking through the various paint schemes available for the ships, I decided that I wanted each ship to have a common color for this expedition. I ended up on white since it was available to every ship and is also a color of peace, unity, and hope. It was after I made that choice that I recalled President Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet, which performed a journey around the globe in the early 1900s. I thought it was only fitting then that for this expedition I had created my own White Fleet. I added a light blue/cyan engine color to give the ships a frosty look which, along with the snowflake bobblehead on my dashboard, tied in nicely with my CMDR name. Finally, I added a pair of pilot bobbleheads, which I named Yuri and Valentina after our own early space explorers, to keep me company during this long endeavor. Over the course of the next three months, I got the needed ranks in the Federal and Imperial navies to unlock their ships, unlocked all engineers, and got all the modifications I needed to Grade 5.
Planning
“Adventure is just bad planning.” – Roald Amundsen
As I worked on the preparations needed to start the expedition, I started to plan out the trip itself. Taking every ship to Beagle Point was the goal but how would I go about getting there? If I was going to be taking every ship out towards Beagle, I might as well swing by Sagittarius A* as well (Explorer’s Anchorage had not yet been built but its construction was complete prior to me getting everything ready so I added it as a stopping point for rest and repair purposes). I then got to thinking, I had never been to Colonia before so why not swing by that direction as well. It wasn’t too far off the beaten path and it is another routine stop for explorers. Shortly after that, I saw a Reddit post regarding the Distant Worlds 2 Expedition about HR 6164, otherwise known as “The View”. I saw it would fall on the path that I was planning out so I added it as a stopping point, completing my waypoints for the expedition. It wasn’t until about half way through this journey that someone pointed out my ships had enough range to make it to Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach as well. I had not even considered attempting it prior so I never ran the numbers. I had already made the run with so many ships, I didn’t think much about it until Fleet Carriers came out. Since I was taking every ship to Beagle Point, and that would include the Fleet Carrier, why not bring the ships I had already completed back to Beagle Point and complete the journey to Semotus Beacon/Ishum’s Reach. This also allowed me to carry another set of libations out to Distant Moon, the furthest moon in the system) and leave them in a northern crater.
Purpose
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as the prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God’.” – Ronald Reagan
Every expedition needs a purpose, but what was mine? Taking every ship to Beagle Point was certainly a crazy goal but why was I doing it? Sure, I could go with the “because it’s there” route but I knew this entire expedition would take years to complete. If I was going to take every ship to Beagle Point, why not make each individual trip a tribute to the pilots who fell flying the individual ships I was taking. It made me think of something I had seen on vacation. There is a monument to World War II U.S Navy submariners that states “STILL ON PATROL” since, per U.S. Navy tradition, no submarine is ever lost; those that don’t return are considered to be still on patrol. Since space flight tradition historically follows navy tradition, I figured this could also be true for those we’ve lost out in the black. The question then was, what could I do to honor the fallen pilots? Why not a libation, pouring out a drink for those lost in the void? It was then I thought to add a stop a Hutton Orbital, another famous stop, and home of the famous Hutton Mug to hold the drink. After reviewing the other rare goods, I thought the Lavian Brandy would make the best pick due to its connection to Lave and thus the historical Elite universe. Additionally, since brandy is best served slightly warmed, I thought it paired well with the Hutton Mug since it is famous for keeping drinks “a little but warmer”. I had found my purpose. I would carry 1 ton of Hutton Mugs and 1 ton of Lavian Brandy to Beagle Point (and later to Distant Moon) and leave it at the edge of the galaxy for those pilots lost to the black on their eternal patrol. Lest we forget.
What’s in a Name
“Not all who wander are lost” – J.R.R. Tolkien
I had prepared the White Fleet, developed my plan to stop at some famous exploration sites, and thought up my purpose of honoring the fallen with a libation of Lavian Brandy and Hutton Mugs. All that was left was christen the ships and the expedition with names. For the fleet I selected names of the constellations that the explorers of old used to navigate the globe. Each ship getting a name to fit some criteria I had set out: ships typically used for combat named after animal-based constellations, ships typically used for trading named after water-based constellations, ships typically used for carrying passengers named after bird-based constellations, and ships typically used for exploration named after hero-based constellations. Additionally, Alliance ships were named after exploration tools, Federal ships after canines, and Imperial ships after religious/imperial icons. Of course, there were some exceptions for this. Probably the easiest way to see the White Fleet and their names would be to check my INARA page. The name of the expedition took more time, not being fully flushed out until I was over half way complete. As a huge fan of Tolkien, and with support from fellow Tolkien lovers on the Canonn Discord, I came up with the name “There and There Again”, or it’s full name “There and There Again, a Commander's Tale and The Lord of the Fleet”, as a tribute to his famous series. Additionally, I came up with the tagline “Recordatus Per Astra” – Remembered by the Stars – to allude to the nature of this tribute expedition.
Summary
“There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory” – Sir Francis Drake
In total the expedition spanned 5 years, 2 months, and 20 days from 2019.03.29 to 2024.06.18 with 38 ships (plus 6 ship-launched fighters, and 2 SRVs). Of course, this time span included breaks, non-game days, etc. but I have 11,365 hours logged in the game after all of this so no matter how you look at it, this took a lot of time. During the expedition I made 84,304 jumps and spanned 6,777,015.13 light years. Including all trips, the expedition netted me 119.36 billion credits. That said, it was never about the money. What this trip was about was leaving the 38 tons of Lavian Brandy and 38 tons of Hutton Mugs floating out at Beagle Point and on the surface of Distant Moon, one ton each per ship. I did it so we would remember those still on patrol in the black, no matter what they flew. So, if you’re ever out at the edge of the galaxy and you stumble over an odd debris field or a pile of canisters in a northern crater maybe you’ll find that a few canisters of mugs and brandy have been cracked open by those watching over us out in the abyss. Godspeed to them.
Links
“I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.” – David Livingstone
This Imgur Album has screenshots compiled together of all the ships at key points in the expedition.
This Imgur Album just has the Ishum’s Extension runs.
Inside the first album you’ll find composite images showing each ship at key points along the way as well as links to each ship’s album and Reddit post.
I was blessed enough to have Galnet News Digest and The Burr Pit talk about my expedition. Canonn Media also graciously hosted a video version of this post on their channel.
Galnet News Digest
The Burr Pit
Canonn Media
Special Credit
“Without stones there is no arch.” – Marco Polo
This expedition would not have been possible without several people. These are those who stuck by me, who pushed me to do more, and who made the void a little less lonely. Without them I could not have done this.
My friend Chimera who bought me the game after I had carelessly left it in my Wishlist for over a year. If not for him I would not have gotten into Elite as early as I did, and maybe not at all. Everything that I’ve done, every achievement, spawns from his single act of kindness in gifting me the Commander Pack and Horizons Season Pass.
CMDR Crashdown149 and CMDR LemonWithLegs who was the first human pilots I intentionally met up with in game. I honestly thought I was going to die the first time we met up by Beagle Point but turns out it was just my first friendly encounter.
CMDR Rixxan who saved me when I blew out my Hauler’s canopy. The first and only time I needed to call the Hull Seals was for a very serious reason and Rixxan was the tip of the spear in getting me home.
CMDR Spaceotterty67 who checked in on me at Explorer’s Anchorage after the previously mentioned Hull Seals incident showing the comradery of the Elite Dangerous community.
CMDR Zibadian who saved me when I ran out of fuel while mindlessly jumping between neutron stars. Thankfully it was the first and only time I needed to call the Fuel Rats but without their support I would have lost months of exploration data.
CMDR VovvaTheBlueharied who welcomed me into a Discord of fellow elite players after I accidently stole one of the Reflected Earths on my previous circumnavigation. Also acted as my unofficial Discord DJ.
CMDRs LCU No Fool Like One, Eahlstan, John Riddler, and Rusty Dino for an impromptu meeting out at Beagle Point, making the journey a bit livelier and reminding me that there are other crazy explorers out there.
CMDRs JJGoldberg and Scopelx for being my partners in crime. They knew about what I was up to longer then almost anyone else and continued to be supportive the entire duration, putting up with all my craziness.
CMDR Canonn who let me ride along in their Cobra MkIV since I cannot purchase one.
A second call out for LCU No Fool Like One who sent me a bronze Cobra MkIV when he found out I was sad I didn’t have one of my own, tons of Canonn swag, and a Hutton Mug of my very own when I finished my expedition.
The following CMDRs who brought me a Hutton Mug when I was in the large ships and couldn’t dock at Hutton Orbital.
- Type-7 Transporter: Goemon
- Type-9 Heavy: Starbeaver
- Type-10 Defender: Molan Ryke
- Orca: Eliphal
- Beluga Liner: Rouge and Scopelx
- Imperial Clipper: Node
- Imperial Cutter: Darwin
- Federal Corvette: Klassic
- Anaconda: JJGoldberg
The Hull Seals and Fuel Rats for saving not only me during mishaps of my own making but also so many other CMDRs. They are a shining beacon in the game’s community.
The Hutton Orbital Truckers Co-Operative and The Lave Radio Network for keeping me sane with the Hutton Orbital Radio and Lave Radio broadcasts respectively. And of course, for the mug and brady!
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin and Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, who I named my bobbleheads after, for leading men and woman into the cosmos and keeping me company on this expedition in spirit.
Finally, I would like to thank all of you for reading this. I know it has been a wall of text but it has been years in the making and I couldn’t think of any more fat to trim from this post. Thank you for sharing this journey with me and I look forward to seeing you out in the black.
Closure
“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt
While this journey has been one for the books there is still so much to see and do. I can’t imagine myself not continuing to explore the black. On top of that, right as I was wrapping up my trip, FDev announced 4 more ships will be added to the game. I will be taking them out as well once I can buy them for credits in the shipyard. I’m excited this journey isn’t over yet and will be posting those my future adventures as well.
Perhaps I’ll one day stumble over a terraformable ice world I keep babbling about in the Canonn Discord. Maybe all those organic and FSD charged metallic compounds I dragged out to the edge of the galaxy will attract some new kind of Anomaly. I doubt I’ll ever see anything like that but I’ll certainly never stop looking. I am proud to have given my own version of a memorial to those we’ve lost. To the great explorers before me and those soon to follow, I am honored to be among your ranks as a fellow voyager among the stars.
Godspeed Commanders o7
