Ahoy.
This was supposed to be a new expedition in partnership with the Russian community, but heh, RL, winter and stuff came along; so I'm releasing it as the Icarus Tour, instead of the previously intended Mission Ikarus. So I lay before you...
The Icarus Tour
A 45,000-lightyears tour of shinies at 2,700 above the galactic plane, on the rooftop of the Core! Starting from and arriving back at Colonia, this tour will take you to giants, supergiants, systems with multiple black holes/neutron stars/white dwarfs, and some other shinies. I included all the ELWs I found on the way as well, for monies. I may add that the route is filled with hundreds of neutron stars and white dwarfs awaiting tags, as well as literally dozens of common M III giants and water worlds. I merely tagged my waypoints and ELWs and left all the M giants and WWs to be tagged. Through the whole 45,000ly, I only ever found two systems tagged, one random and the second one is Waypoint 37; that area is quite virgin!
Although this route is high up the plane, one does not need an insane jump range. I did it with my alt Gustave Flaubert's AspX, Black Betty, which has a jump range of 38.6ly and used about a dozen level 1 and level 2 boosts. I could have used less by using neutron boosts, but without an AFMU I played it safe. It's perfectly doable with 35ly, provided you grab some jump-o on the way. Here's my flight log if you want to make sure. BUT if you have a higher jump range, you may find and reach a few sweet spots that I left behind
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1. 20,000km radius
2. Landable planet at 450ls
3. BEWARE the potentially toasty entry! BH is in a tight binary configuration with a NS, you may very well drop in the system through the NS and drop to normal cruise straight into the BH.
4. Landable planet at 370ls
5. Moon-ELW around a NS
6. GG with very close rings orbiting a L dwarf with huge rings; dwarf has 3 moons, all orbiting between itself and its rings.
7. Landable at 430ls
8. AW orbiting a NS
9. Landable planet at 370ls, offering a very clear vista on the Pulsar from the surface.
10. Big 'un: 382 Sol Radii
Okay, 'nuff talk! Pictures!
This was supposed to be a new expedition in partnership with the Russian community, but heh, RL, winter and stuff came along; so I'm releasing it as the Icarus Tour, instead of the previously intended Mission Ikarus. So I lay before you...
The Icarus Tour
A 45,000-lightyears tour of shinies at 2,700 above the galactic plane, on the rooftop of the Core! Starting from and arriving back at Colonia, this tour will take you to giants, supergiants, systems with multiple black holes/neutron stars/white dwarfs, and some other shinies. I included all the ELWs I found on the way as well, for monies. I may add that the route is filled with hundreds of neutron stars and white dwarfs awaiting tags, as well as literally dozens of common M III giants and water worlds. I merely tagged my waypoints and ELWs and left all the M giants and WWs to be tagged. Through the whole 45,000ly, I only ever found two systems tagged, one random and the second one is Waypoint 37; that area is quite virgin!
Although this route is high up the plane, one does not need an insane jump range. I did it with my alt Gustave Flaubert's AspX, Black Betty, which has a jump range of 38.6ly and used about a dozen level 1 and level 2 boosts. I could have used less by using neutron boosts, but without an AFMU I played it safe. It's perfectly doable with 35ly, provided you grab some jump-o on the way. Here's my flight log if you want to make sure. BUT if you have a higher jump range, you may find and reach a few sweet spots that I left behind
...| Waypoint | System | Shiny | Main Star | Secondary Star(s) | Odometer | Description |
| 0 | Colonia | |||||
| OGAICY VV-L d8-1888 | AW1 | |||||
| OGAICY TA-M d8-799 | ELW | |||||
| THROETS FS-J d9-228 | ELW | |||||
| THROETS IE-E d13-1 | ELW | |||||
| 1 | SEAMOEA OS-U f2-15 | A9 IAB | Blue-White Supergiant | |||
| 2 | TYRIELAE FK-A d2 | K8 IIAB | Orange Giant | |||
| 3 | TYRIELAE RR-W d1-14 | NS | M2, M2 | Pulsar in ternary configuration | ||
| 4 | TYRIELAE DP-R d4-3 | K7 IIAB | Orange Giant | |||
| 5 | TYRIELAE FG-F d11-4 | M4 IIIB | M4 IIIB | Binary Red Giants | ||
| 6 | SMUMBO AA-A h0 | WO0 I | O0 VZ | Wolf-Rayet | ||
| 7 | SMUMBO UJ-R d4-5 | K8 IIAB | G5, K8 | Orange Giant | ||
| 8 | SMUMBO JH-M d7-0 | 2 | K7 IIAB | Orange Giant | ||
| SMUMBO ST-I d9-6 | ELW | |||||
| SMUMBO QZ-E c25-0 | ELW | |||||
| 9 | PHAU AOSCS DF-A e3 | K2 IAB | F3 | 9,000 | Red Supergiant | |
| PHAO AOWSY YS-G c24-0 | ELW | |||||
| 10 | SYROOMU BA-A g3 | 3 | BH | NS, NS, DC, NS | ||
| 11 | PHAU AUB FG-Y f10 | BH | DC, BH, NS, NS | |||
| 12 | PHAU AUB NT-I d9-8 | K8 IIAB | 16,000 | Orange Giant | ||
| 13 | PHAU AUB QZ-G d10-7 | K8 IIAB | Orange Giant | |||
| 14 | OOH CHREA BF-A e0 | A6 IB | B9 | Blue-White Supergiant | ||
| 15 | OONTS CHRAEI GW-W d1-9 | M1 IIIAB | M1 IIIAB | Binary Red Giants | ||
| 16 | OONTS CHRAEI UC-V d2-9 | K9 IIB | F2 | Orange Giant | ||
| 17 | OONTS CHRAEI EP-R d4-5 | 4 | M3 IIIB | M3 IIIB | Binary Red Giants + little M0 | |
| OOCH CHRAEI WP-P d5-8 | ELW | |||||
| OOCH CHRAEI MX-U e2-5 | ELW5 | |||||
| 18 | OOCH CHRAEI HH-M d7-6 | K8 IIAB | Orange Giant | |||
| 19 | OOH CHREAEI GM-D d12-3 | K7 IIAB | G6, K9 | Orange Giant | ||
| 20 | OOCH CHRAEI OS-U f2-9 | B9 IAB | B0 VZ | 21,000 | Blue-White Supergiant | |
| 21 | OOCH CHRAEI GM-D d12-9 | G0 VAB | K0, M2, K1, M8, L2, M3 | 7-star system | ||
| 22 | OOCH CHRAEI GM-D d12-3 | K7 IIAB | Orange Giant | |||
| OOCH CHRAEI XO-I d9-23 | ELW | |||||
| 23 | OOCH CHRAEI VY-S e3-30 | 6 | F0 IAB | Yellow-White Supergiant | ||
| 24 | OOCH CHRAEI NW-N d6-25 | 7 | K9 IIB | Orange Giant | ||
| 25 | SYROOMEOU MI-K d8-17 | M5 IIIB | MS5 IIIB | Ternary Orange Giant + Carbon Star | ||
| SYROOMEOU EH-M d7-12 | AW8 | |||||
| SYROOMEOU TU-G d10-30 | ELW | |||||
| 26 | SYROOMEOU GR-W e1-3 | F7 IB | Yellow-White Supergiant | |||
| 27 | TREQUE RO-Z d13-12 | 9 | NS | M6, M7 | Pulsar | |
| 28 | TREQUE NS-U f2-3 | BH | M3 IIIB | Binary Black Hole + Red Giant | ||
| 29 | TREQUE JM-W f1-11 | BH | NS, NS, NS, NS, K | Beautiful configuration! | ||
| TREQUE KI-A c14-2 | ELW | |||||
| TREQUE KC-V d2-13 | ELW | |||||
| TREQUE BQ-Y d16 | ELW | |||||
| 30 | PHO AOSCS DA-A f18 | BH | NS, DA, DA | 27,000 | Very close DA binary | |
| 31 | SYSTAE AOSCS CQ-P e5-11 | A5 IB | Blue-White Supergiant | |||
| 32 | SYSTAE AOSCS KC-M d7-14 | CN5 IIIB | Carbon Star | |||
| 33 | TYRIELA RW-W d1-3 | K8 IIAB | Orange Giant | |||
| 34 | TYRIELA BA-A g2 | BH | BH, NS, NS, NS | Binary BH, binary NS | ||
| 35 | TYRIELA AA-A e25 | NS | M1 IIIAB | |||
| SEAMAA PT-Z d13-13 | ELW | |||||
| 36 | SEAMAA AA-A g3 | BH | NS, NS, NS, NS | 35,000 | ||
| 37 | DRYEE AOSCS AA-A h1 | 10 | B5 IA0 | Blue-White Supergiant | ||
| 38 | WRIHAAE WJ-R e4-3 | A5 IB | Blue-White Supergiant | |||
| 39 | Colonia | 41,000 |
1. 20,000km radius
2. Landable planet at 450ls
3. BEWARE the potentially toasty entry! BH is in a tight binary configuration with a NS, you may very well drop in the system through the NS and drop to normal cruise straight into the BH.
4. Landable planet at 370ls
5. Moon-ELW around a NS
6. GG with very close rings orbiting a L dwarf with huge rings; dwarf has 3 moons, all orbiting between itself and its rings.
7. Landable at 430ls
8. AW orbiting a NS
9. Landable planet at 370ls, offering a very clear vista on the Pulsar from the surface.
10. Big 'un: 382 Sol Radii
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Okay, 'nuff talk! Pictures!
