Back in November 3305 I paid a visit to HIP 23759 to see the Gnosis, which had allegedly got itself entangled in an installation. When I got there the Gnosis had been freed but the sight that greeted me on arrival was spectacular nevertheless.
On posting that screenshot in the Screenie(s) forum thread I added the comment "See that planet in the middle there? Seriously considering circumnavigating it."
Well, as 3305 drew to a close (on the last day in fact) I found myself at a loose end and decided to head back out there to take a closer look.
Still glorious! I parked the Bananery Fandango at Columbi's Haven for last minute repairs and to fit a second SRV bay (but alas also an outfitting oversight which would come to haunt me later). My intended target? Planetoid 9 A (looming in the background of that shot).
Then, without bothering myself too much about scouting, I touched down somewhere along the equator ..
.. pointed myself 90° and headed off. No plans to do a circumnavigation, just ... you know ... a little Tuesday afternoon drive. It was nice, very nice in fact. Here's a view back over some of the terrain I covered in the first drive ..
.. and the view ahead, permanently dominated by the parent gas giant and by the edge of its ring rising like a beacon East in the sky.
Onwards, and at the end of that session I found myself at the head of a "little ravine" which lead North down towards a much deeper canyon heading back East again. I probably won't do a complete circumnavigation but tomorrow I guess I'll just drive a bit more and see where it takes me.
On posting that screenshot in the Screenie(s) forum thread I added the comment "See that planet in the middle there? Seriously considering circumnavigating it."
Well, as 3305 drew to a close (on the last day in fact) I found myself at a loose end and decided to head back out there to take a closer look.
Still glorious! I parked the Bananery Fandango at Columbi's Haven for last minute repairs and to fit a second SRV bay (but alas also an outfitting oversight which would come to haunt me later). My intended target? Planetoid 9 A (looming in the background of that shot).
Then, without bothering myself too much about scouting, I touched down somewhere along the equator ..
.. pointed myself 90° and headed off. No plans to do a circumnavigation, just ... you know ... a little Tuesday afternoon drive. It was nice, very nice in fact. Here's a view back over some of the terrain I covered in the first drive ..
.. and the view ahead, permanently dominated by the parent gas giant and by the edge of its ring rising like a beacon East in the sky.
Onwards, and at the end of that session I found myself at the head of a "little ravine" which lead North down towards a much deeper canyon heading back East again. I probably won't do a complete circumnavigation but tomorrow I guess I'll just drive a bit more and see where it takes me.
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