There are couple of places I want to visit in the galaxy, but they are so remote I decided to visit closer targets first, saving money for class A FSD and other stuff as I go.
I've taken a look at the galaxy map and decided Coalsack Nebula is close enough to have some fun exploring, without traveling for week or two.
I've set off then, aiming for this dark lady in the sky:
She begun to grow up as I approached her, getting bigger and bigger (no pun intended
):
Eventually, the nebula started swallowing galaxy's disc, rendering black void occasionally dotted with local stars instead. The dark part of this image is the nebula's coal-dark dust blocking practically all external light.
One of planets on nebula's verge:
Again, the black parts are actually nebula blocking rest of the galaxy's light from getting in.
All the light-blocking dust properties create very interesting environment in which majority of galaxy's light is negated, rendering local stars main source of local landscape. It also makes pilot feel a little unnerving to see all the familiar disc lights and dusts suddenly gone...
All in all, it was a very nice, three days journey showing corner of our galaxy a little bit different than others. Despite it being right behind the corner of manned space (barely 600 Ly from Sol, more or less), it allows to feel like in the farthest galactic rims thanks to light-blocking dust properties.
Also, on my way I've stumbled upon this little system that initially seemed like a good money source.
Below map shows HIP 59112's relative position to 78 Ursae Majoris (my location), Sol and Coalsack Nebula.
But boy, was I surprised when it came to pay out
All thanks to 7 metal-rich planets, accompanied by 6 water planets.
This is my biggest single-system income so far. I wonder what is still hidden out there, among 400 billion other star systems
Anyways, I've got close to 800k Cr profit from this little journey so I got a bit closer to fully equipping Cobra for future voyages, one of which included pulsar as far as 8000 Ly from Sol. Yes, I'm sure there are closer pulsars, but this one's unique as it's not just a pulsar in a middle of nowhere. Stay tuned for future journeys
I've taken a look at the galaxy map and decided Coalsack Nebula is close enough to have some fun exploring, without traveling for week or two.
I've set off then, aiming for this dark lady in the sky:
She begun to grow up as I approached her, getting bigger and bigger (no pun intended
):
Eventually, the nebula started swallowing galaxy's disc, rendering black void occasionally dotted with local stars instead. The dark part of this image is the nebula's coal-dark dust blocking practically all external light.
One of planets on nebula's verge:
Again, the black parts are actually nebula blocking rest of the galaxy's light from getting in.
All the light-blocking dust properties create very interesting environment in which majority of galaxy's light is negated, rendering local stars main source of local landscape. It also makes pilot feel a little unnerving to see all the familiar disc lights and dusts suddenly gone...
All in all, it was a very nice, three days journey showing corner of our galaxy a little bit different than others. Despite it being right behind the corner of manned space (barely 600 Ly from Sol, more or less), it allows to feel like in the farthest galactic rims thanks to light-blocking dust properties.
Also, on my way I've stumbled upon this little system that initially seemed like a good money source.
Below map shows HIP 59112's relative position to 78 Ursae Majoris (my location), Sol and Coalsack Nebula.
But boy, was I surprised when it came to pay out
All thanks to 7 metal-rich planets, accompanied by 6 water planets.
This is my biggest single-system income so far. I wonder what is still hidden out there, among 400 billion other star systems
Anyways, I've got close to 800k Cr profit from this little journey so I got a bit closer to fully equipping Cobra for future voyages, one of which included pulsar as far as 8000 Ly from Sol. Yes, I'm sure there are closer pulsars, but this one's unique as it's not just a pulsar in a middle of nowhere. Stay tuned for future journeys
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