Project: Mossfoot Sector

mossfoot

mossfoot
Rather than just travel from system to system at max range, missing everything in between, I decided to choose a 100LY square and scan every system in it. Claim it as my own ;)

I had to abort my first attempt because I came across a couple of stars other people passed through first. But after moving on for a bit I ended up in a system that made me go "Nope. This is the spot. I don't care if anyone has passed through".

The reason being the system I just discovered is one I could easily spend ages exploring.

Here's the basics:

Binary system (L and M class, so orange and dark red suns) - close enough it might count as a contact binary.
Earth-Like planet only 150ls from the pair (Earth is 500LS from the sun roughly).
The ELW has a moon (Horizons ho!) but it's on an unusual orbit - at a right angle to the rest of the orbital plane.
Terraformable Water World nearby
High Metallic terraformables nearby

There is a third star in the system only 1300ls away (class M) so technically it's a trinary system
Another terraformable Water World
More high metalic terraformables.

In total there are 5 terraformable worlds (3 high metallic, 2 WW) plus the one ELW.

orbiting around the 3 stars are 2 gas giants with their own moons.

So basically I'm not just setting down a flag here for future exploration, but mapping out the 100LY square it's inside of. Who knows what else there might be?

Once I finish the initial scan I'll reveal the location of Mossfoot Quadrent, and use this thread for exploration updates ;)
 

Cdr Voorheez

Cdr Voorheez
I like the idea of this a lot.
I also like the idea of adopting your idea Cdr and making a Voorheez sector too.
Repped and respect, this is a cool idea:)
 

mossfoot

mossfoot
Cdr Voorheez said:
I like the idea of this a lot.
I also like the idea of adopting your idea Cdr and making a Voorheez sector too.
Repped and respect, this is a cool idea:)
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Just be sure to go a couple thousand LY away in any direction that does NOT have a nebula in its direction first. Best odds to end up somewhere nobody else has passed through.
 

mossfoot

mossfoot
Allitnil said:
Hope you find lots of good systems!

But if you're after your own sector then you've got to be the first to scan every body in a whole sector... :D
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Nicely done :)

That's the goal/hope. But I am not so... er... "committed" as to give up if it turns out a couple of stars had people pass through and give up on this. I could always look for another sector later on if I wanted that. If I get 99% of the systems I'll still consider it mine ;)

As for every body... we'll see. (ghah... all those moons... potential dwarf stars 500Kls from the main star with nothing but ice balls... even I have my limits ;)

But it also gives me reasons to come back again (especially in Horizons with a buggy)
 

mossfoot

mossfoot
Question: what would be a convenient way to list what a grid covers?

For example X: 1000-1100 Y:300-400 Z:600-700 (of course this won't work cleanly with negative numbers)
 

RMORTI

RMORTI
I really like your idea and I've been doing the same thing, exploring the SYNUEFE sector around ADITI and FEHU which are the two southern most inhabited systems that I'm aware of. It's a very well explored area of space but there are still systems left to discover. I've managed to visit about 1,200 systems so far and I am pretty sure that there are some other CMDRs also actively working this sector (rather than just passing through). Even so, I have made quite a few first discoveries; although nothing fantastic (rough guess 1,000ish).

What is disappointing to me is the lack of expansion into these sectors. I'm not expecting to see a new station or outpost popping up everyday, but a few new stations or outposts would be nice to see appearing down here especially as the bubble of explored space expands. It is expanding and at an incredible pace. Traveling south of FEHU, I can go almost 300LY now before finding virgin systems. The number of pristine gas giant metal rings, water worlds, etc is simply staggering.

I'd just like to see a bit more growth down here, something that would actually allow a bit of trade to flourish for those days when I'm looking for a bit of a diversion from exploring. Maybe FD doesn't want to add more stations down here for fear it would drag players away from PP? I just don't know. Seeing a huge area of explored space just sit here empty is rather disheartening to be honest.
 

mossfoot

mossfoot
Got the "bottom" of sector MF-1 mapped out. I hope. Estimate 10% project completion.

Focus for now is to have all stars and non ice planets/moons scanned. Partly for time partly for Horizons release.

No previous explorers found yet.

Sector has at least one "real" star in it (one of the HIPs). Can't wait to check it out.

More waterworlds and terraformables found, but no further earth likes.
 
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mossfoot

mossfoot
Project: Mossfoot Sector is a bust.

MF-1 turned out to have been passed through by a number of explorers. Now, granted it's only a tiny percentage of all the stars in MF-1, but my aim was a "clean" slate. However, most of the passers by were in the top half of the sector, leading me to believe that the sector below might be more promising. And since there is that Earth-Like system I most assuredly want to return to, I may use MF-1 as a launching point for the next expedition below it, or to the sides. I can keep on going until I get it right ;)

MF-1 was not very rich in findings. A couple of named systems (ie HIP or HD cataloged names) one of which was unexplored (but empty, so...). A number of terraformed worlds, some water worlds, a couple of ammonia worlds, but only the one Earth Like. Shame.

Once I head back I'll post some pics :)

Fingers crossed I'll make Elite.
 
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mossfoot

mossfoot
Well, Sector MF-1 has had at least one more pleasant surprise, another undiscovered Earth Like.

While MF-1 is overall a dud, I might as well establish some personal research shorthand that I can use on future projects. Since all systems are named (but dang if their naming convention is hard to use) I'll have a similar (but easier to understand) shorthand.

Sector: (MF1)
System of Note (SON#)
Star (A, B, C, etc..)
Planet (1, 2, 3)
Moon (a, b, c)

So, MF1-SON2 is a distant binary system. The age of the system is comparable to MF1-SON1, at around one billion years. The planets around MF1-SON2-A are your typical mix of high-metal content worlds, with some terraformable possibilities.

MF1-SON2-B, however, possessed what I at first thought was just another water world (I've found a few in MF1). MF1-SON2-B6 is .8 Earth mass with a radius of 5700km, an atmospheric pressure of 3.44 and a surface temperature of 267K, making it decidedly uncomfortable for habitation. 267K is below freezing, and while I'm not a scientist, I believe the high atmospheric pressure is primarily what keeps this ELW from freezing over. With only 4.8% oxygen content in the air (primarily nitrogen) MF1-SON2-B6 will not be truly suitable for habitation without some terraforming practices put in place.

Contrast this with MF1-SON1-AB4, which boasts a near 0.5 earth mass, atmospheric pressure close to 1.0, oxygen content of over 23%, and a surface temperature of 282 (which is still cold, mind you!).

MF1-SON2-B6 is also interesting in that it is far more water-based than most ELWs I've come across. This picture represents the largest land mass visible, with much of the rest of the planet oceans with scattered islands.

Synuefue SF-C d14-71 Aug_15_2015_20_15_30.jpg

The relatively young age of these two systems (roughly a billion years) is unfortunate since it's considered by xenobiologists as insufficient time for intelligent life to develop. In fact if our own Earth is anything to compare it to, MF1-SON2-B6 is probably at the start of its Great Oxygenation Event, and it will take a lot more time for complex life beyond cynobacteria to develop.

Looking back at MF1-SON1-AB4, however, I'm struck at that high oxygen content, even greater than Earth's. Again, using Earth as a baseline, I'm not even sure such a high level should be possible this early on. The low temperature may be an indication that this world is on the brink of its own glaciation period, such as the Huronian glaciation that came after Earth's Great Oxygenation Event. But it is still at least a billion or two years too soon for that.

Yes, I'm looking all this up on Galikipedia. I'm a pilot, dammit, not a scientist!

Then again, we're used to assuming Earth is the "galactic average" so who knows how things work in the rest of the galaxy...

Another possibility is panspermia - perhaps this world was given some kind of a head start on evolution, or was even terraformed and abandoned millions of years ago. My sensors can't pick up anything to support this, however. It will be interesting to return some day and examine both in detail, however, along with any other ELWs found in Sector MF1 or future expedition sectors.

That's it for now. My sweep of MF1 is reaching an end. With luck I'll find one last ELW before I go.
 
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mossfoot

mossfoot
Well, I think it's time to head home... I keep on wanting to zig zag through uncharted parts of MF-1 but the amount of crap sundaes and otherwise uninteresting systems is starting to wear me down. I had hoped to find a third Earth Like first, but I don't think that's going to happen.

So, some selfies before I head back

Synuefue SF-C d14-71 Aug_15_2015_20_15_30.jpgSynuefue VL-K b55-0 Aug_18_2015_22_59_32.jpg
 

mossfoot

mossfoot
Failed to find that third ELW I was hoping for before heading back, but I did come across one on the way home (halfway there now).

What was weird was that it was the first planet in the system (a binary) and every other planet around either sun was an Icy Planet.

Weird!
 
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