Day Eight hundred and thirty-one:
Waypoint №26 - 11,384.33 - 112,283.35 - Thueche [Tycho] Brahe Nebula, Thueche LS-A d1-54
Needing to really put speed on now to stay ahead of the Pegasus Run. Found my first unexplored neutron star since the Outer Arm at Byoo Chraea FW-W d1-11. Left the handful of solid bodies orbiting the primary for someone else to tag.
Refilled the AFMU for the ninth time at Class Y Brown Dwarf Grea Blai TC-K a8-2, with the FSD malfunctioning after the last neutron jump.
No trace of the black and green Shadow Geysers at Eufarb UT-Z d13-37 1ca 3.67°N 134.39°E. But the site is an impressive lava channel carved right through a rough crater with a central peak, and the parent moon Eufarb UT-Z d13-37 1c is an imposing sight in the sky. The nearest Geological site is a field of Silicate Vapour Fumaroles in a smaller crater 105km away. I expect the Pegasus Run should base themselves here; it's as good a landing site as any that might be found elsewhere. Rather than scour the system for another base camp for the Pegasus Run, I simply mapped all of the planets in the system before pressing on.
(Above the site of the now extinct Shadow Geysers)
(Descending into the lava channel, Eufarb UT-Z d13-37 1c rising in the south)
Soon discovered another virgin neutron system at Bleou Chria YP-G d10-26. Left the three planets unexplored. Most of the neutron stars have been visited before in this region it seems, but not all. Discovered another at Thuechoo SF-L d9-34, the only body in the system.
Soon afterwards sustained another Emergency Stop at Thuechoo OZ-T a71-0 another Type M Red star. For some reason some of these types catch me out on rare occasions whilst scooping them for fuel. Power Plant is now down to 93%, whilst Hull Integrity and AFMU remain at 94% and 93% respectively.
The neutron system at Blooe Bloae XK-V d3-37 was unexplored apart from the primary star, discovered by Commander Pulunen. I scanned the first and third planets and their moons, 1 being a Water World with carbon-water based life, 1A being a terraforming candidate, and 3 being an Ammonia World with carbon-ammonia based life.
The neutron quinary system Bloo Bloae UY-Y d1-12 had been entirely discovered, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to map the only planet in the system, the Metal Rich World Bloo Bloae UY-Y d1-12 1.
(EV Enterprise after surveying Metal Rich World Bloo Bloae UY-Y d1-12 1, the primary neutron star, the Theuche Brahe Nebula, and the Magellanic Clouds in the background)
Was surprised when the Thueche AA-A h16 Nebula began looming large in the sky at 215.45ly distant; I had assumed this was a small planetary nebula, not a star-forming region, such as I didn't think were to be found this far out from the Galactic Centre.
(Approaching the Thueche AA-A h16 Nebula from 215.45ly distant)
(Approaching the Thueche AA-A h16 Nebula from 52.03ly distant)
Once at the Waypoint, a Type A Blue-White star illuminating one side of the nebula, I found that everywhere had been scanned and mapped, but for two small Metal Rich Worlds that were still showing as 'Validating'. I mapped these for myself, although it is doubtful I will return the data to a starport before whosever mapped them before me does.
(EV Enterprise after surveying Metal Rich World Thueche LS-A d1-54 B2)
Spent some time exploring the nebula looking for a star, planet or moon to discovery tag, just to demonstrate that I had visited this nebula, but unfortunately two Commanders didn't understand that in landmark systems you only scan one body so that other visitors can leave their record too. Instead they had gone out of their way to scan absolutely everything in the nebula so that nobody else at all could leave a discovery tag for future travellers, and thereby create a comprehensive record of all the pioneering visitors to the nebula.
Commander Skit, whom I had not encountered before, in a magnificent contribution to exploration, had scanned most of the bodies in the nebula. He practically owns this nebula, and always will now. Any systems missed by Commander Skit had been scanned by another commander, a famous commander whose discovery tags I have encountered before in other nebulae all around the Galaxy, admitting no other explorer to tag anything at all in those nebulae. This second commander was none other than... the heroically-named, one and only, Commander
Star Falcon!! Galaxy-wide, this inspirational space explorer's contribution to humanity's knowledge of nebulae can never be equalled. He's like... a real space hero... or something. He saved the Galaxy. He saved every one of us. He saved us all. The community should hold a collection to buy him a pair of silver falcon wings to wear on his back. Made out of breakfast cereal packets and bacofoil. And that's Commander Star Falcon.
And so on to the next Waypoint, into hell as it happens, in the form of the singularity known as Dante's Inferno.
Waypoint №26 - 11,384.33 - 112,283.35 - Thueche [Tycho] Brahe Nebula, Thueche LS-A d1-54
Needing to really put speed on now to stay ahead of the Pegasus Run. Found my first unexplored neutron star since the Outer Arm at Byoo Chraea FW-W d1-11. Left the handful of solid bodies orbiting the primary for someone else to tag.
Refilled the AFMU for the ninth time at Class Y Brown Dwarf Grea Blai TC-K a8-2, with the FSD malfunctioning after the last neutron jump.
No trace of the black and green Shadow Geysers at Eufarb UT-Z d13-37 1ca 3.67°N 134.39°E. But the site is an impressive lava channel carved right through a rough crater with a central peak, and the parent moon Eufarb UT-Z d13-37 1c is an imposing sight in the sky. The nearest Geological site is a field of Silicate Vapour Fumaroles in a smaller crater 105km away. I expect the Pegasus Run should base themselves here; it's as good a landing site as any that might be found elsewhere. Rather than scour the system for another base camp for the Pegasus Run, I simply mapped all of the planets in the system before pressing on.
(Above the site of the now extinct Shadow Geysers)
(Descending into the lava channel, Eufarb UT-Z d13-37 1c rising in the south)
Soon discovered another virgin neutron system at Bleou Chria YP-G d10-26. Left the three planets unexplored. Most of the neutron stars have been visited before in this region it seems, but not all. Discovered another at Thuechoo SF-L d9-34, the only body in the system.
Soon afterwards sustained another Emergency Stop at Thuechoo OZ-T a71-0 another Type M Red star. For some reason some of these types catch me out on rare occasions whilst scooping them for fuel. Power Plant is now down to 93%, whilst Hull Integrity and AFMU remain at 94% and 93% respectively.
The neutron system at Blooe Bloae XK-V d3-37 was unexplored apart from the primary star, discovered by Commander Pulunen. I scanned the first and third planets and their moons, 1 being a Water World with carbon-water based life, 1A being a terraforming candidate, and 3 being an Ammonia World with carbon-ammonia based life.
The neutron quinary system Bloo Bloae UY-Y d1-12 had been entirely discovered, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to map the only planet in the system, the Metal Rich World Bloo Bloae UY-Y d1-12 1.
(EV Enterprise after surveying Metal Rich World Bloo Bloae UY-Y d1-12 1, the primary neutron star, the Theuche Brahe Nebula, and the Magellanic Clouds in the background)
Was surprised when the Thueche AA-A h16 Nebula began looming large in the sky at 215.45ly distant; I had assumed this was a small planetary nebula, not a star-forming region, such as I didn't think were to be found this far out from the Galactic Centre.
(Approaching the Thueche AA-A h16 Nebula from 215.45ly distant)
(Approaching the Thueche AA-A h16 Nebula from 52.03ly distant)
Once at the Waypoint, a Type A Blue-White star illuminating one side of the nebula, I found that everywhere had been scanned and mapped, but for two small Metal Rich Worlds that were still showing as 'Validating'. I mapped these for myself, although it is doubtful I will return the data to a starport before whosever mapped them before me does.
(EV Enterprise after surveying Metal Rich World Thueche LS-A d1-54 B2)
Spent some time exploring the nebula looking for a star, planet or moon to discovery tag, just to demonstrate that I had visited this nebula, but unfortunately two Commanders didn't understand that in landmark systems you only scan one body so that other visitors can leave their record too. Instead they had gone out of their way to scan absolutely everything in the nebula so that nobody else at all could leave a discovery tag for future travellers, and thereby create a comprehensive record of all the pioneering visitors to the nebula.
Commander Skit, whom I had not encountered before, in a magnificent contribution to exploration, had scanned most of the bodies in the nebula. He practically owns this nebula, and always will now. Any systems missed by Commander Skit had been scanned by another commander, a famous commander whose discovery tags I have encountered before in other nebulae all around the Galaxy, admitting no other explorer to tag anything at all in those nebulae. This second commander was none other than... the heroically-named, one and only, Commander
Star Falcon!! Galaxy-wide, this inspirational space explorer's contribution to humanity's knowledge of nebulae can never be equalled. He's like... a real space hero... or something. He saved the Galaxy. He saved every one of us. He saved us all. The community should hold a collection to buy him a pair of silver falcon wings to wear on his back. Made out of breakfast cereal packets and bacofoil. And that's Commander Star Falcon.And so on to the next Waypoint, into hell as it happens, in the form of the singularity known as Dante's Inferno.
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I admire your dedication.
