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CMDR Sheehy

CMDR Sheehy
CMDR's Log - Deeply Uninteresting Expedition - Stardate 220804

Previously

It's been a few days since the last report. Exploration slowed down due to the need to recalibrate flight controls. We are still getting used to the new (and precise) VKB programable and modular stick. We have once again resumed exploration. It seems slower. This morning we visited over twenty systems to find icy-rocky bodies and space dust, plus a small handful of Water Worlds. The last couple of days truly lived up to the name of this expedition.

We did happen across one discovery: a nitrogen loving bacteria - the first we have discovered in the region. Bonus!
Nitrogen Bacteria by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Then you get back to the carrier, and in the grand tradition of testing you start pointing and agree with your crew and you realise they all have names.
On Point by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Ahem... I mean, of course they have names, but you now know whose name to shout when you find them sleeping on the job.
Macey, wake up! by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Here's to discovering something breath-taking next time. o7

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buzzx

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Fizzatron

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These were lit from the ground. Is that bio-luminescence? Or is it the refraction of the setting sun through the ice?
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The different ground textures are really cool!
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This is a bit of a necro but these look like a scene out of 2001 A Space Odyssey's conclusion. Do you have the location information? Interesting to see if they are still like that. I'm assuming that there was no post-processing to enhance these effects?
 

CMDR Sheehy

CMDR Sheehy
CMDRs Log - Deeply Uninteresting Expedition - Stardate 220805

Previously

When Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon he gazed out across the "Magnificent Desolation" around him. Sometimes, when landing on planets, I feel the same thing.
Magnificent Desolation by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

It becomes all the more desolate when you find yourself in sight of something Earth-Like.
Earth-like-rise by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

This earthlike planet lives at the outer edge of the Type-K star's goldilocks zone. The average temperature is around -13C but the pressure is nearly 4 times that of Earth's surface. It's still doable. Submersible explorers often encounter those kinds of pressures when exploring Earth's oceans. You simply have to reduce pressure slowly when you return from the surface, otherwise the nitrogen in the bloodstream starts forming bubbles and then you have what is commonly known as the bends. At 5% oxygen, supplementary oxygen will be needed and the ship's surgeon will be constantly checking for nitrogen narcosis.

So what makes this world attractive? It has a moon not too unsimilar to Earth's. Such companions are known to stabilise the rotation and orientation of its parent world so that the climate does not change wildly. Otherwise a paradise planet one year can turn into a desolate hell the next and then plunge into an ice age the following year. Not this world!
Stable Earthlike by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

And then you stumble across a terraform candidate and you wonder to yourself: Is it really worth it - all that effort to transform a world?
Distant Mountains by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Keep on exploring! o7

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CMDR Sheehy

CMDR Sheehy
CMDRs Log - Deeply Uninteresting Expedition - Stardate220807

Previously

After a week of stumbling across average star systems, you then find yourself spending a few days in a system with abundant life. Two Cardon Dioxide worlds and two Ammonia worlds with 8,7,6 and 5 different species respectively. To make it better, they are two sets of twins.
Twin Ammonia Worlds by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

With such abundance - time for a road trip. First off, the most difficult to find. These cacti are found only in one valley just on the edge of the daylight.
Cacti by CMD Sheehy, on Flickr

These shell-like enclosures shine like metal.
Warm Clypeus by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
Big enough to climb into and perhaps shelter from the night.
Clypeus by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

We moved to another part of the planet to continue in the light. What does abundant life look like?
Garden World by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
The most difficult species to find was this Frutexa, for which we climbed mountains.
Frutexa in the mountains by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
The view was worth it though!
Somewhere out there by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

The next world's road trip was a late afternoon journey with these mountains always in view. Some great canyons around this Mesa!
One Finger by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
The abundance on this world made me feel like I was in a western! Frutexa, Tussock and Cacti in one field!
Familiar desert scene by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
That's not to say that it was an easy journey!
Shouldnt be too difficult by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
At some point, I did wonder about the wisdom of taking the risk to discover every biological on this world!
Not sure if good idea by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
But we made it in one piece. (Pssst. Standing stones mean that you must stand on them, right?)
Standing Stones by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
One last scan!
The final piece by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
And a final look back to where it started!
End of the Journey by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Onwards and (10MCr) upwards! o7

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CMDR Sheehy

CMDR Sheehy
CMDRs Log - Deeply Uninteresting Expedition - Stardate 220809

Previously

Well then! This is the day it all changes! No, I am not tempted to be anywhere near that genocidal manic when he sets off his proteus wave. Instead, I am taking in the peaceful sights of worlds that could, one day, host human life:
Clouds by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
And those that could provide resources.
Reflection by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

And discovering those worlds that have no business being called planets. (And no, I'm not talking about Pluto!)
Not a planet by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
700C in the twin sunlight, and 120C in the shade, this misshapen rock is understandably volcanically active.
900k Rock by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr
And yes, it's possible and painful to step out on the surface!
Slipping Away by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

There was a good reason to visit this binary couple: a terraform candidate circles both stars at just the right distance.
Terraform binary by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Then it's back to Sundari's Testimony to watch the Galnet feed on what it happening in the Bubble. I only just noticed on this approach, but you can see the barest glimpse of sunset on the planet's horizon!
Barest glimpse of sunset by CMDR Sheehy, on Flickr

Whatever happens, stay safe/dangerous out there! o7

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