Its been a while since i've been in a proper exploration trip and I want to do something a bit different this time.
The expedition will have two main features:
1) Flying ships that are not ideal for exploration. The sillier the ship/build the better. Now, any explorer worth their salt will tell you that you can explore in anything, and they are right. But here we will deliberately do it. I'll go into more details later about qualifying ships/builds.
2) Going to a relatively boring area of space, probably no more than 10k LY from Sol (after all, travel might be tricky for some) and spending a few weeks out there doing a deep scan of the region in the hopes of finding something interesting.
Details
When?
Saturday 11th, 6pm GMT - If you can't make it, don't worry.
Start location.
Gooch Terminal in Aiabiko.
Its where i start the game, and not been back in ages, its a good excuse
Destination Location
Destination selected. Will be announced the day of the launch.
Mode
Fleetcomm PG by default, although people are welcome to travel in whatever mode they desire.
Schedule
11th Feb - 17th Feb - Travel to destination
18th Feb - 24th Feb - Free exploration week. Scouting for Events (see spreadsheet for more details) - report in this thread or on Discord any finds.
25th Feb - 3rd March - Event Week
After that, people free to journey back, continue exploring, or whatever.
Ships
Channel for chat about this on the fleetcomms discord: Discord invite: https://discordapp.com/invite/0hKG2qb9ODixa7Iz
Sign up sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fG-zOvIuj4bteDhASz8KJkvCoqBOU9d0o577ITRvvto/edit?usp=sharing
The expedition will have two main features:
1) Flying ships that are not ideal for exploration. The sillier the ship/build the better. Now, any explorer worth their salt will tell you that you can explore in anything, and they are right. But here we will deliberately do it. I'll go into more details later about qualifying ships/builds.
2) Going to a relatively boring area of space, probably no more than 10k LY from Sol (after all, travel might be tricky for some) and spending a few weeks out there doing a deep scan of the region in the hopes of finding something interesting.
Details
When?
Saturday 11th, 6pm GMT - If you can't make it, don't worry.
Start location.
Gooch Terminal in Aiabiko.
Its where i start the game, and not been back in ages, its a good excuse
Destination Location
Destination selected. Will be announced the day of the launch.
Mode
Fleetcomm PG by default, although people are welcome to travel in whatever mode they desire.
Schedule
11th Feb - 17th Feb - Travel to destination
18th Feb - 24th Feb - Free exploration week. Scouting for Events (see spreadsheet for more details) - report in this thread or on Discord any finds.
25th Feb - 3rd March - Event Week
After that, people free to journey back, continue exploring, or whatever.
Ships
Ah, now the fun part. I'll make a preliminary list and people are free to comment. Of course, I can't stop people joining the expedition in whatever ships they choose to take, but to be an official participant, you must be flying a ship that corresponds to whatever is finalized over the coming weeks.
100% acceptable ships - maybe because lacking in internals, or have a poor jump range, not usually chosen by explorers (apart from crazy people, like us!)
Diamondback Scout
Eagle
Federal Dropship
Federal Gunship
Fer-de-Lance
Hauler
Orca
Type-7 Transporter
Type-9 Heavy
Imperial Eagle
Sidewinder
Viper
Vulture
Adder
Cobra Mk IV
Asp Scout
Federal Assault Ship
Keelback
Federal Corvette
100% not acceptable ships - Explorer favourites, usually because no real sacrifices need to be made or just decent for exploration in general.
Anaconda
Asp Explorer
Beluga Liner
Cobra Mk III
Diamondback Explorer
Imperial Clipper
Imperial Courier
Type-6 Transporter
Imperial Cutter
Python
Viper Mk IV
Only ships that make the accepted list will be accepted at the end. If you would like to make a case for a ship to be added to or removed from the list, please do so.
100% acceptable ships - maybe because lacking in internals, or have a poor jump range, not usually chosen by explorers (apart from crazy people, like us!)
Diamondback Scout
Eagle
Federal Dropship
Federal Gunship
Fer-de-Lance
Hauler
Orca
Type-7 Transporter
Type-9 Heavy
Imperial Eagle
Sidewinder
Viper
Vulture
Adder
Cobra Mk IV
Asp Scout
Federal Assault Ship
Keelback
Federal Corvette
100% not acceptable ships - Explorer favourites, usually because no real sacrifices need to be made or just decent for exploration in general.
Anaconda
Asp Explorer
Beluga Liner
Cobra Mk III
Diamondback Explorer
Imperial Clipper
Imperial Courier
Type-6 Transporter
Imperial Cutter
Python
Viper Mk IV
Only ships that make the accepted list will be accepted at the end. If you would like to make a case for a ship to be added to or removed from the list, please do so.
Channel for chat about this on the fleetcomms discord: Discord invite: https://discordapp.com/invite/0hKG2qb9ODixa7Iz
Sign up sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fG-zOvIuj4bteDhASz8KJkvCoqBOU9d0o577ITRvvto/edit?usp=sharing
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