The Tiny Buzzing Of An Orange Commander (image heavy, slight spoilery)
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Thank you BaldEagle.
I'm creeping ever closer to the core now but today was pretty slow. Less travel and more picture taking. Sorry; no over arching narrative this time, just images (of my ship, a few planets, inside a black hole and a picture of the galaxy coming back to focus when leaving a black hole).
I'm creeping ever closer to the core now but today was pretty slow. Less travel and more picture taking. Sorry; no over arching narrative this time, just images (of my ship, a few planets, inside a black hole and a picture of the galaxy coming back to focus when leaving a black hole).
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So right after that last post I did come across some interesting things. Starting off in the system I was in...
I found A nice little water world and my first Herbig Ae/Be star, which was spinning pretty fast. But as I flew around I noticed something in the distance...
Another undoubtedly gorgeous one-star Nebula. Well, a black hole nebula really. So I fured up the FSD and went to have a look.
I cannot begin to explain how fantastic that blue and violet mix was. It looked tremendous.
As for the systems inhabitants, I saw a gas giant that wasn't receiving any light at all, a giant black maw floating in the cosmos.
And the beautiful disk of stars spiraling the Nebula's black hole.
So yes, all around a pretty fantastic day after all.
CMDR McJohnstable out.
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Awesome pictures commander!
Orange commanders to rule it all!
Orange commanders to rule it all!
Thanks!
Not much to report lately. I'm about 2000 ly from Sagittarius A. I'm glad I've seen the things I've come across over the last few weeks of travelling, but I'm forcing myself not to rush this last stretch (of the first half). I'm tempted to rush it to get back in time to get an SRV as soon as it's available you see, but there's really no reason to hurry it along.
I did come across a small planet with a sizable, yet thin asteroid ring. It was also very close to its sun which provided some really nice imagery. I like how the light really hit those asteroids, it was more striking than any I'd come across before. I also encountered two suns extremely close to each other.
The sky around me is getting brighter and brighter as I get closer to the Milky Way's center. Not long at all now.
CMDR McJohnstable, out.
Not much to report lately. I'm about 2000 ly from Sagittarius A. I'm glad I've seen the things I've come across over the last few weeks of travelling, but I'm forcing myself not to rush this last stretch (of the first half). I'm tempted to rush it to get back in time to get an SRV as soon as it's available you see, but there's really no reason to hurry it along.
I did come across a small planet with a sizable, yet thin asteroid ring. It was also very close to its sun which provided some really nice imagery. I like how the light really hit those asteroids, it was more striking than any I'd come across before. I also encountered two suns extremely close to each other.
The sky around me is getting brighter and brighter as I get closer to the Milky Way's center. Not long at all now.
CMDR McJohnstable, out.
I can read a lot of the kind of wonderment and excitement I felt when I was out there exploring in your posts and pictures. Brings a smile to my face.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Ziggy.
This session was the best. I started off with a nice discovery of a bright blue pearl which felt fantastic stamped against the mahogany backdrop. Gotta say, my little orange ship contrasted with it kinda nicely.
I wanted to hang around but couldn't. Because I was finally... FINALLY within reach of my destination. Sagittarius A.
And what better way to celebrate than to recklessly take a screengrab upon entry of the final jump?
And then I made it. Stopping 64 LY away from the most fantastic, the most monstrous, and glorious and most terrifying entity in the entire galaxy. I shuddered and marveled at how mind-shatteringly huge it must be. Dozens of dots who's size spans an unimaginable distance up close, were like ants when compared to Sagittarius A's abyss.
The tiny dots flitted and wrapped the Supermassive Black Hole as I hesitantly slid around its perimeter, until I heard a beeping sound... My ship heat was at 82% and I did not realize how closely I had slipped into Sag A as I was admiring it. I panicked. I throttled up and tried to dart away, watching my heat signature with my heart in my throat as it kept rising.
86%...
89%...
93%...
96%......
97%..........
98%.......................
And then it halted. And slowly began to sink down back to normality, as did the formation of stars around me. It was strange, I hadn't even noticed that everything around me was distorted, meaning I was either within or beyond the cusp of the supermassive black hole's effect upon entry. I shuddered at the thought of how close that meant I must have been, and decided to divert my attention instead to Source 2, a star that felt much, MUCH safer.
It was pleasant, it's blue glow was soothing, and it even replenished some of my fuel, it felt sort of like a small gift to be completely honest.
And Now I'm set to come back home. I'm looking forward to the new SRV which should be available once I dock. Gosh, docking a ship... I'd almost forgotten how to do that.
CMDR McJohnstable, signing off for now.
This session was the best. I started off with a nice discovery of a bright blue pearl which felt fantastic stamped against the mahogany backdrop. Gotta say, my little orange ship contrasted with it kinda nicely.
I wanted to hang around but couldn't. Because I was finally... FINALLY within reach of my destination. Sagittarius A.
And what better way to celebrate than to recklessly take a screengrab upon entry of the final jump?
And then I made it. Stopping 64 LY away from the most fantastic, the most monstrous, and glorious and most terrifying entity in the entire galaxy. I shuddered and marveled at how mind-shatteringly huge it must be. Dozens of dots who's size spans an unimaginable distance up close, were like ants when compared to Sagittarius A's abyss.
The tiny dots flitted and wrapped the Supermassive Black Hole as I hesitantly slid around its perimeter, until I heard a beeping sound... My ship heat was at 82% and I did not realize how closely I had slipped into Sag A as I was admiring it. I panicked. I throttled up and tried to dart away, watching my heat signature with my heart in my throat as it kept rising.
86%...
89%...
93%...
96%......
97%..........
98%.......................
And then it halted. And slowly began to sink down back to normality, as did the formation of stars around me. It was strange, I hadn't even noticed that everything around me was distorted, meaning I was either within or beyond the cusp of the supermassive black hole's effect upon entry. I shuddered at the thought of how close that meant I must have been, and decided to divert my attention instead to Source 2, a star that felt much, MUCH safer.
It was pleasant, it's blue glow was soothing, and it even replenished some of my fuel, it felt sort of like a small gift to be completely honest.
And Now I'm set to come back home. I'm looking forward to the new SRV which should be available once I dock. Gosh, docking a ship... I'd almost forgotten how to do that.
CMDR McJohnstable, signing off for now.
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You made it thets great! I'll Spot you a cup of space tea when we are both back safe and sound.
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Yep! Sorry I couldn't meet you there dude (I also think time zones started to become a bit of an issue), but we'll get it arranged sometime!
CMDR McJohnstable reporting in.
Sagittarius A was amazing. And after spending time around the galactic core I did think that the homesick feeling growing in my stomach was emerging at an appropriate time. So I began to make my way back home.
On the way back, I saw some remarkable things, no less remarkable even when compared to the fantastic wonders of the galaxy I'd seen previously. Of course, I took pictures.
Among these sights was a pseudo-triple star system (Really one binary system with I guess a rude third wheel wanting to butt in)... and I saw a gas giant / star with the largest asteroid ring that I've seen to date.
My growing eagerness to get home didn't stop me from taking a break amongst some asteroid fields along the way. I always find them incredibly peaceful.
But sooner than I'd thought, I found myself sitting on the doorstep of Ito Orbital, it was surprising how much faster the trip home felt.
But the warm fuzzy feeling of returning home quickly faded as I remembered what was next. I mean... I'd encountered neutron stars for the first time, the largest black hole in the galaxy nearly set my ship ablaze, and I'd taken damage against an asteroid with the knowledge that no help was around for the next 20,000~ Lightyears... and none of these compared to the terror I had to face next...
The blue slot of horror. An Explorer's worst nightmare fuel. I ever so slowly crept my way toward it. Then stopped. Then quickly requested permission to dock (*facepalm*). Then proceeded. The warped hum of the gateway scanners were a distantly familiar "welcome home".
The worst part was over, and so I... Oh.. wait...
Ok. NOW The worst part was over, and I just had to keep it steady and plant my landing pads down on the floor for what felt like the first time in centuries.
I did it, finally I was back. And not only that, but after selling all of my exploration data I had a nice amount of pocket change for the whole fantastic experience. About 30,000,000 CR... Well, it was enough to fix up my ships paint job at least. Oh, and I was promoted to Ranger, which was also nice.
Well, I had a feeling I'd get the itch to go out exploring again sometime soon (I heard there's a legendary group of pilots who have made it to the other side of the galaxy... Their beards are long and made of gold, and their ships are powered by pure testosterone, maybe I'll meet them one day), but for now I'm staying in civilized space and going to try out something new for a while until my SRV is ready. So in the meantime I buzzed about Ito Orbital in my new, boxy, humble little transporter.
Trader McJohnstable, out.
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Lots of awesome images Cmdr...no such thing as image spamming!
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Thanks! Haha, though i just read the forum announcement introducing the image cap. Whoops! Maybe I'll cut back and upload on another site. Anyway, glad to be back
So I have horizons. And set out to land on some planets! First few are just me having fun and being blown away by how great the Ice world surfaces look...
But wow, I managed to make it back to a moon I saw pre-Horizons whic was clipping inside an asteroid ring.. and landed on it. It was phenomenal. these screenshots here don't begin to show just how jaw dropping the wall of asteroids was... because they were moving into the planet at an incredibly fast rate, so the wall of asteroids was spinning / raining down to the surface. it was pretty fantastic! I'd recommend everyone go there and experience it for yourself... The system is PRU EUQ PG-Y C17, and it was planet 2 B.
CMDR McJohnstable, back out in the black!
But wow, I managed to make it back to a moon I saw pre-Horizons whic was clipping inside an asteroid ring.. and landed on it. It was phenomenal. these screenshots here don't begin to show just how jaw dropping the wall of asteroids was... because they were moving into the planet at an incredibly fast rate, so the wall of asteroids was spinning / raining down to the surface. it was pretty fantastic! I'd recommend everyone go there and experience it for yourself... The system is PRU EUQ PG-Y C17, and it was planet 2 B.
CMDR McJohnstable, back out in the black!
Thank you dognosh.
Well. After last nights session I flew away with my tail between my legs, overly nervous as to what would happen to my ship should I go crashing into a raining asteroid field (sounds like a terrible idea now that I say it out loud).
But that didn't stop me going back this time to do just that...
It turns out it's actually incredibly safe! The asteroids magically disappear when you go near them... So I could stand right underneath it with a giant invisible umbrella. My favorite thing is that the ice-fog from the asteroid field still smoothly blurred the sunlight, and you could see fragments of ice from the asteroids floating around my ship. it was really really fantastic.
I also shot some videos (sorry about the quality and flailing camera), so you can understand just how fast the moon was carving through the asteroid field.
[video=youtube;9S8a62a31vE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S8a62a31vE&feature=youtu.be[/video]
CMDR, McJohnstable, still un-obliterated.
Well. After last nights session I flew away with my tail between my legs, overly nervous as to what would happen to my ship should I go crashing into a raining asteroid field (sounds like a terrible idea now that I say it out loud).
But that didn't stop me going back this time to do just that...
It turns out it's actually incredibly safe! The asteroids magically disappear when you go near them... So I could stand right underneath it with a giant invisible umbrella. My favorite thing is that the ice-fog from the asteroid field still smoothly blurred the sunlight, and you could see fragments of ice from the asteroids floating around my ship. it was really really fantastic.
I also shot some videos (sorry about the quality and flailing camera), so you can understand just how fast the moon was carving through the asteroid field.
[video=youtube;9S8a62a31vE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S8a62a31vE&feature=youtu.be[/video]
CMDR, McJohnstable, still un-obliterated.
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It's been a while. I've been relaxing in the bubble after a long trip away. Glad to be back. I've decided I want to venture past the Core this time, and end up on the other side of the disc. But I want to get there by going over the top of the galaxy as high as I can possibly go. So I kitted out my vessel with what I needed and let her out of the hangar...
It was good to unveil my ASP Explorer once again.
As of the moment I'm just making a beeline upward from the bubble, but I'm taking the scenic route. I estimate around 137 jumps before I hit a high enough ceiling for a good view of the Milky Way down below. In the meantime I'm appreciating my ASP's new lick of gold paint, and taking time to hunker down on some of the planets I encounter along the way.
While taking time away from exploring, I found a little Polaroid camera that I'm taking with me for shoot-from-the-hip pilot-seat shots and Extravehicular Activity tidbits. Surprised I found one that works. Here's one I recklessly took while plummeting down to a location called Poisson's Claim.
And some other records from here and there, including an overhead shot of my SRV, after coming to a standstill when spotting a crash site of sorts, also depicted in small within the image.
Anyway, not much else to say yet. I'm still reacquainting myself with my ship, and taking snapshots as I head Up.
- This is CMDR McJohnstable, still using redundant terms like "Up" when describing the cosmos.
It was good to unveil my ASP Explorer once again.
As of the moment I'm just making a beeline upward from the bubble, but I'm taking the scenic route. I estimate around 137 jumps before I hit a high enough ceiling for a good view of the Milky Way down below. In the meantime I'm appreciating my ASP's new lick of gold paint, and taking time to hunker down on some of the planets I encounter along the way.
While taking time away from exploring, I found a little Polaroid camera that I'm taking with me for shoot-from-the-hip pilot-seat shots and Extravehicular Activity tidbits. Surprised I found one that works. Here's one I recklessly took while plummeting down to a location called Poisson's Claim.
And some other records from here and there, including an overhead shot of my SRV, after coming to a standstill when spotting a crash site of sorts, also depicted in small within the image.
Anyway, not much else to say yet. I'm still reacquainting myself with my ship, and taking snapshots as I head Up.
- This is CMDR McJohnstable, still using redundant terms like "Up" when describing the cosmos.
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Not A lot to report today, in terms of findings anyway. I've been making my way to the highest point I can get to in order to traverse over the top of the Galaxy.
Have been taking photos along the way. Hope you enjoy:
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Explorer McJohnstable, out.
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Beautiful pictures, thank you so much for sharing.