I've been pootling around the Traikaae sector for the past week, generally exploring the place but mainly looking for systems that have a nice or interesting view of the Nebula. For those new explorers who haven't been out this way yet, the Traikaae AA-A H2 Nebula is one of the largest (roughly 90 light-years in diameter) and closest (4800 LY) procedurally-generated nebulae to Sol - situated roughly at co-ordinates -950 +900 +4630, it's readily visible to anyone heading Corewards, dominating the Upwards view once you get out about 1500 LYs from Sol. As such, it's long been a magnet for tourists, even though it's not one of the famous "in-real-life" nebulae like Orion or the Trifid Nebula, that the astronomer-players all want to visit.
Situated about 100 LY from the nebula's core, the Traikaae CG-S b22-0 system is an unremarkable red dwarf binary system; the most interesting planet is a small rocky-ice world. But we should probably be grateful that this planet isn't an Earthlike or Terraformable... because here's the view a colonist might see from there while out for a pleasant evening stroll...
Maybe it is just human pattern-recognition combining with fortuitous placement of two foreground stars to give it eyes, but that's one creepy-looking dragon head to me. I wouldn't want to live there.
Situated about 100 LY from the nebula's core, the Traikaae CG-S b22-0 system is an unremarkable red dwarf binary system; the most interesting planet is a small rocky-ice world. But we should probably be grateful that this planet isn't an Earthlike or Terraformable... because here's the view a colonist might see from there while out for a pleasant evening stroll...
Maybe it is just human pattern-recognition combining with fortuitous placement of two foreground stars to give it eyes, but that's one creepy-looking dragon head to me. I wouldn't want to live there.
