~4k LY from Lave now. All vital systems still functioning at 100%.
The drudgery of deep space exploration has REALLY begun to take a toll on me. I set out with the intention of scanning EVERY (non asteroid belt) object in each system I visit. That lasted the first 150-ish systems. I've since become a bit more selective. I refuse to scan another frozen ball of ice. Not one more. Just on principle. LOL I've found myself utterly surrounded by dim and cold K and M class star systems....which leads to system after system of frozen ice worlds....occasional gas giants, some with microscopic life in their atmospheres, and tiny rock/metal worlds...some as small as .0008 earth masses. Cosmic b-b's.
A sample of a typical system...cool...dim...dark. There are THOUSANDS of them between my current location and my goal of the outermost Galactic rim.
The drudgery has allowed me to catch up on one of my old favorites on the in flight entertainment system, though.
Occasionally I stumble across a brighter, hotter star and drop in for a look around. This system had 2 stars, locked in a gravitational tug of war...with no planets at all. It made for a nice pic once I got far enough way to get them both in a single image.
I found another terrestrial ammonia world late last night...complete with ammonia based life on it's surface. It gave me the CREEPS. I just KNOW those bugs are out there...somewhere. Biding their time. Looking for pay backs after we used a biological extermination weapon on them. I dutifully logged this planet's coordinates carefully. It looked to be prime Thargoid habitat.
This is the spot I chose to lay up last night...standard orbit around a gas giant with an odd purple-ish tint. Bernard's Loop and the primary bulk of the Milky Way are beginning to fade into the distance. I'll continue my push to the Rim shortly. I hope I get there soon...I long to stare long and hard into the abyss of inter-galactic space.
Safe explorations, Commanders.
Commander Himilco, out.
The drudgery of deep space exploration has REALLY begun to take a toll on me. I set out with the intention of scanning EVERY (non asteroid belt) object in each system I visit. That lasted the first 150-ish systems. I've since become a bit more selective. I refuse to scan another frozen ball of ice. Not one more. Just on principle. LOL I've found myself utterly surrounded by dim and cold K and M class star systems....which leads to system after system of frozen ice worlds....occasional gas giants, some with microscopic life in their atmospheres, and tiny rock/metal worlds...some as small as .0008 earth masses. Cosmic b-b's.
A sample of a typical system...cool...dim...dark. There are THOUSANDS of them between my current location and my goal of the outermost Galactic rim.
The drudgery has allowed me to catch up on one of my old favorites on the in flight entertainment system, though.
Occasionally I stumble across a brighter, hotter star and drop in for a look around. This system had 2 stars, locked in a gravitational tug of war...with no planets at all. It made for a nice pic once I got far enough way to get them both in a single image.
I found another terrestrial ammonia world late last night...complete with ammonia based life on it's surface. It gave me the CREEPS. I just KNOW those bugs are out there...somewhere. Biding their time. Looking for pay backs after we used a biological extermination weapon on them. I dutifully logged this planet's coordinates carefully. It looked to be prime Thargoid habitat.
This is the spot I chose to lay up last night...standard orbit around a gas giant with an odd purple-ish tint. Bernard's Loop and the primary bulk of the Milky Way are beginning to fade into the distance. I'll continue my push to the Rim shortly. I hope I get there soon...I long to stare long and hard into the abyss of inter-galactic space.
Safe explorations, Commanders.
Commander Himilco, out.
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