Type 6 - To boldly go
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I would have suggested VonRictofen's Rescue and Macedonica's Leap.
But that may be a bit too far out for a casual meet...
I still owe You some beauty shots ;-)
Good evening fellow T6 commanders,
I still owe You some beauty shots of my most beloved ship since I managed to use the external camera:
Good evening fellow T6 commanders,
I still owe You some beauty shots of my most beloved ship since I managed to use the external camera:
First some pictures from the very beginning of my trip to Sag A*
And this one was made close to the end, after about 35 Kylies... Oh, how I love white paint
And this one was made close to the end, after about 35 Kylies... Oh, how I love white paint
Jon474
Banned
The Mallow and I are on the road again.
Leaving Colonia to head in the direction of the Ellaid sector. Been on my To Do list for about two years...so now is the time to go.
The Mallow has been fixed up and she is looking all shiny and new, once again. This Cmdr made it to Exploration Elite after selling all of my DWE and M7E data...so I'm feeling all shiny, too!
The path lies...over there...in that direction!
Flying happy
Jon
Lakon Type-6E
Leaving Colonia to head in the direction of the Ellaid sector. Been on my To Do list for about two years...so now is the time to go.
The Mallow has been fixed up and she is looking all shiny and new, once again. This Cmdr made it to Exploration Elite after selling all of my DWE and M7E data...so I'm feeling all shiny, too!
The path lies...over there...in that direction!
Flying happy
Jon
Lakon Type-6E
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Hello commanders,
I have been heading out for a grand nebula tour to chart and visit all the deep space installations I can find out there. So far the direction has been roughly southwest with major detours and I have reached as far as the Heart and Soul Nebulas.
But as things go I got distracted... At Base Camp and the Farsight Expedition Base I heard rumors about something lost in the Formidine Rift. Only after some alcohol supported investigations in a few pubs I got coordinates and a system name, but not much more. People there don't like to talk about the Rift. 'Better don't go there...nothing good comes from that system...'
---Do not open if you like finding out stuff yourself!---
Now I am on my way, still a bit more than 1 kylie out from my presumed destination and even space stands against me. The Formidine Rift is not a place one should travel to without preparation. More often than not my ship computer fails to calculate any meaningful route because of the vast distance between star systems. Luckily I bunkered FSD-boost materials or otherwise my journey would have ended a kylie ago.
So this is how exploration really feels...Passing voids that regular space travel cannot bridge...Always the nagging thought that you might end up in a dead end or a deathtrap because of dwindling supplies...Out here the feeling of isolation becomes even more profound as the normally abundant sight of star systems is kept from your eyes...only a handful of dots out there...the sight of the galaxy behind you is the only assuring thing. Do not travel the fringes lightly!
I have to continue onwards now. Hope sets in as patches of stars become a bit thicker again and the Boomer's computer is finally able to plot short routes at regular distances. Maybe I am past the worst...
Travel save Commanders... o7
And as always blaze YOUR trail!
I have been heading out for a grand nebula tour to chart and visit all the deep space installations I can find out there. So far the direction has been roughly southwest with major detours and I have reached as far as the Heart and Soul Nebulas.
But as things go I got distracted... At Base Camp and the Farsight Expedition Base I heard rumors about something lost in the Formidine Rift. Only after some alcohol supported investigations in a few pubs I got coordinates and a system name, but not much more. People there don't like to talk about the Rift. 'Better don't go there...nothing good comes from that system...'
---Do not open if you like finding out stuff yourself!---
Looking into old news articles I found a name: Zurara...
Now I am on my way, still a bit more than 1 kylie out from my presumed destination and even space stands against me. The Formidine Rift is not a place one should travel to without preparation. More often than not my ship computer fails to calculate any meaningful route because of the vast distance between star systems. Luckily I bunkered FSD-boost materials or otherwise my journey would have ended a kylie ago.
So this is how exploration really feels...Passing voids that regular space travel cannot bridge...Always the nagging thought that you might end up in a dead end or a deathtrap because of dwindling supplies...Out here the feeling of isolation becomes even more profound as the normally abundant sight of star systems is kept from your eyes...only a handful of dots out there...the sight of the galaxy behind you is the only assuring thing. Do not travel the fringes lightly!
I have to continue onwards now. Hope sets in as patches of stars become a bit thicker again and the Boomer's computer is finally able to plot short routes at regular distances. Maybe I am past the worst...
Travel save Commanders... o7
And as always blaze YOUR trail!
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Jon474
Banned
Has something terrible happened in the Boesky sector?
About 19,000LY out...and I have suddenly started coming across crashed ships, burning SRVs and wrecked navigation beacons. The latest find is still on fire! There has been some nice salvage...platinum, silver, narcotics...but I have no cargo slots on the Mallow
Thargoids? Must be.
Anyway, in other news, I am heading as far down the Galactic as I can. I just fancied a trip to the Basement.
Flying scared
Jon
Type-6E
About 19,000LY out...and I have suddenly started coming across crashed ships, burning SRVs and wrecked navigation beacons. The latest find is still on fire! There has been some nice salvage...platinum, silver, narcotics...but I have no cargo slots on the Mallow
Thargoids? Must be.
Anyway, in other news, I am heading as far down the Galactic as I can. I just fancied a trip to the Basement.
Flying scared
Jon
Type-6E
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Be careful - there's dark things hiding in the basement. Always.
Hm, beneath the core... Now that would be a good rally point for the thread anniversary =)
That actually sounds like the place held a Buckyball Race.
That actually sounds like the place held a Buckyball Race.
Jon474
Banned
New one for me...I found a moon that orbits a ringed GG. Nothing special so far, I agree, but here the moon is so close to the ring that the ring itself is actually within the planetary limit for the moon (the blue circle) and I can see the ring "elements" orbiting above me from the moon's surface.
View from the surface. Look closely within the light area of the Galactic disc...
Flying happy
Jon
Type-6 Explorer
View from the surface. Look closely within the light area of the Galactic disc...
Flying happy
Jon
Type-6 Explorer
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Nice find! Made even better from the seat of a Type 6.
I am currently in the middle of the Dead End Circumnavigation Expedition. We left in October, planned arrival at Beagle Point is beginning of May.
Amazingly, I was the only one to bring a T6...
Fleet is down to about 30 commanders, and me still hanging on.
Thought I'd share a couple of pictures
One of the basecamps, fogging up
Running out of stars at the rim
Isn't she a beauty?
Another basecamp, the scouting team is the best!
Basking, our favourite pastime
In a hurry
Icy rings
Ice moon, very close to the rings
Black hole in the Spongou nebula
Blending in
More basking
Amazingly, I was the only one to bring a T6...
Fleet is down to about 30 commanders, and me still hanging on.
Thought I'd share a couple of pictures
One of the basecamps, fogging up
Running out of stars at the rim
Isn't she a beauty?
Another basecamp, the scouting team is the best!
Basking, our favourite pastime
In a hurry
Icy rings
Ice moon, very close to the rings
Black hole in the Spongou nebula
Blending in
More basking
Jon474
Banned
Their loss, Cmdr.
Fantastic pictures. Thank you for bring them to us.
Fly safe,Cmdr.
Jon
Type-6 Explorer
Amazing pictures, Cmdr - I echo Jon474 sentiments here. Thank you for sharing!
Well I finally arrived in the Colonia region under escort from iridium Wing and cashed in all the exploration data amassed from the DWE 3302 trip. I had taken hundreds of images and dozens of video recordings of the 2 year trip but in the end was too exhausted to compile them all together. So here's a short selection of images instead showing-off this stubborn and bruised Lakon Type 6. It's my small way of saying thank you to it and what it's been through:
[video=youtube;WyVdXLcEX8Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyVdXLcEX8Q&t=310s[/video]
[video=youtube;WyVdXLcEX8Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyVdXLcEX8Q&t=310s[/video]
Enjoy? But it's so busy and full of ships and strange unexplored signals that I am getting nervous just looking out of Jacques' bar. My fingers are itching to escape out into the black!