Speaking of meandering, this is my travel map (from EDSM). It shows my travels over the years, most of them anyway. You can see my zig-zagging all over the bubble. You can see I've been to Colonia a few times, and a bit beyond, and you can see my trip to visit the Zurara way back when. My current trip is the little leg to the right, which has now turned core-wards.
I think I might be headed all the way to the core. Maybe. I'm out far enough to the side that I'm not seeing any already-discovered systems.
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