On October 25th 3302, the Galactic Mapping Project team sent a lone cartographer out to a neutron star, nicknamed 'Decision', which was discovered a while ago by CMDR Macros Black.

The unnamed GMP cartographer was asked to test if a route to AH Cancri, high above this neutron star, could be reached using a new technology that allowed frame shift drives to become supercharged by neutron jet streams - thus boosting range by 300% for a single jump. If successful, this would allow any ship with a base jump range of approximately 55 LYs, to neutron jump from Decision to AH Cancri, and thus open up a new route into the once out of reach M67 Star Cluster.

The last message received from the cartographer stated that the jump was successful, and a subspace message containing a schematic system map of the AH Cancri Star system was beamed back to the Mapping Team Listening post, based at the Galileo Space Station in Sol. A short time later, a second message containing information on a star system within the cluster itself, was received - thus showing that the secondary Jumponium jump into M67 itself had been successful.

No more data was received from the region, and the fate of the pilot remains a mystery.

The Mapping Team are asking for intrepid volunteers to continue this venture and follow the scientific route listed below to the very foot of the 'Cancri Climb'. And await further instructions....

This expedition is unlike many others that have gone before it. The waypoints have been specifically chosen based on their hazardous nature. You will not be coming back with data to sell from this one - stop reading here if you just lost interest!

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On this trip to the cluster you will visit a Pulsar that spins at more 1,000 times per second! Get caught in the jet and drop out of supercruise, and you're pretty much going to die.

The next waypoint will take you to the very edge of the corona of a dying S-Class star. Our first basecamp landing is on the sun-baked side of a tiny planet situated in the corona. If you don't take heat sinks you will burn up before ever making landfall there. The world also has high gravitational forces, in the region of 2 G. Good pilot landing skills will be essential for safe arrival to this sun-scorched basecamp.

The next waypoint contains a back hole and neutron binary pair... two of the most hazardous stellar objects known to man. Here we will attempt a neutron jump to waypoint 4. If it goes wrong, you're pretty much dead again.

Waypoint 4 gives us some respite. An unremarkable Orange Giant star where those who are still with us can regroup and prepare for the Cancri Climb.

The Cancri Climb will test your navigational and route-plotting skills. Over the next 500 LYs you will need good Jumponium management and neutron skimming skills to make it to the final rendezvous point at the base of the Cluster. After that, its a leap into the unknown, and no way back.

Remember - this is a one way trip. You will either die en-route, or make it to M67 only to be stranded there forever! (well... until you self destruct).

• You will need a ship capable of at least 54-55 LYs jump range.
• You will need around 6.5 million credits in cash to cover its insurance (based on it being fitted with nothing too expensive).
• You will need to fit heat sinks to visit Basecamp #1.
• It is recommended that you take enough materials for around 3 x J1 Jumponium Boosts, 3 x J2 Jumponium Boosts, and 3 x J3 Jumponium Boosts.
• As journeys go, this one is pretty short. Just 3,000 LYs all in all. The actual trip to the cluster is expected to last no more than a couple of days.

Full details can be found here: [Distant Stars] Unfound Origins - a Distant Worlds saga expedition