Last night I arrived, like many others, at the Gnosis hoping for a month of exploration, discovery, and science!

Of course, it didn't work out like that. When I logged on tonight there were several commanders already in the instance fighting the Thargoids. I took the opportunity of distraction to slip away.

Before I left, I visited the Barnacle forest in the system: Outotz ST-I d9-6 2 a @76.20,-78.42

This Gnosis thing is a little disappointing. I had hoped for something more exploration-oriented, rather than combat oriented. My DBX is not set up for that sort of thing. It's a cool-running stealth design. It idles at about 12% heat, low enough for Thargoids to ignore it while collecting tissue samples. I'm going to return to my previous goal - completing the second Ram Tah Guardian mission.

I decided it was time to experience the Guardian Structures, so I picked up Ram Tah's second mission and headed out. First stop was Synuefe TP-F b44-0 CD 1 where I found the site in complete darkness, perched seemingly on the side of a mountain with rough terrain all around.

I'd read that using a Diamondback Explorer made landing a lot easier, but it was still a struggle.

It turns out this site isn't even active, and there is no blueprint to pick up. However, it's all going to have to be put on hold for a while, as there is some activity brewing on the Canonn megaship The Gnosis - it might be jumping deep into Thargoid territory! I'm going to see what's happening.

I decided to take my DBX to Skardee 1, without heatsinks. It only got up to about 115% heat - very much cooler than my Python.

This particular base is Hollis Gateway, on Hermitage 4 a at -53.7548/157.5843.

This was the final site on my settlement/INRA base tour, which was completed nearly a month ago.

Since then, I've prepared for the next Small Worlds Expedition by fitting out and engineering my Dolphin. Squeee!

Stuart Retreat is on HIP 15329 A 3 c at -62.6134/-44.2569.

Stack is on HIP 12099 1 a at -72.6561/-67.3629.

The base is surrounded by orange goop, much like Carmichael Point.

More disturbingly, there is a pit with Thargoid pieces scattered about.

Carmichael Point can be found on HIP 16824 A 2 f at 73.8762/61.8761.

There are some large tanks leaking some sort of orange goopy stuff. According to the recorded logs, it was used as bait to lure Thargoids in for weapons testing. Apparently, the test failed.

In a break from visiting attacked settlements, Jameson's Demise on HIP 12099 1 b at -54/-50 is the location of the remains of a Cobra Mk3 flown by Cmdr John Jameson, who had a significant role in the previous Thargoid 'War'.

His story can be found in the logs scannable at the site.

Research Base KG-3362 is on Pleiades Sector HR-W d1-17 1 a at 58.1148/19.5427.

Sharpe Works is on Pleiades Sector IC-U b3-1 1 at -4.9515/-85.7631.