It was a light day of travel today, but I kept it moving none the less. If I'm going to get back to the Bubble, I have to keep moving. At this pace, it's going to take a while though. I wish there was a happy medium I could find that doesn't pass so much unexplored space so quickly yet still covers distance with efficient exobiological discoveries to catalog. Perhaps some kind of intelligent drone that you could program and send ahead to several systems or something. It could gather system data and return. Then I could plan my jumps based on that data for more efficiency. If I had a couple of those working for me, there is no telling how many discoveries I could make out here! Ah, wishful thinking..

As for today's trip report, I made a total of seven jumps today. Four jumps were into main sequence star systems, two jumps were into neutron star systems, and one jump was into a white dwarf star system. Also today, I found five exobiologicals on two different worlds. The usual Bacterium and Fonticula on each but one had, once again, a marvelous species of Electricae Radialem, this time in a blueish glow. It was really something to see.

The last jump of the day brought me to a system with several ringed gas giants. I scanned each ring to discover the secrets each held and planned my day for tomorrow. At this point I called the carrier forward. I think I would like some trigger time mining minerals and metals for my eventual return to the bubble where I will buy a Panther Clipper and offload this cargo for profit and then maybe colonize a system somewhere after some research. That's about it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

There was nothing that stood out about today except that I encountered an unusually high number of neutron and white dwarf stars in my travels. Ten out of sixteen of my jumps today were these special star systems in fact. That's fine with me, Better a white dwarf than a scarier than hell black hole! Other than that, I'd say it was an average day for me. I like average days, they pay the bills.

I did discover a few exobiologicals today, nothing very elaborate or expensive but one that I did find unusual and one that you don't see very often called Electricae Pluma. It had a rose glow or illumination and actually looked quite lovely on the dark world it inhabited. That world would be Voqua LS-I D10-84 planet B 5 A. It shares the planet with Bacterium and Fonticula.

Today's trip report is as follows, six main sequence star systems, five neutron star systems and five white dwarf star systems. I found a nice planet in a main sequence star system with four exobiological signatures that I will locate and sample tomorrow, so I called the carrier to a parking orbit around this planet tonight. This is home for the evening in the system Eord Flyoo EW-W c17-25 and this will end the log entry for today.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today marks the beginning of 3312. I was a busy pilot today. I began the year in the first ship I ever owned as a fresh new pilot, the same ship I used yesterday in fact, the Sidewinder I call Patty. I had do some backtracking. After a while I decided to go back to the carrier and get the Mandalay because the Sidewinder was just using too much fuel and constantly scooping fuel. So I returned to the carrier and grabed the Lonestar and headed back to Voqua VK-D D13-366, the system where I discovered Fonticula Fluctus.

Did I say I was busy today? I made twenty-nine jumps in total today plus I managed to squeeze in a few exobiological excursions as well. All I can say is I'm going to sleep like a log tonight. I also have a mountain of paperwork piling up on my desk as well that I need to sort through so, I'll need to get to that soon. I just thank my lucky stars I'm not running a Squadron carrier. I can tell you right now, I would not want that job or its responsibilities.

The trip report is as follows, of the twenty-nine jumps made today, ninteen were into main sequence star systems, seven were into neutron star systems and three were into white dwarf star systems. A total of six hundred and ninety-one light years distance were covered between the Sidewinder and the Mandalay. Between both ships, all systems are nominal. This will end the log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

My last flight of the year 3311 was done in my Sidewinder I call Patty. She's a temperamental little girl but I love her just the same. I made fourteen jumps in total with her today and discovered quite a few worlds with exobiologicals living on them. I sampled a couple, but I had to rush off before I could finish so I need to return tomorrow to finish up and actually land on a few more before I move the carrier back in the direction of the bubble. I will continue this little segment of exploration in the Sidewinder as I am enjoying myself quite a bit and this is the first ship I ever owned, and we've been through a lot together.

Trip report as follows, eight main sequence star systems, three neutron star systems, two white dwarf star systems and one black hole star system. The black hole system caught me off guard as I had forgot to zero throttle after the jump and almost ended up a little too close and personal with the singularity. Thankfully I quickly pulled back the stick and Patty's fast response time avoided collision and disaster.

Until tomorrow, Happy New year to all in this 3312. End of flight log.

CMDR Bullet out..

I'll keep this log entry simple and light. I only made four jumps today in the Mandalay, all in economical mode and nothing over eleven light years long. In fact, my total distance traveled today was just a little over twenty-six light years. I could have done it in the Sidewinder and now that I think about it, I wish I had. I think I will do that tomorrow. That sounds like a fitting way to finish up 3311.

Today's trip report is as follows, of the four jumps, three were to main sequence star systems and the last jump was into a neutron star system. I sampled thirteen exobiological specimens over three worlds, but I left two worlds untouched and ripe for the picking. There are eight exobios there waiting to be found. The system is, Voqua DI-M C23-11.

That will do it for this log entry. Time for a couple drinks in the pilot's lounge.

CMDR Bullet out..

I continued my slow trek from yesterday still in the same direction of the bubble. That is my ultimate destination, after all. Today I made only seven jumps, however. Far fewer than yesterday's twelve. I did happen to find some rather rare exobiological species today though, I was pretty happy about that. I found a Bacterium Volu and a Fonticulua Fluctus. I got good samples of them both and as far as I can remember, that was the first time I have ever sampled and recorded a Fonticula Fluctus before. This particular species certainly looked odd. It's a shame that this system had only one other planet with just one exobio signature on it because it was sure to be Bacterium.

Today's trip report is as follows, four main sequence star systems, two neutron star systems and one white dwarf star system. I'd like to keep business to a minimum so I'm not pushing the crew to hard seeing that these are the last couple of days of 3311 and were all in a cheerful festive mood around here. Tomorrow will probably be another six or seven jumps for me and a short jump for the carrier as we slowly make our way toward the bubble but in the meantime, plenty of food and drink as we all head toward the new year.

CMDR Bullet out..

The Silbergeschoss and I are continuing our slow trek in the direction of the bubble. Yesterday, the crew and I did absolutely nothing other than low level routine carrier maintenance duties and relax. Today I decided to do just a little exploration and move the carrier a bit. after the move, I wanted to do a bit of easy mining so, after I located a system with a planet that had an icy ring with a Tritium hotspot, I called the carrier forward so I could grab the T-11 and get to some relaxing mining.

Wouldn't you know it but the last system I visited happened to be an undiscovered black hole system that has a gas giant with an icy ring with a fairly large Tritium hotspot in it. I called the carrier forward to this black hole system and set up a parking orbit around the gas giant and then waited for it to arrive. Of the twelve jumps I made today, nine were to main sequence star systems, one was to a neutron star system and two were to black hole systems, this being one of them, Voqua LC-V f2-533 and the planet the carrier is parked at is 1 with its icy ring.

I haven't decided what kind of day I'd like tomorrow to be as there are some valuable minerals to be mined in the ring here besides Tritium. I could make it a mining day, or I could make some distance between here and my destination which is the bubble. Either one sounds appealing to me. Time to end this log entry here.

CMDR Bullet out..

Well, I'm sure Santa has made it back to his winter wonderland by now. I've visited hundreds if not thousands of worlds that could easily serve as home for old Saint Nick. It will be another year before he will make his infamous sleigh ride again. Hopefully I'll be back in the Bubble by then. Actually, I'm sure I will be but one never knows, I could be out on another exploration expedition, only time will tell.

With only one week left before the beginning of the new year, I plan to continue moving the carrier toward the bubble, search for tritium, search for valuable metals and minerals and seek valuable planetary systems. Basically, business as usual. The crew is in high spirits, and all is good aboard the carrier.

Exploration log is as follows, of the fourteen star systems I visited today, twelve were main sequence star systems, one was a neutron star system, and one was a white dwarf star system. None of the systems met the minimum exobiological requirement of at least two exo signatures for a planetary scan and CMDRs discretion footfall and thus, no attempts were made. End of log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

On Christmas day I decided to make a few jumps just to do something after virtually doing nothing all day yesterday. I guess I just got caught in a holiday slump thinking about friends and family that have passed into the great beyond that I used to spend this time of the year with. I miss them. Today, I felt better after making a few jumps, but I didn't want to venture out too far. I wanted to be back in time for the big dinner planned for the crew for Christmas day. Roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans and corn. Fresh rolls and delicious carrot cake for dessert.

The small trip report is as follows, I made eleven jumps. Six of those jumps were to main sequence star systems, two jumps were to white dwarf star systems, and the remaining three jumps were into neutron star systems. Although there were exobiological life signatures detected, the numbers detected didn't exceed the minimum threshold to warrant further planetary scan and investigation.

Merry Christmas and end of log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today's log entry should be a quick one. I finally found a system with a metallic ring, and it contains a few Platinum hotspots. I set out in the Sidewinder today and found this system on my third jump. The system is Brambe WO-V c4-19. I called the carrier forward and parked it around planet A7 A. Planet A7 is the ringed gas giant with the metallic ring that has the Platinum hotspots as well as others such as Gold and Painite. Once the carrier arrived, I exchanged the Sidewinder for the T-11 and I went mining for an hour and loaded up with close to one hundred tons of Platinum and fifty or more of Painite. I am sure enjoying getting back into mining again..

Of the three jumps I made today, they were all main sequence star systems with no exobiological signatures found. One system had a water world which I dutifully mapped but that was it for Universal Cartographics and Vista Genomics. I'm not sure if I will spend any time in space tomorrow or not being that it is Christmas Eve, a long held Earth tradition that I celebrate, but I may, we'll see. Until then, that should do it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..