I was flying rather late this night, like a lot of nights. Probably a bit (OK, quite a bit) past the time I should have gone to bed, but there was "just one more" biological species to scan...

On approach to Schignai TN-C b44-0 A 2 a I remember DSS-ing the planet, then approaching the surface at the maximum down-angle.

One short micro-sleep later and I realise the surface of the planet is very close and I'm descending much too quickly. All pips to shields while pulling up to try to be pointing the right way for a boost only got me as far as levelling out the ship for a flat pancake impact on the surface - becoming one with the planet.

And just like that I was sent 20,000Ly, 157 days, and about 300 jumps back to the last carrier I'd docked with: the "DSSA Eleanor" in Cho Thua NL-C b40-0 on 11-May.

Rebuy wasn't an issue, but the loss of all my biological scans was very disappointing. I had thought the last sale of biological data was in early February, but it turns out I had last sold biological data on the "DSSA Distant Worlds 'Endeavour'" in Beagle Point on 9-Mar.

I'm planning to use the Galaxy Map filtering to retrace my jumps back to where I crashed and rescan the data I lost. However, all the biological data scanned on the 6,600Ly stretch (~100 jumps) between Beagle Point and Cho Thua NL-C b44-0 has been lost.

On Hacheau BE-X c3-0 A 4 at about 20.42/125.73 is a mountain nearly 6.5km high.

I couldn't land there, but the view was nice.

While stopping off on Truechiae NY-Z c3 AB 7 c to scan some biologicals, I turned around and saw the nearby gas giant just above the crater wall...

Just a nice view I found today on Streau Eop IU-I c12-1 AB 1 c...

Finally made it to Beagle Point and Semotus Beacon.

From the furthest moon in the furthest system, Oevasy SG-Y d0 B 9 f:

Here there was an unusually long and wide valley, flanked by mountains:

Gru Byoea XA-Z b20-0 A 1 had several biological specimens I'd not seen before. The most notable was fields of "Tussock Capillum".

They looked quite beautiful with their strands waving in the light breeze.

After surveying some white-dwarfs on the "eastern" side of the galaxy, I've now turned towards Beagle Point. Blia Free UQ-C c26-25 1 is about half-way there.

The view is from a rocky moon with an atmosphere only 0.75Ls away. The view in the other direction was just as nice.

Stuemeae KA-R c20-2561 1 viewed from 0.97Ls away on a landable rocky moon.

I've decided to park my alt account at Explorer's Anchorage to sell off exploration data at about 400 Arx a week. This could take a while!

While here I popped over to visit the Supermassive Black Hole at the center of the galaxy:

Tick that off this account's to-do list! Next item is Beagle Point.

Found some very close orbiting moons in Wepooe JC-J c23-37.

They were moons a and b of body 1.

Spectacular!